Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 640
ate before the end should come. Buthe did not keep me waiting long, for slowly thetwo great tusks began descending. With all mywaning strength I threw my body snug up againsthis bending knees, and the tusks passed harm-lessly over me, just grazing my back, and toregreat holes in the earth beyond.… … charged. The explosion had no doubt assistedto revive me. My men told me that my life was saved bythe quick action of my tracker, who appeared onthe scene with a spear at about the time that Ilost consciousness, and, rushing in, plunged thespear into the elephants side. Leaving me, theanimal took…
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