Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 717
fired big rifles, forty-two-caliber,I think, and two of them found their mark.Father said afterward it was a splendid lesson onthe value of courage and coolness. After a minute, two men rushed over to thecoolie, picked him up, and ran for the train. Forother elephants were trumpeting in the… … ST. NICHOLAS ADVERTISEMENTS 31 ing to me. Then, despite his bruises, he pros-trated himself very humbly on the ground as if Ihad been a raja instead of an American school-boy, and said through an interpjeter, Thank toyou, young Master! Bruises are near disappear! Not being a king, I did nt accept…
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