sunny Devon.

It was pleasant and shady beneath the elms, and a faintly heard grunt of
satisfaction came to the two boys' ears as they saw the great fugitive
reach up, twist its indiarubber-like trunk, and gather together a bunch
of twigs, which it snapped off, and then, reversing its elastic organ,
stood tucking them into its peculiarly moist mouth.

"Oh, he's quiet and tame enough," said Glyn.

"No, he isn't," cried Singh; "he's in a fury."

"But it's a regular tame one," said Glyn. "I dare say they might walk
up and drive it in now. I'll go and help them if you will."

"Well," said Singh, slowly and thoughtfully, "I don't know. It's a
strange elephant; he's been scared, and I saw as he passed that he was
in a temper; but I dare say we know as much about elephants as they do."

"Yes, let's go."

But as they were speaking, and the elephant stood refreshing itself with
another bunch of green leaves, it appeared to catch sight of the group
of drivers, who, whip-armed, had now stopped together to consult in the
middle of the field, where they were being joined by a fat,
chuffy-looking little man, who was hurrying to them, hat in one hand,
yellow silk pocket-handkerchief in the other, with which he kept on
dabbing his very smooth and shiny white bald head.

The elephant was evidently watching, and had recognised this white shiny
head, for he raised his trunk and let fall the twigs, blew a defiant
blast upon his natural trumpet, and, wheeling round once more, did not
charge, but made a crashing sound as he walked right through the
park-palings which divided the two estates, where beneath the trees a
green hedge would not grow.

As the elephant disappeared in the next field, only a glimpse being
obtained of it through the one panel of the split oak fence, every one
seemed to recover his departed courage. The men, now joined by the
bald-headed personage, who was really the proprietor of the great show,
began to follow the fugitive to the boundary of the Doctor's grounds.

The two boys sprang off the form and ran to join them, while away to the
right, bodies began to appear from the Doctor's premises where heads
only had been seen; and chief amongst these was Mr Morris, the
mathematical master, who, influenced by his conscience, and reminded of
the fact that he had gone on drawing that line very straight till he
reached the shelter of the house, an act which he felt must have rather
lowered his reputation for b