"
"Something is going on up there. See! The line is breaking!"
The part of the parade in which Phil was located was well up
toward the elephants, the animals at that moment having turned
a corner, moving at right angles to Phil's course.
"It's the elephants!" cried the lad aghast.
"What's happening?"
"They have broken the line!"
All was confusion at the point on which the two showmen had
focused their eyes.
"It's a stampede, I do believe!" exclaimed Phil. "I wonder where
Mr. Kennedy is? I don't see him anywhere."
"There! They're coming this way."
"What, the elephants? Yes, that's so. Oh, I'm afraid somebody
will be killed."
"If there hasn't already been," growled Phil's companion.
"I'm going to get out of this while I have the chance. I've seen
elephants on the rampage before." Saying which, the showman
turned his horse and rode out of the line. His example was
followed by many of the others.
People were screaming and rushing here and there, horses
neighing, and the animals in the closed cages roaring in a
most terrifying way.
Phil pulled his horse up short, undecided what to do. He had
never seen a stampede before, but desperate as the situation
seemed, he felt no fear.
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