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II OFF FOR THE FRONT 21
III QUILQUA THE MYSTERIOUS 33
IV MAKING READY 46
V THE FIRST HUNT 59
VI MOUNT KENIA 71
VII ELEPHANT 83
VIII A RECONNAISSANCE 95
IX INTO THE UNKNOWN 108
X MOWBRAY'S END 120
XI THE DESERT TREK 133
XII A DESERTED LAND 145
XIII A DESPERATE BATTLE 158
XIV THE LAKE OF MYSTERY 170
XV "UNDER THE LEFT GATE-POST" 182
XVI SELIM SHOWS HIS TEETH 194
XVII FRESH SPOOR 206
XVIII LOST! 218
XIX THE ROGUE ELEPHANT 230
XX THE BACK TRAIL 242
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
It seemed that the great beast was towering
over him, reaching for him with that terrible
trunk. Then he drew a careful bead on the
left fore-shoulder. _Frontispiece_
Everything else was forgotten in the novel
method of riding. _Page 54_
For the man, just as he relapsed into unconsciousness,
murmured four words:
"Help--me debbil man!" _Page 118_
One slash of the knife, and out trickled a
little stream of yellow grains into the brown
fist of the explorer. _Page 192_
The Rogue Elephant
CHAPTER I
A CHANCE "OUT"
"You are so crazy as a loon! Boys? Boys to such a drip dake? Nein!"
Von Hofe excitedly pounded the table until the attendants at the
Explorers' Club stared. Then he leaned back determinedly and lighted his
meerschaum. The lean, bronzed man who sat opposite pushed away his maps
with a smile.
"You misunderstand, von Hofe. I know both these boys personally and
vouch for them. You have agreed that this is to be no milk-and-water
trip, with hundreds of porters bearing bath tubs and toilet water, but
that we shall live off the land as we go. That right?"
The German nodded amid a cloud of smoke.
"You want me to take you into the elephant country and shoot your
specimens. I have agreed to do this. I know Africa and I can do it. You
are paying the expenses of the trip, but that is immaterial. If we
hitch up, von Hofe, it will be on the understanding that I am in command
of this expedition; that I choose those I want to go along, and that you
are with me to prepare your s
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