"
Phil waited until they had hauled the gangway up and put it
in place.
"Will you try her, so that I can see how she works, Mr. Kennedy?"
asked the lad after the gangway had been chained down so securely
that the elephant would have difficulty in ripping it loose.
Jupiter was just as stubborn as he had been before.
Phil observed three or four showmen standing near him
on the other side.
"Please step back, all of you," he said. "Mr. Sparling, will
you see that no one comes near the elephants? I'll see what I
can do. Back him off, Mr. Kennedy."
This done, Phil stepped back along the line until he came to the
big elephant Emperor.
"Good old Emperor," cried the Circus Boy soothingly. "Here's a
lump of sugar."
Emperor tucked the sugar far back in his pink mouth. Then Phil,
taking hold of the trunk, petted it affectionately, next tucking
it under his arm.
"Come along, old fellow. You need not be afraid," he said,
starting toward the ship, with Emperor following meekly
and obediently. At the gangway he stopped and examined the
passageway carefully.
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