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 "All right, Ali," he said. "We will leave you with Joie, but I guess you don't know what a mad elephant is. Don't go within striking distance of him at present, or he will kill you."

"Joie won't kill me," said Ali confidently. "He knows me. He knows I love him."

"No, he doesn't," returned the Sahib. "He doesn't know anything just now. He will kill you just as quick as he would me. Look out, Ali."

Joie had advanced to the end of his rope, and made a vicious swipe at Ali with his trunk. It struck the boy a glancing blow upon the arm, and sent him reeling across the stable.

The Sahib sprang forward to snatch the revolver while Ali was still dazed, but Ali was up like a cat.