The confusion was dreadful. The keeper flew to the
rescue, and, with some difficulty, dragged the wretched Tip
from the grasp of the monkey; and then, putting him in
Miss Twinch's arms, tried to save the bonnet. But here he
was less fortunate. The elephant, having been taught to
open bags of things given to him, proceeded to inspect his
new acquisition. Putting his foot on it, he pulled the ring-
lets off with his trunk as delicately as though fingers grew
from the end of it; and then, as the grapes, attached as
well, came off with them, he directly ate the whole spoil ;
whilst, failing to discover any gingerbread or apples in the
crown, he trampled it flat, and brushed it into a corner.
And, to add to the consternation of Miss Martha, the Rev.
Mr. Page arrived at this moment in the show. Could it be
possible that the heart of her sister was so strange a thing,
that, if anything, she was pleased at the dilemma, — that
a glow of joy suffused her face, when she recollected that her
own head-gear was as perfect as when it had left the glass ?
Alas I there i? no telling what subversion of the ^omeetip



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aiTectioiis love will not work in the female heart — especially
SB the ^hances of an oiFer diminish.
With Tip in her arms, Miss Twinch advanced to meet Mr.
