Tula Oolah. 49

“Celia,” said she, ‘‘perhaps he is talking French.
Now, there is a French gentleman at the hotel,
and to-morrow I will ask him to come and see
the clephant, and perhaps he can understand
him.”

So the next morning at about ten Professor
Turier came to the cottage.

“Where ees de leedle elephante?” said he,
and when he saw him, he began:

“ Bonjour, vous parlez Francais ?”’

“Tula Oolah,” answered the elephant.

“Que voulez-vous?” continued the French
gentleman, and “Tula Oolah,’ moaned the ele-
phant.

At last the Frenchman went away, and told
all the people at the hotel what he had seen.
Among them was a German. —

«“ T vill minezelf haf von gonverzazhuns mit dot
leedle elephantchen,” said he, and followed by
the two hundred and thirty guests of the hotel,
he went to the cottage.

“Nun, elephantchen,” said he, when he and
each of the two hundred and thirty guests had