Tula Oolah. Ber

from each of the two hundred and thirty guests,
and the following day, the procession, he leading
it, came to the cottage, and he at last was able to
help them.

“Tula Oolah?” he said enquiringly to the
elephant, and “Tula Oolah,” answered the little
creature, no longer sadly but joyfully.

“J understand him,’ said Mr. Newcombe.
“He is speaking the language of a people who
live in the southeastern part of northwestern
Hindoostan. Now, it happens that I lived right
among those very people for several years, and
am glad you came to me, as | am probably the
only man in this country who can speak and
understand their language.”

“Then what, oh what, is he saying ?”” asked
Celia, and her mother, and the two hundred and
thirty guests.

“ He says ‘tula oolah,’ which means ‘ put me
in the water.”

“But what for?” said Celia and the two
hundred and thirty, but Mrs. Cameron ran at
once to fill her largest tub with water. When it