M! by Mark Twain. Some swallowed it--since dead; several drowned. Naturally the chief was the hero of the hour, and his happiness was so complete and had been so patiently and worthily and bravely won that it made me happy to see it, though I stood there a homeless beggar, my priceless charge dead, and my position in my country's service lost to me through what would always seem my fatally careless execution of a great trust. General quantity at a meal--say about--", "Well, anywhere from a quarter to half a ton. He touched a bell; a youth appeared. The Stolen White Elephant. Before these suspicions had been proven groundless, the book had gone to press. He said: You know in what reverence the royal white elephant of Siam is held by the people of that country. The anti-temperance mass-meeting was in session; he put his trunk in at a window and washed it out with water from cistern. "Let me be informed at once if any clues should be found footprints of the animal, or anything of that kind." In this detective mystery, a Siamese white elephant, en route from Siam to Britain as a … I have secured a      portion of the policeman as clue. "That is perfectly absurd!" So I came regularly, and stayed --the only outsider who seemed to be capable of it. The Stolen White Elephant Mark Twain. The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) (Version Two) .. The white elephant was stolen! I want particulars." But I noticed that in one part of your remarks in the papers this morning you refused to reveal your opinion upon a certain minor point." They ought to furnish quite good clues toward tracing him." He read as follows: "Height, 19 feet; length from apex of forehead insertion of tail, 26 feet; length of trunk, 16 feet; length of tail, 6 feet; total length, including trunk, and tail, 48 feet; length of tusks, 9 feet; ears keeping with these dimensions; footprint resembles the mark left when one up-ends a barrel in the snow; the color of the elephant, a dull white; has a hole the size of a plate in each ear for the insertion of jewelry and possesses the habit in a remarkable degree of squirting water upon spectators and of maltreating with his trunk not only such persons as he is acquainted with, but even entire strangers; limps slightly with his right hind leg, and has a small scar in his left armpit caused by a former boil; had on, when stolen, a castle containing seats for fifteen persons, and a gold-cloth saddle-blanket the size of an ordinary carpet." "Furnish all these men with photograph and accompanying description of the elephant, and instruct them to search all trains and outgoing ferryboats and other vessels." As fast as others are at liberty, hold them for orders." "However, he will not escape, for my men are scattered all over that region.". The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett, Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe. Then he said in the clear, decisive tones of a man whose plans are clearly defined in his head and who is accustomed to command: "Captain Burns, detail Detectives Jones, Davis, Halsey, Bates, and Hackett to shadow the elephant. Book Excerpt. All the accounts bore just testimony to the activity and devotion of the detectives, and all closed with the remark that "three hundred thousand citizen; and four detectives saw the dread creature, and two of the latter he destroyed.". Elephant passed through here at 8.15. We must constantly show the public what we are doing, or they will believe we are doing nothing. He touched the bell. Freeditorial, more than 50.000 ebooks to download and read online free. A succession of telegrams came from detectives who were scattered through New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and who were following clues consisting of ravaged barns, factories, and Sunday-school libraries, with high hopes-hopes amounting to certainties, indeed. Wherever they turn they meet elephant, and many are killed. The elephant of a circus who's loved by children everywhere, is suppose to be brought by Superman to children. He was a gentleman more than seventy years of age, and his thoroughly good and gentle face and earnest and sincere manner imprinted the unmistakable stamp of truth upon every statement which fell from his lips. ", "Let them conduct their movements with the utmost secrecy. I have read and enjoyed a lot of Mark Twain's work but unfortunately the last two have been very disappointing.. He touched his bell. An almost intolerable hour dragged to a close; then I heard his welcome tread, and rose gasping and tottered to meet him. "Place detectives in plain clothes in the railway; steamship, and ferry depots, and upon all roadways leading out of Jersey City, with orders to search all suspicious persons." "Alaric, send Captain Burns here." Only water in large quantity near here is five miles distant. The Stolen White Elephant ... mobi and more. Said he--and his voice was low and impressive: "This is no ordinary case. Now came this despatch:                          BRIDGEPORT, CT., 12.15. Have just met a farmer who says they are not elephant-tracks. But in all cases the dim vast mass had vanished quickly and left no trace. Tjnd--fz328wmlg. This is the greatest windfall that any detective organization ever had. Wants to paste circus-posters on him. All went well during a fortnight--then my calamities began. We then got down on our hands and knees and continued to keep a sharp eye on the track, and so shadowed it into the brush. The thing, grows warm," said the inspector. Do you mean the ordinary octavo, or the family illustrated? The fertility of this man's invention exceeded anything I have ever seen, and I have had a wide intercourse with the world's finest minds. This meeting would take place at twelve the next night. ogw. T. BARNUM. The local police department goes into high gear to solve the mystery but it all comes to a tragic end. Daffy and McFadden are the boldest scoundrels in the profession; the chief has reasons for believing that they are the men who stole the stove out of the detective headquarters on a bitter night last winter--in consequence of which the chief and every detective present were in the hands of the physicians before morning, some with frozen feet, others with frozen fingers, ears, and other members. Paperback. said Inspector Blunt, almost betrayed into excitement, "this is magnificent! Yet further troublous news was in store for us. By. He must publish his facts, else he will be supposed to have none; he must publish his theory, for nothing is so strange or striking as a detective's theory, or brings him so much wonderful respect; we must publish our plans, for these the journals insist upon having, and we could not deny them without offending. Alaric retired. Speak to no one about the matter, not even the reporters. He killed a horse; have secure a piece of it      for a clue. He prefers acquaintances, but is not prejudiced against strangers." ", "He would require about fifty thousand dollars worth--say an edition of five hundred copies. "The Stolen White Elephant" 65 career "exploited the national appetite for fraud" (Gilman, 14-15).6 Barnum himself figures in Twain's tale, cutting a deal with Blunt, as a telegram reports, for "exclusive privilege of using elephant as travelling advertising medium from now till detectives find him. THEORY OF CHIEF BLUNT! The white elephant was stolen! "Very well. Then this man, whom nothing escaped which could by any possibility be made to serve as a clue, said: "There are cases in detective history to show that criminals have been detected through peculiarities, in their appetites. But I noticed that in one part of your remarks in the papers this morning you refused to reveal your opinion upon a certain minor point. According to Wikipedia: "Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was a humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer from the United States of America. ... Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. Brand new Book. Mr. Barnum is not at home; he is in the telegraph office--it is his way when he has business on hand. He always said: "Let them rail on; he laughs best who laughs last.". "We shall hear from him again before long.". "Alaric, tell the reporters to remain for the present." He said he was confident he could compromise for one hundred thousand dollars and recover the elephant. 2 came:                          BARKER'S, N. J., 7.40 A.M.      Just arrived. ", "Place detectives in plain clothes in the railway; steamship, and ferry depots, and upon all roadways leading out of Jersey City, with orders to search all suspicious persons. "The capital city of Siam." ", "He is indifferent about nationalities. "Of course it is," said the inspector. He prefers acquaintances, but is not prejudiced against strangers. What else will he eat? We cannot punish it until it is committed." When detectives called for a drink, the would-be facetious barkeeper resurrected an obsolete form of expression and said, "Will you have an eye-opener?" Chief BLUNT. Now, as to Bibles. This gave the minstrels an idea, and they dressed themselves as detectives and hunted the elephant on the stage in the most extravagant way. This gave the minstrels an idea, and they dressed themselves as detectives and hunted the elephant on the stage in the most extravagant way. He sent one of these by his confidential messenger to the "reputed wife" of Brick Duffy, and the other to the reputed wife of Red McFadden. The more I had seen of the man the more I liked him and the more I admired him and marveled over the mysterious wonders of his profession. "Nothing can save him." The local police department goes into high … The boy retired. Now, what does this elephant eat, and how much?" All the air was thick with sarcasms. This is the greatest windfall that any detective organization ever had. We shall not have to wait long for an answer. When I read the first half of that I was more astonished than ever at the wonderful sagacity of this strange man. Large, deep, and ragged. At one meal--or, if you prefer, during one day--how man men will he eat, if fresh?". This present ought not only to be a royal one, but transcendently royal. Wants to paste circus-posters on him. The telegraph brought this:                          HOGANSPORT, 12.19. We must constantly show the public what we are doing, or they will believe we are doing nothing. The more I had seen of the man the more I liked him and the more I admired him and marveled over the mysterious wonders of his profession. said the inspector "I knew we had a difficult job on hand, but we shall catch him yet." Unfortunately the animal had stopped to rest; therefore, Burke having his head down, intent upon the track, butted up against the elephant's hind legs before he was aware of his vicinity. Burns appeared. HUBBARD, Detective. "It is hardly succinct enough. The whole detective force swarmed in, and such another season of triumphant rejoicing ensued as I had never witnessed before. Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on November 30, 1835, in the village of Florida, Missouri. And so the list went on, growing redder and redder, and more and more heartbreaking. ", "Place a strong guard--A guard of thirty picked men, with a relief of thirty--over the place from whence the elephant was stolen, to keep strict watch there night and day, and allow none to approach--except reporters--without written authority from me. Don't worry-inside of another week I'll have the elephant. said the inspector "I knew we had a difficult job on hand, but we shall catch him yet.". He said that if the thief was alive this would bring him to the usual rendezvous. Daffy and McFadden are the boldest scoundrels in the profession; the      chief has reasons for believing that they are the men who stole the      stove out of the detective headquarters on a bitter night last      winter--in consequence of which the chief and every detective      present were in the hands of the physicians before morning, some      with frozen feet, others with frozen fingers, ears, and other      members. It was that heart of oak, the chief inspector. Create a library and add your favorite stories. You know it is sacred to kings, only kings may possess it, and that it is, indeed, in a measure even superior t… By and by the messages began to pour in, but I was happily disappointed in they nature. Now he wanted to help the man. AFTER THESE, THE DETECTIVES! So we determined upon that figure as a beginning. Add to My Favorites. In it, an Indian elephant, en route from India to Britain as a gift to the Queen, disappears in New Jersey. He motioned me to a seat, and said, calmly: "Allow me to think a moment, please." --M. T.] The following curious history was related to me by a chance railway acquaintance. "Very well. Elephant passed      through here at five this morning. Rediscovery      certain. The jokers will sing a different tune to-morrow! Very well; five years ago, when the troubles concerning the frontier line arose between Great Britain and Siam, it was presently manifest that Siam had been in the wrong. Got both. So saying, he sat down at his office table and leaned his head upon his hand. He may be a little slow in finding a little thing like a mislaid elephant he may hunt him all day and sleep with his rotting carcass all night for three weeks, but he will find him at last if he can get the man who mislaid him to show him the place!". --M. T.] The following curious history was related to me by a chance railway acquaintance. We then got down on our hands      and knees and continued to keep a sharp eye on the track, and so      shadowed it into the brush. ", But there was no joy for me. "Had they any other issue besides this one?" By advice of the inspector I doubled the reward. Once the elephant suggested his mother to live in distant cave as the food that he gathered for his mother was often stolen by other animals. BRENT, Detective. Telegram No. It is an intricate and difficult business; there are a thousand avenues of escape and opportunities of concealment. Now that the detectives were in adversity, the newspapers turned upon them, and began to fling the most stinging sarcasms at them. Wherefore, what offering could be so meet as that of a white elephant? As fast as others are at liberty, hold them for orders.". Have got a clue and am away. I have secured a portion of the policeman as clue. We could do nothing till then, and I lost no time in getting out of the office, and was grateful indeed for the privilege. He sent one of these by his confidential messenger to the "reputed wife" of Brick Duffy, and the other to the reputed wife of Red McFadden. Whole region for many miles around in terror- -people flying from their homes. The compromise cost me one hundred thousand dollars; my detective expenses were forty-two thousand dollars more; I never applied for a place again under my government; I am a ruined man and a wanderer on the earth but my admiration for that man, whom I believe to be the greatest detective the world has ever produced, remains undimmed to this day, and will so remain unto the end. The ferry-boats and even the omnibuses had to stop running. Fortunately I arrived in time, though the chief of the force, the celebrated Inspector Blunt was just on the point of leaving for his home. a confederate of the thieves! When I was done, he said: "Now listen. Tjnd--fz328wmlg. The proper office of a reward is to stimulate the men who deliver up their time and their trained sagacities to this sort of work, and not to confer benefits upon chance citizens who stumble upon a capture without having earned the benefits by their own merits and labors." Fortunately I arrived in time, though the chief of the force, the celebrated Inspector Blunt was just on the point of leaving for his home. "Despatch detectives in plain clothes over all the railways, north as far as Canada, west as far as Ohio, south as far as Washington." Before I could make a comment upon this extraordinary episode, the following despatch carried my thoughts into another and very distressing channel:                          BOLIVIA, N. Y., 12.50. "Alaric, have fifty thousand copies of this photograph made the first thing in the morning, and mail them with the descriptive circulars.". CHIEF BAT,--Red McFadden is hung and in heving 18 month. "Darley's one of the best men on the force," said the inspector. ", "Through ignorance--yes; but they cannot support life. Wherefore, what offering could be so meet as that of a white elephant? And when he died himself, the King erected a statue of him by the side of the lake and held an annual elephant festival there in memory of such a caring and noble soul. ", "Hassan Ben Ali Ben Selim Abdallah Mohammed Moist Alhammal Jamsetjejeebhoy Dhuleep Sultan Ebu Bhudpoor. I fled rearward, and the      elephant turned and shadowed me to the edge of the wood, making      tremendous speed, and I should inevitably have been lost, but that      the remains of the funeral providentially intervened again and      diverted his attention. Theme Of A Stolen White Elephant. Several clerks were at work at the other end of the room; the scratching of their pens was all the sound I heard during the next six or seven minutes. "However, he will not escape, for my men are scattered all over that region." And secrecy must be observed--secrecy profound and absolute. said the inspector; "would he eat gas bills? Elephant passed through here at 8.15. Every step must be warily taken; each step must be made sure before the next is ventured. "He would not care whether they were fresh or not; at a single meal he would eat five ordinary men. In one place he had "interfered with an election and killed five repeaters." He was a gentleman more than seventy years of age, and his thoroughly good and gentle face and earnest and sincere manner imprinted the unmistakable stamp of truth upon every statement which fell from his lips. Their general tone was like this:      THE WHITE ELEPHANT AT LARGE! His office had become an unpleasant place to me, and now became daily more and more so. Chief BLUNT. He would take what they had." From working as a riverboat pilot on the Mississi… He will eat a man, he will eat a Bible--he will eat anything between a man and a Bible." Many an eloquent eye testified its deep admiration for the chief, and many a detective's voice murmured, "Look at him--just the king of the profession; only give him a clue, it's all he wants, and there ain't anything hid that he can't find." HAWES, Detective I uttered exclamations of joy. The inspector said: "I wish I could communicate with them and order them north, but that is impossible. "Darley's one of the best men on the force," said the inspector. BARNS DESTROYED, FACTORIES GUTTED, HARVESTS      DEVOURED, PUBLIC ASSEMBLAGES DISPERSED, ACCOMPANIED BY SCENES OF      CARNAGE IMPOSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE! Glass factory broken open here during night, and eight hundred bottles taken. ", "Let all these things be done with the utmost's secrecy--mind, the most impenetrable secrecy. He calmly touched his bell. MULROONEY, Detective. Citizens penned him up and established      a guard. ", "Yes, we always do that; it has a good effect. Elephant raged around streets; two      plumbers going by, killed one--other escaped. "I told you the creature's appetites would not be bad clues." By advice of the inspector I doubled the reward. It was necessary to remain awhile in order to recruit the animal's health before resuming the voyage. He was a gentleman more than seventy years of age, and his thoroughly good and gentle face and earnest and sincere manner imprinted the unmistakable stamp of truth upon every statement which fell from his lips. Sixty persons had been killed, and two hundred and forty wounded. Therefore every reparation was quickly made, and the British representative stated that he was satisfied and the past should be forgotten. Very well; he likes men and Bibles; so far, so good. Then this man, whom nothing escaped which could by any possibility be made to serve as a clue, said: "There are cases in detective history to show that criminals have been detected through peculiarities, in their appetites. Alaric retired. said Inspector Blunt, almost betrayed into excitement, "this is magnificent! STUMM, Detective. Detective Burke and I arrived ten minutes later, from the north, but mistook some excavations for footprints, and so lost a good deal of time; but at last we struck the right trail and followed it to the woods. This is another masterpiece reflecting Mark Twain's imagination and wry sense of humor. The story is told through the man charged with ensuring the Elephant reaches its destination safely. All went well during a fortnight--then my calamities began. Meantime I reread the newspapers and also our descriptive circular, and observed that our twenty-five thousand dollars reward seemed to be offered only to detectives. "I see the force of what you say. This audio story will leave you laughing out loud. They will find that when I am ready for them my hand will descend upon them, in their secret places, as unerringly as the hand of fate. Then I grew calmer and collected my faculties. I gave him one. Then we parted for the night, and I went home with a far happier heart than I had carried with me to his office. In the first chapter tell about the history of the white elephant of Siam, it is a precious symbol for the King of Siam. "So the elephant has turned westward," said the inspector. I refer to bulk. He was a man of middle size and compact frame, and when he was thinking deeply he had a way of kniting his brows and tapping his forehead reflectively with his finger, which impressed you at once with the conviction that you stood in the presence of a person of no common order. I was called up at dead of night and informed of this fearful misfortune. The last is the theme of men and women … Give me orders how to proceed. So the plot of this short is fairly obvious- an elephant is stolen, whilst being transported through New York as a gift to the Queen (as White Elelphants such as this one very viewed as near sacred in Siam, the homeland of the narrator). He not only saw everything in the present with a clear eye, but even the future could not be hidden from him. He walked swiftly down to the dim and remote end of the place, and just as I succumbed to the pangs of suffocation and was swooning away he stumbled and fell over the outlying members of a mighty object, and I heard him exclaim as he went down: "Our noble profession is vindicated. Just arrived. "Yes, Sir." Read the next short story; The Story Of The Bad Little Boy. The ordinary octavo Bible weighs about two pound; and a half, while the great quarto with the illustrations weighs ten or twelve. When Detective Brown and I arrived, some time after, we      entered inclosure and proceeded to identify elephant by photograph      and description. Only water in large quantity near here      is five miles distant. "The Stolen White Elephant" is a short story written by Mark Twain and published in 1882 by James R. Osgood.In this detective mystery, a Siamese white elephant, en route from Siam to Britain as a gift to the Queen, disappears in New Jersey.The local police department goes into high gear to solve the mystery but it all comes to a tragic end. Burke was in advance. And how the list had grown! So interrupted the clicking telegraphic instrument. BRANT, Detective. ", "To begin with, I should say--well, twenty-five thousand dollars. Meantime the inspector sat there, buried in thought. "There. He broke southward, through a dense forest. "Alaric; summon Captain Burns." To make sure, Brown      crept under to look, and was immediately brained--that is, head      crushed and destroyed, though nothing issued from debris. Wants to paste circus-posters on him" (TSWE. "Aha! The Stolen White Elephant Page 01 THE STOLEN WHITE ELEPHANT by Mark Twain [Left out of A Tramp Abroad, because it was feared that some of the particulars had been exaggerated, and that others were not true. ", "Very good. [Left out of A Tramp Abroad, because it was feared that some of the particulars had been exaggerated, and that others were not true. 18). The anti-temperance mass-meeting was in session; he put his trunk in at a window and washed it out with water from cistern. The Inspector Blunt helped him with the case, he asked about the eating habits and the appearance of Jumbo. The Dore costs a hundred dollars a copy, Russia leather, beveled. There were eleven of these theories, and they covered all the possibilities; and this single fact shows what independent thinkers detectives are. "Go!" It was necessary to remain awhile in order to recruit the animal's health before resuming the voyage. The King of Siam decided to send a white elephant to the Queen of England as a gift. It was necessary to remain awhile in order to recruit the animal's health before resuming the voyage. Poor Hassan was lost to me forever. . You know it is sacred to kings, only kings may possess it, and that it is, indeed, in a measure even superior to kings, since it receives not merely honor but worship. The fog had enabled him to search out a good hiding-place unobserved. Any Ass but a detective know that. Whole region for many miles around in terror --people flying from their homes. In this detective mystery, a Siamese white elephant, en route from Siam to Britain as a gift to the Queen, disappears in New Jersey. "He would not care whether they were fresh or not; at a single meal he would eat five ordinary men. He had followed this act with the destruction of two pool fellows, named O'Donohue and McFlannigan, who had "found a refuge in the home of the oppressed of all lands only the day before, and were in the act of exercising for the first time the noble right of American citizens at the polls, when stricken down by the relentless hand of the Scourge of Siam." He may be a little slow in finding a little thing like a mislaid elephant he may hunt him all day and sleep with his rotting carcass all night for three weeks, but he will find him at last if he can get the man who mislaid him to show him the place!" Regret general. The short story is a satirical take on police investigations and how they deceive and loot victims. Citizens penned him up and established a guard. ogw. ", "These things are unusual. His office had become an unpleasant place to me, and now became daily more and more so. ", "He will leave Bibles to eat bricks, he will leave bricks to eat bottles, he will leave bottles to eat clothing, he will leave clothing to eat cats, he will leave cats to eat oysters, he will leave oysters to eat ham, he will leave ham to eat sugar, he will leave sugar to eat pie, he will leave pie to eat potatoes, he will leave potatoes to eat bran; he will leave bran to eat hay, he will leave hay to eat oats, he will leave oats to eat rice, for he was mainly raised on it. Rating: (0 Votes) Categories: Fiction > Mystery & Detective; Download options: 119.11 KB: 251.07 KB: 151.79 KB: Description: Excerpt. Very well; five years ago, when the troubles concerning the frontier line arose between Great Britain and Siam, it was presently manifest that Siam had been in the wrong. He took a lighted candle and strode down into the vast vaulted basement where sixty detectives always slept, and where a score were now playing cards to while the time. There were no mistakes. I was carried to the office above and restored with carbolic acid. Shall now shadow him in that direction. It even had additions--consisting of Detective This, Detective That, and Detective The Other's "Theory" as to how the robbery was done, who the robbers were, and whither they had flown with their booty. Every detective of the large force scattered over this huge extent of country sent his hourly report, and each and every one of them had a clue, and was shadowing something, and was hot upon the heels of it. I remarked that the secrecy with which we had begun had been marred by the newspapers; not only all our facts but all our plans and purposes had been revealed; even all the suspected persons had been named; these would doubtless disguise themselves now, or go into hiding. Telegrams from the most absurdly distant points reported that a dim vast mass had been glimpsed there through the fog at such and such an hour, and was "undoubtedly the elephant." The newspapers were pleasant with praises once more, the next day, with one contemptible exception. Make it $7,000 or nothing. ", I was carried to the office above and restored with carbolic acid. This village in consternation. This greatly relieved the King of Siam, and partly as a token of gratitude, partly also, perhaps, to wipe out any little remaining vestige of unpleasantness which England might feel toward him, he wished to send the Queen a present--the sole sure way of propitiating an enemy, according to Oriental ideas. So the inspector wrote two notes, in this form:      DEAR MADAM,--Your husband can make a large sum of money (and be      entirely protected from the law) by making an immediate, appointment      with me. "Yes, sir." He motioned me to a seat, and said, calmly: So saying, he sat down at his office table and leaned his head upon his hand. "Let them. 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