CAPTAIN KODAK.
I.
THE COMING OF THE CAMERA.
ON the day when the circus came to Hazenfield; one of the elephants broke loose and strolled up Main Street; and when they chased him he knocked down three lamp-posts, the stone boy on the drinking-fountain, upset a trolley car, broke the insurance company’s sign, smashed the helmet of Policeman Ryan, and fell into a hole in front of the barber’s.
There never had been so much excitement in Hazenfield, and the motorman, Policeman Ryan, and the barber hope there never will be again.
When it was all over, that is to say, when they got the elephant out of the hole, which you must know was no easy matter, and Hazenfield had quieted down again, there were many comments on the incident.
“I never expected an elephant,” said the motorman.
“I’m glad it wasn’t your head,” said Policeman Ryan’s wife, when she saw the helmet.
“I thought he was coming in to get shaved!” said the barber.
Allan Hartel, the Doctor’s son, said, “If I’d only had a camera!”