The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30
By Advice Of a Lawyer.

of the elephant Abdul. and Abdul had
become old and irritable and no longer
saw things with the freshness of other
days He was being most carefully
watched when the show arrived at
Clementsville.
The season had not been a profitable
one for Jones & Jones. They had had
to offer so cents on the dollar to their
creditors at the last three stands, and
when the exhibition at Clementsville
was over they could not pay certain
farmers for oats, hay and straw. One
of the farmers, and the largest cred
itOr, refused to take a note of hand.
His claim was for $4O and he rushed
to see u lawyer about it. Mr.. Taylor
was the lawyer. The two OF three 9th
ers in town happened to be out of thei
Offices. The great opportunity had
come at last. The fourteen years o.
waiting was to be repaid.
Your claim is good, and all we have
to do is to attach something" was th'
lawyers announcement. GAS the ele
plant is the biggest and most valuabl
thing they have. we will attach hin
The circus must have him. 1t Won
move on without him. Your case w
be settled within an hour after we
tach him."
The elephant was attached. Til
was Il lank and discOnsOlate look
cassowary with the show, but he
passed by. There was d lonGay and
jected dro1edary, with its lonely
detected humps. but that attachm
was not for him Abdul was the
tin and WAS Gully attached.
The constable saw the farmer CT
itU;. ana arrangements were made
AXE Abdul out to tee farm. He
aIel that he was going to get a {
thing. anI. much TO the ASTONISHING
OF .h2 circus folk he went along il
cui.:tnEeu manner ana finally brOu
10 in the farmers barn. Then the I
IL 10Y ol tut titAC ueSuu JOHco
,:o:lts left ;own with smiles on their
faces. That meant that the suit would
have to ise adjourned when called.
That ,ilesnt that il would be ultimately
dec.>r, il TIE farmers favor and that
he would find himself with an elephant
On his hands He found that out even
within the first hour.
Abdul wanted from three to five par
relS Of water to wet his throat. It
house. Then he wanted quarter of
ton Of the best hay to eat and the
same amount to toy with as he stood
up to mediate and feel sorry for those
elephants that were still knocking
around the country. Night had not
yet come when he took Il fancy to a
certain beam in the barn and wrapped
his trunk around it and pulled it from
it's place and used it for baseball
bat. Then he tore out the lnanger and
used the slivers for tOothpicks and
went to bed happy. The farmer con-
suited the lawyer again, and the law
yer was primed with information. KS
had been making elephants stIGy
for the last four hours.
Eyes, all the cost of Adults keep and
all the damage he did while in the
hands of the law would be assessed on
Jones & Jones when the case was de-
cided against them, as it surely must
hn Inc rio boo L. nd rius
that elephant whatever he wanted ;tnG
it would be all right
Abdul had been chained on the open
floor of the barn. On the second day
of his stay he broke his chains and
pulled ton of hay from the NOW and
walked over it until it was hardly fit
to bed the hogs with.
He wanted a small drink, and when
the farmer cut him off with five bar
rels of water he trumpeted until he
scared farmers for two miles around
and then broke up the tanning mill,
the corn shelter and some stray boards
and beams. The lawyer was notified,
and he came riding out to the farm on
a bike to say:
VERY irregular and improper on the
part of Abdul, but of course Jones &
Jones will settle. They must settle.
They must have him with their show"
On the third day Abdul demanded
seven barrels of water. half ton of
hay and most of the pumpkins grow
ing on the farm and then broke down
the doors and piled the fragments in
neat heap and set out OH a voy
age Of discovery. He discovered the
smokehouse and chicken coop AND Cal
~ house and upset them. He discover
ed the family we'll and yankea the
pump out by the roots and threw 1t
over the house. He discovered the
house itself and smashed all the win
dOws and doors Then he passed into
the orchard and pulled up twenty one
big apple trees to show that he was
no buffer. He had leveled forty rods
of fence and torn down Il wagon shed
and tossed Il reaper and mower sky
hioh whom ha 6acidad tO seek tha