The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-04-23
by Advice of a Lawyer.

become old and irlitab BILE 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 profita BILE
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 $40. and he rushed
| to see a lawyer about it, Mr.. TAYLOR
was the lawyer. The two or three 9th
ers in town happened to be out of thell
offices. The great opportunity had
come at last. The fourteen years OF
waiting was to be repaid
Your claim is good, and all we have
to do is to attach something" was the
| lawyers announcement. "As the ec
| plant is the biggest and most valuable
| thing they have, we will attach him
| The circus must have him. 1t won't
move on without him. Your case will
be settled within an hour after we at
zach him"
The elephant was attached. There
was Il lank and disconsolate looking
cassowary with the show, but he was
passed by There was lonely and de.
jeeted dromedary, with its lonely ana
detected humps but that attachment
was not for him. Abdul was the vie
tim and was duly attached
The constable saw the farmer cred
tor, and arrangements were made to
take Abdul out to the farm. He fig
ured that he was going to get soft
thing, and, much to the astonishment
Of the circus folk, he went along in a
contented manner and finally brought
up in the farmers barn Then the real
history of the case began Jones &
Jones left town with smiles on their
faces. That meant that the suit would |
have to be adjourned when called |
That meant that it would be ultimately |
decided in the farmers favor and thai
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 Il
took n hn1r tn ,t.,, = no
house. Then he wanted a quarter of
ton of the best hay to eat and the |
same amount to toy with us he stood
up to mediate and feel sorry for those |
elephants that We're still knocking
around the country. Night had not |
yet come when he took fancy to d
certain beam In the barn and wrapped |
his trunk around 1t and pulled it from |
its place and used it for baseball |
bat Then he tore out the manger 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. rs
had been making elephants a stuGy
for the last four hours.
Yes, all the cost of Abduls 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, us 1t surely must
be. Just so right back home and give
that elephant whatever he wanted anu
it would be all right"
Abdul had been chained on the OXEN
floor of the barn. On the second day
of his stay he broke his chains and
pulled a ton of hay from the NOW and
walked over it until it was hardly fiji
to bed the hogs with.
He wanted small drink, and when
the farmer cut him off with five bar
rels of water he trumpeted until be
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
bike to say;
Very irregular and improper on tie
part of Abdul, but of -ceurse- Jones &
Jones viii settle They must settle.
Ihey 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 q
neat heap and set out on voy-
age Of discovery. He discovered the
smokehouse and chicken coop and Gai-
ry house and upset them. He discover
ed the family well and yanked 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 be 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 a wagon shed
and tossed a reaper and mower sky
high when he decided to seek the
shade of the cool forest On his WAY |