The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-03
BY Advice Of a lawyer.

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greater part OF Its menagerie consisted
Of the elephant Abdul, and Abdul had
become old and irritable and no longer
saw things with the friskiness Of other
days He was being most carefully
watched when the show arrived al
Clementsville.
The season had not been profitable
one for Jones & Jones. They had had
to offer 80 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
ator, refused to take a note Of hand.
His claim was for $40. and be rushed
to see lawyer about It Mr.. Taylor
was the lawyer. The two or three 9th.
ers in town happened to be out of their
iofaces. 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 ele-
phant Ia the biggest and most valuable
thing they have. we win attach him,
The circus must have him. 1t won't
move on without him. Your case viii
be settled within an hour after we at
tach him"
The elephant was attached. There
was lank and disconsolate looking
cassowary with the show. but he was
passed BY. There was lonely and de-
jected dromedary, with its lonely and
dejected humps, but that attachment
was not for him. Abdul was the vic
tim and was duly attached.
The constable saw the farmer cred
itor, and arrangements were made 10
take Abdul out to the farm. He fg-
ured that be was going to get soft
thing. and, much to the astonishment
0f the circus folk, he went along In a
contented manner and fir " brought
up In the farmers barn Then the real
history Of the case began. Jones 4
Jones left town with smiles on their
faces. That meant that the suit would
have to be adjourned when called.
That meant that 1t would be ultimately
decided In the farmers favor and that
be would find himself with an elephant
on his hands. He found that out even
within the first hour.
Abdul wanted from three to five bar
rels Of water to wet his throat. 1t
took an hour to bring it from the
house. Then he wanted a 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 fancy to
certain beam In the barn and wrapped
his trunk around 1t and pulled 1t from
its. place and used 1t 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. He
had been making elephants study
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
be. Just 60 right back home and give
that elephant whatever he wanted and
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 smah drink, and when
the farmer cut him of with five bar
rels Of water he trumpeted until he
scared farmers for two miles around
and then bsoke 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
q 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 a ton of
hay and most Of the pumpkins grow
ing on the farm and then broke down
the doors and piled the fragments In a
neat heap and set out on a voy-
age Of discovery. He discovered the
smokehouse and chicken coop and dai- |
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
lows and doors. Then he passed into
The orchard and pulled up twenty-one
big apple trees to show that he was
10 buffer. He had leveled forty rods
II fence and torn down a wagon shed