Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-02-21
By. Advice of a Lawyer.

Of the elephant Abdul. and Abdul had
| become old and Irritable and no longer
I eaw thingS with the frlstinrss of othel.
/ says lie was being most carefully
1 watched when the show arrived nj
I Clcmentsvllc.
Tie season had not becna profitable
one for Jones X Jones They had had
: 10 offer 20 cents on The dollar 10 their
creditors at tie last three stands. and
wien Tie exhibition at Clcmcmtsville
was over they could not pay certain
farmers for oats. hny ana straw. One
of the farmers, aud the largest cred
| iIor refused TO take Il note of hand.
I Ills claim was for $40 ami lac 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 their
Offices The great opportunity had
come at last. The fourteen years OF
waiting was To he repaid.
Your claim is good. and all we have
TO do is to attach something" was the
lawyers announcement AS The Gle.
phant is the biggest and most valuable
thing they have, we viii attach him
The circus must have him 1t won't
move on without him. Your case viii
be settled within an hour after we nj.
tncli him"
The elephant was attached There
was II lank and dlsconsolate loolsin:;
cassowary with the show, hut he was
passed by. There was lonely ana de.
jectci dromcdnry, with It's 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
ltor. aud arrangements were made 10
take Abdul out to the farm. lie fix
! urcd that lie was going to get a sof;
thing. and, much To the establishment
of the circus folk. he went along In II
conicntcd manner and finally brought
M IN The farmers barn. Then the real
history OF the ease began. Jones X
| Jones left town with smiles on their
faces. That meant that the suit would
"a.
That meant that It would he ultimately
decided in the farmers favor ana tina,
liz would lind himself with an elephant
on his hands. lie found that out even
within the first hour.
Aouu' wanted from tsirec 10 i've bar
reis OF water to wet his throat. 1t
took an hour 10 bring 1t from tie
house Then he wanted quarter OF
ton of the best hay to eat ANA the
same amount to toy with us he stood
up To mediate ana feel sorry for thosc
elephants SHAT were still knocking
aronhd The country. Night had not
YET come when lie took n fancy 10 u
certain beam In the barn and wrapped
his trunk around it and pulled II from
It's place and used 1t for baseball
bal Ilrn lie tore ont the mangcr and
usei The slvcrs for toothpicks aud
went To led happy The farmer con-
suited the lawyer again. and the law
yer was primcd with information. lie
hau been making elephants n study
Tor the last four hours.
fcs, all the cost OF Abduls keep and
MI the damage lie did While in the
hahus OF the law would be assessed on
Jones y Jones when the case was de-
cided against them. as ii surely must
Ne lust 70 right bacl; home and give
That elephant whatever he wanted and
II would lie MI right
Abdul had been chained on the open
iioor oT the barn On the second day
oil ms stay he broke his chains and
pulled ion OF hay from the NOW and
walked over Il until 1t was hardly tit
10 bed the hogs With.
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