Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-11-26

By ADVICE
OF ALAWYER|

bt It's. Elti44aNA sAuNNis anu Anuui udu
become old and irritable and no longer
saw things with the freshness of other
days lie was being most carefully
watched when the show arrived at
Clementsville
The season had not been a profitable
one for Zones & Jones. They had had
10 offer 80 cents on the dollar 10 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 10 take note OF hand.
His claim was for $40. and he rushed
10 see Il lawyer about il. 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 be repaid
Your claim is good, and all we have
to do is TO attach something" was the
lawyers announcement AS tho ele-
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
tach him."
The elephant was attached. There
was tank and disconsolate looking
cassowary with the show, but he was
passed by. There was lonely ;,nd de
jected dron;edary, with its lonely and
detected 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 to
take Abdul out to tie farm He fig
ured that he was going TO get a soft
] thing, and. much to the astonishment
of the circus folk he went along In q
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
| deciIed In the 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 bar
rels of water to wet his throat. IL
took an hour TO bring it from the
house Then he wanted quarter Of
a ton of the best hay to eat and the
same amount to toy with as he stood
up to mediate aud feel sorry for those
elephants that were still knocking
around the country. Night had not
yet come when he took Il fancy to
certain beam In the barn and wrapped
his trunk around 1t and pulled it from
its place and used 1t for baseball
bat. Then he tore out the manger and
used the sliyers for toothpicks and
went 10 bed happy. The farmer con-
sultet. the lawyer again. and the law
yer was primed with information. He
had been making elephants n study
for the last four hours
Yes, all the cost of Abdu's keep and
all the damage he did while in the
hands of the law would be assessed on
Jones x Jones when the case was de-
cided against them. as ii surely must
be. Just so right back home and give
that elephant whatever he wanted and
it would he 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 1t until 1t was hardly fit
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 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 ont TO the farm on
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 or
hay and most OF the pumpkins grow
| ing on the farm and then broke down
| the doors and piled the fragments In n
| neat heap and set out on voy-
| age OF discovery He discovered the
| smokehouse and chicken coop and dali
| ry house and upset them. He discover
cd the family well and yanked the
| pump out by the roots aud threw IT
over the house He discovered the
house itself and smashed all the win
| dows and doors Then he passed into
| tie 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
there he entered big mudhole TO take
bath and met his fate by drowning.
The lawyer came out and said that
| Adults proceedings could be legally
| criticised. but that there was no ques-
! ton as to how the suit would 90.
/ There wasn't Jones & Jones came
back and won it and made the county
pay them $1,000 for tho loss Of their
| elephant while in the hands OF duly
! elected constable And then Jones d
Jones. the clown, the bareback riders,
| the tight rope walker and other circus
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