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Show FED THE ELEPHANT; IN JAIL New York Visitor Couldn't Resist Ap-! Ap-! peallnfl Trunk of Hungry pachyderm. Giuseppe Mzzo'b natlvo generosity and kindness of heart got him into dlro troublo tho other day. Itlzzo Is a barber, twenty-thrco years old, and lives on Claremont avenue, the IJronx. It was a warm nnd balmy afternoon, and Itlzzo went forth. Hla eourso led him to tho animals In tho zoo. As ho looked upon them, caged and unablo to enjoy their freedom, tho barber's kind heart was touched. To express his sympathy ho bought candy and peanuts and fed them. Special Olllcer Fltzpatrlck caught him In tho act. Ho halted Ittzzo's peanut-laden hand as It reached for tho elephant's outstretched trunk. "Cut It out," ho admonished. "Don't you see tho Blgn don't feed tho animals?" ani-mals?" "Dut da poor clcphanta, ho llko da peanut," pleaded Itlzzo, ns ho stuffed tho bag back In his pockot nnd walked away. Ho was disconsolate. Ho Imagined Im-agined ha could seo a tear In tho pachyderm's eyo. Tho pachyderm's trunk stretched forth beseechingly, and Itlzzo's kind heart could stand It no longer. Stenlthlly ho crept to tho cago again, a succulent goobor clutched In his graBp. The moist W ot Jumbo's trunk closed about It. He grunted In satisfaction. Fltxpatrick arrested Itlzzo and took him to tbo lockup. Ho was charged with vandalism. vandal-ism. Now York Sun. |