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Show i BARNUM FOOLED THE LAWYER. : Oreat Showman Had His Joke Evan I Whan on HI Dsathbad. '. The lata P. T. llnrnum was ftlwayt $ fond of jnko. Ill whole career waa studded with Inaiunee In which he j Indulged till iopeulty. Hut ft few say baforej hia death be aututnoned hi lawyer to the lde of t'io couch where be was lying. "I out much wor- rlod." be aald, "about ft certain mat- ter, and 1 want to couault you. My 4 neighbor keep peacock. Huppo ; soma of them ahould fly over Into my f yard, which they are doing all the time, and lay aome rgg here. Would- I thrae rgg belong to me or would my i neighbor compel me to give them upT" i The lawyer, having duly crntcheil hi huad. anaweted: "Well, Mr. liar- ' num, I iiiiiHt take time to look Into this j rnatler. Hut the beat thing fur you to I do would be to keep the fkk and let j your neighbor ana for their poaaeaaion. ! IB that way your rlghl would be die j tarulued and we should have valu- j ftbla tU rase." 1 I I ''v "Well." said Mr. llnrnum. "while you arn looking Into the mntter will you find out how It would bo If the eggs were laid by pea hetia?" The lawyer iwnrn softly to himself, but never made any Investigation. |