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    Lawyer Quince Odd Craft, Part 5.
    Lawyer Quince Odd Craft, Part 5.
    Lawyer Quince Odd Craft, Part 5.
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    Lawyer Quince Odd Craft, Part 5.

    By W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs and Will Owen

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      Lawyer Quince Odd Craft, Part 5. - W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Lawyer Quince, by W.W. Jacobs

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

      almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or

      re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included

      with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net

      Title: Lawyer Quince

      Odd Craft, Part 5.

      Author: W.W. Jacobs

      Release Date: April 29, 2004 [EBook #12205]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LAWYER QUINCE ***

      Produced by David Widger

      1909

      PART 5.

      List of Illustrations

      Lawyer Quince.

      'Come Down to Have a Look at the Prisoner?' Inquired The Farmer.

      'None O' Yer Impudence,' Said the Farmer.

      I Thought All Along Lawyer Quince Would Have the Laugh Of You.

      'How Did You Get in That Shed?' Demanded Her Parent.

      LAWYER QUINCE

      Lawyer Quince, so called by his neighbours in Little Haven from his readiness at all times to place at their disposal the legal lore he had acquired from a few old books while following his useful occupation of making boots, sat in a kind of wooden hutch at the side of his cottage plying his trade. The London coach had gone by in a cloud of dust some three hours before, and since then the wide village street had slumbered almost undisturbed in the sunshine.

      Hearing footsteps and the sound of voices raised in dispute caused him to look up from his work. Mr. Rose, of Holly Farm, Hogg, the miller, and one or two neighbours of lesser degree appeared to be in earnest debate over some point of unusual difficulty.

      Lawyer Quince took a pinch of snuff and bent to his work again. Mr. Rose was one of the very few who openly questioned his legal knowledge, and his gibes concerning it were only too frequent. Moreover, he had a taste for practical joking, which to a grave man was sometimes offensive.

      Well, here he be, said Mr. Hogg to the farmer, as the group halted in front of the hutch. "Now ask

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