In a little village lived a lawyer famous for drawing up wills, in which branch of his profession he had long enjoyed a monopoly of the business or the. county. On .the death of a certain respected neighbour there much speculation as to the value of the property, and the village gocsip undertook to find out the facts. “ I suppose you made Blank’s will?” he said bluntly to the lawyer. “Yes,” the lawyer answered. “ Then. you probably know how much he left. Would you mind telling me?” “Not at all,” answered the lawyer deliberately.' “He left everything he had.”-
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Evening Star, Issue 22085, 19 July 1935, Page 4
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