, q jiC afternoon a stranger alighted i from a train at a hustling town in the. ; West, and headed up the street, l inaliv j-ie met a man who looked like a native. “Pardon me.” said the strap vcr. “at o y° u a resident of this town?” “Yes. sir,” was the ready rejoinder of the other. *J have been here something like fifty years. What can I do for you?” “I am looking for a criminal lawyer,” responded the stranger; “have you one- here?” “Well.” said the native, reflectively, “we think we have, but we can’t prove that lie is.”
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18208, 15 July 1927, Page 10
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