Instead, he instructed his solicitor to pay me the allowance in quarterly instalments during the rest of his life; and it was understood that, on his death, the entire estate should devolve on me, or if I died first, on my daughter Ruth.

I should have to consult my solicitor, of course, but it would surprise me very much if an action did not lie.

In vain he threatened to commit the sturdy solicitor.

I was just interviewing my solicitor.

I shall be glad to send my solicitors to talk it over with you, and explain anything about me which you may care to know" Mr. Rushford's face had gradually relaxed during this harangue, until it was positively smiling.

"It takes a solicitor and the solicited to make a crime.

" "I paid a solicitor to defend him at the police court," said the girl, "but the money I gave him was thrown away.

my dear sir," exclaimed the horrified solicitor; "we mustn't talk like that, especially in this place.

I'll ask my solicitor, sir, if there isn't a remedy for this sort of thing.

" Corusodes, thus endowed, got into holy orders; having, by the most extreme parsimony, saved thirty-four pounds out of a very beggarly fellowship, he went up to London, where his sister was waitingwoman to a lady, and so good a solicitor, that by her means he was admitted to read prayers in the family twice a-day, at fourteen shillings a month.

She complacently informed her solicitors that it was all rubbish; they could arrange, if they would, without forcing her to take this abominable step.

He mentioned his own solicitors, a City firm of high standing, as gentlemen whom she might wisely trust at this crisis of her life.

"Quite right, Saunders," said Deppingham, replacing his eyeglass nervously, "but who's going to do it and what is there to be done?" "I'merafraid you don't quite understand, sir," mumbled the little solicitor, glancing uneasily over his shoulder.

"I just punched one I.W.W. solicitor.

He was to be seen trudging about upon this man's errand to fifty quarters of the town at once, jogging this witness, refreshing that solicitor.

" "The man may have been searching for particulars of his mother's family," remarked the solicitor.

Mr. Hamilton was not satisfied, and, consequently, seeking an able solicitor, put the affair into his hands, and desired that he would use every means in his power to obtain the restoration of the papers.

" "What's the matter with him?" whispered the solicitor.

" "But surely one can rely on the judge dealing fairly with a man who is unable to afford a solicitor and counsel?"

"Mr. Hanson," he writes, "Lord Byron's solicitor, consigned him to my care at the age of thirteen and a half, with remarks that his education had been neglected; that he was ill prepared for a public school; but that he thought there was a cleverness about him.

Mr. Prosper did not doubt but that he would "appease the solicitor."

If the occasion arose for the exercise of your generosity you would have to approach Mr. Reuben's solicitor through the medium of your guardian, Mr. Hornby, and with the consent of the accused.

We beg you to straightway name to us your solicitors, that we may confer with them and attend to the issuance of the writs.

But fate, propitious to me, had dried up his ink-bottle; the expense of replenishing it would have broken his heart of itself; and the attorney's announcement to me was, that the will, after blinding the solicitor to the treasury and three of his clerks, was pronounced to be altogether illegible.

COOK, DUTTON, novelist, dramatic author, and critic; born in London, and bred a solicitor; contributed to several periodicals, and the "Dictionary of National Biography" (1822-1883).