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Show "HE RAN FOR LAWYER." But There Was a Doubt as to Whether He Had Ever Caught the Office. A man from Pennsylvania went to Vlneland on a business errand. 'The town was strango to him, and ho was' unacquainted with the man (a lawyer) he had gone io see. Tho directions ho received were so Indefinite that he , found himself on the el go' of the town without having como to the bouse he 'sought Then ho met on old negro and asked the way of him and learned that the house lay about a quarter of a mile farther down the road. "The, man I want to see' Is a lawyer," law-yer," he said to'tho old man. "Is this Mr. Dash down the road a lawyer?" "He aln't no lawyer that I ever heard tell of," answered the negro. "Yon're sure?" The old, negro, scratched his head in deep thought. Then a gleam of remembrance re-membrance lighted hla eye. "Now I think of It, boss," he said, " 'pears like I do recollect he ran for lawyer one tme." |