FIFTY YEARS OF A SHOWMAN'S LIFE 



" Lawyer " H. departed this life long since, 

 but, in my mind's eye, I can still see his thick- 

 set figure and rugged, weather-beaten counten- 

 ance, on which dogged determination or, as some 

 would describe it, unyielding obstinacy was writ 

 large. It was framed in by an antique form of 

 head-gear, with lappets which came down over the 

 ears, and were tied under his chin. He invariably 

 had a thick stick in his hand and a faithful dog 

 at his heels. He was entitled to be called " a 

 character " of a type of which there can now be 

 few, if any, survivals, in these more prosaic days, 

 when the tendency is to put eccentricity at a dis- 

 count. In fact, he seemed out of date even in 

 the 'fifties and 'sixties, and gave one the impression 

 of being a derelict from the remoter past, repre- 

 sented by novels of the Tom Jones type. 



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