The Judge not Blind. 



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has not remained undiscovered by other great men whose 

 equally great friends believe ought to have a soul above 

 dogs. Quite a popular hero in his way was the late terrier 

 belonging to Mr. Justice Hawkins, which, if it did not 

 actually sit with its master on the bench, was otherwise his 

 lordship's almost constant companion. " Yah ! " said a 

 corner-man in one of our provincial towns, " I didn't know 

 as auld Hawkins was blind ! " alluding to the fact that the 

 judge in walking to the assize court led his favourite little 

 terrier by a cord. 



