106 SPORTING REMINISCENCES 



court choked in its endeavour not to laugh too 

 loudly. 



I went into a well-known solicitor's office the 

 other day to find him refuting some claim made 

 by a non-suited opponent who wanted money. 



" Tell her to go to blazes," this quite good- 

 humouredly. 



A fresh murmur from the messenger. 



** Tell her to go to " it was not ' blazes ' 



this time, and the reply was more heated. 



" Oh, you want it still, do you ? Weren't you 

 utterly beaten and costs against you and didn't 

 the judge tell you to go to Hongkong ? " 



He amended ' blazes ' and its other variety. 



This reminder of judicial outlawing was too 

 much, the man left murmuring he could not 

 recall it himself, but not daring to contradict an 

 eminent solicitor. 



This week the question arose during a case, of 

 why some farmer had not sent a son to enlist. 



" Isn't he too young ? " snapped the witness. 

 ** How ould is he ? He is three year." 



"Oh, then he is too young even for the infantry," 

 said the barrister, sweetly. 



This same barrister was pleading a case one day 

 for renewal of licence of a public-house. It had 

 been sold to his client who had no idea naturally 

 when he bought it that the licence was about to 

 be withdrawn. 



" My unfortunate client, me lord," he pleaded, 



