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Colonel Starbottle's Client by Bret Harte (Paperback / softback, 2014)

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It may be remembered that it was the habit of that gallant war-horse of the Calaveras democracy, Colonel Starbottle, at the close of a political campaign, to return to his original profession of the Law. Perhaps it could t be called a peaceful retirement. The same fiery-tongued eloquence and full-breasted chivalry which had in turns thrilled and overawed freemen at the polls were less fervid and embattled before a jury. Yet the Colonel was counsel for two or three pastoral Ditch companies and certain bucolic corporations, and although he managed to import into the simplest question of contract more or less abuse of opposing counsel, and occasionally mingled precedents of law with antecedents of his adversary, his legal victories were seldom complicated by bloodshed. He was only once shot at by a free-handed judge, and twice assaulted by an over-sensitive litigant. Nevertheless, it was thought merely prudent, while preparing the papers in the well kwn case of The Arcadian Shepherds' Association of Tuolumne versus the Kedron Vine and Fig Tree Growers of Calaveras, that the Colonel should seek with a shotgun the seclusion of his partner's law office in the sylvan outskirts of Rough and Ready for that complete rest and serious preoccupation which Marysville could t afford.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN-10
1497557526
ISBN-13
9781497557529
eBay Product ID (ePID)
225179601

Product Key Features

Format
Paperback / Softback, Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
Language
English
Topic
General & Literary Fiction
Author
Bret Harte

Additional Product Features

Date of Publication
09/04/2014
Content Note
Black & White Illustrations
Country of Publication
United States

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