The lawyer gravely took a sheet of paper and a pen. Then he asked the man his name.
10. "John Brown," was the answer.
"Occupation?"
"What's that?" he asked, in amazement.
"What do you do for a living?"
"Oh! is that what occupation means?" he said. "I'm a farmer."
11. The great lawyer wrote it all down, and added something which the farmer could not make out. Then, folding the paper, he gave it to the old man, who paid his fee, and went out delighted that he was now every bit as clever as his neighbors.
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12. When he arrived home, he found a number of his work people at his door, talking to his wife.
"Ah, here comes John," she cried; "he will tell us what to do."