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Will of Jonathan Meeson tattooed on Miss Smithers
Augusta Smithers accompanies her guardian Eustace Meeson to file the famous will of Jonathan Meeson. The document is tattooed on Augusta’s back, a curious arrangement that the registrar accepts with unusual leniency after a lively hearing and a champagne lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Eustace
Ady Holmhurst
Hanover Square
Somerset House
Lady Holmhurst
Gusta
John Shortes
Cumett
Jobo Short
Ides
Hustace
Agusta
John Short
Merset
Jones
London
Short
Meeson
Jonathan Meeson
Pompadour Hall
County of
Warwick
Kerguelen Land
Eustace H. Meeson
Augusta Smithers
Miss Smithers
Gus
Jdobkn
Mr. Short
Holmhurst
Herodotus