# Job Mallet — Doctor Syn character guide

> Job Mallet in Doctor Syn by Russell Thorndike.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** good Job Mallet

**First appearance:** 0000-i-dymchurch-under-the-wall

## Who they are

A farmer among the Scarecrow's men, whose knowledge of the Marsh's hidden paths and hiding places makes him useful to more than one master.

## In the story

### [A Bottle of Alsace Lorraine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/chapters/v-a-bottle-of-alsace-lorraine)

Bo'sun who assists in the search and discovers the wine cellar.

### [Doctor Syn Takes Cold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/chapters/vi-doctor-syn-takes-cold)

The bo'sun; reports to the captain that Bill Spiker and the mulatto have been sent for rum.

### [XX: A Terrible Investigation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/chapters/xx-a-terrible-investigation)

Found tied to a bed upstairs, moaning, and claims to have seen 'light-faces' removing Mr. Rash.

### [The Fight at Mill House Farm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/chapters/xxviii-the-fight-at-mill-house-farm)

Job Mallet is the bo'sun in command of the King's men in the dyke, struggling to maintain morale and ultimately forced to surrender their arms.

### [Captain Collyer Entertains an Attorney from Rye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/chapters/xxix-captain-collyer-entertains-an-attorney-from-rye)

The bo'sun who frees the captain and comments on the returned weapons.

## Links

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