The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-07

We listened to the testimony for two
or three days. Now and then l would
look at the doctor with my game eye
sternly. Then would turn Che other
eye and beautiful Roman nose on him.
Finally his lawyer snid to him:
doctor, who Is that young blond
luryman with the misunderstanding be.
tween his eyes. who now and then looks
at you as though he would like to do
some autopsy work for your"
me Godw said DR.. Blacksmith, al
believe that's young Nye. whose eye
operated on to for strabisnus years ago.
Why didn't know that before and have
him excused from the jury2"
ALAS, it is too late now, and can see
by the way he acts that he intends to
hang the jury" spoke up tho lawyer.
AS went to my dinner IL trembling
hand with the odor of deodorizer upon
it offered me II cigar wrapped up In a
bank note. 1t was poor cigar, and the
bank note was very ordinary in size and
execution. SO l showed it TO the Jury,
told where it came from and sent il
back. was not smoking mt thnt time,
anyway.
The jury took everything into con-
sideration, and remembering that the
suit was brought to recover the value of
broken leg OH account of q defective
sidewalk, and that DR.. Black Smith ad-
United that he had worn overshoes
habitually before that. but on that
night had his skates on" instead, hay
ing taken seven or eight of what the
London barrister calls ''refreshers,"
though different of course in this coun-
try, they did not seem favorable to the
physician.
The jury sat up all night. and by noon
tho next day was able to disagree. 1t
was my first and last experience on a
jury. The odor of jury room still
comes back to me if | ride to England
in the steerage, or go down cellar late at
night to find n large gas leak between
me and the meter
Last year called ON Il very excellent
oculist, who said that even if l ever had
the eye readjusted would not SEQ with
it, as there had been a hemorrhage of the
retina. This would act as spatter of
dried blood on Il mirror, destroying its
power of reflection. Another oculist
said that lack of use was all that allied
tho eye, so he wore me out looking
through eight bushels of lenses, and
finally fitted me out with pair of spec
tacles. which used till got vertigo and
then returned to tho old ones.
This year decided to consult an eye
surgeon of great repute, and see what he
said.
went to his Office at $50 o. M. to see
if he had reached the Office. He had.
but there were nineteen people ahead of
me. l waited till 2:20 p. IN. and got
short glimpse of the eye trimmer's part
ner. He looked me over and said that
must come early or would have to wait
quite awhile. Tomorrow will DO our
busy day, because you know this is
Labor Day, and SO we have excused half
our patients till tomorrow"
went the next morning before day.
light and sat on the step till the milk
man came, and he let me into the base.
ment for dollar. There / remained
till tho maid began busting the reception
room; then got in there and looked ut
the album till the doctor came, but
eleven people who live near him came
with him to be attended TO, and n clergy
man from Montana wanted to take an
early train, SO he got in ahead of me also
People who say that newspaper men
defy all rules and get the finest Gu. from