The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-02-18
SPEAKING THE
TRUTH FOR. A DAY.
CHAPTER XII-CoNrrNuEp


away and ran out OF the house." said
Mrs. Molly, qnite unconscious OF the
exaggeration OF her statement, which
put so different n face upon the scene
she attempted to describe.
Dear, dear, how shocking And you
witnessed this strange behavior, Mr..
Morriss?' said the doctor, appealing
to old John,
Eyes; though so little did | then
suspect that the poor lads wits were
leaving him, that got angry and said
how l would cut him off with a shil-
ling!"
"Andyet you might have known it,
John, for he never did behayeso before,
and his attack on us was quite I'M
provoked" said Mrs. Molly.
'"True, TT le, all true, "groaned poor
old John.
"Well, now, Mr. Black, will you tell
us"
IF you please, sir, should like to
be questioned, as | believe'ow l was
the next person as saw Mr.. Joseph
Morriss halter e LETT is huncles 'ouse."
"Oh! and who are you my good
woman?" inquired the doctor.
"Hi'm Miss Robinson, and as / was
in town this hevenmg to ear Mr.. Sturm,
| 'appened also to ear what was 60.
ing on at the 'ouse, and thought 'ou
would come in and give my own hevl-
vence."
"And what do you know of the af-
fair, Mrs., Mrs.-?"
"Miss-and Robinson, sir: that's
NV name Miss Robinson
"Well, what can you tell us OF Mr..
Morriss's department to-day, Miss
Robinson?"
"Well, sir, met i'm rs was COM
ing out of Blacks, and Q was going
hin. And is conduct was most
hodd."
ain what respect, Miss Robinson?"
"Why, sir, it was most heccentric."
"How?"
"Well, sir, most hextraordinary.
"You must be more explicit, Miss
| Robinson. Tell me what he said Or
did"
"Well. sir, frst-'e ran against me
| with all lis force, and butted me in the
breast, which | would ave hover
looked if it admit been for the rest?"
"What else?"
'"E talked in the most hextra~va-
CANT way, sir; e said 'ow my bonnet
was too young for such an hold wom-
an, too light for such an 'eavy wom-
an, and too helegant for hanv lady s.
maid; which it stands to reason, sir,
e must have been very nue.. hintoxi-
fed, which, as it was early the morn
ing, e could not ave been, or helse e
was very mad to have thought such
things OF my bonnet and mel"
Hump, should take this state
ment as strong rebutting testimony
against the charge of insanity, if l did
not know from experience that mad
men often have great deal of mali
cious w.t." said the doctor, in low
voice, turning to old John Morriss.
Then resuming his examination Of
Miss Robinson. he asked
"Anything else?"
eyes, sir, e called me q stout, hold,
waiting woman-hover-dr witch
you'll hadn't, doctor, for saying that
e hought to'ave the shower waistcoat
and straight bath administered, and
not to be hallowed to 60 about hinsult-
ing people with is hexcentriclties.
! He will, probably, be restained,
| Miss Robinson! You may sit down
now" said the doctor
Miss Robinson withdrew, taking
care to make an awful grimace at the
bound victim as she passed him, as
much as to say
"HifI can only get you into the mad
| 'ouse for calling me stout and 'eavy
I'll do It'll"
Joseph Morriss laughed. He had
sufficiently recovered from his first as
| tonishment and Indignation to be able
| to control himself and watch the pro-
| ceedings with some degree of interest
and amusement. But-his laughing at
all under such circumstances was con-
sidered another proof of his madness,
and was Immediately received in evil
| dence against him.
"And now, Mr. Black, said the doc
tor.
The senior partner of B. B. w. and
G. came forward and said
81 can only say that his conduct in
"our shop this morning was that of a
man entirely bereft of his senses. It
was altogether unlike his usual con-
duct. | had never seen anything like
| it before"
pray explain what he said and
did"
"WelI, sir, he drove away every Gus
toner from our shop! every one, sir, l
do assure you, upon my honor"
Shocking had no idea that he
had broken out into such violence!'
evidence! why, sir, when we at
tempted toIeXpostulate with him and
control him, he assaulted us with the
most awful abuse, called us cheats
and swindlers and every other bad
name that hecouldla lay his tongue to!"
Dear, dear me! how dreadful"
eyes, sir, and finally he leaped up
on his feet, cleared the counter at O.
single bound, and rushed into the
street,"
Good Heaven, how terrible! but
had anything happened to excite or
anger him?"
"Nothing whatever, sir; we were all
upon the very best terms that morn
ing"
"And what did the poor young man
do next"
II really do not know" said Mr..
Black, who, prepossessed how with the
idea Of Joseph's insanity. was probab-
| ly quite unconscious of the gross mis-
representations in bis statement.
"PIease, your honor, it wur me as
met the young gent fust after he run
out of Blacks" said the tramp, COM
ing forward and pulling his forelock.
"Well, tell us all about It'll"
"Yy, you SEE, EUR, Ivas standin-
near Blacks, waiting to open carriage
doors Tor a penny, ven all of q sugd
dent this young gent spins out of the
door as if he had been pitched out;
and he looks up and down the street
wild as luny, and, sez he, Vat shall |
dor and then made so bold to hint
as to give poor man apenny moight
be about the right thing to do. And
he answered how he didn't see it, and
| was another, and served me right,
and all such-like talk as had nothink
to do with what | axed him. And
then, EUR, he went to moaning and
| comnIainino and hewailino hisSalf