Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-09-25

for damages, and although had just
attained my majority. together with an
undivided one-fourth interest in mort
gage on the farm, which was now fall
| ing due, l was that year drawn as q
member Of the petit jury, and was one
Of the highly ornamented wooden panel
called upon to try the case or DIR. L. b.
Blacksmith versus The City.
We listened to the testimony for two
or three days. Now and then would
look at the doctor with my game eye
sternly. Then I would turn the other
eye and beautiful Roman nose on him.
Finally his lawyer said to him:
Doctor, who is that young blonde
juryman with the misunderstanding
between his eyes. who now and then
looks at you as though he would like to
do some autopsy work for you.?"
"Me GodI" said DR.. Blacksmith, 81
believe that's young Nye, whose eye l
operated on to for strabismus years
ago. Why didn't know that before and
have him excused from the jury?"
''Alas, it is too late now, and I can
see by the way he acts that he intends
to hang the jury" spoke up the lawyer.
As went to my dinner trembling
hand with the odor of deodorizer upon
it offered me cigar wrapped up in a
bank note. 1t was poor cigar, and
the bank note was very ordinary in
size and execution, so / showed 1t to the
Jury, told where it came from and sent
it back. l was not smoking at that
time, anyway,
The Jury took everything into con-
sideration, and remembering that the
suit was brought TO recover the value
of broken leg on account of a defective
sidewalk, and that DR.. Blacksmith ad-
mitted that he had worn overshoes
habitually before that, but on that
night "had his skates on" instead, hav-
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
the next day was able to disagree. 1t
was my first and last experience on a
Jury. The odor OF a jury room still
comes back to me II l ride to England
in the steerage, or go down cellar late
at night to find large gas leak between
me and the meter.
Last year l called on very excellent
oculist, who said that even if ever had
the eve readjusted would not see with
it, as there had been hemorrhage OF
the retina. This would act as a spatter
of dried blood on mirror, destroying
its power of reflection. Another oculist
said that lack of use was all that allied
the eve, so he wore me out looking
through eight bushels OF lenses, and
finally fitted me out with pair of spec
tacles, which I used till l got vertigo
and then returned to the old ones.
This year l decided to consult an eye
surgeon Of great repute, and see what
he said.
I went to his Office. at 9:3O a. m. 20 see
if he had reached the Office. He had,
but there were nineteen people ahead Of
me. 1 waited till 2:20 p. m. and got a
short glimpse Of the eye trimmer's part
ner. He looked me over and said that l
must come early or would have to wait
quite awhile. Tomorrow will be our
busy day, because you know this is
LdOOT Od1t duQ 81 WO nave OANu9NN AS4A
our patients till tomorrow"
went the next morning before day
light and sat Oh the step till the milk
man came, and he let me into the base
ment for dollar. There l remained
till the maid began busting the recep-
ton room; then l got in there and
looked at the album till the doctor came,
but eleven people who live near him
came with him to be attended to, and a
clergyman from Montana wanted to
take an early train, so he got in ahead
of me also. People who say that news
paper men defy all rules and get the
finest cut from the best joint have never
closely studied the soft and elastic
feather bed upon which the clerical an
chorite journeys toward what he hopes
is even still better and more well dis
posed world.
The doctor finally saw me. He was
wiping his hands on napkin and put
ting away bloody crochet hook as L
entered. "And how long have you
been looking over your left shoulder
into the past that way, Mr.. Nye?" he
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