Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-25

on THE DOCTORS LOUNGE
We listened 10 the testimony for two
or three days. Now and then | would
look al tho doctor with my game eye
fternly Then l would turn the other
eve aud beautiful Roman nose on him.
Finally his lawyer said 10 him:
Doctor. who is that young blond
iuryman with the misunderstanding be
tween his eyes, who now and then looks
at you as though be would like to do
some autopsy work for your"
ME Godr' said DIR. Blacksmith, 81
believe that's young Nye, whose eye
operated ON 70 for strabisInus years ago.
Why didn't I know that before and have
him excused from the juryl'
''Alss, 10 - too late now. and [ can see
by the way he acts that he intends 10
hang the jury spoke mp the lawyer.
As went to my dinner a trembling
hand with the odor of deodOrizer upon
il offered me a cigar wrapped up in q
bank note. II was a poor cigar, and the
bank note was very ordinary in size ami
execution. so | showed il 10 the jury
told where IL came from and sent il
back. / was not smoking at that time,
anyway.
The jury took everything into con-
side-ation, and remembering that the
suit was brought 10 recover the value Of
a broken leg on account Of "a defective
sidewalk, and that DIR. Blacksmith adj
United that ne had worn overshoes
kah ,t In h,f hof but hot
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 jury room still
comes back To me if l ride TO England
in the Storage, or go down cellar late at
night to find a large gas leak between
ME and the meter.
Last year 1 called on a very excellent
oculist, who said that even if ever had
the eye readjusted would not see with
it. as there had been a hemorrhage of the
retina. This would act as spatter of
dried blood on a mirror, destroying its
power OF rejection. Another oculist
said that lack OF use was all that allied
the eye, 80 no wore me out looking
through eight bushels of lenses, and
finally fitted me out,with pair Of spec
tacles. which FUSED till got vertigo and
then returned 10 the old ones.
This year l decided to consult an eve
surgeon of great repute, and see what he
said.
went to his Office at $50 a. IN. to see
IL ne had reached the Office. He had.
but there were nineteen people ahead of
me. | waited TIL eco p. IN. and got a
short glimpse of the eye trimmer's part
ner. He Looked me over and said that
must come early or | would have 70 wait
quite awhile. Tomorrow will be 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 the maid began busting the reception
room; thenI cot in there and looked at
the album till the doctor came. but
eleven people who live near him came
with him 20 b. attended 20. and clergy
man from Montana wanted 20 take an
early train. 80 he got in ahead of me also.
People who say that newspaper men
defy All rules and get the finest cut from
the best joint have never closely studied
the soft and elastic feather bed upoa
which tue clerical anchorite journeys
toward what he hopes Is even still bet
ter and more we'll disposed world
The doctor finally saw me. He was
wiping his hands on napkin and put
ting away bloody crochet nook a.
entered And low long have Won been
looking over your LEFT shoulder into the
past thar way. AR I'VE" ne asked.
For twenty four years. replied. sit
ting down On q soft, elastic. round object.
which gave ne q chill A. thought how
they had neglected r. PIT away the last
eve they had secured
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