Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-12-13


Sir Lionel SUBMISSIONS had his doubts
as to Tho Justice Of the graNcr charge
oldport public opinion, which was
naturally stirred IL its depths, was di-
vtdrd between the two; ot the ar-
cusrd'S innocence il had not the sight.
est suspicion. The little town was ill.,
eral, NOT To say radical, in it's politics,
and disposed to think the worst Of u
gentleman in his dealings with those
heurath him.
Few people had Il good word for
medical man OF good birth, who was
said Ia have taken advantage Of both
rank and profession to work such cruel
harm rs that imputed to Fvrrard The
medical profession, strangely enough,
has never been popular, skill In. the
healing art being usually attributed
by the unlearuea to the favor VI tho
Evil One: clever physician Is priced
and feared. but rarely loved, Even
among the cultured there still fingers
a faint repulSion FOR the man who is
the only welcome guest III the day ot
sickness and peril. and society is only
Just beginning to honor the cultivated
intrllcrt and recognize the social value
Of the doctor
The case OF William Palmer. the
poiSonrr, was then fresh in peoples
minds. and the ease and impuutty With
which Skillful physician can become
n murderer had awakened something
Of the old Supcrsttious horror OF the
doctors occult knowledge in the pub,
lie Imagination. browne Stockhnm
and his colleague. retired merchant
OF limited intellect and still more lin.
tied knowledge and whose birth and
liberal politics preiudiced hiu against
ENrrard as n scion OF n good old Tory
falHily, were both strongly progresses
ed against the innocence " doctor
who had manifested such uuaccount-
able CaGCrnCSS to get footing IN a
humble family undrr prctcnsc OF OK
cWiSing his skin. nr. Easthrook had
been ready and willing to attend Mrs,
Lee as usual In the preceding spring,
as his evidence stated; nr. Evcrard
had asked leave to attend with him,
because II was an unusual and inter
estiug case. thing neither magis
tratrS nor roroncr's jury could under
stand
Or. Easthrook. an older man, and too
busy to be very eager about unnsuAl
eases, was not sorry to have ENcrard's
help, since the ease required more fro
L.. 4
give, and finally he gave MP the ease
to him altogether. This the public
mind could conceive; but EVrrard's
great cagernrSs and assidunus watch
ing of the sick woman, needed some
motive to account for 1t. What motive
could there he save that sinister one
of seeing Alma constantly aud nloncf
Thus many prcjudices gathered to-
grthcr to prccipitatr Evcrard's doom,
and although the prejudice OF class
was not so strong against MIN before
the Judge and jury at the aSsiAcS, yet
there his profession exposed him m
great distavor
Evcrard once discussed with Cyril
the subject OF the Doctors small popu-
larity rs compared with the clergy
mans. and Cyril accounted for It
partly by the usefulness of the sur
gcon "Clcrgymen," he observed In
one of those bursts Of Ingenious satire
that delighted Everard, ARE Of no use
save ut two or three august moments
of life when man dies, gets mar
t., tn
spire popular reverence as belonging
to the ornamental and supcriluous por-
ton OF cYistencc-its fringcS, 30 Il
speak Doctors, on the contrary, car
not he dispensed with: their services
are needed and obtained on the most
homrly occasions, and men never rev
ercucc the Indispensable, Bread and
cheese Is taken as a matter Of course,
but the champagne Of festivals IL
thought much OF"
Cyril often affected cynlclsm which
amused EVerard the more from its
contrast with his supposed character.
II was difficult to move through the
dense crowd which gathered round the
Oldport Town Hall when Evcrard H.
sued from 1t at the conclusion Of the
inquiry. and public opin-
ion expressed itself In Kisses and
gr)ans as the vehicle In which he waa
being conveyed moved slowly, and not
without some effort on the-part Of the
guard police, through the square.
Not every day was there such an ex
citing event as an examination for
murder In the tOwnrhall, nor was II
often that a culprit OF such high social
standing appeared In the well-known
dock. The little town wore quito n
festaI air. Street musicians and bar.
rows laden with nuts, oranges, and
beer drove a thriving trade: and
there was not bar at public-house
or hotel In the place which did not re-
reive an access Of custom during the
inquiry. Nothing else was talked OF,
and the experiences OF ages has
shown that when mankind talk they
must drink something more inBpiriting
than water; also that when they drink
that something they invariably talk
In proportion TO its inspiriting quail |
lies. Tea-tables are supposed to be
1 a 1T.