. Stories of a country doctor . this particular term. The grand jury had particularinstructions from the judge to be in their room at 9oclock, a. m. One morning Gill R. did not report until ten judge called him up and said : Mr. R. you are an hour late. You understandthe rules of this court. If you can not give a reasonableexcuse for thus delaying the work of this court I shallfine you. Gill was a great wit and also stammered. He ex-cused himself after this fashion : Well, Jedge, you k-know I live t-twenty mileaway, and I have to g-go home every n-night to f-feedmy s-stalk. Well, I
. Stories of a country doctor . this particular term. The grand jury had particularinstructions from the judge to be in their room at 9oclock, a. m. One morning Gill R. did not report until ten judge called him up and said : Mr. R. you are an hour late. You understandthe rules of this court. If you can not give a reasonableexcuse for thus delaying the work of this court I shallfine you. Gill was a great wit and also stammered. He ex-cused himself after this fashion : Well, Jedge, you k-know I live t-twenty mileaway, and I have to g-go home every n-night to f-feedmy s-stalk. Well, I h-haint got but one s-shirt an Ivebeen w-wearin it all the week an it got p-purty d-dirty. 28 The West. Last n-night my ole oman t-thot shed b-better w-washit, so I went to b-bed an Met her w-wash it. v Thism-mornin I had to 1-lay abed till she ironed it, andw-when s-she w-went to iron it it w-was so r-raoro-ed sheg-got it so t-tangled t-that Ill be dad rot if sh-shed-did7it have to i-ieel it b-before s-she \e it!. an she had to reel it. This was greeted with a burst of laughter from thejury and spectators in which the judge joined. Very well, Mr. R. said the judge, your excuseis a valid one ; take 3^our place with the grand jury. Such an original story in those days was worthmore than an eloquent appeal. Everybody appreciatedit, laughed over it and told it when they went home, so The West. 29 that, in a few weeks as many persons would know all thedetails as well as if it had been published in a paper. The attorneys in those days rode the circuit—that is, they would follow the court from one county toanother. There were no stages, so that attorneyswould ride on horse back for a hundred and fifty milesto court. They generally went four or five together, sothat the trip would not be so lonesome. They were a jolly set and often played severe prac-tical jokes on each other. There was a law3xr living at B—ville in those dayswho was an original character. He wore hi
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