Stories of a country doctor / by Willis P. King.

  • King, Willis P., 1839-1909.
Date:
1890,
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Stories of a country doctor / by Willis P. King. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    that, in a few weeks as many persons would know all the ‘details 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 to another. There were no stages, so that attorneys would ride on horse back for a hundred and fifty miles to court. They generally went four or five together, so that 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 lawyer living at B—ville in those days who was an original character. He wore his hair long and plaited it in a queue and let it hang down his back. He shaved his face perfectly clean every morning, had a high, piping voice, and was a perfect terror to a wit- ness on cross examination. He was original, witty, severe, tyrannical, terrific. Strong men grew speech- less when H. opened fire on them. On one of these long trips to court at Springfield, Mo., H. and three or four other jolly fellows were to- gether. They were arguing, bantering and joking each other all the way. They had their regular stopping places on the way where they were well known, but there was one place where they were accustomed to re- main over night where the family had moved away and a new family had moved in. Just before they got to this place H. met some one he knew and stopped to talk. The others rode‘on, and, at the suggestion of one of their number, decided to play a joke on H. They stopped at the house, told the
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