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Show BLOW FOR STATEL COUNSEL. Witness Thoroughly Squelched Patronizing Pat-ronizing New York Lawyer. It is so seldom that a witness squelches wise counsel on cross-examination that a veritable Instance is worth preserving. Dr. John A. Gird-ner, Gird-ner, of New York, testified in the Supremo Su-premo court the other day on behalf of a woman who sued the Elevated Railroad company for damages. Austen Aus-ten G. Fox arose to cross-examine him. Mr. Fox is one of the leaders of tho New York bar, a tall and stately gentleman, gen-tleman, rather given to patronizing everybody, and a Harvard alumnus of tho ultra-Harvard type. He used tho broadest of broad "A's." . "Doctor," he began, with a glance at the jury that urgeil them not to miss tho fun that was coming; "Doctor, "Doc-tor, I observed that my learned brother broth-er called tho scar on the plaintiff's body a cic-AT-rix, while you call it a CIC-at-rlx. Now, when you two such eminent orthopodlsts disagree, I must beg for enlightenment. Will e you tell me what I should call It?" "You?" replied Dr. GIrdner, with a slow survey of tho triumphant master mas-ter of sarcasm that roamed from his distinguished forehead to his ultra-fashionable ultra-fashionable spats. "You? Oh, I guess you'd call it a sick-KAW-trlx!" The wholo court roared. Mr. Fox turned pink, red, purple, and sat down. |