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Show WHY SHE TESTIFIED. "Now, madam," said the counsel for the defendant to the little, wiry, black eyed, fidgety woman, who had been summoned in a case, "you will please give your evidence in as few words as possible. You know the defendant?" "Know who?" "The defendant Mr. Joshua Bagg." "Josh Bagg? I do know him and I knowed hfs father before him, and I don't know nothin' to the credit of either of 'em, and I don't think" "We don't want to know what you think, madam. Please say 'yes or no' to my questions." "What questions?" . "Do you know Mr. Joshua Bagg?" "Don't I know him, though. You ask Josh Bagg if he knows me. Ask him if he knows anything about trying to cheat a poor wldder like me out of 125. Ask" "Madam. I" "Ask him whose orchard he robbed last and why he did it in the night. Ask his wife, Betsy Bagg, if she knows anything about sllppln' into a neighbor's neigh-bor's field and mllkln' three cows on the sly. Ask "Look here, madam "' "Ask Josh Bagg about that uncle of his that died in prison. Ask him about letting his pore old mother die in the workhouse. Ask Betsy about putting a big brick into a lot of butter she sold last spring " "Madam, I tell you" "See If Josh Bagg knows anything about feeding ten head of cattle on all the salt they could eat and then letting them swill down all the water they could hold. Just 'fore he drlv them into town and sold 'em. See what he's goi 10 say 10 mat!" "That has nothing to do with the case. I want you to " "Then there was old Azrael Bagg, own uncle to Josh Bagg. got kicked out of his native town, and Betsy Bagg'a own brother got ketched in a neighbor's henhouse at midnight. Ask Josh " "Madam, what do you know about this case?" "I don't know a Ilvin thing 'bout it, bht I'm sure Josh Bagg is guilty, whatever what-ever it is. The fact is, I've owed them Baggses a grudge for the last fifteen years, and I got myself called up on purpose to get even with 'em, and I feel I've done it." Tit-Bits. |