etty. Down by der spring house
I seen heem go, und he kiss her plenty--I seen heem."

"You are sure it was the prisoner you saw? You are sure it was not
Peter Craigmile, Jr.?"

"Sure it vas heem I saw. Craikmile's son, he vas lame, und valk by der
crutch all time. No, it vas dot man dere I saw."

"Where were you when you saw him?"

"I vas by my room vere I sleep. It vas a wine growin' by der vindow
up, so dey nefer see me, bot I seen dem all right. I seen heem kiss
her und I seen her tell heem go vay, und push heem off, und she cry
plenty."

"Did you hear what he said to her?"

Bertrand Ballard looked up at the examiner angrily, and counsel for
the prisoner objected to the question, but the judge allowed it to
pass unchallenged, on the ground that it was a question pertaining to
the motive for the deed of which the prisoner was accused.

"Yas, I hear it a little. Dey vas come up und stand dere by de vindow
under, und I hear dem talkin'. She cry, und say she vas sorry he vas
kiss her like dot, und he say he is goin' vay, und dot is vot for he
done it, und he don't come back no more, und she cry some more."

"Did he say anything against his cousin at that time?"

"No, he don' say not'ing, only yust he say, 'dot's all right bouts
heem,' he say, 'Peter Junior goot man all right, only he goin' vay all
same.'"

"Was that the last time you saw the prisoner?"

"No, I seen heem dot day und it vas efening."

"Where were you when you saw him next?"

"I vas goin' 'long mit der calf to eat it grass dere by Ballards'
yard, und he vas goin' 'long mit hees cousin, Craikmile's son, und he
vas walkin' slow for hees cousin, he don' got hees crutch dot day, he
valk mit dot stick dere, und he don' go putty quvick mit it." Nels
pointed to the heavy blackthorn stick lying on the table before the
jury.

"Were the two young men talking together?"

"No, dey don' speak much. I hear it he say, 'It iss better you valk by
my arm a little yet, Peter,' und Craikmile's son, he say, 'You go vay
mit your arm, I got no need by it,' like he vas little mad yet."

"You say you saw him in the morning with Miss Ballard. Where were the
family at that time?"

"Oh, dey vas gone by der church already."

"And in the evening where were they?"

"Oh, dey vas by der house und eat supper den."

"Did you see the prisoner again that day?"

"No, I didn' see heem dot day no more, bot dot next day I seen
heem--goot I seen heem."

Harry King here