door outside, und I get me low under dem little
small flowers bushes Ballards is got by der door under dot vindow
dere, und I seen heem, he goin' in, and yust dere is Mees Betty
sittin', und he go quvick down on hees knees, und dere she yump lak
she is scairt. Den she take heem hees head in her hands und she asket
heem vat for is it dat blud he got it on hees head, und so he say it
is by fightin' he is got it, und she say vy for is he fightin', und he
say mit hees cousin he fight, und hees cousin he hit heem so, und she
asket heem vy for is hees cousin hit heem, und vy for iss he fightin'
mit hees cousin any vay, und den dey bot is cryin'. So I seen dot--und
den she go by der kitchen und bring vater und vash heem hees head und
tie clots round it so nice, und dere dey is talkin', und he tol' her
he done it."

"What did he tell her he had done?"

"Oh, he say he keel heem hees cousin. Dot vat I tol' you he done it."

"How did he say he killed him?"

The silence in the court room was painful in its intensity. The Elder
leaned forward and listened with contorted face, and the prisoner held
his breath. A pallor overspread his face and his hands were clenched.

"Oh, he say he push heem in der rifer ofer, und he do it all right for
he liket to do it, but he say he goin' run vay for dot."

"You mean to say that he said he intended to push him over? That he
tried to do it?"

"Oh, yas, he say he liket to push heem ofer, und he liket to do dot,
but he sorry any vay he done it, und he runnin' vay for dot."

"Tell the court what happened then."

"Den she get him somedings to eat, und dey sit dere, und dey talk, und
dey cry plenty, und she is feel putty bad, und he is feel putty bad,
too. Und so--he go out und shut dot door, und he valkin' down der
pat', und she yust come out der door, und run to heem und asket heem
vere he is goin' und if he tell her somedings vere he go, und he say
no, he tell her not'ing yet. Und den she say maybe he is not keel heem
any vay, bot yust t'inkin' he keel him, und he tol' her yas, he keel
heem all right, he push heem ofer und he is dead already, und so he
kiss her some more, und she is cry some more, und I t'ink he is cry,
too, bot dot is all. He done it all right. Und he is gone off den, und
she is gone in her house, und I don't see more no."

As the witness ceased speaking Mr. Hibbard turned to counsel for the
prisoner and said: "Cross-examine."

Rising in his place, and advancing a few