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Witness: We'll, squire again

hadn't ter blowed down the tree Oh
the caf and killed it | wouldn't ei
skinned the caf, and eff l hadn't O.
skinned the cat / wouldn't er tuck lit
hide to the lanyard, and ef | hadn I
or tuck the hide to the lanyard !
wouldn't er bin thar--now would II
District Attorney; Well, suppose
not-go on. ,
Witness: And ef l hadn't bin thar
| | couldn't er seed nothin' to tell
now could |? You see, squire, You
didn't know what | was a'comin at
now did yer?
District Attorney; Well, go on.
Witness: Well, after | skinned the
cat l liotch my old mare and carried
| the hide over to the lanyard. When
II 90. there seed JackFostor a-sittin'
down by the rut of a tree, and Bill
/ limit were a.tallin' to him.
District Attorney: Well, what did
Truitt say to defendant Foster?
Witness: Well, squire, you see
when rid up on my old mare, J
seed Bill a-tallin', but / couldn't hear
work he said, fur l war hundred
yards off when fus' see EN-.
District Attorney: Well, didn't
you get near enough to hear anything
/ that was said?
| Witness. Oh. YES, squire (HlVlng
another squirt of tobacco juice.
District Attorney: Well, after you
got near enough to hear, what was
said?
Witness: Well, Bill said to Jack
thar pointing to the defendant) Il
want you to pay. me the dollar you
owe me.
District Attorney: Well, was that
all that was said?
Witness: Oh, no, squire, that
wnrn't all.
District Attorney Gmpatiently);
Well, please go on, tell al that WAS
raid.
Witness: Well, squire, it appeared
like Jack didn't pay the money, and
Bill sed that Jack was not an honest
man, and Jack ris up from the rut ov
the tree and breshed the dust often
the seat of his britches.
District Attorney: What did Jack,
as you call him, say?
Witness: Never said q der--neVer
said nuthin at all.
District Attorney: Well, tell us
about the fight between them.
Witness Thar warn't no fte
atween EN- that [ seed.
District Attorney: Do you mean to
say that there was no fight between
Truitt and Foster at the tan-yard that
day in your presence?
Witness: | do for fac, squire
nary fife that I seed.
District Attorney: And have you
told all you saw and heard on that
occasion?
Witness: I think near about all,
squire.
District Attorney: (dlsgustcd) {;
Stand aside, sir.
Counsel for the Defence: Wait a
moment, Jerry. | would like to ask
YOU a question OF Two. You say De-
fendant Foster here didn't say word
when Truitt told hina he was not an
honest man.
Witness: Never whimpered, squire,
least ways not that hearn.
Counsel for Defence: And never
struck or offered to strike T1uitt?
Witness: No, squire, didn't say
that adzactly. I sed thar wern't no
fife atween EN- that [ seed.
Counsel for Defence: Well, Foster
didn' strike him, did he?
Witness: Well, you may bet your
bottom dollar, squire, he did. After
he breshed the dust often the seat Nv
his britches, he hauled back with his
fist and knocked Bill Truitt us cold
as q wedge, and nearly mawled the
life outen him. [ believe in my sole
| he would nave Killed MN Ell IL nadn
been fur me pullin' Nv him often
him. Jacks as true grit IS ever
cracked corn, and his daddy was
afore him.
District Attorney (his face beamin2
with smiles: Well, what happened
after YOU pulled the defendant of
Iruitt?
Witness: Well, Jack told him eff he
ever sot eyes on him again he'd brake
every bone in his dog-skin, and Bill
struck a dog trot, and I recLin he's {
unuin' till yit, fer I've never sol
eyes on him since.