The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-05
A BAD WITNESS.
TAe Manner in Which a Ssaanes Told
 oi a Fight.

\ descendant, et :he aneient sqaat,ei. an old man who. ike hls predecessor has from carries, recollection been living on lands whose title is last about as gen uine as the title of the average colonel. was summoned before court as witness ], was his first visit ,o a hall of justice. and the manner ln which he conducted himself. the studied lack of interes, he took in surroundings tha, would naturally attract the direct and inquiung attention of any man but an :. old timer. telling tha, he was determined no, to display bad rais,n, q, once made of him curiosity 10 the professional lusymen and hangers on ai the ,aIl-board o. lustce. The old man had heard a great deal of courts. ard hoS | was the ana of lawyers to ," setch iellcF ln he and make iun ai hn. and he was resolved noy to allow himself ta be disgfA .ed.
 Wha, is your nanse ssked ;ils laa. yet
 w n one I've se, several
 :" Inc name ,hA, you sign
 T don't sisn none | can, at,e
 ls your name pegg =
 That, par; ot IL.
 What's .he other part 7
 ..fou guessed So wel! the 5rst ttr4e r t4 guess again.
 " The summons says that your name , Jos,ah peggle,on: is that oortcc, .'
 "l reckon l, is.'
 .. You have known the prisoner long time. understand =
 = never seed the prisoner before
 Look out. sir, you'll peqare yourself l, IS ~e.l known ,ha, you have been mt ma.e ~I,h the man Jackson
 Yes. kno~ Jackson mighty well
 Thought you never saN him before z"
 a l dida', say it,
 Yes you dla. Tour exact words were. : never saw the pFisener before -
 l never did. lor he wan, a prisoner when seed hin."
 Ah, ycry me construction. see that you continue ;o Dc 70 particular Did you see she quarrel be,u cen 'a1 ksou and Alrichs:@
 No, ST, never seed il.
 Look out. s,r. look oai' We're yoi pfesea, when the txn men 9aarrelled and fought. -
 1 was thar. "
 Though; you ssid 'ha, yoa 4.an', see :he quarrel" :"
 l didn, sec l. heard II.
 ou are very esae;. We'll see hos far your analys.s wiil serve you. l an- ders,and then ,ha: you heard .he qa4r- rel =
 l don't kno@.
 D.dn', you say sha, you heard .if
 Yes. bg. don, snSa la, yoa 4n- ders,and.a
 How far apart were they standing
 1 didn', measure it
 How lar do you ,hink z
 ! don, ,hsnk.'
 Tour honor exclaimed the lawyer. = ~ish you would impress upon lhis man the importance of aas~ersns my gses- tons The resal, of sliis case depends much upon his testimony
 NIT. regsleton.' sala she Jadge. you must ,eil ~hA, you sno. about she tgh, in a ssrzigh, for~4 ard manner
 You're the judge, reckon =
 :. Yes, I'm the judge.'
 An you want me n tel shat l know about this hgh, in s;saigh forward man. ner. Well. the hgh, want in a nszigh, ! forward manner, for you neser seed sich a scra,chin' and tsis,in' around. The ! s~o men met, eassed each other. and hs- ] They fl, because they cussed, bss don't know ~hy they cassed. One knocked 1 the other down, and then the other 1 knocked him down. Then they hI l Arter awhile the other one feil and gos l up and knocked him down. Then skey | it. About this time the thing got sosser l inieressin', and I sorser wanted to ,ine hands myself, but didn't Arses awhile they stopped. and eussed while they ~zs restin'. Then they 6f asin. an both of them fell over chunk. couldn't keep | ous any longer. The temptation was 100 Il. r.. f-... 4