The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-16

own personal knowledge, that you
were born on May 20, 1862"
Certainly. Why my father and
| mother
Il have nothing to do with the birth
| of your father and mother" ! howled.
did You make note of the date?"
NO, of course not. How"
do you mean to tell this court that
you We're present on an occasion of SO
much Importance to yourself - one
which might affect your whole future
life-and made no note Of the date?"
whoever heard of anything 50 per-
fectly absurd? How in the world"
II am not here, madam. to answer
your questions" l Numbered You
have sworn that of your own personal
knowledge you know that you We're
born on May 90, 1868. Now are you
as sure of that as of the other facts to
which you have testified"
''Wcl. should hope sou
"Then everything that you have told
the jury has been a matter of hearsay?"
sol course not. Don't you suppose
/ saw
''Can you swear that you saw the
date May 20, 1868, on any newspaper,
calendar, OF other document on the day
you We're born?'
mo, you IDIOT"
"Then you have nothing better than
somebody's word for the fact that that
was the actual day?'
'sOf course not"
Then" l shouted in six-line plea
Italic voice, waving my finger like the
sail of a windmill, how dare you swear
that you knew it of your own knowl-
edge?"
'Howdy, if you ask me another ques-
ton about that, I'll throw something at
You. think you're real mean"
''Never mind, madam" said T. sat
least you claim to know that Jeremiah
Ruggles erected that beautiful struc-
ture adjoining your premises in the
spring of 1922
"Of course he did"
But your husband has just testified
that it was in the spring of $780,
"Good gracious! was it, Howdy? Oh,
dear me. Didn't l say 1890? I'm sure
tlldG = Nfu. vi CotilSS tiU-lh tilS
spring of 1890"
But you said in your previous exam
nation that it was the spring of 1891"
/ said this in tone of gloating tri-
umph, as if | had made Maude contra
dict herself, and was determined never
to let her hear the last of it. l knew
she couldn't stand that.
81 don't care a bit" she cried. you're
perfectly unbearable. / prefer Mr..
Ruggles and hope he'll win. I don't
want to go to Europe. don't want any
thes-boo-o-O-ol''
My experiment had filled me with
even darker distrust of Maude as a wit
ness. On the day of the trial / shook III
my shoes.
The result showed how foolish it is to
prepare for destiny. when her resources
are SO various and her disposition SO nm
pleasant Ruggles' lawyer was the
only really polite man whom ever saw
within cables length OF court Of
law But aisudc. after her encounter
" it'll me. had fed herself on raw meat.
She went to court with assault ia one
hand and battery in the other. She was
simply spelling for a fight And when
the modest and apologize counsel for
Mr. Ruggles arosa to ask her few
questions. she bullied and browbeat
him in a manner which drew tears from
the judge on the bench, and SO worked
upon the sympathizing jurors that they
found verdict for Ruggles without
leaving their seats
I'VE foind," said Foreman Judson
McSwecney, "that tn difindant is not
guilty. but we ricommind Mister Field
in to Ia mercy av til coort."
And he glanced meaningly at Maude.
Howard FIELDING.