"You Know Me"

Otago Witness, Issue 2815, 26 February 1908, Page 91

"You Know Me"

It .was out m Kansas a man bi ought an action to rcco\ei some land that had been ontiageoush nk hod fioni him His oaso \\«i-« a good ono. lmt the otht r ">idc had tloitoied :1 s w iuie->~r- — had c\on doctored the pLuntiti's witnc— ps. too — and up to tho time when ho look hu *>tand himself not a jot or tittle of toMimony m iho plaintiff's f.noui Ikkl been i ccordod.

He. a- -oon <^ ho wa- swoui. mined to the judge and -aid :

"811. I 1 tought thi.> -*un. and \ot tlio e\i deiii-o o\u'])t my ni\ own i> all against me. Now, I d jii'l <iv( use anyone of lying, but Ilu"?p >Mtii( > ~-( > arc tlif most mistaken lot of fellow^ 1 over -aw. You know me. Two years ago \ ou sold me a boss for tound that was as blind as a bat. I made- the deal and stuck to it. and this is the first turn 1 1 liavt- mentioned it. When nou us>cil to buy my grain, judge, you stood on the scales when the empty waggon was weighed, but f never said a word. Slow do you think I am tl'C kind of man ifco kick up a rumpus and sve o feilow unless foe has done mo a reil wrong? Why. judge, if you'll recall that sheep speculation, you and me " Bat «.t this point the judge, very red ; .x\ tho face. (hastily decided the case in tho n'air.tiff's favour.