GOOD ENOUGH REASON

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 284, 15 June 1917, Page 2 (Supplement)

GOOD ENOUGH REASON

' Your honour." s"id the solicitor for the defence, " I wish to prove by this question that the .witness is a man of fl'iarrelsoire disposition, hard to getalong with, and cn bad terms with liw neighbours. Xow. s ; r," he continued, tcrn'ng .again to the witness. "I'd like to know whose farm is next to voim 'Well," answered the witness, "there's the Bill'nsp" farm, and the—" ''Stop there. One at a time. Are von on friendlv terms w'lth Mr. Billing-" ' 1 can't sav ' am." "Arc ycu even on prakng terms v. itb h'm ?" Xo, sir." " Who-o fault is >t "It's /iis fault. I reckon " "Oh. yes. it's Irs voir reckon. How long has it been -mce you have S|o!,cn to lrm'"' " A1.0,,t fourteen years, as n ar a« T can vememlicr." "Xow, s : r. T want voii to toll thi« iury why you have not spoken to Mr. lM!'i"'S for fourteen years.'' " (•entlenien." .aid the witness, turning to the iurv. "the rea=oti nhv 1 haven't «rokon to Mr R'llincs fer fourteen years is because that's the length <'f fine he's been dead.''