"Yes, sir, twice at full speed; the third time I had the experience I have told you of."
"And how long do you think it took you to go over that especial portion of ground?"
"Five minutes, maybe."
"And, supposing you had had a horse?"
"Well, sir, if I had had a horse, and if he had been waiting there, all ready for me to jump on his back, and if he had been a good runner and used to the road, I think I could have gone over it in two minutes, if I had not first broken my neck on some of the jagged stones that roughen the road."
"In other words, you could have saved three minutes if you had been furnished with a horse at that particular spot?"
"Yes, if."
Mr. Orcutt, whose eye had been fixed upon the door at this particular juncture, now looked back at the witness and hurriedly rose to his feet.
"Has my esteemed friend any testimony on hand to prove that the prisoner had a horse at this place? if he has not, I object to these questions."
"What testimony I have to produce will come in at its proper time," retorted Mr. Ferris. "Meanwhile, I think I have a right to put this or any other kind of similar question to the witness."