"We object!" said Franklin, but Curly answered: "Well, yes, it did look like a feller a-layin' there. But when we touched it—"
"Never mind. Did the prisoner see this figure?"
"Shore."
"What did he do?"
"Well, he acted plumb loco. He gets down an' hollers. 'Madre de
Dios!' he hollers. I 'low he wuz plenty scared."
"Did he look scared?"
"I object," cried Franklin.
"S'tained," said the judge.
"'Ception," said the prosecuting attorney.
"Well, what did the prisoner say or do?"