"Lincoln. 'Where were the lights?'

"Witness. 'Up by the minister's stand.'

"Lincoln. 'Three-quarters of a mile away?'

"Witness. 'Yes,—I answered ye twiste.'

"Lincoln. 'Did you not see a candle there, with Lockwood or Grayson?'

"Witness. 'No! what would we want a candle for?'

"Lincoln. 'How, then, did you see the shooting?'

"Witness. 'By moonlight!' (defiantly).

"Lincoln. 'You saw this shooting at ten at night—in beech timber, three-quarters of a mile from the lights—saw the pistol barrel—saw the man fire—saw it twenty feet away—saw it all by moonlight? Saw it nearly a mile from the camp lights?'