"You knew he was a burglar when you married him?"
"Yes."
"How did you come to contract a matrimonial alliance with such a man?"
"Well," the witness said, sarcastically, "I was getting old, and I had to choose between a lawyer and a burglar."
The cross-examination ended there.
In the other case, the gentleman of the green bag received even a worse dose, and he was such a bulldozing character that no one felt sorry.
"Now, sir," began the attorney, knitting his brows and preparing to annihilate the witness whom he was about to cross-examine, "you say your name is Williams? Can you prove that to be your real name? Is there anybody in the courtroom who can swear that you haven't assumed it for purposes of fraud and deceit?"
"I think you can identify me yourself," answered the witness, quietly.
"I? Where did I ever see you before, sir?" demanded the astonished lawyer.