"Yes, I did; but not against his will."
"Did you sometimes whip him for not bringing back money to you from his begging excursions?"
"I punished him once or twice for telling falsehoods to me."
"Did you beat him for not bringing money to you when you sent him out to beg?"
"He came home once or twice when I had reason to believe that he had made no effort to procure assistance for us, and—"
Goodlaw rose to his feet again.
"Answer my question!" he exclaimed. "Did you beat this boy for not bringing back money to you when you had sent him out to beg?"
"Yes, I did," replied Craft, now thoroughly aroused, "and I'd do it again, too, under the same circumstances."
Then he was seized with a fit of coughing that racked his feeble body from head to foot. A tipstaff brought him a glass of water, and he finally recovered.
Goodlaw continued, sarcastically,—