"It's Dan Roberts, of course, an' I was——"
"Are you acquainted with the prisoner?"
"Do you mean Jip? Why, of course I am; him an' me used to work together when he lived with Seth Bartlett——"
"Answer only the questions asked of you!" the judge said sternly, and for the instant Dan was abashed; but quickly recovered himself as he remembered what Seth had said regarding the possibility of aiding Jip by his evidence.
"Where were you when he set fire to the shed in Baxter's lumber-yard?"
"Now, see here, mister, Jip never 'd done that——"
"Where were you?" the attorney repeated, speaking so sharply that for the moment Dan was startled.
"Why, in the shed, of course, we——"
"Had you heard the prisoner threaten to set fire to the shed?"
"He didn't mean a word of it; did you, Jip? He was——"