"Please state to the court and jury the means by which you identify it."
The witness exhibited his shop-card upon the back of it, and pointed out several other peculiarities which he had observed while stamping it.
"Mr. Stevens," said the lawyer. "That will do, Mr. Doolittle."
The person called took the stand. He was a stranger in Rippleton, and the audience wondered what he could possibly know about it.
"Your business, Mr. Stevens?" continued the lawyer, scratching furiously with his pen.
"I keep a hardware store in Boston."
"Did you ever see this bill?" and Squire Benson handed him the bank-note.
"I have."
"State, if you please, what you know about it."
"It was given to me in payment for a fowling-piece."