“You didn’t call him by his name. You said up and down, he was a thief.”
“Very well! but what was the reason I said he was a thief?”
“Because you said that he’d stole a sheep and hid its ears in a stump!”
“Now, Mr. Slump, be careful—remember your oath; false swearen is a state’s-prison matter—are you sarten I said a sheep! Didn’t I say a calf?”
“Calf!”
“Yes, calf—be careful now—remember state’s-prison!”
The witness began to open his eyes and looked puzzled, and somewhat frightened.
“You see, your honor, he looks skeered. Put that down, that he looks skeered. Answer, Mr. Slump!”
“Calf!”
“Yes, calf!” bawls out Abe, and striking the table with his fist.