“‘Bless your soul, her sort don’t die!’
“‘Where is your wife?’
“‘She’s livin’ with another feller.’
“‘How does it happen that your wife is living with another man?’
“‘We swapped wives.’
“‘Then you have got his wife, and he has yours?’
“‘Not ‘zactly, because hizen jumped the track and run off with Jim Stitcher.’
“‘Why did you not then take your wife back, when the other woman repudiated the trade?’
“‘Because I didn’t want her.’
“‘If your Honor please, I think this a competent juror,’ said Mr. Quillet.