358. You say you did not ask for money at that time: did you not want it?-We always want it; but we never got it when we did ask for it; and it is no use always asking for it.
359. When did you ask for it last?-Some time in 1871.
360. I see there are no goods entered in your book as having been received by you from Mr. Linklater between January 1871 and October 1871: had you stopped working for him during that time?-I was in the south then.
361. But your sister was here?-Yes; but she was not knitting any. She was very sickly.
362. Is there anything else you want to say?-No.
363. Your sister Amelia is here to make the same statement that you have now made?-Yes.
Lerwick, January 1, 1872, BARBARA JOHNSTON, examined.
364. You have come from the parish of Sandwick?-Yes.
365. How far is that from Lerwick?-About thirteen miles.
366. Who do you live with there?-I live with my mother, Mrs. Johnston. My father is dead.