15,418. How did he seem so?-He said he would not do so, and that there was no use of him taking the trouble if I would not take the greater part of it out in truck.
15,419. When did he say that to you?-He has said it to me several times. He said it some time after I got the first pauper, who belonged to Northmaven. That is about two years back.
15,420. Did he say it to you when you went for the first payment?-Yes.
15,421. Had you not run up an account at his shop before the money was due?-I had not.
15,422. Did you owe him anything then?-I owed him nothing. He was my landmaster then, but I did not owe him anything.
15,423. Is that money paid quarterly?-It is paid monthly here.
15,424. Did you ever ask Mr. Greig for a monthly payment in cash?-I did not.
15,425. Why?-I cannot tell. I suppose it was because we always had his shop to go to for things that we required for the paupers, and we thought we need not ask for cash.
15,426. Were you not always due him as much as the monthly payment before it became due?-I was not.
15,427. Were you not due him something?-Yes, a small thing, but not the whole of the money.