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and the state’s attorney asked him to tell
the jury all he knew about the ease.

“<“ Well,’ said he, ‘the night that Mr.
Stone went away, I was going home about
ten o’clock by his house, and I saw a man
stand right in front of it, just before I came
along. I stopped a minute to see what he
was doing, and then I walked on towards
him. As soon as he saw me, he began to
walk away. I followed him, taking very
long and quick steps, and yet walking soft-
ly, so as not to appear to be walking fast ;
and so I gained upon him. But presently,
when he saw I was coming up to him, he
began to walk faster, and so he got away.
But I knew him well enough.’

“Who was it?’ asked the state’s ate
torney.

‘** It was Eben Daniell, there.

“Here the judge asked Mr. Sparr if he
had any questions to ask.

‘‘* How could you possibly know who it
was, at ten o’clock at night?’

‘*O, I can tell Eben as far as I can see
him,’ said Captain James, ‘ Besides, it was
a bright moonlight night, and I got pretty
hear to him at one time,’