What do you know about the Smiths’ character?

“I don’t know much about that.”

Would they steal, get drunk, &c?

“Don’t know anything about their stealing. Joe and his father got drunk once.”

Where was that?

“It was in the hay field; Joe and his father wrestled, and Joe threw the old man down, and he cried.”

What did he cry for?

“Because Joe was the best man I guess.”

What did they drink to make them drunk?

“They drank cider.”

Got drunk so they could not walk, on cider, did they?

“No; they could walk, but they cut up and acted funny.”

Did you ever see them drink, or drunk, any other time?

“No; not as I remember.”