"We don't want what you _think_, sir; we want what you know.

Do you _know_ that Slocum brought a girl's name into this ?" "No, sir, I don't," replied Jack, red and perspiring.
"That's all!" cried the attorney, leaning back in his chair with dramatic complacency.
Others of Harold's companions were brow-beaten into declaring that he led them into all kinds of raids, and when Talcott tried to stem this tide by objection, the prosecution rose to say that the testimony was competent; that it was designed to show the dangerous character of the prisoner.

"He is no gentle and guileless youth, y'r Honor, but a reckless young devil, given to violence.

No one will go further than I in admiration of the Reverend Mr.Excell, but the fact of the son's lawless life can not be gainsaid." Slocum repeated his story on the stand and was unshaken by Bradley's cross-examination.

Suddenly the defense said: "Stand, please." Slocum arose--a powerful, full-grown man.
Bradley nodded at Harold.