He explained the disappearance
of Mr. Briscoe and the mare by the statement that "Phinny runned
out--pop-gun--_bang!_--an' bofe felled over the bluff." He called the
moonshiners' cave a cellar, however, and declared that he went hunting
for his mamma in a boat, and the counsel for the defence made the most of
such puerilities and contradictions. But the child was very explicit
concerning the riving from him of his coat by Phineas Copenny, and the
plan to throw it over the bluff, and it made a distinct impression on the
jury when he added that Copenny took his hat also--for no mention had
been made of the discovery of the hat in the quagmire in the valley--and
that Copenny had broken the elastic that held it under his chin and this
snapped his cheek. He could, nevertheless, give no account how he reached
the Qualla Boundary, and he broke off suddenly, dimpling, bright-eyed,
and roseate, to ask the judge if he knew "Polly Hopkins."
"Her is so-o pretty!" he cried out in tender regret.
Mrs.
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