Then the boy went out and asked aid from wealthy people."
"Did you send him?"
"Yes, I did; but not against his will."
"Did you sometimes whip him for not bringing back money to you from
his begging excursions?"
"I punished him once or twice for telling falsehoods to me."
"Did you beat him for not bringing money to you when you sent him out
to beg?"
"He came home once or twice when I had reason to believe that he had
made no effort to procure assistance for us, and--"
Goodlaw rose to his feet again.
"Answer my question!" he exclaimed. "Did you beat this boy for not
bringing back money to you when you had sent him out to beg?"
"Yes, I did," replied Craft, now thoroughly aroused, "and I'd do it
again, too, under the same circumstances."
Then he was seized with a fit of coughing that racked his feeble body
from head to foot. A tipstaff brought him a glass of water, and he
finally recovered.
Goodlaw continued, sarcastically,--
"When you found it necessary to correct this boy by the gentle
persuasion of force, what kind of a weapon did you use?"
The witness answered, mildly enough, "I had a little strip of leather
that I used when it was unavoidably necessary."
"A rawhide, was it?"
"I said a little strip of leather. You can call it what you choose."
"Was it the kind of a strip of leather commonly known as a rawhide?"
"It was."
"What other mode of punishment did you practise on this child besides
rawhiding him?"
"I can't recall any.
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