_Question by Mr. Waters._ You have said that you _know_ this mat to have been the work of your own hands, and that you made it for a particular purpose. If you please, what was that purpose? _Answer._ I had presented me on Christmas a fine statuette of Samuel, which I admired so much that I worked this mat with great care upon which to place it. _Q._ And did you work it from a pattern? _A._ Yes, sir. _Q._ And have you ever seen others like it? _A._ Yes, sir, three, but not in this city. _Q._ And where did you get the pattern? _A._ From a friend in Philadelphia. _Q._ Now, if you have seen other mats like this, how do you know, of your own knowledge, that this is not some other lady's work? _A._ I know it is my work because the centre portion of the mat was left plain, which centre is exactly the size of the base of my statuette. _Q._ Is there any other reason which you can give? _A._ I know it looks like my mat. _Q._ Certainly, but would it not look like your mat if it had been wrought by another lady? _A._ Perhaps so. _Q._ You say _perhaps_ so; would it not certainly so look? _A._ I think it would. _Q._ Have you the statuette now? _A._ Yes, sir, it is at our house. At this point of the trial the statuette was sent for and brought into court by the father of the witness. Mr. Waters took it into his possession. Considerable discussion arose when the prosecuting attorney insisted upon being allowed to examine it. Mr. Waters became almost violent, and declared he would smash the image rather than be so imposed upon. He was cross-examining the witness with no testimony for the accused, and he insisted upon his rights without interruption. The court ruled in Mr. Waters's favor. He, holding the statuette by the base, walked up to Miss B., and inquired of her if she recognized it as her own. _A._ I certainly do. _Q._ And how do you know it is certainly your own? _A._ It is just like mine. _Q._ But are there not other copies so like it as that you cannot tell the difference, nor one from the others? _A._ Yes. _Q._ How then can you say for a certainty that this is yours? _A._ Because my father has just brought it from our house, and I saw him go for it and return with it. I can give no better reason. _Q._ Can you say of your own knowledge, from an examination of the image, that it is yours? _A._ No, sir. _Q._ Have you any more reliable knowledge concerning the mat being yours? _A._ Yes, for the space in the middle was made expressly to fit the base of the statuette. _Q._ And are you willing to risk your testimony upon that fact alone? _A._ I am.