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Show 4063 H. Zahn- D 2084 A It broke; Mr. Gill took care of that work for me when I went out in the summer time; when I returned in the winter he reported they cried it three times. MR. FARNSWORTH: We object to that. THE SPECIAL MASTER: Strike that out. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Where was the cable when you got back there,-- did you see the cable? A Yes. MR. FARNSWORTH: We object to it as immaterial. If the cable broke, have to go into the question of how well it was fastened, and all that; even if a flood broke it, the contingencies that were present at the time of that flood. I can not see any proper inference could be drawn from the evidence, whatever it may be. THE SPECIAL WASTER: Is it of any particular importance? MR. BLACKMAR: It is some evidence as to the velocity of the water. THE SPECIAL MASTER: He can not tell whether the water broke it or not, I suppose. MR. BLACKMAR: I don't know about that. I am asking him now to describe the condition of the cable when he returned. THE SPECIAL MASTER: Supposing he described it, what |