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[page 163] Q. Was that really the inducement which you had in your own mind for coming here? A. I should not have come- Q.- to supplant the superintendent? A. Not to supplant the superintendent. Q. To take his place? A. Well, if he went out, if a vacancy occurred, I had the same night as any body else to apply for the position. I didn't expect any thing else. That is all I expected. I could not expect any thing else. Q. Were you not expecting that place every year while you were here? A. If a vacancy occurred. Q. You were constantly on the lookout about the place were not you? A. No, sir. Q. In reference to it? A. No, sir, not at all. Q. Didn't you expect a vacancy to occur when you came, and during the time you were here? A. During the time I stayed here, yes, of course, if I lived long enough Q. Would you have come if you had not expected to take the superintendents place? A. No, sir, not unless I had expected that; no, sir, I would not have come. Q. And during the time you were here