"I--I brought it back here!"
"He had no rifle! You lay like a whiskered cat afore a mouse's den an'
gave him no fairness. Do not add a lie to cowardice."
Jeff said eagerly, "Now you know, Barr. Now all of you know, and Dan did
tell part of the truth. I promised him that we'd find out who shot his
father. It was all we wanted and all we will want. I am not a
policeman."