"Gus Heyser's saloon, and then—"
"And then?" repeated Sandy.
Carter shook his head and looked about him bewildered.
"Where am I now I What did you bring me here for?"
"Look me straight, Nelson," said Sandy. "Don't you move your eyes. You left Gus Heyser's and came out the pike to the Hollis farm, didn't you?"
"Hollis farm?" Carter repeated vaguely. "No; I didn't go there."
"You went up to the window and waited. Don't you remember the snow on the ground and the light inside the window?"
Carter seemed struggling to remember, but his usually sensitive face was vacant and perplexed.
Sandy moved nearer. "You waited there by the window," he went on with subdued excitement, for the hope was high in his
heart that Carter was innocent. "You waited ever so long, until a pistol was fired—"