“But you saw this man shoot?” went on Stone.
“Yes, sir,” Rachel said; “I saw him shoot through the bay window and then I ran away.”
Whereupon, she repeated the action at the conclusion of her statement, and hurried away.
“Humph!” said Fleming Stone.
CHAPTER XV
THE AWFUL TRUTH
“Well, Fibs,” said Stone, as the two sat alone in conclave, “what about Rachel’s story?”
“You know, F. Stone, how I hate to doubt a lady’s word, but—not to put too fine a point upon it, the fair Rachel lied.”
“You think so, too, eh? And just why?”
“Under orders. She was coached in her part. Told exactly what to say——”
“By whom?”