My manner had an effect upon him. He bit his lip.
“You say Darrow helped you find the boat?” he asked.
“Yes, sir. If you don’t believe it, ask him. Every one in the Bend knows Tom wouldn’t lie about it.”
“And you say a fellow named Carney took the boat in the first place?”
“Yes, sir. He had two strangers with him.”
“Then if your story is true I will have Pointer arrest that man. This mutilation of my property is shameful. But you must come along and prove your story.”
“Tom Darrow isn’t at the Bend now. He left to call on Gus Hallett, who lives about half a mile up the main road.”
“Is he there now?”
“I think so.”