"In the trees, I'm thinking! Did he tell ye much?"
"He declared when they used the pit-lights he had not a gun and somehow I think he hadn't."
"Maybe!" said Jardine, with some dryness. "Was it all ye got?"
"That was all. I'm not as clever as I thought. Bob wanted Mr. Stannard to give him a hundred dollars."
"Ah!" said Jardine. "Weel, I expect ye see——"
"Stannard laughed. It was plain he was not at all afraid of Bob."
"Stannard's no' a fool," Jardine remarked.
"I thought his carelessness sincere. Besides, Bob soon afterwards implied that Jimmy hit Douglas. I imagine Bob really doesn't know who did use his gun."
"It's possible," Jardine agreed. "My notion is, Jimmy had better keep the woods. In the meantime, I've no use for Bob's hanging round the ranch."
"Bob will not bother us; I don't think he'll bother Mr. Stannard again," said Margaret and got some sewing.