"Who?"
"That's what we don't know. That's what I came up here for—to see if you could help us."
And Jed, face averted, drew a foot quickly across the boards of the floor.
"One of Hank Redden's boys was with him—th' one who took your place—until dark. Little after eight old Hank heard two shots, but didn't think nothin' of it. Kelly was shot twice. That must 'a' been th' time."
VB put down his hat, his eyes bright with excitement.
"He'd planned to go back to Ranger," he said. "But, after being up most of the night before, he was too tired. He told them at Ranger he'd be back. And if I'd been there they'd have got me," he ended.
"Unless they was lookin' for Kelly especial," said Dick. "They took his money belt."
"Mebby," muttered Jed,—"mebby they made a mistake."