"He thought your dad was banging away at a varmint."
"Then he did know Dad had gone up Coon Valley ahead of him?"
"Why yes, he saw his boot track in the mud. But you knew that."
"Was Smoky afraid to go on?"
"Why should he have been afraid? Who expects to get shot?"
"Tell me exactly how he said he saw Dad shoot him."
"Smoky was near the three sycamores when he thought he saw something move. A second later, your dad rose from behind Glory Rock and shot him."
"Smoky's very sure of that? It was Dad that rose from behind the rock?"
"He told the same story at least a dozen times that I know of. It never varied."
"Dad didn't step out from beside the rock, or anything like that?"