Brown confronted his prisoner in the yard. A swordsman stood close by his side to catch his nod.
"Where is Dutch Henry Sherman?"
"On the plains hunting for lost cattle."
"You are telling me the truth?" Brown asked, boring him through with his terrible eyes.
"The truth, sir!"
He studied Harris by the light of his lantern.
"Have you ever helped a Southern settler to enter the Territory of
Kansas?"
"No."
"Did you take any hand in the troubles at Lawrence?"
"I've never been to Lawrence."