"Did you say anything about what you had heard?"
"Not that night."
"When did you first speak of it?"
"This morning."
"To whom?"
"To Mr. Deever. He was in the saloon, and he told me that his brother was missing."
"Well," cried Deever, who could keep silence no longer, "what do you think of that?"
"It is important evidence."
"You remember," Deever continued, "that when I went to ask Jarvis where my brother was, he admitted having quarreled with him, but said that it ended in words. Now we know that it ended in blows."
"What time was it when you heard that blow?" asked Nick of Klein.