"But if some one who hated me had seen it and gave evidence against me?"
Rufus started.
"I bet five dollar dat's dat low-down white man, Mistah Deacon!" he exclaimed.
"You're perfectly right, Rufus. That's who it is."
"And he see you, and sw'ar dat it wasn't de hawse, but your quirt done it?"
"That's about the size of it."
"Hab you done told de sheriff, sah?"
"Yes, I did that at once. Rode straight into Pine Lake."
"And what he say?"
"Told me I must come into the inquest the day after to-morrow."