“Did your father shoot the first one?”
“I don’t know. Just after the last shot was fired I got to the door, and there stood Jimmy with a gun in his hand. And then Roaring Rigby was on the porch, taking Jimmy’s gun away from him.”
“Uh-huh. What did Jimmy say?”
“He said he didn’t know what happened.”
“Didn’t know, eh?”
“And then they brought Dad into the house. Roaring looked at Jimmy’s gun and asked me what happened. I told about the two shots being fired, and Jimmy said he shot one of them. He said he shot at somebody.”
“Admitted shooting, eh? Miss Conley, is there any reason for Jimmy to have shot your father?”
Dawn turned from the post and came back to Hashknife.
“Dad told him to keep away,” she said wearily. “He hates Jimmy’s father.”
“I know. You heard Jimmy call to your father and tell him who was out there?”