“Sheriff,” said Doc Clevis, turning away from Swede Sam, “you’ve got a little evidence to show the jury, ain’t you?”
Jake Blue looked straight at Hashknife for a moment and then he answered—
“Nope.”
“Why, I—I thought——”
Doc Clevis seemed surprized.
Blue shook his head.
“We-e-ll, I reckon that’s all—then,” said the doctor slowly, looking at Blue.
He turned to the jury and added—
“You can think this over now, and——”
“It ain’t goin’ to require much thinkin’,” said a raw-boned cattleman. “These two strangers tell a straight story, and Skelton sure never shot Quinn.”