“Ye shouldn’t bear any grudge now, Joe,” he said softly.
“Grudge?”
“Over what he did to ye, Joe.”
Joe shook his head.
“I suppose he had plenty of cause, Mac.”
“No matter; he’s dead now. They say ye found him.”
“Yeah, I did, Mac. I was on my way back from the HJ.”
“He wasn’t dead then?”
“No, not then. Hozie and Lonnie came along in a few minutes. He was alive then, but I think he died on the way in.”
While they were talking Len Kelsey came from the Pinnacle Saloon, rubbing his head, and went down to his office.