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Chapter 95

           "ButtharwuroneparticklersetI’dgotadownupon;anthemIdetarminedtofolleruptotheeendo’creashun.

           "Theywarthefootmarkso’anAmerikinhoss,hevin’threeshoestothegood,anafourthwi’abitbrokenofftheeendo’it.Thishyur’stheeyedentikulpieceo’iron!"

           Thewitnessdrawshishandfromthepocketofhisblanketcoat,inwhichithasbeensometimeburied.Inthefingersareseentheshoeofahorse,onlythreequarterscomplete.

           Heholdsitonhighenoughforjudge,jury,andspectatorstoseewhatitis.

           "Now,MrJudge,"hecontinues,"an’youo’thejury,thehossthatcarriedthisshoewentacrosstthepurayrathesamenightthetthemurderwarcommitted.Hewentarterthemanthetairmurdered,aswellashimthetstanstharaccusedo’it.Hewentrightuponthetracko’both,anstoppedshorto’theplacewhurthecrimewurcommitted.

           "Butthemanthatrudhimdidn’tstopshort.Hekepontillhewarclostuptothebloodyspot;anitwarthroughhimitarterwardsbekimbloody.Itwarthethirdhosshimwi’thebrokenshoethetcarriedthemurderer!"

           "Goon,MrStump!"directsthejudge."Explainwhatyoumeanbythisextraordinarystatement."

           "WhatImean,judge,airjestthis.ThemanI’mspeakin’o’tukstan’inthethicket,fromwhichstan’hefiredtheshetthetkilledpooryoungPeintdexter."

           "Whatman?Whowasit?Hisname!Givehisname!"simultaneouslyinterrogatetwentyvoices.

           "Ireckonyu’llfinditthar."

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