were any others there besides Scotty, Jimmy…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

were any others there besides Scotty, Jimmy and himself; I told them it lay between them, i. e., Scotty and himself. His reply was that such things happen in the best of families. He said that if he were in Jimmy’s place and Jim- my was in his, he would say there was no malice between them. I asked if he was sure that Scotty hadn’t interfered in a family dispute. He replied that Scotty didn’t have anything to do with it; he was sorry, but it could not be helped. Barney was lying on the floor near the fire, covered with blood; his hands and clothes were bloody; he didn’t appear to be much hurt.