were any others there besides Scotty, Jimmy…
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t it; there was no malice in him. I took
him in and showed him his brother and asked
him who could have hit his brother such a ter-
rible blow. I asked him if Scotty hadn’t hit his
brother; he said that Scotty didn’t have a
d d thing to do with it. I asked him if there
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.