CHAPTER XV: AN UNKNOWN BUSHWHACKERThe inquest frightened little Larry. He didn’t know what it was all about, but he managed to tell the same story he had told Hashknife and Breezy. Minnie’s story was the same. There was no evidence to show who had fired the fatal shots; so the jury brought in the usual verdict.
Amos Baggs came to see the sheriff following the inquest, and complained against Len Ayres for knocking him down the previous afternoon. Hashknife and Sleepy were with the sheriff when Baggs called.
“It seems to me that yo’re a grown man, Baggs,” said the fat sheriff. “If anythin’, yo’re bigger than Ayres.”
“Do you think I’m going to fight him?” demanded Baggs.
“Well, yuh didn’t; so what can yuh do about it?”
“Do you think I’m going to let him batter me around?”
“Say, what do
