16/22 You left Gus Heyser's and came out the pike to the Hollis farm, didn't you ?" "Hollis farm ?" Carter repeated vaguely. "No; I didn't go there." "You went up to the window and waited. Don't you remember the snow on the ground and the light inside the window ?" Carter seemed struggling to remember, but his usually sensitive face was vacant and perplexed. "You waited there by the window," he went on with subdued excitement, for the hope was high in his heart that Carter was innocent. "You waited ever so long, until a pistol was fired--" "Yes," broke in Carter, his lips apart; "a pistol-shot close to my head! It woke me up. |