"Yes, sir, I fancy he is dead," he said.

"He tried the river, and the ice wouldn't carry him.

I saw him ride away from here just after the first shot, and fancied he fired at Shannon.

Have you seen him, sir ?" The other trooper moved his lantern, and Payne gasped as he saw a third man stooping, with the white face of his comrade close by his feet.
Shannon appeared to recognize him, for his eyes moved a little and the gray lips fell apart.

Then Payne turned his head aside while the other trooper nodded compassionately in answer to his questioning glance.
"I've sent one of the boys to Graham's for a wagon," said the Sergeant.
"You saw the man who fired at him ?" "Yes, sir," said Trooper Payne.
"You knew him ?" and there was a ring in the Sergeant's voice.
"Yes, sir," said the trooper.