He had a big knife stuck in his belt, but it had half fallen out, and I took it that I might put some of the blood on it.

When I came back with it to the place, I found that Doctor Morton had moved.

I had not meant at first to kill him, but when I saw that he was alive I was vexed, and thought if I left him so he would be sure to know who had hit him, so I finished him.

I wanted to make people believe that it was the Indian who had done it, and they did.

That is all I've got to tell." Nearly the whole story had been told in a sullen, monotonous tone, and when it was finished Clarkson shut his eyes and turned a little away from his auditors, as if to show that he did not mean to be questioned.
They did indeed try to say something to him of his crime, but he would not answer, and presently the doctor, after leaning over him for a moment, motioned Mr.Bayne to be silent.