"No, I don't know."

   "But to the best of your knowledge and belief he was there?"

   "Yes."

   "And the shot waked you?"

   "Yes."

   "What did you do on hearing the shot?"

   "I jumped to the window."

   "Tell what you saw, please."

   "I saw a man fall in the orchard, and hurried out to see if he was hurt. But he was gone when I got there."

   "Then what?"

   "I went to speak to Jim."

   "He was in his room, then, immediately after the shot?"

   "Yes."

   "Ah! And when you spoke to him, did he admit firing the shot?"

   "No."

   "Did he deny it?"

   "Yes."

   "Where was his gun?"

   "In the rack over the mantel."

   "In the rack over the mantel," repeated Paige, slowly, glancing at the jurors. "Did you examine it?"

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