"I can see how the thing must have happened; somebody came and started shooting--and that rifle he called Jemina, and the two pistols--don't you reckon they did some good for themselves ?" "Probably--if Jerry was here." "Man, he must have been here! Who else--" he tilted his head towards the graves.

Surely, no one but Jerry would have buried them so, with Tige lying at the feet of his mistress.

And, as Jack presently pointed out, if the shooting had taken place in Jerry's absence, he would certainly have notified them at the ranch.

And Jack had a swift mental picture of Jerry galloping furiously up to the patio on one of his mules, brandishing his rifle, while he shouted to all around him the news of this terrible, unbelievable thing that had befallen him.
They did not search long before they found plenty of evidence that Jerry had been there at the time of the trouble.

They found Manuel lying on his back, with his beard clotted and stained red, and his black eyes staring dully at the sky.