"Roy, good to see you," Ben greeted the sheriff as he opened the door.

"Ben, I was wondering if I could borrow Hoss and Adam for a bit."

"Of course, but why?" Ben asked.

"I want them to show me again where you found Little Joe."

Hoss and Adam led Sheriff Coffee to the spot where Joe was found. Looking at the trees Roy found the bullet that must have gone through Joe's arm lodged in the trunk of an old pine. He carefully dug it out with his pocket knife.

"Find something?" Hoss asked coming to the sheriff's side.

"I'm guessing it's the bullet that went through Joe's arm." The sheriff said showing the bullet to Hoss and Adam. A bullet from an ordinary rifle. The type of rifle most men around Virginia City carried.

"It must have come from up there." Adam said, pointing to a hill on the other side of the road.

"Let's take a look." Roy said following Adam's finger.

Up in the trees they found two used cartridges lying on the ground. "This is where he fired from," Roy said picking up the cartridges. As he stood up he caught a glimpse of red cotton caught on the bottom branch of a large tree. He walked over to the cloth and found it to be a handkerchief. Pulling it off the branch he examined it and found the letters ROJ embroidered in a corner.

"Either of you boys recognize this?" He asked holding up the red square.

"No," Adam said, shaking his head.

"Me, neither," Hoss replied.

They looked around for a bit longer, but finding nothing more the three headed back to check on Joe.

Hoss and Adam took their turn sitting with Joe while Ben and the sheriff talked downstairs. He hadn't moved since the doctor left, but he seemed to be more relaxed than he had been.

"Ben, how's Joe doing?" Roy asked as they sat down for coffee.

Ben told him the same thing the doctor had. He was in a lot of pain, but seemed to be healing. He had a long way to go, but would be back causing trouble soon enough.

"I'll need to talk to him as soon as he wakes. The judge is due in town next week and with Joe as the only witness a lot rides on him."

"I know that Roy, but I just don't know how much help he's going to be by then." Ben said looking up the stairs. "I don't see how he'll be able to testify in a week."

"Just let me know when he's awake. I need to ask him a few questions and then we'll go from there."

"Okay," Ben agreed. "Tell me, did you find anything with Hoss and Adam?"

"A bullet, some spent cartridges, and a handkerchief that I believe belongs to James. In fact, I'd better head over to talk to Nancy." Roy said as he got to his feet and headed to the door.