FINDING A FATHER.
Smithers returned to the room.
"I'll have to break with you," exclaimed the major, "if you go on this way."
"What for?" asked Smithers.
"Didn't you hear that fellow say that he had saved my life? See here," continued the major, "I want you to understand that you can't play fast and loose with me. Capt. Jordan will think I put up a job on him."
The major continued to grumble, but Smithers took no notice either of him or Tommy.
In an hour's time it grew dark, and while the partners were preparing for the business of the evening, Tommy being very tired, stole off to a bed which had been prepared for him in the house.
It was some time, however, before he could get to sleep.
He was haunted by the face of Capt. Jordan, and in vain tried to remember where he had seen it before. That it was familiar to him he was certain.
"I know him, I know him," he muttered, "but to save my life I can't place him. However, I'll go to the cavern in the Snake Canyon to-morrow, and then——"