“If Bill doesn’t look out he’ll lose his job, and it will be too bad,” answered Frank Andrews, “because he won’t be likely to get another such easy berth in a hurry. He gets good money for what little he does. He hired with the company as a first-class bookkeeper, but I understand he is only ordinary when it comes to handling big masses of figures.”
“Well, I didn’t like him when I met him, and I’d be just as well satisfied if we didn’t meet again,” said Dave.
But Dave’s wish was not to be gratified. He was to meet William Jarvey in the future, and that meeting was to bring with it a great surprise.
CHAPTER XXIV
A MIDNIGHT ALARM
“Well, Dave, we have been in this camp just a month to-day. How do you think you like it?”
“I like it first-rate, Roger––in fact, better than I first thought I would. All the engineers and assistants are so kind and helpful.”