"Ah, I've caught you!" he cried. "Pep! Pep! Bind them—don't let 'em get away. Where's the water?—
"Water, water everywhere,
Upon the deep blue sea;
Water, water, here and there,
But not a drop for me!
"That used to be Doc's favorite song. Why don't you give poor Tom a drink? Where's Betty? She'll give her brother what he wants. Oh, Pep, Pep, don't leave your dad to die of thirst!"
Richard uttered an exclamation, and grasped Frank's arm.
"That man is Tom Clover!" he gasped. "He is Doc Linyard's lost brother-in-law!"
CHAPTER XXV.
TOM CLOVER.
For a moment Richard could not realize the discovery that he had made. Could this weak, delirious man be Doc Linyard's brother-in-law, the one for whom the old sailor had been searching so diligently and so unsuccessfully?
If such was the fact then his visit to Frying Pan Court would undoubtedly be productive of more than one good result.
"What makes you think he is the man?" asked Frank Massanet, with considerable astonishment.