“Harold said that Mr. Phillips came over to this country.”
The Captain again sprang from his chair as 260 though hurled out by a strong spring. Mr. McGowan rose to face him.
“My brother in America? Mack, it’s a lie! He’d have looked me up!”
“Perhaps he had reasons for not wishing you to know about him. He may have been an outlaw.”
The minister then asked abruptly, “What connection was there between him and Mr. Fox? That is the thing we must find out.”
The Captain was trembling. “Have you seen Harold since he come back?”
“Not yet. But I intend to.”
“No you don’t! For God’s sake, boy, don’t do it!”
“But I must. I want to help you and Miss Pipkin. Then, for some unknown reason, I seem to be a part of all this mystery, and I intend to ferret it out.”
“Mack, please don’t!”