"All right!" the lad answered. "I'm goin' back. You can all go to
Halifax for all me."
"Wait," said Frank. "Where did you get this information you're favoring us with? What's your name? How did you get to China?"
"I'm a delivery boy at the telegraph office," the lad answered. "I loafed around there tonight to see you folks, for I knew that the cablegram would be called for. Before showing myself, I heard what was going on an' ducked. Now, come on."
"What's your name?"
"Sandy McNamara."
"How did you get to China?"
"Hid in a ship an' got caught an' beat up."
"A stowaway, eh?"
"You bet! I'd do it again to get back to South Clark street, in little old Chi."
"What they doing to Ned and Jimmie?" asked Jack.