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.
"Because he mentioned his own name as Tom, and I know Betty is the
sailor's wife's name," replied Richard.
"He doesn't look very respectable," went on Frank. "He isn't a relative
for even a man like Mr. Linyard to be proud of."
"He may look better after he's shaved and washed and fixed up a bit,"
returned Richard; "that is, if he gets well," he added, in sudden
alarm.
"Pep, Pep," went on the sufferer, "where's the water?"
"Here you are, dad, nice and fresh," and Pep entered with his pail
full.
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