I got on your
trail this afternoon and as you were going in my direction I considered
this an excellent opportunity to make your acquaintance. So here I am."
"But---but---" stammered the professor.
Tad was smiling, the others gazing at the newcomer blankly.
"Well, sir, what is it? One would think you had seen a ghost," laughed
the captain.
"But, sir, you are the second man who has introduced himself to us as
Captain McKay of the Ranger troop, to-day."
The captain's blue eyes twinkled.
"Indeed! Then I must have a double. I should like to meet him."
"You look like the real thing," observed Stacy.
"Thank you. Then the other man did not?"
"He did not---to me," answered Tad Butler.
"How are we to know that you are the captain in person?" asked the
professor suspiciously.
"I wear the badge and then here's my open countenance," answered the
Ranger with another hearty laugh.
"Professor, there can be no doubt that this is Captain McKay. I should
know him now from the description given to me by Lieutenant Withem.
Won't you join us? We have just about finished the grub, but there
is more. I'll cook something for you," proposed Tad.
"I'll join you in a cup of coffee, thank you," replied Captain McKay.
"Lucky for him that Ned didn't make the coffee for supper," muttered
Stacy, but so low that the captain did not hear the remark.
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