What's your name ?" Having the question launched at him suddenly like that, Jack nearly blurted out his own name from sheer force of habit.

But his tongue was his friend for once and pronounced the last word so that Ross wrote "John Carew" without hesitation.

And Jack Corey, glancing down as the supervisor wrote, stifled a smile of satisfaction.
"It happens to be the day when we usually send up supplies," said Ross when he had finished recording the fact of Jack's employment as fireman.

"Our man hasn't started yet, and you can go up with him.

Come back here in an hour, can you?
There'll be a saddle horse for you.
Don't try to take too much baggage.