"But--you don't know if your father's real name was Smeaton!" Both Smeaton and myself started at that--it was a new idea.

And I saw that it struck Smeaton with great force.
"True!" he replied, after a pause.

"I don't! It might have been.

And in that case--how could one find out what it was ?" Mr.Lindsey got up, shaking his head.
"A big job!" he answered.

"A stiff job! You'd have to work back a long way.