"And--about yourself." "I'll tell you all I can, with pleasure," answered Smeaton.

"To tell you the truth, I never attached much importance to this matter, in spite of my name and address being found on Phillips, until Mr.Moneylaws there came in last night--and then, after what he told me, I did begin to think pretty deeply over it, and I'm coming to the opinion that there's a lot more in all this than appears on the surface." "You can affirm that with confidence!" remarked Mr.Lindsey, drily.
"There is!" "Well--about my father," continued Smeaton.

"All I know is this--and I got it from hearsay: His name--the name given to me, anyway--was Martin Smeaton.

He hailed from somewhere about Berwick.

Whether it was on the English side or the Scottish side of the Tweed I don't know.