“Come up here to the bench.”
Madison followed Dick to the bench.
“Here is the man who says so,” said Merriwell, indicating Wiley, who bowed gracefully and smiled serenely into Madison’s face.
“That chap?” sneered the Franklin captain. “Why, who would believe him?”
“He is not the only one who heard it,” asserted Dick. “We want no trouble here, Madison; but we’re looking for a square deal and we propose to have it. You named this chap as umpire, and we agreed to him, even though we were not fully satisfied. It was my desire to please you fellows. Are you here to win a square game? or are you here to steal one?”
Madison flushed and looked furious.
“I don’t like that sort of talk, Merriwell!” he exclaimed.
“I presume you don’t. All Fardale asks is a square deal. You know as well as I do that I didn’t get a square deal in the last inning. I know as well as you do that there has been monkey business with that umpire.”
“An umpire can’t be taken out of a game after it begins.”
“He can, if both captains agree on his removal.”