“Why do you want to leave?”
“I have a scheme.”
“What sort of a scheme?”
“Think I know how I could get a chance to rustle round in Merriwell’s room. I’d just rush up to the house, ring the bell, and tell the girl that Merriwell had sent me after something he’d left in his room. If she let me upstairs, I’d come pretty near finding that confession if it’s stowed away there. What do you think of that plan?”
“If you want to take the chances——”
“Don’t talk about that after the chances we took trying to hold those fellows up. I wouldn’t touch anything else but the old confession. What could Merriwell do about it if he did prove I got that? What value could he put on such a paper? Besides, I’d give the girl at the house a fictitious name. I’d like to try the trick.”
“I advise you against it. Better be careful until the clouds roll by.”
In spite of this advice, Wolfe grew restless every minute, and when the seventh inning ended, with the score three to two, Bern whispered a good-by to Duncan, told the others he would be back in a short time, and left the stand.
CHAPTER LV.
A BEAUTIFUL BINGLE.
In the eighth inning Manhattan betrayed dangerous symptoms, for she made a run and filled the bases, with two men out. Kates then struck out the last batter.