“Don’t touch it!”
Frank’s tone caused every one at the table to stare at him.
“What’s the matter?” asked Jack, astonished. “No one here but me shall touch it,” declared Frank. “It was meant for me.”
“Huah!” grunted Browning. “Never knew him to be so greedy before. Who wants your old star, anyhow? Keep it, and eat it, if you want it!”
He continued eating. Diamond, however, knew something was wrong. He saw the sudden change that had come over Frank, and his heart was filled with alarm.
What did it mean? He was unable to answer his own question.
“I did not mean to take it,” he said. “I was simply going to look at it.”
“You shall not touch it!”
Now Rattleton was attracted by the change in Merriwell.
“Is it so valuable?” he asked.