“I knew it!”
“But it has been a secret from all my friends, as well as you.”
“Still you did not dare to trust me!” came reproachfully from Diamond’s lips.
“That was not my reason for keeping the secret from you, Jack.”
“Wasn’t?”
“No.”
“What was the reason, then?”
“I was pledged to secrecy. I had promised to keep it for a time, and you know Frank Merriwell never breaks his word.”
“I know that, old man, but——”
“Come into this theater, Jack, and I will tell you all about it.”