“There seems to be enough paste in the bottom of the bucket for this board, Mr. Hobbs,” said Merriwell, calmly. “Now we will go on with our work.”
CHAPTER XXV.
“STOP THIEF!”
Of course, there was not enough paper left to completely cover all the boards, but Frank was determined to hide King’s stuff, so he went to the printing office and secured a supply of white paper. Then he would put up two or three three-sheet posters on a large board, covering everything else with the white paper. In this manner he hid all of King’s advertising on the billboards.
He saw nothing more of Delvin Riddle while he was at work.
Leaving the janitor to finish the last of this work, he took some window posters and started out.
He found King’s stuff in all the best windows, but in many of them got his in beside the other.
The story of his encounter with Riddle had spread through the place, and everybody seemed anxious to know the particulars.
Frank took pains to tell just what kind of a trick Julian King had tried to play on them in that place, and he had a way of telling it so that it made a very good story and gave a favorable impression of the “Empire Theater Comedy Company.” Frank was satisfied that the things which had happened in Salacia would be strictly to the advantage of the show with which he was connected.
He was judicious but not niggardly in giving out passes.