“Yes.”
“My name signed?”
“Just that.”
“Fake! King did it—or somebody representing King.”
Merry was doubtful.
“What did it say?” asked Collins.
Frank told him, and the former advance man showed anger.
“Just like King!” he cried. “He hates Haley, and he will do anything to torment the old man.”
“But—but you dropped the work in Salacia. Manager of the opera house heard our company had gone up. He put King’s paper right up over what you had put up for us. Why did you do that way?”
Collins hesitated a little, and then, walking up and down, he began: