“Let me go,” urged Havener. “Let me think it over. Perhaps I have been foolish. I don’t know. I’ll have to have time to think about it.”
Frank released him, saying:
“All right, but don’t get daffy about it. Believe me—believe Miss Lee. All will be well in the end, I hope.”
“You were talking together in a confidential way,” said the stage-manager, “and I heard her ask you not to tell me about something. That was enough to make any man suspicious.”
“Perhaps so; but you had better forget it.” Frank went about his work, leaving Cassie talking earnestly with Havener.
It was evident to Merry that she finally satisfied him that his jealousy was groundless, for he stooped and kissed her suddenly.
In Frank’s heart, however, was a deep and heavy pain, caused by the knowledge of the unfortunate girl’s terrible secret.
CHAPTER XI.
TWO “ANGELS.”
The “All-Star Combination” struck bad business and a run of all-around hard luck. The “ghost” did not “walk,” and distrust, dissension and rebellion arose. Barnaby Haley had all he could do to hold the company together. He did so, hoping that the “streak” would pass and good business would come.