CHAPTER XII.
SNELL IS FIRED.
"So it's that sneak who has been telling yarns!" grated Bart Hodge. "I hope Merriwell will smash him!"
"If he doesn't, I will!" muttered Jack Diamond. "I thought we had seen the last of him when we left Fardale."
"I hoped so," confessed Hodge.
"But I can't have a fight here," said the landlord, firmly. "It won't do."
He seemed on the point of interfering between Frank and Wat, but Hodge said:
"A word to Merriwell is enough, Mr. Drayben. He will be careful not to cause you any trouble."