Bound hands and feet and tied to the floor, spikes having been driven down to hold the ropes. Bound and gagged!
Old Ferret hopped into that room and softly closed the door behind him. He felt like whooping for joy, but no great detective ever whooped, so he did not whoop.
But he said, “Ha! I have accomplished me purpose!” and his unutterable satisfaction was shown on his face.
CHAPTER XVIII.
FACING CERTAIN DEFEAT.
Six innings of the game between Yale and Virginia had been played, and Virginia was three scores in the lead, the tally standing four to one.
The game had been begun without Merriwell, for all efforts on the part of Hodge and others of the nine to find Frank had failed.
Roland Ditson was triumphant. His heart was filled with great joy, for it was his disposition to regard this as a great victory for him. Besides that, was he not going to make a lot of money through the defeat of Yale?
The distress of the Yale team without its captain and leader was apparent, though it made a fierce fight under command of Bart Hodge, who had been given charge by the manager.
But Hodge was so worried that he could not do his best, and to him had been due the giving of Virginia her first score on a passed ball.
That was in the fourth inning, Yale having made her only score in the first. Then Morgan seemed to get rattled, and two more scores came in on clean hits.