“No go,” said Frank. “Two-thirds to the winners, one-third to the losers. How does that strike you?”
McGann objected. He admitted that he felt as if the Merries would be getting too much if they received one-third of the net receipts.
“Oh, but we’d get two-thirds under that arrangement,” declared Hodge.
“Would you?” sneered McGann. “Then what do you say if the winners take all the money?”
“That suits me very well,” said Frank promptly.
The manager of the Outcasts gasped. Of a sudden, he fancied he saw how he could get out of it without paying Merriwell a dollar.
“Are you in earnest?” he asked.
“Certainly.”
“You’ll sign an agreement to play on those terms?”