“Something doing somewhere,” commented one of the watchers.
Frank, Bart, Spaulding, and Harrow were in one of the carriages.
“This is a queer affair,” commented Spaulding. “I don’t know what to think about it.”
“I do,” declared Hodge.
“Eh? You do?”
“Yes.”
“What do you think?”
“It’s some sort of a put-up job.”
“You mean——”
“Fillmore and the Jap came to the club for the purpose of bringing this affair about. Fillmore and Merry had a little trouble some time ago. You know Fillmore struck Frank over the head in the lacrosse game at Oriole Park.”