“Won’t?”
“No.”
“Why not?”
“I refuse to permit it,” said Frank, a queer twinkle in his eyes.
Then several of the company came up standing, and shouted:
“What!”
“That beats anything I ever heard of in my life!” said Fowler.
“For genuine crust, it surely does!” spoke up Harper.
Cassie Lee looked surprised, and Havener was amazed.
“Surely you are not in earnest, Merriwell?” the stage manager hastened to say.