"Darned if I don't hope yeou'll do somethin' with yeour play, Frank," said the Vermonter. "That is, if yeou ever git it wrote, which I don't see haow yeou're goin' ter."
"Oh, I don't expect to make a fortune out of it. Of course I've had some foolish dreams about having my own company and playing the leading part, but I realize those are all dreams. All the same, I'm going to write it when I can, and somebody may produce it sometime."
Merry went to work again, and Hans and Ephraim left him alone.
It was supper time when the train pulled into Blueburg, after a tedious journey. The trio went direct to a restaurant and ate supper. By inquiry they found the reorganized company was in town and would play in the "town hall" that evening.
"We'll be there," said Frank; "but I think we'd better give them a surprise. We'll keep quiet till it is time for the curtain to go up, and then we'll walk into the hall."
This they did. It was exactly eight o'clock when Merry presented himself at the box office and asked if he could obtain three passes.
The local manager was selling tickets, and he immediately asked why he should give up three passes to three strangers.
Frank explained that he had at one time been connected with the company. The manager asked for his name so that he could send back to Havener to find out about him, but Frank saw a familiar face at the door.
"Hello, Dan!" he cried. "I think you'll vouch for us."
Old Dan Lee, Cassie's father, gave a cry of surprise.