“Hold them, Hodge,” directed Frank. “I have something to say to them.”
“What’s up, Frank?”
“I believe there is a game on,” answered Merry.
“A game?”
“Yes.”
“What sort?”
“Blackmail!”
The woman uttered a scream, and something like an oath came from the man who had professed to be her husband.
“This is interesting!” exclaimed Hodge. “Then it appears that I happened on the scene just in time.”
“You did.”