person might be an enemy who had endeavored in numerous ways to do him an injury.
"Merriwell seems to come out all right in everything," thought Rattleton; "but it would not be the luck of any other fellow who dared take the chances he does."
CHAPTER XXIV.
TWO WARNINGS.
The morning after the evening when Frank saw the mysterious stranger in front of Traeger's he received a warning note through the mail. It read as follows:
"Be constantly on your guard. Your enemies are plotting to do you serious injury. I shall do what I can to foil them, but you had better watch out."
It was unsigned, and the handwriting was cramped and awkward, as if the person who wrote it was not accustomed to handle a pen.
"Well, I wonder what sort of a game this is!" cried Frank, in disgust. "It is a fake, pure and simple!"