Instantly Frank flung the money in the man’s face, speaking in a low, hard tone:
“You’ve made a big mistake! Take your dirty money and get out of this lively!”
Hazen’s face became redder than ever. Seeing he was exposed, he immediately said:
“I want you to stand by your word! You said you’d sell the game for two hundred dollars if you got ahead; now you can’t back out, for I hold you to the agreement.”
Merry saw through the trick, and he turned pale, while a strange laugh broke from his lips.
“You’re a big bluffer, but I don’t think you’ll fool anybody. It will take more than two hundred dollars to buy me.”
The man had picked up his money.
“Then you’re a liar!” he said; “for you made a fair and square agreement with me.”
“You are the one who lies!” Merry asserted. “I never saw you before.”
“You’re a cheap chap to go back on your word.”