“Thanks, Merry,” chirped Ready. “So good of you to say it.”
“Occasionally,” Frank added, “he is taken for a fool, but I assure you, Mr. Hazard, he is simply an idiot.”
“That’s all right,” said Jack; “but even my long suffering has a limit. Don’t you dare call me a lunatic.”
“Is he dangerous?” smiled Hazard.
“Perfectly harmless,” assured Merry.
Hazard took a seat.
“Mr. Merriwell,” he said, “you have been very successful in baseball this season, but I think I know why.”
“That’s easy,” nodded Ready. “It’s because he is it.”
“I admit that Mr. Merriwell is a good pitcher, but you must have encountered some good twirlers during your tour.”
“That’s right.”