“That’s the place!” nodded Hodge. “He’ll get some of the kinks taken out of him there.”
“One thing fills me with extreme sadness,” said Ready. “That is that the first umpire did not receive his medicine from the crowd to-day.”
“That crowd was rooting for us before the game finished,” laughed Frank.
“And they seemed to feel bad because we lost,” said Rattleton. “We made some friends.”
“For the love of goodness, Merry!” exploded Ready; “is there no way we can get square? Can’t we tackle those fellows again and wipe up the earth with them?”
“If Dick were here——”
“We won games before we knew anything about Dick.”
But, strange to say, Frank seemed to feel that the presence of his young brother was needed in order for them to win.
“I’m not going to talk about it any more,” said Carson. “I am going to get out of this hotel and take a walk.”
The others seemed to feel like doing something of the sort, and they left the room in a body, descending to the office of the hotel, where Frank called for their mail. There happened to be letters for several of the party. Merry received one, which he opened and began to read at once.