“Bah! How did Derring know what his signs meant?”
“I have heard it said that Derring has been bought before.”
“Don’t believe that rot!”
“Well, I know that he made some terrible decisions, and he would have been mobbed if Merriwell hadn’t protected him.”
“He’s stubborn, and he would not give in—that’s all. I don’t think he really meant to rob the other team.”
“The crowd thought so.”
“Oh, well, I doubt if Merriwell would dare play us again, even if we offered him a game.”
“That is where you make a mistake, Mr. Wilson.”
Frank Merriwell was the speaker, and he stepped forward, having crushed in his hand the letter he had been reading.
“Merriwell!” exclaimed Wilson.