CHAPTER XIV—THE MESSENGER.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE MESSENGER.
As Morgan was hurled headlong from Merry’s room he collided with a man outside, who was very nearly upset. This young man caught a glimpse of Frank in the act of violently ejecting the man of money, and what immediately happened to Morgan was the result of this discovery.
“What’s the meaning of this great agitation by which you seek to overthrow my corporosity?” savagely demanded Cap’n Wiley, for it was he. “This insult to my indignity is several degrees beyond my comprehension, and without waste of verbosity or the expenditure of violent language, I feel called upon to precipitate your corporosity on its journey.”
Saying which, he sprang, catlike, on the millionaire, seized him, ran him swiftly along the corridor and flung him head over heels down the stairs. As Morgan crashed to the bottom, Wiley stood at the head of the stairs, his arms akimbo, nodding with satisfaction, and remarked:
“Possibly that jarred you some.”
Morgan was not seriously hurt, but he arose in a terrible fury.
“I will land you both where you belong for this outrage!” he declared, white to the lips. “I will place you both behind iron bars!”
Then he limped away. Merriwell had followed, and his hand fell on the sailor’s shoulder.