“Well, why didn’t you obey? What did you mean by coming right through without even sending me word?”
“I had immediate business here in New York.”
“Business! I had business for you to attend to. You’ve been doing a lot of things without consulting me. Why didn’t you wait until I gave you the contracts for the old players?”
“There had been too much waiting, and time was precious. Kennedy had plenty of blanks, so I got them from him, filled them out, and sent them to the boys without further delay. It was the proper thing to do.”
“Don’t tell me what’s proper to do! I’ll tell you. That was the distinct understanding, and you know it. Sent out the contracts, did you? Well, some of them ought to be coming back by this time.”
“They’ve all come back.”
“What?”
“Every one of them. The Federals’ll get no more players off us this year.”
Weegman choked, and the sound that came from his lips was not a laugh.
“I haven’t seen anything of them. They didn’t come to the office.”