Frank was thinking of all this as he drew near the home of Winnie Lee.
His intention was to call on Inza and have a talk with her about the
'Varsity boat-races at New London in June, for Inza was the "mascot" of
the Yale crew that was to meet Harvard at New London. In addition, he
expected to inform her and her friends of the arrangements made for the
ball-game with Hartford on Saturday.
He looked about him after he had tripped lightly up the steps and rang
the bell. The Lee home was in a fashionable and exclusive part of New
Haven, and the spacious grounds were beginning to take on beauty and
color under the reviving influences of spring. A fountain, shot through
with rainbow hues, was spraying a marble sprite, while a rheumatic
gardener troweled round the rim of a loamy flower-bed.
Winnie, who had observed Merriwell's approach, came to the door herself
to admit him.
"Oh, you didn't come to see me?" she asked, when he inquired for Inza.
"That would be pleasant enough, but it wouldn't do to make Buck
jealous!"
He laughed in his cheery way.
"I don't think it would be easy to make him jealous of you now," she
answered. "And I'm so glad he is to pitch for you Saturday! I want to
thank you for that, myself. It was just like you to send such an
invitation.
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