human
That's why you wasn't put in at the start-off,
gpt
What is why? You will have to make the whole matter plainer than you have so far. It is hazy.
human
Putnam did not want Pierson to see you pitch.
gpt
He didn't? Why not?
human
Because Pierson was there for that very purpose.
gpt
Get out!
human
I know what I am talking about. You have kept still about it, but Pierson himself has let the cat out of the bag.
gpt
What cat?
human
He has told--confidentially, you know--that he has thoughts of giving you a trial on the regular team. The parties he told repeated it--confidentially, you know--to others. It finally came to my ears. Old Put heard of it. Now, while Old Put seems to be your friend, he doesn't want to lose you, and he had taken every precaution to keep you in the background. He has made Gordon more prominent, and he has not let you do much pitching for Pierson to see. He permitted you to go in to-day because he was afraid Gordon would go all to pieces, and he knew what a howl would go up if he didn't do something.