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It was well along in the afternoon when they started, Dick riding behind the old hunter. He felt that he could tell Slim Jim about their mission, and he mentioned how the Baxters were watching them and trying to outwit them. "I remember thet Baxter, too," said the old hunter. "Wumble kin tell ye how we come nigh to makin' him do a dance on nuthin' onct.
"Then you can be sure the two Baxters have gone to Colorado," said Tom. "And the three Rovers will go, too," said Sam. "Will you?" asked Dick. "I wanted to say so, but " "Yes, we'll go, and that settles it," cried Tom. "And the sooner we get off the better. But we must get father to explain everything a little more closely before we leave."
There was a commotion in the water and mud lining the shore, and slowly the Baxters appeared to view, covered with slime and weeds, and both empty-handed, for Dan had not had time to draw his weapon, and that of the father lay somewhere on the bottom. "Now do you surrender, or shall I do a little shooting?" said Tom sternly, although he had no weapon.
Then Dick thrust his hands into his pockets coolly. "I'll see them hanged before I'll go back," he said. "I am with you," added Tom. "But we must be cautious after this, or the Baxters will be firing at us from an ambush." "If only we could catch sight of them," put in Sam. "They ought to be shot on sight!" The boys looked at Jack Wumble, who had remained silent.
The Canadians were surprised to see Josiah Crabtree returning with two strangers, and Mrs. Stanhope uttered a shriek when confronted by the Baxters. "I must be dreaming," she murmured, when she had recovered sufficiently to speak. "How came you here?" "We are not answering questions just now, madam," said Arnold Baxter.
"Look out for snakes," said Dan. "We had better light torches." This was done, for it was now dark under the trees. Hiding in a thicket, Dick and Peterson saw the Baxters enter the cave. The pair remained inside for fully quarter of an hour, and came out looking much disappointed. With torches close to the ground they searched for Sam and Tom's trail.
The cave gained they put down their bundles, which included a quantity of rope, and then started for the headland to bring in Tom and Sam. The headland gained, a surprise awaited than. Both boys had disappeared. "Tom, we are in a fix." "So it would seem, Sam. Who ever dreamed of running across the Baxters in this fashion?"
The Peacock has gotten under way long ago." "Well, let us try to get on the track of the two boys. Perhaps we can follow them up from the cave. If all of the footsteps point this way we'll know the captain has been deceiving us." Again the Baxters moved on, and so did Dick and Peterson. The way was rough and made Dan grumble a good deal.
Sam's cry was a loud one, and soon the others came up on a run, Jack Wumble pistol in hand, for his life in the open had taught him to be forever prepared for danger. "Wot is it, lad?" asked the old miner anxiously. "It's a quit notice for us," answered Sam soberly. "I can tell you, the Baxters mean to carry matters with a high hand." All of the others read the notice in silence.
"I give you my word, gentlemen, I never set eyes on the chaps before. Either they are escaped lunatics or else their lonely life here has turned their brains." For a moment there was a pause; Sam and Tom standing at the end of the plank, clubs in hand, and the Baxters on the deck of the sloop, surrounded by the three men who had been sailing the craft.
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