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"Do not believe one word of what he says," said Tom. "His name is not what he said, but Arnold Baxter, and he is the man who got out of a New York prison by means of a forged pardon. You must have read of that case in the newspapers last summer?" "I did read of it," answered Randy Fairwell. "But but " He was too bewildered to go on. "Where did you young men come from?"
"Did you speak?" asked Crabtree, looking over his shoulder. "Not to you," she answered coldly. Soon Crabtree was at the stern. The sloop came closer, and a rope was thrown to the Wellington and made fast by the Canadians. The smaller craft drew so little water that she did not ground, even when lying at the larger ship's stern. "Hullo!" began Josiah Crabtree, addressing Randy Fairwell.
But how did you come here?" "It's a long tale, Dora. But just now I want you to help me bring the Baxters to justice. They are trying to make out that they are all right and that we are crazy." "Crazy! The idea! Indeed, Mr. Fairwell, these boys are not crazy. They are my best friends. They are Tom and Sam Rover, and they are brothers to the Dick Rover I told you about."
"Don't shoot me, please don't!" howled Dan, his last bit of courage deserting him. The father said nothing, but looked as if he would like to annihilate both of the Rovers. Randy Fairwell turned quickly to Dora Stanhope. "You are certain these people are bad?" he said. "Yes, yes; very bad!" answered Dora, and continued: "You can believe all the Rovers tell you concerning them."
Soon the sloop dropped anchor close in shore and the mainsail came down at the same time. "So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell. "Yes," answered Baxter senior. "Your own boat, or some large vessel?" "Our own boat.
One end of the plank still rested on the sloop, and Fairwell quickly placed the board in position again. By this time the Baxters were crawling out of the lake. Sam caught hold of Dan while Tom tackled the father. With a heavy boathook in his hand Randy Fairwell now ran ashore, followed by Ruff. "You had better give up the fight," said Fairwell to Arnold Baxter.
The struggle lasted several minutes, but Fairwell put an end to it by catching Arnold Baxter from behind and holding him in a grasp of iron, and then the rascal was made a close prisoner by being bound with a rope. "Now for Dan!" cried Tom, and turned around, to find that Dan Baxter had taken time by the forelock and disappeared.
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