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"Somebody kicked him and he's about half unconscious. I left him to the tender mercies of Pat the waiter." And then Lew Flapp and his cronies hurried away on the road leading to Putnam Hall. Dick might have defended himself, but he was cruelly kicked several times, and partly lost consciousness, as already told.
"Humph! Just wait till Larson takes his turn," came from a Flapp follower. Larson stepped to the mark with the air of one who knows just what he is doing. Up went the hammer with a long swing to land in the very spot where Tom had thrown it. "A tie! A tie!" was the cry. "Well done, Larson!" came from Lew Flapp, but he was by no means satisfied over the showing made.
One cannot help but love them, in spite of their tricks and occasional wrong-doings." "I agree, Captain Putnam. And I must say I do not find their wrong-doings so very great either," concluded George Strong. The rock that was the turning point in the race was now almost gained. Sam still led, but Flapp was right at one shoulder, with Pigley at the other.
"One was Dan Baxter and the other was Lew Flapp." "Baxter and Flapp!" The cry came from several at once, and all climbed to the deck of the houseboat after Tom. "Are you certain of this, Tom?" asked Dick. "Yes, I saw them as plain as day. They were looking at the houseboat." "Did they see you?" "I think they did, and if so they must have seen the rest of our crowd too."
"See here, what do you mean by that, Flapp?" demanded Powell, who was no weakling. "I meant to hit Rover," was the answer. "Hands off, Flapp!" cried Dick. "I didn't come here to fight, but I can defend myself." "We'll see!" roared the unreasonable tall boy, and made another rush at Dick.
Without delay he summoned Ben Hurdy to his private tent and made the young cadet undergo a strict cross-examination. At first Hurdy would not talk, but soon he became frightened and broke down utterly. He told of the plot against Dick, and of how Flapp and the others had carried it out. "I didn't want to go into it," he whined. "But Flapp said he would thrash me if I didn't do my share.
"And I am going to square up with all the Rovers, too, mind that!" It is now time that we return to Sam and find out how he fared after being so unexpectedly hurled into the river by Lew Flapp. The youngest Rover was taken so completely off his guard that he could, for the moment, do nothing to save himself. Down he went and his yell was cut short by the waters closing over his head.
"Where are you going?" "I am going after the cemetery keeper and the constable," answered Sam, and walked off without another word. Lew Flapp watched Sam's departure with much anxiety. As my old readers know, he was a coward at heart, and the thought of being put under arrest for the robbery of Aaron Fairchild's shop made him quake in every limb.
"Do you know why they were dropped?" "Yes, Tom, but I don't want you to say anything about it." "There's a report around that they were found cutting loose in the village," put in Sam. "Well, as I said before, I don't want to speak about it," went on Dick. A few of the boys dared to question Flapp and Pender, but got no satisfaction.
"You needn't think you're king-pin of the punching bag," went on the tall boy, who had lost control of his temper because of the exhibition. "Thank you, Flapp, what I think and what I don't think isn't any of your business." "Pooh! I've heard about you and your two brothers, Dick Rover. They tell all sorts of stories about you, but I don't believe the half of them."
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