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"I think the walk will do you good, Harry," answered Dick kindly. "Here, take my arm, and Songbird can take your other arm." When the Hall was reached they found that Lew Flapp and his cronies had already gone to bed. Dick took Harry and Joe to their dormitory and then rejoined Powell. "Going to keep mum?" asked the latter. "For the present," answered the eldest Rover.
Dick gave orders that the Dora should be moved down the river early the next day, and before the majority of the party were up, Pleasant Hills was left behind. "I sincerely trust we have seen the last of Baxter and Flapp," said Sam. "So do I, Sam," answered Dick. "I'd like to meet them and punch their heads good for them," came from Tom.
I am bound to catch you sooner or later!" cried Sam. "You come closer and I'll fix you!" growled the bully. "I'll hammer the life out of you!" "You've got to spell able first," answered Sam. The cemetery gained, Lew Flapp ran along one of the paths leading to the rear. Along this path were a number of good-sized sticks. He picked up one of these, and a few seconds later Sam did likewise.
"So you're all turning against me, eh?" burst out Lew Flapp fiercely, his face growing dark with rage. "I was warned of this before I came here." "Who warned you?" asked Tom, who had just put in an appearance. "A gentleman who used to teach here." "What was his name?" questioned several. "Mr. Jasper Grinder. He said he had left because the Rover boys tried to run everything."
"They might bind and gag us," said Nellie. "That Dan Baxter is bad enough to do almost anything." "Yes, and from the way Lew Flapp treated Dick, I should think he was almost as wicked as Baxter," answered her cousin. The girls wondered who the newcomers on board could be, but had no means of finding out.
"Then I had better keep quiet. But the houseboat " "The houseboat will be left just where it is." "Oh, all right, sir," and the captain breathed a sigh of relief. That he was just a little simple-minded was beyond question. Leaving the captain a prisoner, Dan Baxter and Lew Flapp made their way with caution toward the houseboat. As they had surmised, the Dora was now totally deserted.
"Wh what do you mean, sir?" asked Flapp, much frightened. "Do you want to remain at Putnam Hall, or shall I send you home in disgrace?" "I I don't want to go home," said the big boy. His father was a rough man and he knew that if his parent heard of this trouble he would make him pay dearly for it. "I expect my pupils to be young gentlemen," went on Captain Putnam.
"But I don't know anything. Do you, Sam?" "Not a thing. So far as I know Harry is all right." "Is he?" sneered Flapp. "Well, I don't think so." "What was the trouble about, Harry?" asked Tom, turning to the small boy. "Don't you say a word!" shouted Lew Flapp, in alarm. "If Tom and Sam Rover don't know already they needn't know at all, so there."
"Drink this, quick," cried Flapp, more eagerly than ever. "All right," said Dick, and spilt a little out of the glass onto the floor. "Wonder what makes my hand shake so?" he murmured. "Take this and it will brace you up," put in Pender. "Ha, look there!" yelled Dick, gazing fixedly at the rear of the den. "See the three-headed owl!"
After this came several other contests, in each of which the crowd pitted against the Flapp faction won. This made Lew Flapp, Rockley, Pender, Jackson and a number of others feel very sore. "We must win something," cried Pender fiercely. "If we don't we'll be the laughing stock of the whole academy." At last came the half mile race for which Sam had entered.
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