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At the corner of the dilapidated building they paused, and Dan Baxter emitted a long, low whistle. A silence of several seconds followed, and then a man appeared out of the darkness. "Who's dat?" came the question. "It's me, Girk Dan Baxter," replied the former bully of Putnam Hall with small regard for the grammar that had been taught to him. "Who's dat with you?" "Mumps. He's all right."
"That is what old Crabtree used to say." "The Rovers always were too important for their own good, young man." "We know how to do the fair thing by others and that is more than you!" "Shut up; I'm in no humor to listen to your preaching." "Then open the door and let me go." "Not just yet. I want to know how much you overheard of my talk with Buddy Girk."
Soon Tom in arrived, followed by the policeman, who looked anxiously at the two men. "You say they are thieves?" he asked of Dick. "The short man is. He stole my watch." "What of the other?" "He is a bad man too although it may be hard to prove it." At once the crowd approached the evil pair, and the officer caught Buddy Girk by the arm, "I want you," he said in a low, firm voice.
It's one of dem Rover boys!" he cried, dropping into his old-time manner of speech. "Wot are you doin' here?" "You know dot young feller?" demanded the man who had been mentioned as Dutch Jake. "Yes, I do, and he's up to no good here," replied Buddy Girk. "Den maybe I best kick him owit kvick, hey?" "Yes no wait a minute." Girk turned to Arnold Baxter.
All of the others went aboard of the Searchlight, Arnold Baxter being carried by the police officers, who attended to his wound as well as the accommodations on board of the yacht permitted. So far nothing had been said about the money and securities stolen by Baxter and Girk, but they were in a locker in the Flyaway's cabin, and easily brought to light. "This is a big day for us," said Dick.
"My gracious, where have you been?" burst out Tom, as he rushed forward. "You look as if you'd been rolling around a dirty cellar." "And that is just about what I have been doing," answered Dick with a sickly laugh. "Do you know anything of Buddy Girk?" he added quickly. "He ran away from the tenement, and Arnold Baxter was with him," replied Sam. "Did you follow them?"
The young man we are after came in here a short while ago and has utterly disappeared. I am afraid he has met with foul play." "But Mr. Arson and Mr. Noble are gone." "Is that the names they were known under?" "Yes." "Their right names are Girk and Baxter. They left the building just before we came up." "What was your brother doing here?" asked Caleb Yates in a calmer tone.
Arnold Baxter's tool was a good-for-nothing scamp named Buddy Girk, who had once robbed Dick of his watch. Both of these men were now in jail charged with an important robbery in Albany, and the Rover boys had aided in bringing the men to justice. Dan, the bully, was also under arrest, charged with the abduction of Dom Stanhope.
"Buddy Girk the tramp thief, the fellow who used to train with Dan Baxter's father." "What, the fellow who stole your watch and broke jail at Rootville?" came from Tom. "The same." "Where is he now?" questioned Sara. "I don't know. The instant he saw me he skipped."
"Nor I but we'll hear of them, nevertheless, mark my words. The Baxters won't leave us rest. They are a hard crowd, and Buddy Girk is just as bad," finished Tom. It was the opening of the spring term at Putnam Hall Military Academy, and the three Rover boys had just come up from Cedarville in the carryall, driven by Peleg Snuggers, the general-utility man of the place.
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