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What to do was now the question. Sam could not walk further. "Better stay here," said Dick. "If the Baxter crowd comes back, you can hide." Then he, Tom, and John Barrow set out to return to where the treasure had been left. They were still some distance away when they discovered Dan Baxter, Bill Harney, and Lemuel Husty making their way along the snow-covered trail.
Curious as it may seem, none of the Baxter party had given a thought to the sled which Sam and Tom had had with them, and this had been left under the bushes at the spot where Husty had discovered the Rovers.
I say, you fellows! Come over here!" The three around the camp-fire looked up in surprise, and were even more surprised when Husty waved his hand for them to come to him. "What's wanted?" demanded Dan Baxter. "I've found two of your very intimate friends spying on you," answered Husty. "I guess we had better get out," whispered Sam to Tom, not liking the turn affairs had taken.
At this instant Dan Baxter leaped to his feet and ran for his gun, while Bill Harney and Lemuel Husty did the same. "Come out here, Grinder!" shouted the bully. "Somebody or some wild animal is around!" "Somebody is coming!" ejaculated Sam. "I hope it is Dick, with Mr. Barrow!" "So do I," returned Tom.
It is high time that we return to Tom and Sam, and learn how the two Rover boys were faring in their unequal contest with Dan Baxter and his followers. As we know, it was Baxter himself who attacked Sam, while big Bill Harney threw Tom to the ground. Jasper Grinder went to Baxter's assistance, while Lemuel Husty ran to aid Harney.
In the meantime Tom was having a similar struggle with Harney and Husty. But the boy, though strong, was no match for the two men, and they soon pinned him to the ground and held him there as in a vise, while he was nearly choked by the big guide, who had clutched him by the throat. "Let let go my throat!" Tom managed to gasp. "Will you keep quiet?" demanded Harney. "Yes yes."
"Don't call me a brute Rover," growled Jasper Grinder. "Neither you nor your brother have all you deserve." Sam was bound with a rope, and then both prisoners were told to walk over to the fire. This they did, and were left in charge of Husty and Jasper Grinder, while Baxter went off a distance, in company with big Bill Harney.
He had a fairly good idea of the direction the others had taken, and knew that their tracks in the snow would be plain to follow. The main thing at the start was to keep out of sight of the enemy. In doing this, he had not only to avoid Harney and Baxter, but also Husty, providing that individual was anywhere around, which was probable.
To this Husty, who was a thorough sneak, consented at once, and then Bill Harney did the same. Baxter remained silent. "You've defeated me this time," he said, at last. "But, remember, I am not done with you." A little later Baxter moved off, and Bill Harney and Lemuel Husty went with him. It was the last that the Rovers saw of their enemies for a long while to come.
In a few minutes they came up to the party. "Baxter, where are you bound?" demanded Dick, striding up. "You know well enough." "We are after thet treasure," came from Harney, and it was plain to see that he and Husty had been drinking heavily. "The treasure is ours, Baxter, and you can't touch it." "It will belong to whoever finds it," growled the bully. "That's right," came from Husty.
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