"Shut up, you little imp! Don't you know you are in my power!" stormed
Baxter, in a rage. "I can do as I please out here, and these three men
will help me."
As he finished he caught Sam by the collar and began to shake him.
"Let my brother alone!" ejaculated Tom. "Let up, I say!"
"I won't, Tom Rover. He's got to learn that I'm the master here," howled
Baxter.
"If you don't let go, I'll hit you," went on Tom, and raised his right
fist. But ere he could deliver the blow Bill Harney rushed behind him,
caught him by the waist and threw him flat.
"That's right!" shouted Dan Baxter. "Make them both prisoners! I've got
a big score to settle with them!"
And then all four fell upon Sam and Tom, and a fierce struggle ensued,
the outcome of which was for some time hard to predict.
CHAPTER XIX.
DICK AND THE WILDCAT.
"Well, it's mighty funny Tom and Sam don't come up."
It was Dick who spoke. He stood in the shelter of a number of walnut
trees, and close at hand was John Barrow.
The pair had missed the others ten minutes before, and were now waiting
impatiently for their reappearance.
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