"Oh! oh! my ear!" screamed the former teacher. "He has kicked my ear
off. You scamp, take that!" And letting out with his foot, he gave Sam a
vigorous kick on the side. At the same time Baxter struck the boy in the
head with a stick he had been carrying, and then Sam suddenly lost
consciousness.
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."
"All right, mind you do." And then the guide released his hold, but
continued to sit as he was, astride of poor Tom's chest.
"Have you got him?" came from Dan Baxter.
"Yes," returned the big guide.
"All right; then hold him."
"I will."
Leaving Sam to be watched by Jasper Grinder, Baxter ran over to one of
the sleds and procured a long rope.
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