Dan
Baxter, you have played this game to a finish with your companions, and
you have lost."
If ever there was a disappointed and angry individual, it was Dan
Baxter. He raved and said all sorts of uncomplimentary things, and Husty
and Harney joined in, until John Barrow told all of them to shut up or
he would have the law on them.
"You had no right to make prisoners of Tom and Sam," he said. "But if
you'll behave yourselves, and not bother us in the future, we'll let
that pass."
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
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.
A few words more and we will bring to a close this story of the Rover
boys' adventures in the mountains.
Our friends found it no easy matter to get the heavy treasure box safely
to camp.
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