aw Arnold Baxter

ld Baxter, just

you mu

axter, true enough. As soon as he saw I

as dead-buried under

ora

would never make a mistake in that rascal's face, ne

an wit

't see

authorities know at once, so that they can arrest

be sure Baxter will do all he can to get square with u

ing but an escaped jailbird. But I agree he may give us lots of trouble in other directions

e might hail her," continued Sam, b

is meant a good deal when the desperate character of the man was taken into consideration. He was a well-educated fellow

s finkin' dat rascal was plumb dead, suah. And Dan,

didn't

"And if one escaped more than likely the other did, too. My, how I despise t

k to this section of the country? I shou

e matters, just as he is cowardly in others. I

the steamer, if it w

this the sails of the Swallow were again hoisted, and they turn

heir elder brother, let us turn back an

when, of a sudden, something black and threatening loom

monstrous lumber raft, which was r

the Swallow a glancing blow, otherwise the sa

before he could catch hold again, the youth found himsel

he lake waters, until he tho

did not come fully to his senses until his

to draw himself to the surface of the lake, only to discover, to his horror, tha

through his brain, and then he pushed along from one timber to another until th

was thrown, but it fell short and did him no good. By the red fire and the rockets he saw the

s movement came none too soon, for a moment later one of the outside chains of the raft

ragin! is

he darkness and from the o

replied Dick, in as loud

Bragin?" repea

," answered Dick

ned him. He was a burly lumberman of forty, with a heavy black bear

id you come fro

this lumber ra

ock knock y

di

hought ye w

being drowned, for I c

the woods yet, young m

n, di

n nobody

own to the lake bo

the raft

tug to see to the chains

is th

A fool of a greenhorn was a-managin' of the thin

ser to the burly lumberman, who was a g

ber keeps together," went on the lumberman. "Th

ng, Dick began to wonder ab

go down?" he

red fire, you know. They wouldn't do t

ilent for a moment. "I wis

we kin outride this storm we'll be safe enough, for th

ck learned that the lumberman's name was Luke Peter

e lakes, hunting down smugglers between here and

uch smuggling

olks think," was

ted, as high waves would come along and almost sweep them into the lake. Both lay flat, clutching at the lumber and a

culation, reached its height. The waves literally drove over the raft from end

fe!" roared the lumberman. "An' if the raft pa

boom in the hollow below. The shock was terrific, and it was followed by loud reports as the chains they had

not answer for fear of getting his mouth full of water. The youth turned over and over, clutched at one log and misse

e sticks of timber. Once his left leg was caught between two sticks, and for the instant he was afraid the limb would be crushed. But then the pressure lessened and