"
"I think there is a reward for this boy," answered Carl in an equally
low tone of voice.
"Well, if there is, keep mum and we may be able to get it."
There was an awkward pause. Tommy looked appealingly at the doctor's
son and his other friends.
"Don't you worry; they shan't touch you," said Shep kindly. "They
are big bullies, that's all. We know them thoroughly."
"Are you going to stay here?" asked Ham.
"That is our business," answered Snap. "Where have you located?"
"That is our business."
"So it is; but I want you to understand, once for all, Ham Spink,
that this time you must keep your distance. If you try to molest
us in any way you'll get the worst of it."
"How long are you going to stay?"
"That is our business, too."
"Come on, Ham," said Carl in a low voice. "What is the use of
talking to them at all? Let us get back to our own camp, and let
them take care of themselves."
"All right, if you say so," answered Ham Spink, and turning on his
heel he walked back the way he had come, with his crony beside him.
"Now, what brought those chaps here?" demanded Snap as soon as
their enemies were out of hearing.
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