"Make her go, Flapp. I'll
attend to this one," and he caught hold of Dora's arm.
At this both girls screamed--another signal of distress which reached
Tom's ears but did no good.
"I don't see the reason--" began Lew Flapp.
"Just do as I say, Flapp. We can make money out of this," answered Dan
Baxter.
He caught Dora around the waist and lifted her into the air. She
struggled bravely but could do nothing, and in a moment more he had her
on the houseboat. Lew Flapp followed with Nellie, who pulled his hair
and scratched his face unavailingly.
"Where--where you going to put 'em?" queried Flapp.
"In here," answered Dan Baxter, leading the way to one of the
staterooms--that usually occupied by Mrs. Stanhope and Dora. "Now you
stay in there and keep quiet, or it will be the worse for you," Baxter
went on to the girls.
As Nellie was pushed into the stateroom she fainted and pitched
headlong on the floor. Thoroughly alarmed, Dora raised her cousin in
her arms. At the same time Baxter shut the door and locked it from the
outside.
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