 
 <prompt> CHAPTER III.

FOR A LUMBER RAFT.

"You think say you see Arnold Baxter?" Tom ask.

"Yes, I see Arnold Baxter, just as plain as day."

"Sam, you suppose dey--"

"No, I no dey dream. Na Arnold Baxter I see, true true. As soon as he see say I don spot am, he waka commot."

"But we think say e don die--buried under that landslide for Colorado."

"We no see hin body, and e no die. Why, I no fit make mistake for that rascal face, never," and Sam shake hin head to emphasize hin words.

"Dan dey with am?"

"I no see the pikin."

"If e truly na Arnold Baxter we suppose tell authorities sharp sharp, so dem fit arrest am for escaping from prison with that fake pardon."

"Yes, and we suppose tell papa too, because you fit sure say Baxter go do everything to retaliate for us to keep the Eclipse mining claim from hin hand."

"E no fit do anything about that claim now. Our claim don dey established by law, and e na just escaped prisoner. But I gree say e fit give us plenty trouble for other areas. I believe say e go like make dem hang all of us for the way we take pass am and hin tools."

"If the steamer no dey far, we for fit hail am," Sam continue, but this one no dey possible now.

Both boys dey very worried, and with good reason. Arnold Baxter don be enemy to Mr. Rover for years, and this one mean plenty when you consider the desperate character of the man. E sabi book well well, but e wicked and no get principle at all, and e no go hesitate to do anything to achieve hin aim. <response>: 1. Arnold Baxter
2. Arnold Baxter
3. E no do am
4. Buried under a landslide
5. For Colorado
6. Dan
7. No
8. Prison
9. The Eclipse mining claim
10. Both lads.
11. Yes
12. Yes
13. Sam
14. unknown
15. Sam talk say e no dey dream.
16. The pardon wey make Arnold comot for jail.
17. The authorities
18. Their papa
19. Eclipse mining claim
20. To emphasize his words. 