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NOT one to submit tamely to indignities, Tom Swift, instead of complying with the command, struggled to his feet and advanced toward the two rough men standing in the bow of the boat. The third member was at the wheel and, Tom noticed, was heading the boat out toward the wider part of the lake.
"Look here! " said Tom boldly, for his nerve, somewhat shaken by his sudden plunge into the water, was coming back to him. "What's your game, anyhow? What do you mean by keeping Mr. Newton and me on this boat? I demand that you set us ashore at once!"