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THERE was a relieved air about the men gathered in the old house on Rattlesnake Island now that Tom Swift had made terms with them. Truth to tell, they had been more than a little afraid of this clear-eyed, keen young man who was able to dictate terms to them.
"Now let there be no mistake about this," said Tom. "We can draw up a new agreement, incorporating in it the terms of this one," and he produced the rough draft in which the men had agreed to molest him no longer.