Then he, Tom, and John Barrow set out to return to where the treasure had been left. They were still some distance away when they discovered Dan Baxter, Bill Harney, and Lemuel Husty making their way along the snow-covered trail. In a few minutes they came up to the party. "Baxter, where are you bound?" demanded Dick, striding up. "You know well enough." "We are after thet treasure," came from Harney, and it was plain to see that he and Husty had been drinking heavily. "The treasure is ours, Baxter, and you can't touch it." "It will belong to whoever finds it," growled the bully. "That's right," came from Husty. "Whoever gits it, owns it. Eh, Harney?" "Plain truth, that is," hiccoughed the big guide. "In that case, it is ours for sure," grinned Dick. "We have it already." At this announcement Dan Baxter staggered back. "It--it aint true; you're joking," he faltered. "It is true, Baxter. Come, I will show you where the treasure was hidden--if that will do you any good. Here is the description." And Dick brought it forth and let the bully read it. "Where's the tree?" demanded Baxter. "There is the tree, and over yonder is the rock. We turned it over and found the treasure, just as we anticipated. It's ours, and I am simply telling you this to save you the trouble of looking further for it. Dan Baxter, you have played this game to a finish with your companions, and you have lost." If ever there was a disappointed and angry individual, it was Dan Baxter. He raved and said all sorts of uncomplimentary things, and Husty and Harney joined in, until John Barrow told all of them to shut up or he would have the law on them. "You had no right to make prisoners of Tom and Sam," he said. "But if you'll behave yourselves, and not bother us in the future, we'll let that pass." To this Husty, who was a thorough sneak, consented at once, and then Bill Harney did the same. Baxter remained silent. "You've defeated me this time," he said, at last. "But, remember, I am not done with you." A little later Baxter moved off, and Bill Harney and Lemuel Husty went with him. It was the last that the Rovers saw of their enemies for a long while to come. A few words more and we will bring to a close this story of the Rover boys' adventures in the mountains. Our friends found it no easy matter to get the heavy treasure box safely to camp. In order to move it, they had to construct a drag of a treelimb and hook a rope to this, and then it was all they could do to move it along through the deep snow. When they got the box into camp they lost no time in examining the treasure. The gold and silver amounted to twenty-five hundred dollars, and there were diamonds and other precious stones worth nearly as much more. "About five thousand dollars, all told," announced Dick. "That is not such a bad haul, after all."