Cuffer

"Well, we got chickens the other night, didn't we?" and now the man called Cuffer laughed also.

The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle or The Strange Cruise of the Steam Yacht. Edward Stratemeyer 1896

"Well, we got chickens the other night, didn't we?" and now the man called Cuffer laughed also.

The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle Or, The Strange Cruise of the Steam Yacht Edward Stratemeyer 1896

"That fellow is Cuffer, the man who ran away from us at the old mill!" cried Dick.

The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle Or, The Strange Cruise of the Steam Yacht Edward Stratemeyer 1896

He had been attacked by Merrick and Shelley, and Cuffer stood nearby, ready with a stick, to crack him over the head should he show fight.

The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle Or, The Strange Cruise of the Steam Yacht Edward Stratemeyer 1896

"Thought you said there was nobody on this island?" came from Cuffer.

The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle Or, The Strange Cruise of the Steam Yacht Edward Stratemeyer 1896

"Ha! what do you know of Merrick?" ejaculated Cuffer.

The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle Or, The Strange Cruise of the Steam Yacht Edward Stratemeyer 1896

In one pocket Cuffer found several letters and he likewise appropriated these.

The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle Or, The Strange Cruise of the Steam Yacht Edward Stratemeyer 1896

But before anybody would or could act, Cuffer had slipped past the man at the ticket box and was trying to board one of the cars.

The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle Or, The Strange Cruise of the Steam Yacht Edward Stratemeyer 1896

Dick had gone to the rear and as he entered the last car he saw Cuffer crouching down in a seat near the door.

The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle Or, The Strange Cruise of the Steam Yacht Edward Stratemeyer 1896

A train was just coming in and Cuffer bounded up the steps two at a time, with the boys not far behind.

The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle Or, The Strange Cruise of the Steam Yacht Edward Stratemeyer 1896