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"This way!" cried Frank. "I have him!" He heard a sound on the stairs behind him, and supposed some one was rushing to his assistance. There was a patter of feet, and then the smothering folds of a blanket were flung over his head, and he was dragged backward to the floor, his hold on Felipe Jalisco being broken.
Beggars are few and there is none of the oppressive poverty of other Mexican cities. This, it is agreed, is due not merely to the extreme fertility of Jalisco, but to the kindness of nature in refusing to produce the maguey in the vicinity, so that drunkenness is at its lowest Mexican ebb and the sour stink of pulque shops nowhere assails the nostrils.
The place was not luxurious, although it was comfortably fitted and furnished. The air was heavy with tobacco smoke, and a great crowd of men were playing roulette, faro, and other games. Frank quickly discovered Arthur Hatch, who was "bucking the tiger," his recent companions around him. But what was more interesting was the discovery of both Felipe Jalisco and Bantry Hagan in the group.
Translated and synopsized, by James A. Robertson, from Col. doc. inéd., as follows: Ultramar, ii, part i, pp. 1-94; Amér. y Oceania, pp. 117-209, and xiv, pp. 151-165. The Expedition of Ruy Lopez de Villalobos 1541-46 The documents thus abstracted are to be found in Col. doc. inéd. Ultramar, ii, part 1, pp. 1-94; and in Col. doc. inéd. Jalisco, March 28, 1541.
Señor Merriwell shall find death creeping at his heels day and night. He shall know it is I, Felipe Jalisco, who threatens him with destruction; but I will take care to keep beyond his reach. He shall know that the only way to escape the peril that follows him is to pay me all I ask." "We'll have to hold him down, Hagan," whispered Jerome.
As we have been over this route with the reader, let us pass on to places which we have not yet spoken of. At the national capital we once more take passage on the Mexican Central Railway north-northwest to Guadalajara, the capital of the State of Jalisco.
When I told you that not one moment would you be safe, you thought it the foolish talk of a boy. Now you see." "It is too dark for me to see very well." "I am here to make you swear to give me what is mine. If you do it not, then you die!" "And you will go to the electric chair at Sing Sing. Should you kill me to-night, Jalisco, you would be executed for murder." "Paugh! I fear it not."
"Well, I turned him over to the rest of the boys who had the whole crowd rounded up, while I helped you get your friend, Hatch, out of the place, you know." "Yes. I am to appear against Jalisco in court this morning." "You don't have to appear." "Why not?" "He wasn't with the bunch locked up last night." "Impossible!" "It's true, unfortunately." "How could that be? I don't understand it."
Without the backing Hagan will try to give, Jalisco would give me little trouble in regard to the mine. His claim is a forgery beyond doubt; but he seems to think it genuine. Were it not for Hagan, I might do something for the boy, if his demands were anywhere near reasonable. Hagan is determined to get his finger into the pie, and he'll want a large slice. He'll get nothing."
"Who is it?" questioned Jalisco. Instead of answering, with fingers that were not quite steady, Hagan turned the key in the lock and opened the door. Into the room boldly walked a man who wore a sable overcoat, had hair of snowy white, and eyes of deepest midnight. Hagan stared at this man in amazement. "Who are you?" he asked.
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