Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 23, 2025
Have you an idea, Merry?" "Never yet have I seen but two men with such eyes," declared Merriwell. "One man is dead. The other man, Alvarez Lazaro, claims to be Del Norte's avenger. I thought him dead, but it must be that he escaped from the burning building on the East Side. How he escaped I cannot tell; but, as it was not Del Norte who peered through the transom, it must have been Lazaro."
"The fiends must protect you, gringo!" hissed the wounded man. "Fair fight!" muttered Red Ben. "Merriwell him win, he git gal." For a few moments Del Norte's injury seemed to make him fiercer and more dangerous. A little while he kept Frank on the defensive, and then he was slashed in the forearm. Clapping his free hand to the wound, he leaped backward, Spanish oaths flowing from his lips.
"Do you think so? Then perhaps it came through my long acquaintance with him. Dear friends sometimes acquire each other's mode of speech and little mannerisms, it is said." "Were you Del Norte's friend?" "His nearest and dearest friend in all the world. This may seem strange to you, considering the difference in our ages, but it is the truth. From me he never had a secret.
"Of course, you think Señor del Norte's claim the only rightful one," said Felipe; "but the grant to Guerrero del Norte was made eight years after that of President Victoria to Sebastian Jalisco. Besides, señor, President Pedraza's grant was revoked by President Santa Anna, and therefore is now wholly worthless."
His breath escaped from his lips in a husky groan, and he dropped in a sprawling heap on the ground at Del Norte's feet. The man who remained erect backed off a little, staring at the other. "I had to do it!" whispered Del Norte. "The fool drove me to it! He was mad! He had me by the throat, and he would have killed me! I had to do it!"
Merry had wondered that Del Norte's late companions should make such a move; but now, knowing the Mexican's passion for her, the motive of her capture was clear. The thought of Inza in the hands of that villain fired Frank's blood.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking