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Updated: June 22, 2025
The eyes of the man were black as blackest night, but in their recesses gleamed a baleful fire of hatred and triumph. The same eyes had glared at Merry through the transom of the Bowery hotel, in New York. They were the eyes of Alvarez Lazaro, the avenger! But they were also the eyes of Porfias del Norte! The frightful peril of Inza commanded Frank's whole attention. He leaped toward her.
Boys, I believe nay, I have no doubt that it was Alvarez Lazaro, the crazy Mexican who claims to be the avenger of Porfias del Norte. I did believe Lazaro had perished in that fire in New York; but now I am certain he escaped in some unaccountable manner, and never until he is captured and punished can I or any one of my friends know a real moment of safety.
He stood before Frank's friends, grinning bashfully and bowing awkwardly. "O'Toole," said Bart, shaking the Irishman's hand, "you never did a better bit of work in all your life than when you shot Porfias del Norte." "It's not so sure Oi am av that," declared the man. "It's nivver a bit will Oi shlape till Oi know fer sure th' baste is dead an' burried six fate under ground."
Always when thinking deeply he chose to walk, and he often became utterly oblivious to his surroundings, even on the crowded streets of a city. He now set out without regard to direction. His talk with the Mexican boy had set him to thinking of Porfias del Norte and Alvarez Lazaro, between whom there had seemed to be some mysterious connecting link.
"The divvil ye say!" cried Hagan, his excitement flinging him into the brogue he so nearly avoided in quieter moments. "Why do ye come here for that?" "Because I know you both are his enemies." "And you if I didn't know Porfias del Norte to be dead and buried But even then you'd not be the man. You're thirty years older; but you have a little of his looks and his voice in perfection."
"Curse you, Porfias del Norte!" snarled Ridgeway. "It was you who brought me to this!" "Bah! It was your greed for the money I paid you that brought you here." "Had I not met you " "You might have been hanged for some crime. Dying this way will save you from hanging." "Don't talk of hanging!" panted Ridgeway. "If ever a man deserved it you are that man!" "But I was not born to be hanged."
He thinks me dead and out of his path forever. I am alive, and I swear to make Merriwell suffer even as I have suffered! I'll not kill him at one blow, but I'll rob him of all he holds dear, his sweetheart, his beauty, his strength, his wealth, and then I will find a way to destroy him at last! "This is the oath of Porfias del Norte!"
"You will be interested before you see the last of me." Frank recognized the threat in the voice of the man. "What are you driving at? I don't understand you." "Possibly not. I have said that Porfias del Norte was my bosom friend." "Yes." "He is dead." "Yes." "It was through you that he came to his death." "He brought it on himself, and richly he merited it!" declared Merriwell hotly.
They thought me dead, but the dog that fired the shot shall pay the penalty of his treachery, and I swear I will yet crush Frank Merriwell as the panther crushes the doe. That's the oath of Porfias del Norte!"
Having settled on this, he sent a message to Saranac Lake, stating his charges against Porfias del Norte's band of desperadoes, and asking that the warrant be drawn up and brought to him at the station as he was passing through. He also gave instructions that officers should be on hand to immediately take up the work of running the gang down.
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