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"If they are all like him, then Gato should turn bandit," laughed young Reade. "It is not unlikely that he will do so," sighed Tisco, with a slight shrug of his shoulders. "In Mexico, when a defeated man seeks blood revenge it is no uncommon thing for him to turn bandit until he has accomplished his hope of a terrible revenge.
"Then another time, my dear fellow, for here comes Don Luis, and I see Dr. Tisco returning from the garden." That forestalled conversation for the time being. When the young engineers, still relentlessly attended by Nicolas, sought their own rooms Hazelton was so drowsy that he undressed hurriedly and dropped into bed. Later in the night Harry sat up suddenly in the dark.
"Get in and pry it loose. Shovel it back," Tom ordered, in Spanish. Shortly after, Don Luis, Dr. Tisco and Harry appeared on the scene. They found Tom turning over the ore as it came back. More than a dozen samples he dropped into envelopes, labeled them and put them away in his pockets. "What ails this lot of ore?" inquired Harry, after looking at specimens.
"I may as well say it, for you have guessed it, Carlos. Yes, I will say it. Even if this Gringo pair appear honestly to aid me in making the sale and even if I do make the sale and receive the money this Gringo pair must die. We know how to arrange that, eh, my staunch Carlos?" Dr. Tisco shrugged his shoulders.
"Are they, in the end, going to trick me, Carlos?" "Who can say?" demanded Dr. Tisco, with a shrug of his shoulders. "Of course, they both know that it will be but a short cut to suicide if they attempt to fool you." "Their deaths will cause me no anxiety, Carlos, either before or after the sale," murmured Montez. "In fact, my good Carlos " "Say it," leered Dr. Tisco, as his employer paused.
As they entered the shaft house it was discovered that the elevator cage was at the foot of the shaft. While they waited for the cage to come up, keen Dr. Tisco whispered to Tom: "Senor Reade, night and day you must be unceasingly on your guard against Gato. In these mountains a hundred men will follow his beck and call."
Tisco had been so well trained in many fields of science that it was a wonder that Don Luis should feel the need of employing the two young American engineers. "You have seen my new engineers, Carlos?" queried Don Luis, almost in a whisper, as the two men, bending forward, faced each other over a flat-top desk.
"Let me go, that I may have all my time to myself that I may find the best way to avenge myself on this miserable Gringo. Don Luis, do not think of attempting to keep me penned in El Sombrero. I must be idle that I may have the more time to think." Tom remained silent. He had stated his case, and the decision must be found by Don Luis. "For many reasons," whispered Dr. Tisco, "let Gato go.
Clear this stuff out and get it up in the ore cage. Clear this tunnel floor with all the speed you comfortably can." "Perhaps the senor will explain?" suggested the foreman. "These caballeros are the new engineers in charge of the mine," said Dr. Tisco. "Ah! So? Then if Pedro Gato will only give the order " began the foreman.
Tisco, rushing from the office building. To the secretary Gato paid no heed. He was close to Tom now, circling cautiously around the young engineer. Harry, though not at all minded to bolt, had stepped back far enough to give Reade elbow room. "Stop, Gato!" shouted Don Luis. "It is I who command it I, Don Luis. Throw your knife on the ground." Gato snarled, but he was cowed.
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