The Young Engineers in Mexico; Or, Fighting the Mine Swindlers
Harry. "What is he
t he is doing," Tom returned. "He isn't in
the young chief e
leaded Nicolas. "But don't encounter Gato.
the warpath for u
as answered. "Don'
if the fellow is out
e where
camped just around there," sai
ry," Tom whisper
against the stones caught their glance. Tom held a hand behind him as a sig
a low camp-fire, wer
rifles, that lay on
cowl on his face, sat
st a
here to-night, Senor Gato," softly remar
d Gato, in a
are we wai
e," snapped the big f
t payin
o be seen," rejoined the speaker at the fire. "Th
e drew back. "I have heard that Mexico is overrun wit
t the fire. "We shall know how to enter and find your f
it me," retorte
why
ot payi
es
rders and do no
of dissatisfaction from
not like it. He would accuse me of treachery-or w
y case, if you injure his engineer
Luis will not care what I do to th
resting-if true," w
ed one of the men. "Here, so close t
ing orders,"
quite enough to suit us," o
s. However, I will say that, when daylight comes, we will hide not far from here. None of yo
f the rough men. "Are we to ki
Tom Reade,
shall pay you just four times as much if you bring them to me as prisoners. Remember
thought Tom, with
autiously, "that one of the Americanos beat you fe
s face distorted with rage. "It is a lie, I tell you
he tale," admitted the Mexican wh
avagely. "But the Americanos procured my d
soon as Don Luis is through with the America
d me with such contempt," retorted P
riends that you are angry because of the trouncing I gave you before a lot of men? Bu
is rifle. Next scattering the embers of the fire, the
ng," he whispered. "
htly transport of ore down to El Sombrero. Just now Don Luis is having fine
another mine to El Sombrero?"
and spitting on the ground. "Why should I concern myself w
queer
to. "Do not meddle w
r you will be
the approach of troops. In some mountainous parts of Mexico the government's troo
s. There will be nothin
this road," pleaded one of the men. "It
lace I showed you this afternoon. As for me, after the mule-train h
n," muttered one o
sign to Harry. Both young engineers flattened themselves out behind a pile of stones at the roadside. Their biding-place was far from being a
yawned Pedro
He soon fancied he saw a safe way of slipping off to the s
tes later the young engineers were a hundred yards away from Gato, though
whispered Tom. "
ato?" grimaced
with him between us," Tom retorted.
head,
ness. They skirted the road,
" whispered Tom. "Now, we're close enough to s
me, anyway?" w
guess," pr
aving ore from another mine broug
ay? And did you notice, too, that when blasts were made with us looking on, no ore worthy of the nam
o a mine to be removed. Such salting gives a wort
Luis want to salt hi
rr
can sell it,
esn't want
out his mine and then he wanted us to sign the report as engineers. Doesn't that look as though he wanted to sell? Harr
for, then? He spoke of
s simply to find two clean and honest engineers who'll sign a lying repo
indler, and we'll thro
n, vehemently
just long enough to see whether we can't expose the scoundrel as he deserves! Harry, we'll h