4/12 Therefore, I shall hold you until this matter has been further inquired into." It was a bad plight, and there seemed to be no simple way out of it. The young chief engineer began to see that, innocently, and wholly for the purpose of self-protection, he very likely had infringed upon the kinds of rights that foreigners in Mexico do not possess. "I suppose we shall have to go along with you. Where are you taking us ?" "That will have to be decided," said the officer. "Nowhere for the presents my men are tired and need rest. |