More, _caballeros_; stand by me so well that I dispose of the mine, and I will promise you twenty thousand dollars, gold, apiece." "That is a lot of money," Reade nodded, thoughtfully.

"But there are other considerations, too." "Yes; your liberty and your safety," Montez broke in, quickly, with a meaning smile.

"_Caballeros_, do not for one moment think that I can be hoodwinked, and that you will be safe as soon as you meet your fellow Americans.

One single flaw in your conduct, after they arrive, and I assure you that you will be promptly arrested.

That would be the end of you.