"But I trust I have not offended you in this matter, Don Luis.

If I have, I am willing to withdraw, and I will reimburse you for the expense you have incurred in bringing us here." "I shall not let you go," smiled the Mexican, "unless you feel that you no longer wish to remain in the same country with Pedro Gato." "That thought has not entered my mind, sir," Reade responded, almost stiffly.
"Then we will say no more about the matter, and you will remain," nodded the Mexican.

"And now we will go down into the mine and give you your first chance to examine our problems there." 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." "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.