"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, afterwards, if the bandit has annoyed the government enough, and has repeatedly escaped capture, the bandit makes his peace with the authorities and receives his pardon." The cage arriving at this moment, the four men entered, and started downward.

Three hundred and sixty feet from the earth's surface Don Luis led them from the car into a tunnel.
"I will now show you," promised Don Luis, "something of the problem that confronts the engineers of this mine." "Keep your eyes open, and your wits about you, Harry," whispered Tom Reade.

"I may be wholly wrong, yet, somehow, I can't quite rid myself of a notion that Don Luis wants us for some piece of rascally work, though of what kind I can't imagine." "I shall watch these two Gringos like a cat," reflected Dr.Tisco.
"I half suspect that they will foolishly sacrifice their lives sooner than serve us.".