Well!" "Have you money enough for the trip ?" asked Nestor of Fremont, not replying to the generous offer of the boy.
"I have about $300 which Mr.Cameron gave me yesterday for my Spring outfit," was the reply.

"He was very generous with me." "That will pay the bills until I can get some money," Nestor said, "so we may as well consider the matter settled.

This business I am going to Mexico on will pay me well, and I will share the expense of the trip with you." "Not if you go to protect me," Fremont replied.
"Not entirely to protect you," Nestor answered, "although I believe that the solution to this mystery will be found on the other side of, the Rio Grande." "It seems strange that the Rio Grande should mix in every situation which confronts me to-night," Fremont said.

"What can the affairs of turbulent Mexico have to do with the cowardly crime which has been committed here to-night ?".