ens of Mendoza were completely terrorized, and they had no heart to follow th

, and finally grew furious, bu

n. "You no find anybody dat chase P

n't mean to say-

heco and his

k gr

rofessor will-- But Pacheco is not the worst!" he suddenly gasped. "There is Carlos Merriwell, who must be on

he curious Mexican. "I do not

ay, with a gest

done, Vrankie?" ask

ount to anything. The officers here are afraid of the bandits, and the government is criminally negligent in the matter of pushi

en vot you goin'

f, but, come on, an

m. In the most polite manner possible, they protested their pained solicita

next day, we will see wh

orrow, to-morrow! To-day, to-night, now is the time to do something

sympathy and regret, all the while protesting it would be

the bandits with Hans as an only companion, but the man of whom he had ob

ully seize Frank and Hans and hold them till the animals captured by the ba

aw it that night, so he was obliged to submit, and the two boys were prisoners till

waiting him, and, to his unbounded

t open, and these wo

gilla el Alto, where he says arrangements will be made for my ransom. Remember Jack Burk. He spoke of the mountains to the west of Zacatecas. Pacheco threatens to mutilate me and forward fragments to you if you do not follow to the point specified. He is watching me as I write, and one of his men will carry this letter to Mendoza, and deliver it.

rman Tyle

liar style of chirography; but it did not sound like the professor, and Frank knew well enough

d professor! He shall be saved! He shall be save

dot der ledder in," observed Ha

one hundred and ten m

f they findt do

's question, but bowed his head

e Silver Palace, but he wished to call it to my mind. That palace, according to Burk, lies directly west of Zacatecas, somewhere amid the mountains beyond th

, "berhaps he meant

mountains-it must be that w

shust apoudt vere

ed or ransomed, we could easily co

oxactly

ve horses a

ed dem mi

acatecas, and procure the a

t I vould haf sug

ose no tim

I gue

It is very strange, but Profess

y! dot peen

aptured the professor. I heard the fel

ot meinselu

st be with

ah

ying this matter out

ah

ible you had bett

in blank amazement. "Vot for vos I goi

lot to lead me into a sna

mit you all der dimes? Vot vos der maddetr mit

Without doubt, a snare will be spread for me, but I

me stock dot fat

e you along and

Vot vos I draveling aroundt mit you v

for pleasure, and n

haf some righdt to rob me uf id. Vrank Merriwel

, H

unt me indo dis racket. I am going righdt

k la

ll stick by each other till the professor

we don

nds, and that p