They sure do hate to
turn loose a gringo when they have got the hog-tie on him. Like
as not they would decide against him at the last, then. Course
I've got the law machinery grinding, too, but I'm not banking on
it real heavy. We'll get him out first any old way, then get the
government to O. K. the thing."
"How were you thinking of proceeding?"
"I expect it's time to let you in on the ground floor, son. I
reckon you happen to know that down in these Spanish countries
there's usually a revolution hatching. There s two parties among
the aristocrats, those for the government and those ferninst. The
'ins' stand pat, but the 'outs' have always got a revolution up
their sleeves. Now, there's mostly a white man mixed up in the
affair. They have to have him to run it and to shoot afterward
when the government wins. You see, somebody has to be shot, and
it's always so much to the good if they can line up gringoes
instead of natives. Nine times out of ten it's an Irish-American
lad that is engineering the scheme. This time it happens to be
Mickey O'Halloran, an old friend of mine. I'm going to put it up
to Mick to find a way.
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