There he was to remain for two
hours. That Chaves would submit to this O'Halloran did not for a
moment suspect.
But the track would be kept obstructed till six o'clock in the
morning, and a sufficient guard would wait in the underbrush to
see that the right of way was not cleared. In the meantime the
wagons would be pushing toward Chihuahua as fast as they could be
hurried, and the rest of the riders would guard them till they
separated on the outskirts of the town and slipped quietly in. In
order to forestall any telegraphic communication between
Lieutenant Chaves and his superiors in the city, the wires had
been cut. On the face of it, the guns seemed to be safe. Only one
thing had O'Halloran forgotten. Eight miles across the hills from
Concho ran the line of the Chihuahua Northern.
CHAPTER 11. "STONE WALLS DO NOT A PRISON MAKE."
The two young Spanish aristocrats rode in advance of the convoy
on the return trip, while O'Halloran and Bucky brought up the
rear. The roads were too rough to permit of rapid travel, but the
teams were pushed as fast as it could safely be done in the dark.
It was necessary to get into the city before daybreak, and also
before word reached Megales of the coup his enemies had made.
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