He was to bring his
little partner with him, and O'Halloran was to take them to a
place where they might lie in hiding till the time set for the
rising.
"I would go with ye, but I want to take charge of the unloading.
Don't lose any time, lad, for as soon as Megales learns of what
has happened his fellows will scour the town for every mother's
son of us. Of course you have been under surveillance, and it's
likely he'll try to bag you with the rest of us. It was a great
piece of foolishness me forgetting about the line of the
Chihuahua Northern and its telegraph. But there's a chance Chaves
has forgot, too. Anyway, get back as soon as you can; after we're
hidden, it will be like looking for a needle in a haystack to put
his fat finger on us."
Bucky went singing up the stairway of the hotel to his room. He
was keen to get back to his little friend after the hazards of
the night, eager to see the brown eyes light up with joy at sight
of him and to hear the soft voice with the trailing inflection
drawl out its shy questions. So he took the stairs three at a
time, with a song on his lips and in his heart.
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