Good-by."
She nodded a curt good-by and passed into the house. She was
vexed and indignant, but had too strong a sense of humor not to
enjoy a joke even when it was against herself.
"I forgot to ask him whether he loves me or Tucson more, and as
one of the subjects seems to be closed I'll probably never find
out," she told herself, but with a queer little tug of pain in
her laughter.
Next moment she was in the arms of her father.
CHAPTER 20. BACK TO GOD'S COUNTRY
To minimize the risk, Megales and Carlo left the prison by the
secret passage, following the fork to the river bank and digging
at the piled-up sand till they had forced an exit. O'Halloran met
them here with horses, and the three men followed the riverwash
beyond the limits of the town and cut across by a trail to a
siding on the Central Mexican Pacific tracks. The Irishman was
careful to take no chances, and kept his party in the mesquit
till the headlight of an approaching train was visible.
It drew up at the siding, and the three men boarded one of the
two cars which composed it. The coach next the engine was
occupied by a dozen trusted soldiers, who had formerly belonged
to the bodyguard of Megales.
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