Put them in the inner room.
Clear my things out. Take ten picked men, and don't let any one in
or out till I return. I shall be back before daybreak. I shall
amuse myself to-day with thinking how I shall try the nerves of
these Americanos. I can promise you all a handsome amusement of
some sort, anyhow.' And he rode off.
"I have often faced death, and ain't afraid of it; but the
unruffled face and the cruel smile of that man made my flesh creep
on my bones, as I thought of what Rube and I had got to go through
the next day. And now," Seth said, breaking off, "it's getting
late, and I haven't talked such a heap for years. I will finish my
yarn another night."
Very warm were the young Hardys in their thanks to Seth for this
exciting story from his own experience, and great was the
discussion among themselves that arose as to how the two Americans
could possibly have made their escape from their terrible
predicament.
CHAPTER VII.
SETH CONTINUES HIS NARRATIVE OF THE MEXICAN ADVENTURE.
The next evening the young Hardys again took their seats by Seth,
and, without any delay, he went on with his story.
"After El Zeres had ridden off, the lieutenant, Pedro, selected ten
from the men around--for pretty well the whole camp had gathered
round us--and told them, in the first place, to clear the house of
the hammock and other belongings of El Zeres, and when this was
done to carry Rube in.
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