CHAPTER XIV
“MY FRIEND HAS A CHILL”Gonzales leaned in the doorway and watched the riders draw up in the yard. Baldy Kern was in the lead, and behind him came Baum, Kohler, Horan, Doctor Meline and his son. Strapped to the back of the gray horse was Hashknife Hartley, bound tightly and blindfolded.
“Hello, compadre,” called Gonzales, as he recognized Baldy.
“Hyah, Gonzales,” laughed Baldy. “How yuh comin’?”
Another horseman came into view. It was Lee Yung. He was not much of a rider, which accounted for his slower pace. They dismounted as Guadalupe came out past Gonzales and greeted them. Lee Yung and Guadalupe were old friends, and the c******n spoke Spanish fluently.
“What of the prisoner?” asked Guadalupe in Spanish.
And while the rest of the cavalcade listened with little understa
