Chapter
16
THE JACK OF SPADESLUIS MARIEL, PROFITING by the example of the Americanos, stood up to "Dirty" Cheetim's bar and drank cheap whiskey.
'Wot you doin', Kid?' asked Cheetim. "Nothing," replied Luis.
"Want a job, or hev you still got some dinero left?"
"I want a job," replied Luis. "I am broke."
"You got a hoss, ain't you?"
"Si, Senor."
"Come 'ere," he motioned Luis to follow him into the back room.
There Luis saw a tall man with sandy hair sitting at a table, drinking.
"Here's a good kid fer us," said Cheetim to the sandy haired man. "He aint been up here long; an' nobody don't know him, an' he don't know nobody."
"Does he savvy U. S.?" demanded the man. "Si, Senor," spoke up Luis. "I understand pretty good. I speak it pretty good, too."
"Can you keep your mouth shut?"
