"To me you are so veree goode!" he said, kissing Merry's hand in a manner that surprised Frank somewhat.
Then he saw the pistol with which the snake had been shot.
"Carrambo!" he cried, in astonishment. "Where you geet eet? De peestol. Eet do belong to my seestar."
For Merry had shot the snake with the pistol given him by Gonchita.
"How you haf eet?" asked Pablo, with great eagerness. "Where you geet eet?"
Frank was fairly cornered. As a result, he sat down there and told the Mexican boy of his capture by Cimarron Bill's gang and of Gonchita.
"Then she be steel alife?" exclaimed Pablo. "Beel haf not keeled her!"
"He had not then."
"But she help you to geet away?"