"Open at once. I am General Serano."
The boys caught the name and it struck terror to their souls. O'Connor smiled.
"Is General Serano alone?" he enquired.
"Yes; why do you keep me here. Open, I say."
O'Connor motioned to the boys to step behind the men, who were grouped a few feet in the rear of the corridor awaiting instructions. Then he threw open the prison door and stood back for General Serano to enter.
CHAPTER XXII
The Escape—Villamonte Again Beaten.
As General Serano stepped ever the threshold of the jail, O'Connor slipped the heavy bolts and turned the big key in the lock; then he placed the key in his pocket.