[CHAPTER XV.]
CAUGHT BY AN ALLIGATOR.
“Easy! Easy!” cried Vasco Bilette. “Do you want them to hear you across the river?”
Under his caution the men subsided.
“We must follow them and watch our chance,” spoke Noddy. “We’ll demand a heavy ransom.”
“Si! Si!” agreed the Mexicans.
“That’s how we get square, Jack,” whispered Noddy to his chum.
“You bet, Noddy; and get money, too!” said Pender.
“We’ll all have to have a share,” put in Dalsett. “I’m not here for my health.”