“It is true, Senor. But greater riches not far from here.”
“You’re speaking of the lost Spanish mine?” the Scout leader interposed alertly. “We saw a map in Rhodes’ office.”
“Senor Corning spend many weeks searching for mine. He make big mistake in telling Senor Rhodes.”
“So that’s why Rhodes was so eager to get back here!” Mr. Livingston exclaimed. “At last I begin to see the picture!”
“Si, Senor, he find it by following Senor Corning’s map. Then he change map, so no one else find mine!”
“That explains why Rhodes left the map lying around so carelessly,” Jack commented. “He figured that if anyone tried to use it, they’d be mixed up.”
“Phillipe, who besides Mr. Corning and Rhodes knows the location of the old Spanish mine?”
“No one, Senor.”
“No one?”
“Only me, Senor. I follow Senor Rhodes across river, into wilderness. Learn secret.”