“You don’t mean—” began Oliver, with his heart in his throat.
Colonel Mendix gave a loud laugh.
“I mean, Oliver Bright, that I have found you out,” he replied. “You thought you were smart, but you are not smart enough to outwit me. You are completely in my power. It may be that you do not realize it just at present, but you will, later on, never fear. You cannot get the best of me as easily as you may imagine.”
CHAPTER XXX.
A PERILOUS SITUATION.
Oliver Bright was never so taken aback as when he found himself and Gus Gregory in a deep pit in the Aurora mine, and in Colonel Mendix’s power.
The turn of affairs was so unexpected that for a moment he could not utter a word. The villainous colonel had found him out, and what the result would be no one could conjecture.
“American boys are not always so smart as they think themselves,” continued the Spaniard, as he seated himself upon the ledge above and looked down upon the two.
“What do you intend to do?” asked Oliver.