"You'd better come back into the boat. You can help us to enter the house in front."
Donald slid down the rope and the expedition quickly made a landing. Silently, so as not to alarm those within the house, the men took their way to the front of the mansion, which was at once recognized as one of the finest in Vera Cruz.
"Do you know who lives here?" asked the officer.
"No, sir," replied Donald.
"I was told it was the residence of one of Huerta's generals," said a soldier. "It was pointed out to me the first day we landed."
"Good!" from the officer. "I shall now have no compunction about entering the place."
With Donald and a couple of soldiers, the officer approached the door and gave a vigorous knock.
There was no response and he knocked again.
"Who is there?" finally came a voice, evidently a mozo.
"An American officer. Open the door in the name of the law."