“Not necessarily,” replied Adrian. “Sometimes revolutions are started by men to overthrow a bad government. But my mother has always taught me there was a better way to right a wrong than to go to war over it. That’s why I am in favor of doing all we can to help those who want to prevent trouble.”
“Of course if you put it that way,” said Donald, “I’ve no objection to the excursion, as the captain calls it.”
When Captain Peak returned, they unanimously announced their readiness for the trip, and, half an hour later, fully instructed as to what was expected of them, they were across the Rio Grande, engaged upon what proved to be the most important adventure of their career.
[CHAPTER IV.—A FRIEND IN NEED.]
“This is certainly a funny excursion,” laughed Billie, after the boys had ridden along in silence for some minutes. “It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack.”
“How so?” queried Donald.
“Well, isn’t it? This big country is the haystack, and the bunch of gun runners is the needle. I see mighty little chance of finding them.”
“Oh, I don’t know,” replied Donald. “We never started out to find anything yet that we didn’t locate it—even old Bray,” he added as an afterthought.
“That’s right,” chimed in Adrian. “There is nothing like having your luck with you.”
“Huh,” grunted Billie, “I’m not sure but the greatest luck we could have would be not to find anything.”