“Who furnished the translation?” questioned Jule.
“Paul did,” was the reply.
“Can anyone give the meaning of the translation?” asked Case.
“Why, it means just what it says, ‘to the death,’” said Jule.
“Is that a threat or a promise?” asked Buck.
“It may be either,” was the answer.
CHAPTER XIII
ON THE MEXICAN SIDE
Alex’s fish breakfast was a culinary success, but over it hung the shadow of that threat. But was it a threat?
The boys discussed it from every possible angle only to come back to the original question: