Bob was about to say something when they heard someone coming toward them.
"Quick, behind a tree," he ordered.
Two men were coming along the trail and, in another minute, they would have met. They were talking loudly enough so that the boys had no trouble in hearing them but, to their disappointment, they were speaking Spanish.
"Did you get any of it?" Jack asked as soon as they were out of hearing.
"Not very much but I heard one of them say something about a girl and, while I'm not certain, I think he was explaining to the other fellow that Hains would probably keep the girl for awhile and try to make some money out of her."
"You think he won't do as he agreed?"
"Why should he? Honor means nothing to him."
"I suppose not. I never did think much of this 'honor among thieves' stuff," Jack declared soberly.
"I was afraid of it. He's got a bad eye, that Hains," Bob said as he came out from behind the tree.
"How about waiting till after dark before we get any nearer?" Jack proposed. "It looks as though we've got to spend the night here in the woods anyhow and we're apt to run into some of those fellows any time now, and if they should catch us the fat would be in the fire for sure."