RESCUE!
Motor Matt understood full well the gravity of his situation. Never until that moment had he known the cause of the murderous Dhondaram's hostility to him, but now it appeared that he was merely seeking to cancel a debt which he owed Ben Ali.
Bill Wily's regard for his own welfare was all that stood between Motor Matt and the knife of the misguided Hindoo.
"Give me that knife, Dhondaram," ordered Wily.
"I will keep the knife, sahib," replied the other.
"Keep it, then, and be hanged to you," answered Wily angrily, "but you'll settle with me if you try any knife tricks on the prisoner. I guess you rise to that, all right enough. Take off the gag. I want to talk with Motor Matt."
Dhondaram bent down and removed the cloth.
"I'm a 'barker,'" went on Wily, still addressing the Hindoo and making brief display of a revolver, "but here's somethin' that bites as well as barks. Put away that knife."
Silently the Hindoo returned the knife to his jacket and sank back on his heels.
"What was you chasin' me for, Motor Matt?" asked Wily.