“A very wealthy Mexican, the owner of a big sugar plantation in Cuba.”
“Ah see. Yoh want me to capture him and hold him foh ransom?”
“You are half right,” replied the lawyer. “Listen. Five days ago, his daughter, the Senorita Marie, was captured by Bill Broome. Within the next two or three days she will be surrendered upon the payment of five thousand dollars.”
“And Ah’m to crap the five thousand?”
“No, wait. The money is to be paid over at Mendola.”
“Ah know the place, on San Matteo Bay.”
“That’s it. Now, I want you to pick up the Senor and his daughter and take them on board the Marjorie—”
“What is yoh plan?”
“With a few men of your own choosing you will take the San Matteo trail and meet them as they come back. It should be no great thing to take them.”