If you decide to remain I think I shall
be able to protect you."
"What would you suggest, sir?"
"I was about to ask if you look to spend most of your time in the
mountains here?"
"That was our intention, later journeying down to the Rio Grande."
Captain McKay nodded reflectively.
"That will suit my plans very well. I have come to the conclusion, from
certain things that have come under my notice, that the headquarters
of this band of Border Bandits is here in the Guadalupes. Search as
we might we have been unable to locate their cache."
"You mean where they hide?"
"Yes, that and something else. You see their plan of operation is this.
These men indulge in various forms of rascality. In the first place
they steal stock when possible. This they drive over the border and
exchange for Mexican goods, which they smuggle across the river and
store away until such time as they are able to dispose of it. Of course
there are some people higher up who are receiving and disposing of these
goods. We are on their track, but we haven't sufficient evidence to
convict any of them. The first thing to be done is to capture Jones
and his band. When they are safely behind the bars the traffic will
stop short. Perhaps when we get them all in limbo one or another of
the newer ones will confess. That will make our work easier. In fact
it is what we are depending upon at the present time.
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