Irving Hancock

“ Wherever we go, if discovered, we are killed. It would take us weeks, even if not caught, to walk to our own country and safety."
"Is it as bad as that?" queried Li, with huge satisfaction. "You did not follow me by sea, but came overland? Then, truly, you may as well drop your rifles and ride back with us to Mattanegua. You can only be shot to death; therefore, why not be done with it?"
"Fleming, step back about six paces and cover these wretches!" commanded Carrick calmly. "If one of them stirs, kill him. Do not mind the noise of the shot. And, for preference, kill Li Shoon." ”

“ Whoever attempts to follow us will be killed. By daylight, if we have good fortune, we can be a dozen miles from here, and farther in the jungle. Doctor Li, in the patter of this country, adios!"
At a run, Carrick and his friend disappeared, going northeast. After some three minutes of running, Carrick halted, abruptly throwing himself to the earth, where he listened with his ear against the ground, while Fleming peered behind him into the depths of the forest, through which they had come. ”

“ Give me back the map and I will let you go."
"A wonderful favor!" exclaimed the Master Hound, with biting irony. "You will let us go—where? We are hundreds of miles from our own country, and all the Mexicans for scores of miles obey Calvoras. ”