"What do
you want to do that for?"
"We have only six guards," the conductor explained, "and----"
"And that, with us, makes ten," interrupted Billie.
The conductor regarded the boy with surprise.
"Do you mean you will join us to help capture the bandits?"
"What do you think we're here for?" asked Billie.
"Yes," chimed in Adrian. "What do you suppose we stopped the
train for?"
"But even ten are no match for twenty or more," declared the
guard.
"Of course they are," said Donald, "if the twenty are taken by
surprise."
"Which they will not be if we don't act pretty quick," insisted
Billie. "Come on! Let's go after them," and he climbed up onto
the car.
"That's what I say," said Pedro, following Billie's example.
Without more words the others followed and the conductor gave the
signal to go ahead.
"How about the horses?" asked Donald, turning to Pedro.
"They'll be all right; but if we capture the Zapatistas we'll
have horses enough any way."
"And if we don't," remarked Billie grimly, "there'll be some
riderless horses any way."
"Let us hope that they will not be the ones we have left behind,"
said Donald gravely.
CHAPTER II.
A STRANGE MIX-UP.
While the train was gathering headway the conductor and the
guards rounded up all the men they could find on the train who
were armed.
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