"I'll come back this evening," he said. "I have a strange story
to tell you boys and I may need your help in locating a man I am
most anxious to find."
But he did not come back that evening, and when he did come the
next night the boys were not there, having been invited to dine
with Gen. Funston. Had things not happened thus, a part of this
story could never have been written, for it was while dining with
the general that the boys were given a duty to perform, which was
the most arduous of all their adventures in the land of the
Montezumas.
And this was the manner of it.
They were just finishing dinner and Billie was congratulating
himself that he had had his fill of good American cooking, when
an aide announced that a Mexican gentleman, Don Esteban Mendoza,
craved an immediate audience with Gen. Funston.
"I am sure you young gentlemen will excuse me a few minutes,"
said the general, "as Don Esteban is one of the prominent bankers
of the city and I know his business must be of importance."
The boys were glad to accept the proffered excuse and the general
withdrew, leaving them in the company of several members of his
staff, to whom they briefly related their recent adventure. When
they told of the "ambush" there was much amusement.
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