“No, not in his present guise!” exclaimed Julio, with a laugh that shook
his entire frame. “No, not in his present guise. If he were to take off
the large grey beard and grey wig, the difficulty of identification
would be removed.”
“Whom would we recognize?” asked the Governor.
“‘The Plunger from Kansas,’” quietly replied Julio.
“A day so full of conundrums as this has been, I hope will not fall to
my lot again in this life. I am a large, strong man; the greater part of
me—the objective part—is human, and I am confident I cannot hold up
under another strain as severe as this one which began well on to
twenty-four hours ago. The arrest of this man must be made soon, and
this great farce being enacted by the terrible señorita and her two
associates we have just seen, must be put to an end,” said Governor
Lehumada.
“‘The Plunger from Kansas,’” quietly remarked Julio, “will accompany the
trio to whom we have just been listening, to the tomb. Marriet Motuble
knows who her two companions are, also the disguise of the ‘Plunger.’
There is no one’s history she will not ferret out, no matter how dark
and deep the veil is surrounding them. The step she is now taking is one
too far. She is taking herself and her companions into the very hands of
the law.”
“Sure enough, friend Julio, here is the trio; the cab now coming up to
the main entrance is the one they have employed. It is likewise similar
to yours, Miguey,” said Señor Guillermo Gonzales.
“If upon investigation, I find that that cab is an infringement upon the
patent of mine, the manufacturer will suffer to the extent of the law,”
replied the Governor, very much annoyed. The strain of the day and the
previous night was telling on him.
“Something must happen to divert him or a physical collapse will
result,” mentally commented Julio, while aloud he said: “Your Honor,
‘The Plunger from Kansas’ is being invited by the aggressive señorita to
accompany them to the tomb.”
“I see,” said the Governor. “They are now entering. Do not let the cab
get from our view, Julio. We must make a sure thing of it this time. We
must put a stop to this disgraceful farce.”
“Trust me, your Honor. The police will be on hand when we arrive, but in
hiding. And when they hear the beautiful song of my mechanical bird,
they will rush forth and make the arrest.”
CHAPTER XI.
ARREST OF THE CONSPIRATORS.
The cab the four men in disguise were in took a circuitous route to the
necropolis.
Julio directed the motorman to keep far enough away to avert suspicion,
but not to lose sight of it at any cost. The Governor’s cab was not in a
place easily to be seen by Marriet Motuble and her assistants in the
little farce-comedy they were playing, when they entered their cab,
which stood in front of the Mexican Annex, and while it only now and
then followed directly back of them, there was one hawk-eye within the
cab that saw they were being followed.
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