In this work Diego, his lieutenant, who seemed to be a sort
of Jack-of-all-trades-outside of his regular occupation of
scoundrel-aided him; bandaging the, cuts and extracting the bullets
of his companions with some skill.
The boys were then given to eat some sort of stew in a big wooden
basin and being just healthy American boys and not heroes of romance
they ate heartily of the compound and felt better. Muley-Hassan
himself examined the cut on Billy's forehead and Lathrop's two
wounds and pronounced them mere scratches.
Just as it appeared that a start was about to be made the signal
bell of the wireless rang. As our readers know it was Frank
signaling from the Moon Mountains.
A sudden idea seemed to strike Diego at this. He called
Muley-Hassan aside and talked earnestly with him for a few seconds,
then he came up to the boy and demanded fiercely which one of them
it was that understood wireless.
Lathrop replied that he did, and the next minute wished that he had
bitten out his tongue before he had admitted it; for Diego, in a
rough tone, ordered him to sit down at the instrument and reply that
all was well at the River Camp.
"And, mind you, youngster--no tricks," he said savagely, "or I'll
kill you as dead as mutton. I understand the Morse code myself and
can tell what you are sending; and send slow so that I can get every
letter.
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