I shall pay you just four times as much if you bring them to me as prisoners.

Remember that.

Before I despatch these infernal Gringos I shall want the fun of tormenting them." "Oh, you will eh ?" thought Tom, with a slight shudder.
"I heard, Gato," ventured one of the Mexicans, incautiously, "that one of the Americanos beat you fearfully--that he threw you down and stamped on you." "It is a lie!" uttered Gato, leaping to his feet, his face distorted with rage.

"It is a lie, I tell you.

The man does not live who can beat me in a fight." "I was struck with amazement at the tale," admitted the Mexican who had brought about this outburst.
"And well you might be," continued Gato, savagely.