CHAPTER XCAUGHT ON THE FLY
The three toughs dragged Marcos across the floor and behind the screen so quickly that he was gone before Miguel had time to rise from his chair.
Obviously his intention was to help the three gangsters, but they did not need him, a fact that he recognized even as they disappeared.
“That’s the end of that, Solado,” remarked Miguel carelessly. “Those fellows will take him to their joint, as they call it, downtown, in New York, and there he will stay till we have completed the treaty in Joyalita—”
“With you as the ruler, under the protection of our allies,” added Solado, grinning. “That sounds good. But, if we are going to save trouble immediately, we ought to use the yacht and get him out to sea for a few weeks.”
“I don’t see that he would be any safer at sea
