At this
moment a representative of Calomares, the Mexican landowner who is
backing the northern rebels, sought him out with a proposition that he
betray his employers. The rebels, as I suspected, wanted to make
trouble for President Obregon, of Mexico, by embroiling him with the
United States. And the way they wanted to set about it was by raiding
the independent oil operators. They needed a spy at our headquarters,
and they proposed that Rollins should become their man.
"Then Rollins had an inspiration. He told the Mexicans that if they
would help him, he would aid them. It was agreed. The agent who had
acted for Calomares in the negotiations was this German, Von Arnheim,
an aviator and a German secret agent in Mexico during the war. He took
the man Morales with him to Mr. Hampton's Long Island home to steal
the duplicate list of independent leases and other data which Rollins
had learned was kept there."
"That's where I came in," grinned Bob.
"Yes," said his father, "and it was because you foiled them that
Rollins came into possession of Mr. Hampton's own original copy of the
list and other data. For he stole it from Mr. Hampton's effects after
Von Arnheim and Morales had carried him away captive in our airplane.
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