The government troops are
attacking. Even if we do make a lot of noise, it may go unnoticed.
Have you a heavy chair you can use?"
"Yes," answered his father. "But, wait. Government troops attacking,
hey? Then that is the meaning of those shots which caused Don
Fernandez to leave me so hurriedly."
"No, Dad, those first shots were when they sounded the alarm on
discovering me."
"They discovered you?" Mr. Hampton groaned in mock dismay. "Oh, this
is too much. But, Jack, what I started to say was that as Don
Fernandez dashed down the steps, I heard him drop something in his
haste that rang on the stones. Maybe that was the key."
"I'll look."
Jack stood upright, and communicated to the impatient Rafaela what his
father had said. She had been unable to hear. Fortunately, he carried
an electric torch. Swinging this so that the light fell on the steps,
he started downward. Before he had gone three steps, the girl's quick
eyes saw the key gleam in the light. She snatched it up with an
exclamation, turned, inserted it in the keyhole, and the door swung
in.
Jack leaped through the opening, and the tall and handsome man, to
whom he bore so striking a resemblance, enfolded him in his arms.
"My boy, my boy.
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