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Renny was perfectly familiar with Doc's ability to control his emotions. Yet, watching the bronze man
now, he had to marvel; Doc showed by not the remotest sign that anything out of the ordinary had
occurred.

"You," Doc said, "are mistaken!"

"It is true!" Senor Oveja shrieked weakly.

"Si, si!" echoed his pretty daughter. "This man Savage is the one who assaulted us. We became strangely
drowsy as we sat here in our room. Before complete unconsciousness overcame us, men entered and
began tying straps around our necks. One of them addressed the other as Senor Savage."

"Did he say Senor Savage?" Doc asked pointedly.

The girl shut her eyes. Apparently she was thinking. "Yes. He used the word 'senor."'

Doc glanced at Renny.

The big-fisted engineer was staring at the leather straps which had been around the necks of Senor Oveja
and the girl, choking them to death. From the expression on his somber face, he might have been looking
at a pair of poisonous serpents.

"I thought you'd notice those straps," Doc told him quietly. "They're carrying-straps from a piece of my
luggage."

The man with the womanish face bellowed triumphantly. "Bueno! This proves it beyond a shadow of a
doubt Savage tried to do murder! Conductor, arrest him!"
Wilkie shifted from one foot to the other. Little bubbles of perspiration stood on his large forehead. He
made a bewildered gesture.

"What is your name?" he asked the girl-faced man.

"El Rabanos," the fellow replied.

"What is the motive?" Wilkie demanded. "Why should Doc Savage try to kill you?"

El Rabanos hesitated. A strange expression flickered about his eyes.

"I don't know," he said finally.

Wilkie scowled. "Did you think previously that you were in danger from Doc Savage?"

"Yes," El Rabanos admitted reluctantly.

"For what reason?" Wilkie cracked back.

El Rabanos said angrily: "You arrest this man! Turn him over to the Mounted Police. I'll give them my full
story."

Wilkie eyed Doc. "I don't want to arrest you, Mr. Savage, but I may have to. Something strange and