"But there is still another view of the case," Nestor continued,
after listening for a moment to the enraged protests of the
three prisoners, who objected to the action that had been taken,
"for, even if you did not attack Mr. Cameron, you might have
sent some person in to do the work after your departure. You
might have depended upon this accomplice to secure the letters.
I don't know. The courts must decide.
"Anyway, whether you left Mr. Cameron in an unconscious state or not,
his suite was visited by others soon after your departure. At least
two persons were there, but I do not know whether they entered at
the same moment or not. These men copied a paper they found in the
Tolford estate envelope--the description of a lost mine--and went
away. When Fremont entered the rooms, after all these visits, he
found Mr. Cameron unconscious.
"It seems reasonable to suppose that one of you three men attacked
Mr. Cameron--either Jim Scoby, Felix, or yourself, Don Miguel. We
do not know which one dealt the blow, or whether you were all in
the conspiracy against him, so we are taking you back to New York
for trial. The matter of treason against you can be taken up later on."
"Your story is not exact, and your suppositions are forced," Don Miguel
said, with a sneer, as if about to confound the conclusions of the boy
with the logic of a man. "As purchasing agent for a perfectly legitimate
concern, I visited that suite that night in the interest of the contract
referred to by you.
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