Crossword-Solution: CARLITOS 8 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 10

CHAPTER XXII THE RED VEST AGAIN Carlitos Ortez was one of those snaky-looking, black-haired peons, with a wisp of jetty mustache, who serve as the type of Mexican villains in lurid melodrama--and he had the heart of a child! Janice might have been afraid of the quick-motioned, nervous little man had she been of a less observant nature.

Then he stopped the car beside a well at the edge of the chaparral and there in the shade the passengers alighted, while Carlitos filled his radiator and tinkered with parts of the machine that seemed to need attention.

You understand?" "You mean you're going to make money enough to close the account with the old man?" "Not money," and Carlitos smiled his wolf-like smile again.

Had their errand to San Cristoval and beyond not been so pressing, Janice and Marty might have conspired with Carlitos to get the swindling storekeeper back over the Border at some point where an American law officer could be found.

Why! even the chickens--look at 'em, will you? They ain't fit to eat, they're so scrawny." "They are not for eat, señor," said Carlitos softly.