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"Don Carlos!" she gasped "You! But I don't understand"

"I am El Diablo Cojuelo, dear Myra," explained Don Carlos, obviously

enjoying the sensation he had created "I feared you had guessed my

secret"

"So the whole affair, I take it, is an elaborate practical joke?" Myra

queried after a pause, dropping back into her seat and forcing a laugh

"El Diablo Cojuelo, the outlaw, is ination?"

"I am El Diablo Cojuelo," repeated Don Carlos "I am a dual

personality At my castle and at Court I am Don Carlos de Ruiz,

Governor of a Province and an administrator of the laws Here inno laws save

those I make myself"

"I still do not understand," remarked Myra, with perplexity in her blue

eyes "Do you mean to say you lead a double life and occasionally

that Don Carlos and

Cojuelo are one and the same? Is there no one aware of your identity?"

"Many of my people are aware of my identity, but none would betray me,

even if put to the torture," replied Don Carlos "Those who are in the

secret vastly enjoy the way in which I hoodwink the authorities They

enjoy the joke of my offer of a reward for the capture of El Diablo