"There is no doubt that the cattleman, is locked up in some of the old military prisons of the country, yet the State department can't get him out.  The president offers any assistance in his power, of course!  Lopez weeps when the matter is mentioned to him--weeps at the unfounded suspicions which are being cast upon him!  So there you are!  The only hope for Lyman lies in some such method as has been planned.  If you fail, the situation will be desperate, indeed."