 The alcalde is delighted to hear Leonardo Montez, who hid the jewel he stole from the Guadelupe mission sanctuary in Santa Barbara, has escaped in the pueblo s direction and probably comes to retrieve it. Felipe just sign-gestured Diego s painting  Mona Lisa of the Puebla  resembles señorita Escalante, when Victoria enters in the flesh to report the alcalde just arrested Leonardo. Zorro rides to prevent the ecclesiastical treasure changing hands between both greedy criminals and frees Leonardo under the nose of the alcalde and some lancers, bringing him blindfolded to the secret barn, where the bolting stallion Toronado keeps him in. After Felipe, who checked on them, overhears Leonardo tell the horse that he stole  only  the jewel, the thief is released so they can follow him to the hiding place, where Zorro must first get rid of a local cougar. As the alcalde was fooled by a fake hiding place and a fake stone, Zorro can return the real one to mission father Valdez and turn over Leonardo to royal troops.