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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER. HYRUM, UTAH A ROMANCE Of OLD MEXICO WAN LOAN NOVELIZED FROM THE SERIAL OF THE SAME NAME, RELEASED BY THE UNIVERSAL FILM MANUFACTURING COMPANY PHO-TOPLA- Y FOURTEENTH EPISODE of It, the mure tdie felt convinced that Pedro hud never reuched the camp, . Her fears were realized a little later. The Mexicans finally returned to their suddles, and the entire party were descending the opposite side of the hill when one of the horses In front shied at some object lying beside the road. It was a man. He was lying face downward, uud to all appearances was unconscious. His clothes were covered with mud and dirt. He had probably been thrown from a horse, or bad been robbed and killed by one of the prowling bands of bandits which infested the Chihuahua mountains, lying In wait for Mexicans en route across the border with their belts filled with gold. The Mexicans pulled up their horses and several of them slouched over to the poor fellow. They spoke to him, but he did not answer. Then one of them stooped and turned him over. As lie did so, Liberty, who had been watching them, immediately uttered a An ugly wound cry. It was Pedro on his forehead, from which trickled a tiny stream of blood, explained why he was unconscious. He had prdfiably been thrown from a spirited horse while on his way to Major Winstons camp. While the Mexicans stood gazing at the motionless figure, Liberty spoke to the leader. Let me helff him, she urged. he Inquired You, nurse? 1 A ; Modern Joan of Arc. While the Major, with his brave little band, was making their last stand, against the insurrectos, in Diablo pasS Liberty, escorted tyy the small detach-meof Mexican soldiers was on her to the prison at Chihuahua, acway cused of having murdered Manuel and pt Tlierese. As she rode silently along, with a greaser on either side of Im sure I can help him, insisted her, she wondered whether this was had the he of the work girl! Lopez. .Possibly All right, sent the Mexicans to the hut for the replied the Mexican t Then he instructed the purpose of charging hdr with the crime, we see. In order that he might have her at his others to unbind Liberty, who, when mercy, and thus seek to try and obtain she found herself free, leaped from the from her a liberal sum for her free- saddle and ran to the side of her slave, dom. She could not lead herself to while the others stood, lazily looking on. . believe that these Mexicans really She raised Pedros head and rested her the guilty one. And yet, if they really were serious Iff their it gently in her lap as she studied the accusation she had little hope of es- wound. It was not a bad injury. He tablishing her innocence. As far as had probably hit his head on a' stone, she knew, no one but herself had seen as he fell from his horse, and been the tragedy, and to combat her story knocked unconscious. Liberty handed of how It all occurred was the revolv- her handkerchief to one. of the Mexier, which belonged to her and had her cans and directed him to go and wet it initials on it. This indeed was a very in a stream. When he returned she bathed the wound, carefully and tendamaging piece of evidence. There wrere two roads leading to derly. The cool water refreshed PeChihuahua, one of them was cut along dro. He moved about restlessly for a moment, and then gradually opened th rocky gorge, rising at times hundred feet above the fertile val- his eyes. As he saw his mistress he ley below, and the other crossed the rallied quickly. The Major is m Liberty hastily put her hand over mountains, to the eastward of Diablo pass. It was this road which had been .Vs mouth, as she bandaged his wound. Sh , be careful, they will hear you, chosen by the Mexicans, and it took the party through some of the loneliest she whispered. The leader, who had been standing sections, of the country. As the horses jogged along the Mex- a few feet away, saw her movement He icans were jabbering among themselves and shuffled over to the pair. In their native tongue, pausing occa- stood for a moment looking down Into sionally to cast furtive glances at the face of Pedro, who was now being their beautiful prisoner, who appeared helped to his feet, with the aid of Lib, to be uninterested in them. erty. to wanted nurse So, ascended you him, eh? Suddenly the little partg one of the hilltops and, as they turned he began, as he stared angrily at the Now I understan. He is Pea sharp bend in the road, a clear view girl. was obtained through an opening be- dro. tween two peaks. Great clouds of Well, what of It? Inquired Liberty, smoke were rising from below, and at- as the slave stood up. He, your slave, replied the Mexitracted the attention of Liberty and her captors. As they watched, the can, the- black dog. Pedro, as weak as he was, made a sound of guns reached their ears. The fire was incessant, and aroused the cu- rush for the fellow, but Liberty pulled riosity of the detachment. One of him back. I break you In twol yelled Pedro, their number leaped from his horse, and, getting down on his hands and anxious to get at the burly brute. 'Dont, Pedro, whispered Liberty, knees, crept to the edge of the steep If you do Anything now you will spoil cliff and looked down. Far below him, in the valley, a party of Mexicans, ful- it all. These Mexicans are taking me I' will need ly two hundred strong, were battling to Chihuahua prison. later. a your handful of Americans. The with help The poor slave listened to her, and fire of the Mexicans was terrific, and, his ' whole attitude in addition to their regular arms, immediately one into of submissiveness. were using machine guns, while changed they Here, you, senorita, get back on the the Americans - were depending only on their army rifles. With such tre- horsed commanded the Mexican as he mendous advantage, the Mexicans motioned to his men to put her,,back After Liberty had vwere, naturally, driving the little col- fh the saddle. umn back. The American camp was obeyed him, and the Mexicans had tied filled with dead and dying, while the her hands again, he turned to Pedro, I think we take you along, he said enemy had lost only a few. The other members of the detach- "You are better with us than alone, ment, With the "exception- - of two, who know you, you are not to be trusted. Then he took a lariat from his sad were left to guard Liberty, jumped from their saddles and ran over to del, and, with the aid of two of his whefe their comrade was sprawled men, he tied the slaves hands securely out, and throwing themselves- on their together and, made the other fast to You can walk, he stomachs, they stared down into the his saddle. he as sneered leaped "onto his horse. valley. If the Mexican thought he was punThe gringos are getting beaten this Pedro by taking him along to V one eh?" of them. ishing said time, Yes, damn them, replied another. Chihuahua, he was badly mistaken, We show them the Mexican qin The old slave was ahvays happy when See! See! he was near his mistress, for, as long fight! shouted a third. as he was near her, he felt certain he There goes some of them down ! could protect Ler from any great harm one said Thats Winstons band, He was somewhat dazed and, as he of .them. walked along "he tried to recall just Liberty heard this, and the news had what happened. After he escaped realization more the than rrushed her of her own position. Lopez must have from the Insurrectos he had taken succeeded In making the attack, as one of the best horses he could find in planned. But, she wondered, what had the camp, and rode away in a mad efhappened t'1 Pedro? He had started fort to reach Major Winston and in to warn the Major, when he escaped form him of the proposed attack. The and, surely he must have had time to horse, glad to feel the cool nighi: reach the camp before Lopez and his breeze in his nostrils, had dashed ' followers began their march for Diab away madly, and It looked as though lo pass! She knew the Major was he would reach the American troops far outnumbered, for Lopez had been In time to warn the Major of the complanning for this attack for two or ing of Lopez and his band of Insurhis rectos. Then, just as he saw the camp three days, and had band for this purpose. If the Major ahead of him, he was startled by seehad been warned he would have man- ing a dispatch car, which had been aged to escape ; for he knew that Lo- ahead of him all the way from the pez had more arms and ammunition, time he left the Insurrectos camp, go In addition to machine guns. Liberty plunging over the embankment, as concluded sunething had gone wrong, he reached the place, his horse besomewhere, but the more she thought: came frightened at something la the grin-ningl- y. grim-face- d con-sTder- sev-er- hl he-h- - . - road, and with a sudden plunge threw him from its back. From then he remembered nothing until he awoke, with Liberty bending over him. Now he was puzzled about his mistress. Why were these Mexicans taking her to Chihuahua? WhaMiad become of the Major, and where was Itutledge? These were some of the questions which ran through his poor brain. A terrible fate must have befallen the American troops at the hands of Lopez. However, he wras not so certain about the fate of the brave captain of the rangers. At that moment, Bob, yhoad been held at bay by a detachment 'of was busy planning to escape. Vjth his handful of rangers he occupied the ruins of an old mission A workmens com galt Lake Cit' on the brow of a hill. The Insurrectos . bm the senate on passed pensation had taken up their position on a hill March 6 vote after a unanimous by directly opposite. one of the hardest fights that has Every time a ranger shoved his head ever been .waged in Utah legislature above the old stone ruins, a bullet for a party measure. Since. January whistll overhead. It was simply a 16, a week after the convening of the question of which side W'ould be able been fought bill has the legislature, to hold out the longest. Bob had very out in committee and on the floor little ammunition left, and he felt cer of the senate "arid as a result the tain the enemy was wrell supplied. He lost sat with his back to the wall, discour- upper house of the legislature no time in passing the measure after aged and despondent, hungry and the contest between the radicals and thirsty. Even a cigarette would have conservatives had been determined by proved a solace to him. the adoption of the report of the minThere was a small opening In the of the public affairs committee ority rear of his crude fort, and, If he" could of the senate, which is known as the direct the attention of the insurrectos Dern report. to the other side, with a brisk fire, Senator measures passed by the senOther keeping it up for several moments, he ate on March 6, were: H. J. M. No. might possibly escape through thlslllf by Campbell, memorializing con opening, the ruins shielding him fromgress to make an appropriation for their view. , the Ogden exposition in 1919; H. B He would try It. Calling his small No. 192, by Hayward, appropriation band together, he told them of his in- - or Utah Art institute; H. B. No. 42, time for tentions, and all agreed to try this by Southwick, extending Piece of The, .coded the,, Utah leg- Stra,ef them on the walls as Islature guns and began preparations for adthey fired. It would have meant cer- journment at the session on March tain death If they raised their heads 6, when a long batch of measures so they were content to merely fire In were acted upon. Six bills were the direction of the Insurrectos. For passed, as follows: S. B. No. 149, by appropriat- several minutes they kept this up, andl appropriation committee, ing for archaeological research; S. B. No. 147, by appropriation committee, appropriating to mining and metallurgical research; S. B. No. 102, b Armstrong, appropriating for farm an home demonstration; H. B. No. 195, them, they were able to rush down the by Nalder, relating to railroad cross slope out of sight of the enemy. Ings; S. B. No. 140, by Colton, relatThis was kept up until there was ing to school district lands; H. B. No. only one ranger left with Bob. He 220, by Hecker and McKinnon, relatgave the fellow instructions to fire ing to boundary lines. as rapidly as possible at the insurrecSalt Lake City Overcoming stubtos, and before the sjmoke raised to born opposition, the house on March 3 make a dash for the rear. They both hill appropriatdid this, and when the walls were en- passed Senator Chezs states porto the bear shrouded with white vapor both ing $100,000 of cost of erecting a monument tion dropped their guns and ran for the to the Mormon battalion. opening.. Bob made it safely, but his The Curry anti injunction labor bill comrade was hit by a stray bullet and to the house as amendwas returned dropped In his Cracks. but as the senate the ed senate, by Reaching the outside, Rutledge kept in red ink, not were recorded changes under cover of the rear walls and was rebill to the rules, dashed down the slope which brought according to outcommittee to ferred labor the him into Diablo pass. As he looked comThe line senate the changes. ahead of him he suddenly stopped short faamendments the For he was amazed at the scene before mittee reported was bill the and vorably passed. him . -- ' A report of the joint house and sen(TO BE CONTINUED.) 3 on ate , - te . C'eTAl f 1 LABOR GILLS MEET IE AND EIGHT-HOU- ONE-DA- REST MEASURES EXECUTED UPPER HOUSE. IN A House Goes on Record as Favoring the Page Income Tax Bill as a Method of Increasing the Rev-- . enues of the State. Salt Lake City. Two labor measures were defeated in the senate on March '5, when the two bills which had been fought for by the representatives of organized labor in the legislature and which were placed on the special order calendar to he passed, were killed. The first which met defeat was House bill No. 57, by which .provided for an day in certain factories throughout the state and which had run a gauntlet of amendments in both house and senate committees. The other labor bill killed by the senate was the one day rest" in seven bill. The house went on record on March 5, at a protracted cancus during the Southwick, eight-hou- r -- intermission between sessions as favoring the Page income tax bill as a method for increasing the revenues of the state, at least until some more promising measure is introduced. The caucus was a lively one and there was some opposition to a determined stand for the passage of the income tax bill,, but in the end the members were practically unani- two-hou- r mous. - The compulsory military bill, under which all males to' 21 years of age will be to give a few weeks out of to soldierly activities and training from 18 compelled each year exercises, that Utah may contribute her quota of preparedness to the national movement, was passed by the house on March 5 by a vote of 36 to 3, with seven members absent Utahs grown residents will be privileged to continue cigaret delights .for at least two years more. Mrs. Allen moved Monday that the vote by which-- , the Southwick measure passed the house be reconsidered. On motion of Hecker the enacting clause was then stricken out. House bill 157, by Raleigh, creating a state road commission consisting of anti-cigar- et the attorney general, the state treasurer, the governor, the secretary of state and the state road commissioner, passed by a vote' of 43 to 1, with two members absent. House bill 31, by Bevan of Tooele, creating a state board of printing, and for an appropriation of $100,000 for its establishment and operation, was killed by a vote of 19 to 23. Senate bill 103, by Armstrong, under which no state board will be perJ mitted to go beyond the funds available for its use, and so create a de4 the corrupt prac- ficit, was passed. committee tices act in relation .to the house Senate bill 52,-- providing that the nUoL lUI A UnbAI oUUUboo amendments, was adopted, and the county shall pay the premium on the bill passed with the house amend- - county treasurers bond was passed. Representative McKinney introducWhy .Indianapolis Woman Is Some- ments retained, with the exception of cenwhat Peeved When Subject of Pre-half of one section which was eliminat- ed a resolution into the house at senators the Washington, suring Comes Up. ed at first, hut reinstated. This sec- D. paredness" C., who blocked President Wilsons tion referred to donations by candiof arming merchant ships. policy Mention preparedness to a certain dates to religious and other organizaGovernor Bamberger on March 5 business woman of Indianapolis, and tions. signed H.- B. No. 16, by Hammond the argument is started. It happened Greenwoods hill for a codification Relating to transient live stock; H. just like this : of the school laws of the state was B. No. 91, by Cazier Relating to irShe had saved to the point wfiero passed. rigation districts; H. B. No. 77, by she decided to invest in real estate. In the senate on March 3, the enact- Billings Relating to cojnnty She bought a tract on the ing. clause was stricken from the inSouth side within the city limits and come tax hill after one of the most Salt Lake City. Many measures planned extensive" improvements as heated debates of the session. were disposed of expeditiously by the soon as more money could be saved. The military bill, which provides calMeanwhile, with a view of adding to for draft to fill, ranks of national lower house on March 2, but the that so still endar remains congested her little hoard, she planted the tract if necessary, in times of peace, is practically certain that many it in sweet corn. When the corn was guard, passed without opposition. measures that have been introduced nearing the ripe age, the woman saw Creation of a state crop pest .comthe session will never be concovetous glances cast in the direction mission and abolishment of state hor- during The sifting committee has sidered. of her crop, and the safety-firs- t or ticultural commission is provided in a number of disapcaused was She already preparedness plan adopted. a bill introduced at the request of repbuilt a little house In one corner, and pointments, bills which their authors the finishing touch, a chimney, was to resentatives of agricultural interests. expected to see on the bulletin board fool the neighbors Into believing the Salt Lake City. The house put failing to make their appearance corn was being watched both day and there. through considerable important legH. B. 53, by Young, creating a board night. islation on March 1, including one of On the morning of the day set aside barber shot) examiners to Inspect party pledge measure, the initiative for the she told a friend and referendum. McKays measure into the sanitation and cleanliness of was passed after much barber of how she had fooled everybody, and for the regulation of the shipment of debate. shops, when ready to make the trip to the lot liquors into Utah until August 1, when H. B. No. 56, by Representative she induced her friend to accompany will become operative, prohibition her and see the cute little house, the was Rust, providing an appropriation of Southwicks anticigaret passed. for the benefit of 'Counties in $20,000 and effect the subterof the chimney, measure was amended in unforeseen which school funds are insufthe fuge. fashion. As passed by the house, week to When they arrived at the corn patch it forbids , the- - sale of care. for a thirty-tcigarets, ficient the house and chimney were gone, but but not their use by adults. The pen- school termwas passed unanimously. House bill No. 154, by Greenwood, the corn remained undisturbed. Indi- alties for violation of the law were anapolis News. appropriating $5,000 to the University stricken. was Disappointed over not having re- of Utah for extension work passed. ceived the workmens compensation Czar's Strenuous Life. would public affairs committee - Plans to enact a law which propAlthough the czar of Russia Is not, bill from-th- e of assessment make the mining oil like the kings of Italy and Belgium, the senate began work early of taxation at In the fighting line, he Is leading as March 1, and proceeded to pass a erties for purposes of the times three the net strenuous and useful a life as either of number of measures which have been mines were abandonedproceeds on March 2 them. For a year he has been living on the calendar for many days. The when Senator Chez withdrew Senate in a small house, from which he and majority of the bills passed had to do bill No. 146, which was introduced by his staff direct the movements of his with the amendment of laws ;which him and which provided for such an vast armies. He lives almost as sim- are now on the statute books. The assessment. The constitutionality of speed the law was the reason for the withply as the meanest of his soldiers, rises feature of the session was the measdrawal. at six oclock every morning, and shown by the senate in rushing to the house. President" Funk of the senate on works, with Intervals only for his meals ures through 2 urged upon the senators the $1,000 The resolution March appropriating and an occasional walk or motor ride, for a of former Gov. Wil- need of hurrying matters and said portrait often until the small hours of the morn- liam Spry, to be hung in the execu- that, useless debates and arguments ing. He seldom gets more than four tive offices at ) the capitol, was passed should cease in order that the meashours' sleep, and declares he was nsver by the senate on March 1 under ured which are on the calendar could more fit or happy In his life. he considered. BuspenBion of the rules. - I v - jboun-dary"line- ten-acr- e corn-pickin- g, o -- ; s. |