Show j A Romance of nf 0 OW 1 Mexico By HH Van Loan I Iv RT v g U tL Copyright 1916 LIB I 7 Novelized From the Photoplay Serial of the Same Name Shown ho at S Sundays Theatre on Released by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company s S SOP r. OP sis IS Libert Liberty American heiress and antl I J orner ner ot of a largo larso 0 Mexican estate Is 15 and nd held for foi ransom t iy uy y Juan a noted Mexican nile In his camp she sho ho overhears a 0 plan Illon l an American town and orm army p. p Sho She escapes with ith the aid of or Pea Pobo Pe- Pe PC-I PC bo tro a faithful servant and while a party part headed b by Major 1 InI In InItia in- in I I n U U. S S. S ann army Captain Rutledge of or ft Texas rangers who Is In love lovo with hrand r and Manuel I. I Leon on son of or he- he other i lan stop pursuit she rides to irn the Americans but Is too late the Mexicans attack They rhoy are reM re- re M rd ed b by soldiers American American soldiers that night nacho eho Leon threatens Major Winston Uh exposure of or misappropriation of fads adS left leU in his care car unless he Mat Mal Ma- Ma fat t l Winston forces Liberty to marry ton eon Manuel The major maJol refuses uel IH is up upbraided h. h by Thet ese esc his sweetheart ne and onu Is overheat overheard d b Pedro and lOd e. e Liberty who b heard the argument between echo ho and tho major maJol steps Into the i and to save nave the majors major's honor at agrees to marry Manuel Rutledge c Tents P Pedro Tedro dro from killing Manuel re nt marriage e takes place Major Win Win- In- In r with Rutledge e leaves to Join the thea a v who have ha In the meantime reorders re- re orders to cross the line and brine 4 tk dead or alive lIl tho the parties J 11 Ie I for th the Discovery outrage The 1 leans cleans continue continuo to maltreat Amerl- Amerl II cast Manuel goes KOCS to Liberty's Liberty s room j J t i night and Is s watched b by Therese 1 Y l tells him sho she Is his Ills hla wife In III i u It s only As he Is leaving Thereso e. apts to kill Manuel I Je Pedro edro ro arthe arti ar- ar ti at the hacienda In time lime to hear i fUe c tolling Liberty Libert that although h t t rte Is Manuels Manuel's wife In tho the e eyes es of ot u law In ht the eyes of or God she Is his i to t Pedro confirms this a statement Zt Ele bled td d b dc- dc l bj by these things Liberty t r to o ride to the border Loper takes tw sand nand md of or his forces In the mean mean- j t and captures the hacienda a. a The Thep p imm 4 ers aided h by American troops rout I S nf of or Mexican and t lIe American women Lopez gives pelves dM f r 1 a r 1 his choice An An t officer with 1 1 g death joins II Lopes ti i y makes k I a 3 r effort t to 1 ipe pe Lopez attempts to blow uhL up Ut L IT- IT it b bean troops at but plan J tt ro I ltd II by hv Liberty Libert Aviator arrives at cl d I. I of Winston Illston with orders to 1 f on Pm ains b diplomatic nogo- nogo g S. S t tI i I a lie EIGHTH EPISODE It I ye e s I Th The C Desert of Lost Souls jor 1 Winston the h pictured the scene 1 I t t. t ei Tt Islington ton which wInch resulted in the theand thet t i and then without comment to d t the e laconic message to his aide lie l P PJ Captain tain Rutledge lc a aN g-e. g bi N n L negotiations be hc hang hang- hangI I I I i Capped Rutledge giving ing the orl orl or- or I l' l If- If I. I glance li i lle o we arc are four hundred miles od 2 with th l LP o ez almost in our ouro and P-and P now they tell us to lie liend Wil o tn n and nd d twiddle our thumbs ot J 1 vi WIsh sh b ur by Gad that Washington t SI N Say r f 0 ff ae ll llY Y yay Yr A 1 urr q j. j to o x r v f L m N A NAr 51 r j. j J J. J ii y s u M i v VI S f L vW m r frt j j i. i 4 i P MC x H v 5 ESS fe fl 6 Struggling Madly With tEe e Mex Mexicans Who Were Binding Them was down on the tho border bonier where Doming Deming is i is Then some ome of those chicken chicken- skinned leti politicians under the capitol dome donne would realize conditions If some SOHO of their ov own n cn hind hall been outraged as have been the We wives of Americans in Mexico along the border bor hor- border der tier if their homes had been burned over their heads if they had hud seen their relatives taken from their beds in ill the night an and shot on American soil by bya a mob of crazy pulque-crazy M Mexicans if if- if Rutledge crumpled the telegram s into u H hall ball and tossed it into a si latrine My fy boy Loy admonished Major Yin Win Winston stop ston I I have been in the thc arm army for thirty odd odd years rears eur I know how thc they do 10 things in Yn Washington 11 n Politics Politics al al always a ways s 's politics But Buts I J have I learned I kayo 1111 learned Curse in the tho pl grit privacy luy of your you tent if it wi wish ll my Lo boy but obey orders Do iDo you mean meau to say soy major that you will ill give ic up the attempt to rescue rescue rescue res res- cue to Liberty to to deliver her over O to that gang fang Are Arc you ou going wing to permit her to remain n with greaser g camp dogs The girl gill will kill herself before she permits Lopez to lay Jay a hand upon lien her They have killed our men Rutledge Rutledge Rut- Rut ledge edg-e the time major at ut last responded They have destroyed our property Tho They ha have YC outraged our women But Washington ashin tn moves in devious paths The major majol turned toward the waiting 0 aviator Report that orders have o been heen received re re- le twenty five fi c miles southwest of the thc Horton lorton hacienda that Lopez is near Los Ios Alamo fifty miles from our present camp that it is if impossible for forus forus forus us to camp ramp hero nn and that we will withdraw withdraw with with- draw to or near the Horton hacienda and milt establish h headquarters there The aviator saluted and withdrew to his machine Pedro from a 3 distance watched matched the aviators a preparing to return to their base basc with the thc majors major's message As he lie gazed ga he hc saw a figure between himself and the aviators aviator stealthily creeping among the sand dunes and taking cover cOer behind tufts of grass and cactus beds Pedro decided to investigate Hurrying Hur r vying in across the tho dunes he came upon a fi Mexican listening to the conversation conversation conversa ersa tion of the thc aviators aviator Lope Lopez will viii be he glad lad to hear that the m troops troop are mc going goin to rive give up lip the tIte chase remarked the thc aeroplane messenger Yes and while they're Im haying ing ug some sonic mote diplomatic diploma tie otin neg-otin negotiations negotiations' at ut Washington roshin Lopez will probably raid raida a few f more border towns kill a u hat half hundred more moro Americans leans outrage more American women omen and destroy althe aUtho all aU tho the property they can before we wc get orders to go ahead again ag again Diplomatic negotiations scoffed the aviator a adjusting adjusting ad ad- Hl- Hl his sand and goggles Je I I believe cyc in civilizing their with a brag or a good old Lewis machine gun Alvirn Ahira the Mexican smiled to himself himself him him- self and wu was us on the point of stealing away a. with the valuable information that Washington tu hind had given i en up the chase c when wilen Pedro pounced upon him Leaping from the top of the sand mound Pedro seized cd the Mexican cx can spy from b behind with u a stranglehold Alvin Alvira Al Al- ira vira gasped g and collapsed sed in in P Pedro's Pedros edro arms With ith his knotty mus- mus des les standing out like whip cords i Pedro Pedro Pe Pe- edro e- e dro then swung tho Mexican cnn half a as ms large arge again as ns himself to his shoulders shoal shoal- ders tiers and carried him down to where the astonished aviators stood tood This spy ha has hns been listening to your yonI remarks said nid Pedro Pedio I I would advise ad ad- vise you yon both to bo be a little it tic more rupie discreet dis lis- us- us erect creet creet in the future I J I am talin taking him down Ilo toMajor Winston inston Both 3 aviators t laughed at the dimin dimin- diminutive Pedro again ain shouldered his weighty burden as if the mho spy were a n 5 sack acl Pedro struggled led across the thc stunts sands until until until un un- til he hc reached a knoll looking down upon the American nn cum Cain camp At the foot of the f elevation stood Major Winston's Yin Win Vinston's ston's tent tent with Bob Boh Rutledge and the major earnestly tal talking king in front of the thc flap Jap Without ut more moio ado Pedro contorted hint hf J in n a knot and imd threw the Mex- Mex f A tl tl's N s y yva va x S A. A jl Stop the Invasion Pending Diplomatic Negotiations I jean iem ican spy pv bodily over o his hi head and shoulders shoulder Ah Alvira Ahill ira rolled to the bottom of the lull hill and picked up at Bobs Bob's feet The young captain drew his and covered eo the lie gun gull sp spy hats 1 this demanded Rut- Rut ledge lel c. c II P Pedro Perhaps A A 1 spy replied I he ho can CUll be he induced to tell regarding Lopez movements mo Meanwhile Mean Mean- Meanwhile while 1 Im I'm m off on n a little excursion of my lily own 1 may have something to re report report re- re port soon At t liberty to go where ho he willed no noone noone one ono questioned Pedro as he hc led his wiry little horse from the stockade mounted and nud rode lode off Two miles out ont of cam camp he lie picked up Lopez Lope trail truit Cantering along bes beside d the hoof prints print Pedro suddenly draw rein and dis dis- mounted Almost t. t covered co by hv the sands he found n a scarf which he in instantly in- in in- in recognized MB as Liberty's Liberty Nearby Near Near- Iw by y in the sand he Ile di discovered ered co the arrow arl arrow ar ar- row l' l which Liberty hud had traced in in t the e sand aall I So they're going to Los Alamos i It be lie lieso arc they Y mused Pedro may so but that arrow points in the thc dirce- dirce water hole holc the tion ion of the thc Tortugas desert Imn hangout out of the i Without waiting for confirmation of hi liL hi theory Pedro jumped into his saddle and turned back toward camp lie found Rutledge giving Ah Alvira ira the I of I army third degree with a squad qua riflemen Pedro Pedio excitedly ly handed Rutledge c Liberty's scarf send aut and ail told l Major Winston Yin Win ston stOll and antl the young captain of tho the incident in incident in- in of the thc arrow in the sand if s 's enough for fol me major declared declared de de- Rutledge Washington may order us to stop the time n in invasion ion but the they can cant can't It stop me from h trying ng to rescue Liberty Am Am I 1 free for scout duty luty lut major or Go Go ahead my buy boy replied Yin Win ston I Good luck Juck If you JOU dont don't come comae comeback hack back by bv sunrise wo 0 will come after you Ten minutes later Pedro and Rut Rut- Rutledge Hut I le ledge ge disappeared front from sight over O the tite sand dunes in the direction taken by hy Lopez and his hi baud band v c r. r Lopez pez was worried over Alviras Alvira's ira s 's long continued n absence I wonder 1 f r that slippery skunk has hus fallen into the hands of the gringos he mused aloud UI If ho do does docs s not come b hack back ck by night I will sen send out ont a n scouting party A womans woman's scream Interrupted the thoughts of the rebel chief Quickly he lie strode to the thc cabin w where Liberty was as confined He found Manuel Mannel at attempting attempting attempting at- at tempting to embrace the young American Airier Amer mean ican girl his wife in name but in name on only Well r skinned fair-skinned my Spaniard snarled Lopez Lope at Manuel Manuc Your wife doesn't seem stem to want your attentions Keep Beep away array from her I think she likes me bet better ter dont don't you i Lopez Lope attempted t to td kiss Libert Liberty but reee received cd a painful kick on the shins Such cats these the o American women cursed Lopez II If T r she wasn't so 30 much prettier than my own women I would have c shot her long long- ago o. Sooner or later however howe she slue will learn to love Jove me nw like Jike the rest Manuel glared at the half Indian peon who ho ordered him liin out of the thc cabin cubin lint hut realizing that open upon rebellion would oud mean death said nothing the time hut Liberty sank c. c exhausted ex ex- hausted on 01 a bla blanket ct Since Lope L l' l had seized her she had nail been insulted almost hourly now by the time man llian who whit was S husband to her in name only onh and then by Lopez who hoped to break lien her spirit by bp his brute brut personality As she sat contemplating her desperate desper desper- ate plight her hand came upon something some some- I thili thing hard beneath the blanket She threw thre back time the latter and find found a re re- volver She strolled to the tIre window windo Now with the revolver re sh she might easily caily shoot the hard out outside Through the bars she saw Lopez pointing pointing- to a n huge pile of ca cases cs of ammunition Each box n was stenciled Lopez Sonora Somra Mexico CI Kindly furnished b by the United States to tobe be used eventually C a against their own troops thought Liberty Beneath her window the sentry entry had fallen a asleep a bottle boUc of whisk whisky l lying in beside his rifle Libert Liberty slowly stretched her arm orm through h the the bal bars mid add gingerly ging lifted a the rifle from between b the tho crook of time the guards gnarls relaxed arms A moment later Inter she drew it up between tho the bars bais of her prison Now sl she n hind had the time guard at her lIeI mercy T To Be Dc Continued |