OCR Text |
Show STIRRING BOYS STORY Ja k S raw a Mexico By Irv ng Crump Tl lustra ted by Leal e Crump Pub iahed by Me Bride Na Co Nw Yo k Jack 5traw bridge a "Vermont boj is in trusted with a aluabe set of blue prints to deUer to Harrj Rjder an American engineer in charge of the great h dro electric power plant that supplies elec tricity to Mexico City Lpon arriving In era Cruz he has trouble passing the customs officers who think the blue prints which concern a new electrical dfscoverv are papers to o erthrow the go ernment fter passing th s obstacle, a government spj follows 1 m and finally arrests him and takeB h m to Mexico where he Is tl fown Into pr son After much trouble Rder Is sent for and the yout delivered after exp a nations The eninee takes the bo into his confidence and tells him of trouble 1 the p ant n which his own laborers are hindering t e work ngs Cement powder s la d on the machinen and footprints of a man with a deep scar are disco ered It is e ident that the same one also sto e the blue prints from Fder a headquarters. A soldier Is caught and the scar is found on Ms foot- He is taken to prison but re fuses to tell any of h s associates Dur ing bib imprisonment Straw kills an alii gator which was attempt ng to devo r an Indian runners dog The canine is saved and the Indian tells the American that he will repa the deed One night the Indian runs to the plant and tells Rjder of the rebe s plan to attack the p ant that night Plans are laid at once and a plot Is unearthed in which Rder 8 assistant Is found to be the tra tor In stead of the eoldie The ebHs finally capture the engineer b t the faithful In dian tel s those in the p ant and the famo s rebel leader is caught The book I we strated and the ston we 1 told and it is a foregone con elusion that youthful readers will be de lighted to read of the ad entures here recounted |