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Show s SOUTH CACHE COURIER HYRUM, UTAH 01BOT A ROMANCE OF OLD MEXICO HJtVAN LOAN NOVELIZED FROM T,HE SERIAL OF THE1 PHO-TOPLA- SAME NAME. RELEASED THE UNIVERSAL FILM COMPANY Y BY MAN-UFACTURI- TENTH EPISODE sight before Pedro crept up behind the Mexican as lie peered at Liberty through his glasses. Then, with an agile bound, Pedro leaped to the back of the horse and strangled the Mexican Into submission. With lengths of rope cut out from the Mexicans lariat, Pedro bound him tightly. Then, carefully guiding the horse down the mountain trail, Pedro attempted the feat which nearly resulted In Libertys death. Swiftly his wiry pony scrambled down the mountain side. Instead of taking the same route which resulted In libertys fall, however, Pedro followed an old and unused trail up tlje bed of a mountain stream which soon brought him to the crest of the canyon. Leaning over the edge of the cliff, he shouted down to Liberty, who waved feebly up at him. Then Pedro quickly lowered a rope to her. liberty grasped the end of the rope, knotted it about her body and, with Pedro pulling from above, was soon half-waup the canyon side. As he pulled on the rope, Pedro saw Manuel and his bandit riding like mad along the trail toward them. Desperately he pulled on the rope. One of the strands, scraping against the sharp ledge of rock, parted. Drops of perspiration stood out on Pedros brow as he realized that if the rope didnt hold Liberty would plunge to her death. He took a firm grasp on the rope below the parted strands, however, and a minute later pulled Liberty, panting and limp, to the canyon ledge. Liberty threw her arms around the faithful Pedro. Manuel Quick, whispered Pedro. and one of Lopezs bandits have seen us. Pedro slapped his horse briskly on the flanks and it ran off among the y The Human Target. ' , Pedro found that his position was untenable. Sheltered though he was behind the body of Libertys horse, bullets flecked the sand on all sides of him. He decided at last to make for the foothills. It was taking a desperate chance, but Pedro knew that It would be Impossible for him to make his way back to the dobe where Bob nnd his cavalrymen were making their splendid fight. Stealthily he crept away from the dead horse and across the sand. When he had put perhaps thirty feet between him and the beast, he made a startling but pleasing discovery. While bullets still thudded into the carcass of the horse, none were falling about him. The explanation at once occurred to i him : Whereas the black horse against the white sand had made an excellent target for the Mexicans on the opposite side of the valley, Pedros khaki uniform was indistinguishable against the sand. The Mexicans continued to fire at the horse, believing that Pedro was still sheltered behind it. It was not until Pedro rose to his feet and made a last dash for the scrub on the outskirts of. the desert that he was discovered. And then he was so far away that the fusillade which followed him fell harmlessly dozens of yards away. Get that man, ordered Lopez, who was directing the fire of his machine guns from the opposite side of the valManuel, take two of my best ley. scouts and ride down that1 renegade nnd his white sweetheart. Bring them backto me; dead or alive, it doesnt matter. Pedro picked up Libertys trail several hundred feet after striking the ! t I f t i trees. Liberty and Pedro then made their way down the mountain side to a little cave which Pedro had noticed while coming up the canyon. They heard Manuel and his companion shouting up above for a few moments and then, many minutes later, Pedro, peering forth, saw them rejoin the Mexican he had tied on the opposite side of the canyon. When all three rode off Pedro and Liberty emerged from their hiding place and made their way again to the canyon edge and then down the valley toward the desert. From the other side, Manuel and his men, hidden behind a ledge of rock, observed Liberty and Pedro climbing from their place of refuge. Quickly ordering the Mexican whom Pedro had bound to take word back to Lopez that Pedro and Liberty were on their way to rejoin the main American column, ' the blaze had begun to eat through the flimsy structure both Manuel and his man stood off and emptied their revolvers through the walls. Pedro and Liberty, crouched on the floor, heard the bullets boring through the wood above their heads. A few feet away the old Mexican lay huddled in a pool of his own blood. A stray bullet had pierced his brow as he sat, rocking back and forth in his misery, in an old American armchair. Well have to get out of this, whispered Pedro to Liberty. 'Lets make for the cellar and dig our way out through the brush. Pedro lifted a trap door and helped Liberty down. With a shovel h quickly scooped out a hole beneath the foundations of the beams and looked out. Manuel and his companion on the other side of the house were not in sight. Pedro quickly crawled through and pulled Liberty after him. On their hands and knees both made their way to the brush near at hand. Then, rising to their feet, they scurried along until the brush grew higher and merged into the jungle. Manuel watched the blazing .cabin until Its rafters fell into the interior, sending up a shower of sparks. Then he rode off to rejoin Lopez and his band. Suddenly Manuel clapped his field glasses to his eyes. Away off on the horizon, skimming the desert below, he spied an aeroplane. Droning on the breeze, now louder, now fainter, he could hear its humming motor. Farther in the distance he saw a cloud of dust. r,t The American cavalry," he shoutod excitedly, pointing in the direction of the dust. We must get back to Lopez. If we put a few machine guns at Diablo pass we can annihilate them. Pedro and Liberty made their way through the jungle until they reached the edge of the desert. Pedro, with his sharper eyes, was the first to descry when the aeroplane. Look I he cried in his excitement Theres one of good old Uncle Sams aeroplanes. Can we attract their ah tention? Liberty didnt wait to answer. She disappeared into the brush and a moment later came out with her white skirt In her hand. Vigorously she waved It back and forth. The aero- plane circled about, apparently nol seeing the signal, Went back oVer the cloud of dust which marked the position of the cavalry and then, like a great buzzard, droning and moaning, came back again toward them. The plane settled on the sands a hundred yards from Pedro and LiberManuel and his companion again took The operator swung his machine ty. up the pursuit. into position, ready for a around gun An hour later the Mexican rode back When he saw a woman running fight. wooded foothills. He followed it up to Lopezs band, which was still pep toward him, however, he hesitated. precipitous cliffsides and down gullies pering away at the hut in which RutDont fire! shouted Liberty. Its where only a nimble pony could tread. ledge and the three cavalrymen were I Pedro and Liberty. Liberty evidently intended to cross the fighting for their lives. The operator wiped his brow in re When Lopez learned that Liberty mountains and thus come more quicklief. with Pedro contact had into Winstons and made ly Major good their escape We thought we would have to clean column. and would soon be in touch with the out the brush there with a little fusilPedro realized that she must be mak- main American column, he decided to he remarked as Liberty and lade, on slow his but horseback ing progress drop siege of Rutledge and his Pedro looks very Pedro approached. through the tangled jungle growth and companions. a much and I thought at like Mexican, Saddle up, he ordered. accelerated his pace hoping to catch up We will with her. catch the Americans at Diabolo pass first that you, Liberty, were merely He came to a steep declivity. Far and with four machine guns we can one of their camp followers pardon down a tiny stream trickled along. wipe them off the map once and for the thought. Jump in ; well soon have The apparently tiny stream was in all. I want a dozen of you fellows to you back to Major Winston and the reality the San Mateos river. Just how stay behind and keep these Americans boys. Pedro and Liberty stepped into the Liberty had made her way down the busy while we go ahead. of v the car, built to accommodate pit even old side scout. the Meanwhile Pedro and Liberty scram canyon puzzled four passengers, and a minute later Even as he pondered he saw, clear- bled down through the brush. Soon skimmed along the sand. machine the ly outlined against the side of the their clothing was in shreds from the ahead? shouted the See that pass cattyon h cactus which wall, Libertys figure thorns and opposite on horseback, slowly, very slowly, pick- barred their path. At the edge of the operator, shutting off his engine and so they could hear distincting her way up the apparently sheer desert they came upon a Mexicans volplaning Diablo pass. We expect Thats ly. Pedro of the side watched hut. Pedro burst in the door and covcanyon. her intently. ered the inmate, an aged Mexican, trouble there if Lopez gets word that Suddenly he gasped in horror. He with his revolver. Quickly he ordered we are on the way Hello A rattling fusillade greeted the caw her horse slipping. In another mo- the old fellow to hide them and to deny aeroplane. ment the hdrse had plunged to the that he had seen them if questioned Lopez and his men had arrived at A half hour passed. From their redepths of tlie canyon while Liberty the pass and the first of his machine it midin treat Pedro and Liberty heard horses seemed, hung suspended, guns already was in position. air. underthe their way through picking em have it, boys he shouted Let Almost at the same moment Pedro growth around the cabin. A moment If that aeroplane gets back to Winbushes a the heard crackling behind him. later the butt of gun banged at the command there will be mo surstons he behind a door. dodged Quickly sheltering and attack well have to make a rock. A Mexican horseman emerged Manuel and his 'companion burst in prise run for it. the canyon ledge and carefully the door a moment later. Manuel, who had come upon Lopea looked up and down the valley with a Have you seen an Aiiierican girl his insurrectos, took charge of the and around here? demanded Manuel, peerpair of field glasses. machine gun and directed its fire. Pedro was on the point of bringing ing suspiciously into the cabin. him down with his revolver when the Through his glasses he saw Liberty, No, no, senor, replied the old MexMexican shouted to a companion. ican, keenly aware that Pedro had him the woman he had forced to marry A few moments later Pedro saw covered. I see no one. him, clinging desperately to Pedro in shouted Manuel the tonneau of the plane. Manuel join the Mexican who pointed Youre a liar out Liberty as she lay on a ledge of Tell me quick, before I shoot you Flying low over the pass, the aerorock a thousand feet above the can- what have you seen? plane presented an easy target. ManI have seen nothing, no one, senor, uel watched grimly as the operator yon bed into which her horse had fallen his death. replied the old Mexican with his head strove desperately to start his engine The latter sputtered fretfully threatStill another Mexican on horseback bowed in fear. Search the hut, ordered Manuel, ened to go dead. Then the quick exJoined the group. There followed an Pedro crept The greasers orderly made a perfune plosions indicated that the engine had excited conversation. closer and heard them discussing Lib- tory search. caught on." The plane slowly began They are not here, sir, he report to ascend. ertys capture. Well take the trail around the ed. Quick I Get that gun going, ordered Its longer Manuel, anticipating his reply, had Lopez. Why do you hesitate? mountain, said Manuel. but safer. Then we can throw a rope already mounted. Manuel sprang to the machine gun I think the greasy old skunk is and pulled the trigger. down to her and shell be so glad to With a roar like ten thousand exescape from her perilous position that lying," said Manuel, pulling out his reto volver. I am positive that through ploding crackers, the machine gun Imprisonment will mean nothing her. Perhaps who knows " laughed my glasses I saw Pedro and Liberty emptied its belt of bullets. Manuel, I can even become a hero in go in that door. However, Im not Youve missed it shouted Lopea the eyes of my own wife. going to risk my life digging th$m out to Manuel. "Quick, damn you, give Manuel ordered one of the Mexicans Lock that door and fire the cabin while me another belt. Ill run it myself, to watch Liberty while he and a com- I put a few bullets inside. and this time theyll come down In a Manuels orderly built a bonfire at blazing heap. panion took the long trail around. Bardly had they disappeared from all four corners of the cabin and (END OF TENTH man-hig- 1 1 ! , 1 EPISODE.) t f cross, feverish, constipated California Syrup of Figs. give GIVES FORMAL INDORSEMENT TO SEVERANCE OF RELATIONS WITH GERMANY. A laxative today saves a sick child omorrow. Children simply will not take the time from play to empty their jowels, which become clogged up with waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach Party Llnea Forgotten and Senators Pledge Their Support of Chief Ex-- , ecutlve In Controversy With sour. Kaiser. at the tongue, mother ! If , or your child is listless, cross, fev. erlsh, breath bad, restless, doesnt eat leartily, full of cold or has sore throat or any other childrens ailment, give a teaspoonful of California Syrup of Figs," then dont worry, because it is perfectly harmless, and in a few hours all this constipation poison, sour bils and fermenting waste will gently move out of the bowels, and you have well, playful child again. A Inside cleansing" is ofttimes all that is necessary. It should be the first treatment given in any sickness. Beware of counterfeit, fig syrups. Ask at the store for a bottle of California Syrup of Figs, which has fulPdirectlons for babies, children of all ages and for grown-up- s plainly printed on the bottle. Adv. Look The senate toy a vote Washington. of 78 to 6, on February 7, formally approved President Wilsons action in severing diplomatic relations with Germany, calling home Ambassador Gerard and giving the German ambassador his passports. The five senators who voted against the resolution were: Democrats Kirby of Arkansas and Vardaman of Mississippi. Gronna, Republicans North Dakota; Works, California, and La Follette, Wisconsin. Forty-thre- e Democrats and thirty-fiv- e Republicans voted for the resolu- thor-oug- h 50-ce- nt tion. Five hours of debate preceded the vote, but the only active opposition came from the five senators who stood out against the resolution when the roll was called. The ranking Republican leaders joined the Democrats In declaring their support of the president. The resolution follows: Whereas the president has, for the reasons stated in his address delivered to the congress in joint session on February 3, 1917, severed diplomatic relations with the Imperial German government by the recall of the American ambassador at Berlin and by handing his passports to the German ambassador at Washington, and, Whereas, notwithstanding this severance of diplomatic intercourse the president has expressed his desire to avoid conflict with the imperial German government, and, Whereas, the president declared in this said address that if in his judgment an occasion should arise for further action in the premises on the part of the government of the United States, he would submit the matter to the congress and ask the authority of congress to use such measures as he might deem necessary for .protection of American seamen and people in the prosecution of their peaceful and legitimate errands on the high seas; therefore, be it Resolved by the senate, that the senate approves the action taken by the president as set forth in his ad dress delivered before congress as stated above. whole-hearte- coat-ed- Watch Acts and Speech. 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