Show M ID 0 L I 1 t A ROMANCE OF OLD NEX 1 C 0 MAN LOAN NOVELIZED MOM FROM THE PHO SERIAL SER aal OF THE SAME NAME RELEASED BY THE UNIVERSAL FILM MAN COMPANY SYNOPSIS liberty korton horton american und owner of 0 a large mexican estate iscah Is captured t d and held tor for ransom by juan lopez a noted mexican while in his c camp amp eha overhears a plan to attack an amer american can town and army camp she blie es ea capes with I 1 the aid of pedro a faithful falth ful servant Str vant and while a rescuing party beaded by major winston Vl U 8 army capt robert rutledge 0 of the texas hangers It angers who la Is in love with her and manuel manual leon son on of her other guardian stop pur pursuit sult sho he rides to warn the americana s but Is t too oo 00 late a and nd the tha mexicans attack they rea 1 re repulsed puts ed by br american I 1 soldiers that ii 1 tt lanh leo leon n threatens major wenston i rt W with th exposure of misappropriation raa ot of funds left fsr in his care unless he major winston Wl forces liberty to marry his son manuel The maJor refuses liberty LA b who has haa heard the areu argument ment ent between pancho and the major stepa eps into the he roam room and to save the majors major a honor I 1 aha he agrees to marry manuel it pre ants pedro from killing manuel tl anuel the marriage i age takes taken place major winston with it u cledge leaves to join the troops who have ha ve in the tit s meantime received orders to cross the line and bring back del dead d or alive the parties responsible for the discovery outrage ou trase manuel goes to Li bertys r room 0 m that night and is watched by the roz lexe a liberty tells tella him that she Is his wife in namo name only As an ho he Is leaving therese attempts to kill 1111 manuel redro pedro arrives at the hacienda a in tame to hear therese tellina liberty that although she is in manuels Man ucla alfo w fe in the eyes of the law in the eyes of god she therese to Is his wife wl fe pedro confirms this thin sat sa ement manual joins lepes liberty makes a desperate effort to escape lopes attern attempted te t to 0 blow 0 utha up american troops at b but t the twe plan pan I 1 is foiled by br liberty an aviator ar atvea at the camp of major winston with orders to atop the tha invasion pend pending negotiations tiati ons onn goes to rescue liberty berty who with pedro escapes into the desert major r winston disobeys orders and goes to aid 1 d bob D 0 b who w h with four troopers Is surrounded surd roun ed in 1 a h hut t after escaping numerous perils in the canyon liberty and pedro are picked up by an aeroplane bout wh who 0 starts back with them to aln camp canse lopez who rea realizes izes that if 1 the tha aeroplane gets ack back to Wins tons column ti ere will be no surprise attack orders the machine gun turned on the party msnuel manuel alrea but misses them whereupon where lopez takes charge of the gun himself hini seir and fires disabling the machine the par 4 ts 45 have a miraculous decapo when the aero p ane drops back to escape earth I 1 where it fi 4 0 tacked re cac d liberty and pedro pedr are made pria Jr onera by lopez lope but they manage to overcome the and pedro rides to warn major winston of the planned attack while liberty starts ort air to find the rangers she to la overtaken however by two tw a of the bandits ban d is sent out by lopez to find w d her and they bring her bar back to his clamp while wh Is 1 ie e Is in the midst of a drunken k en orgy Is placed in a hut but ar and t that hat night manuel comes to claim her As he g goes e s to c ip clasp her in his arms ho he I 1 Is a shot h 0 t ion and d toi falls Is lifeless at her feet A w woman 0 man then enters enter s the room and placing the ati gun cun at lier her own head aulls tulls pulls the trigger and falls alia across tits hla dead body 0 dy thirteenth EPISODE strife and sorrow for an all instant liberty stood dazed as she stared at the two motionless figures at her feet the face of manuel was unchanged in death it was still wicked and dangerous lie ile had paid the price for ills his wrongs the girl shrank from the terrible stare on his countenance then she stooped and raised the mexican shawl which hid the face of the woman it was The therese resel I 1 the rays of the moon fell across her countenance and the tha beautiful features seemed wrapped in pence peace and contentment at last she badcon had won her battle for manuel ile iio was hers in death she lind paid the highest price for her love only to love lose it ailers had been it a selfish and yet ct a sacrificing affection which had demanded of her tile the greatest payment and she had met it when it cattle came due liberty stooped and picked up the gorto goa which therese still clutched clutch td in her hand band and then drew back in horror it was her own pistol which she had threatened manuel with a few fe minutes before 1 ile iia had bad thrown it through the window befera lie grabbed her fier therese must have been watching his movements and probably followed lilia him to tb the hut and enraged ath jealousy JAh lousy when she saw him start to grasp liberty in his arms had picked up the gun and fired liberty was certain it was not tear fear resulting from frolli the realization of her crime cr itile that had caused tile the mexican woman to take her own life the women of the border are not as no as that it ana inspired by the mad love loe of a slave for her master the climax of a lovo love that had torn the poor girls heart to pieces and left hern poor mental and physical wreck she had surrendered to manuel everything it was as possible for a woman acoman to give a man and now that she had collected the debt fill all her earthly bills had and been beed paid and there was nothing left for ht her to live for so site she had chosen the only way whop the mexican soldiers who had he rd the pistol shots in the little hut ran up avid and entered tile tho place they found liberty standing over the body of therese with tile the smoking pistol in her hand so hits is what you do inquired one of them us as lio he snatched tho the gun from Li bertys hand and examined it lie ile was a big gruff fellow with piercing black eye ayea i and ills his grent great sombrero rested low on ills charse course shaggy imir hair 1110 uio the rest of them lie ho carried a cartridge belt and an ugly looking knife owalde ills hla rifle tit all of them waki o dissipated and degenerated ond their clothes were as soiled and cs as stained us as their miserable souls As gaberty gazed at them site alto realized why mexico tad bad suffered buffered so during the past few years why you kill deml questioned the ae leader ader of the little groppas gro croup as bo be turned to liberty she was dazed f for 0 r th the e moment and unable to answer then when she finally realized tile the importance of 1 tho the accusation sho she spoke 1 I 1 did not do it she eho replied the mexican doubted her nub they never do ho he sneered dpn dont it you dare tile me ot of this crime I 1 she s she bhe faced tho the fellow me no have to do that the gun it atoll to and lie ho pointed to her initials on tho barrel of it it Is my gun she admitted re lie came in here and site alio to tho the body of tile the man nt at her feet 1 dudal and I 1 needed it to protect myself but lie he managed to grub it front from me and threw it out of bf the window it was probably pro bubly picked up by this woman who as tits his sweetheart for she ehe camo cama through the door and shot him and then turned tho the gun on herself she his wife spoke up one of them whom liberty recognized us as one of her old ranch hands ali ah so lie he had gringo wife sneered the lender leader as lie ho glanced at the body of manuel then lie he turned again to liberty Is that so yes but I 1 did not love him answered liberty 1 I hated him I 1 was ills bis wife in name only 1 I tell you what happen said eald the big fellow ills his etheart como come to see eee him an you shoot both its a lie I 1 shrieked liberty 1 lam I am being held a prisoner here by lopez and his men we will take you chili chihuahua cahua prison said the mexican as he be started for the door bring her he bo commanded his men three or tour four of them at once started to carry louthis orders and grabbed the girl by the arms liberty pulled herself free and picking up her hat but and coat remarked 1 I will go without your help realizing it would be useless to try to resist the band she ehe left the hut under the escort of the soldiers who placed her on one of their horses and then began the ride to chihuahua the I 1 5 kf I 1 it was her own pistol town wua was situated only a few miles away and its prison ans one of the worst in mexico As liberty thought of the place they were taking her to stid she grew despondent she had seen been the prison many times and knew of tile the filth and disease within its walls many mandof of the Insurrect os had been imprisoned there and scores of them had been shot inside its walls meanwhile the chief of the ansur rectos arectos and tits his bano band of followers were on their way to attack major winston and his troops in diablo pass lopez had star d away before the tragedy in the hu and believed ills his prisoner was safe eafe where lie he intended to leave er uniti his return lie ile was still feeling the effects of his drunken orgy nua he e swayed from side tu to side as lie ho sat in ills his saddle beside him rode alvira whose eye searched the road ahead of him a he headed tile the troops they haq had started shortly after midnight and us as winston and his column were not mo more than three hours ride from tho the place where the had broken camp alvira saw no need of rushing tho the horses and only occa iilo nally did they break into a trot both lopez and alvara were conn dent the Insurrect oa os were going ito to meet with success in the forthcoming attack they had frustrated the attempt of liberty and pedro to worn warn the major the girl they believed was still imprisoned in the hut pedro had escaped but they felt certain he had not ridden to the pass they could only watt wait and see if he had reached tho the major then their hidu aldu would have been in vain but if pedro had gone in another ill direction then they knew they stood an excellent chance of wip alp ing out the american troops for they far outnumbered Wins tons column wheres that yellow skin mnnuel manuel asked lopez of alvira alvara onci ns as lie he re turned tu the head of the bond band after a ride down tits his line of men res back there replied alvira the dog has slipped us sold said lopez if hos hes not here by god well 11 but his words died awny away ns as lie ho swung tits ills horse around and dashed to the rear of hla his band ite he rode bac kland forth two or three umes times scrutinizing every man as ad best lie ho could in the lark dark for the moon had disappeared under the clouds clouda aud and er was black iles hes a trat tractor tor said alvern ns as b he took book ills his place again beside lopez then he turned to one of the men who was riding directly behind him and shouted go back and look for loon see if 11 hes in the lint hut with that girl if ho he Is take him outside and shoot him V the man turned his borse h orso around and dashed carry out the orders of his chief about an hour inter idler he returned ile iio was riding hird and brushed atad the band up to the liand of the column where lie he drew up ills his horse beside alvira ile he dead V r reported the messenger ills body on tile th floor of hut with mexican girl the gringo girl she elm gone bonel 1 tt 0 that I 1 exclaimed the leader the mexican repeated tits his words again as alvira and lopez halted their horses and listened serves him right the dog said alvira when the fellow had finished tile gringo girl did that added lopez ashes a tiger eat cat with that miserable cur out of the way and that bariger gone sho she may marry me then lie ho turned to the messenger take taka two men and go back and find the 0 A girl he ordered bring her he r to me 1 the mexican swung ids his horse about and motioned two of the Insurrect os to follow him A moment later their horses homes were heard galloping down tho the road just before daybreak the moon came out from under the clouds again and as the Insurrect os turned a sharp bend in the road they saw a league ahead of them the camp of major winston Wl it stood at the he foot of the hills bills on the edge of the desert As soon as it came into view lopez pulled up his horse and calling one of his men he instructed him to ride ahead dismount some distance from the camp and see if all was quiet in jhb meantime lopez and his bis men would wait for his bis return the man did as directed he rode ahead for some distance and then the n jumped from hla his horse and crept stealthily through the thicket which skirted the road except for the sea tries pacing back and forth the camp was vas deserted it was evident the americans Amer icons had not beeh warned of the intended attack As silently us as he came the scout crept back to where he had left ills his horse and leaping into the saddle rode back to the rest odthe band where he b reported to immediately the chief instructed hla his men to ride in single file until they reached the end of the camp then they left their horses and with lo 10 lopez pez nt at the head of the column they formed an encircling movement which hemmed in the american america n troops while they them were doing this the machine guns were brought up and placed in the front after making certain that ev ery cry one of his men had his cartridge belt filled lopez gave the order to fire and the attack began the first volley brought the major from his bis tent and woke up the rest of the camp and before the Insurrect os fired again they found everyone of thy the troopers with his gun to his shoulder an instant later the bottle battle was on the mexicans fought madly as they poured their bullets into the american camp they had the advantage f for 0 r they completely surrounded wins w men bhoj seemed to be thrown into disorder by the terrific onslaught As the major saw several of his men fall he be grabbed up a gun and took his place among his troops it was almost useless to attempt to withstand the fire allro of the Insurrect es for the shot fell ell into the camp from all directions and with elih every avery charge several othis of bis men dropped to the ground the major knew he was outnumbered ed almost 60 to 1 but he be was prepared to make it a fight figh tto to the und lie he called to his men to charge at tile Mex lenns this they attempted to do 10 but they were driven back by the machine guns which tore through their lines and left the dead find and dying in their trail lopez smiled with satisfaction as ho he watched the tha havoc wrought by ills his band and he ha knew that only the inevitable hand of fate could prevent him from defeating the americans tills this time the attack had been well planned and the major had not been warned lie ile gave ave orders to his men to move the machine san up closer and rach time they fired the Insurrect os closed in on the little band of troopers I 1 lbs V major was in the thickest thick eat of the iho it ill with men falling on either cither stac of him a bullet pierced him in the side and sent him to the dust some of Ms his mn men seeing him topple over rushed to his side they picked him up and hastily carried him to the rear where they dug a pit and placed bimla it afterwards covering it over but leaving a small opening large enough for him to breathe through lie ile instructed them to return to the fighting slid and reluctantly they picked up their guns and rushed back among their comrades the Insurrect os succeeded in gaining ground every time they fired and in a short time there were only a handful of Americ 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