Show M in SM aj A OF UD LN NOVELIZED FROM THE PHO SERIAL OF THE SAME NA 12 RELEASED BY THE UNIVERSAL FILM MAN K COMPANY SYNOPSIS liberty ironton ir orton heiress and owner of 0 a large mexican estate Is captured end and held for ransom by juan lop pes a noted mexican Alex ican while in his camp shu sho overhears a plan to attack an american town and army cam camp she escapes capes Cb mith ith the ald aid of pedro tt a faithful servant and while a rescuing arity arty headed by major winston wynnton united states tates army capt robert rutledge of 0 the to geias exas ll angera atop pursuit she rides 10 lo w warn irn tho am americans er icons but to Is too late va and d tho mexicans atta attrick ick they are re bee by on A coloun soldiers that night lancho leon I 1 tin ire catena alens the major with exposure of misappropriation of funds leri left in his i vare are unless lie major winston Wl corces tits lila manucl liberty marry son n 1 atje major alador refuses liberty who hall board the argument between pancho and n nd allm lie major steps into the room and to ave the ho majors honor she aha agrees to marry annuel rutledge prevents pedro from rom Ic illing manual the marriage tikes takes lea blaco I 1 a major winston Wl with rutledge eo leavea V s to join the lie troops who havo in tile the veil orders to cross crosa the line and bring back dead or alive the parties g risible for fop tho the nia Pla covery out tage manuel manucl goes to Li bertys room that elgh t ard and la is watched by therese liberty libarty tells linn him that slie she Is lits wife in name only As he ha Is lw leaving therese theresa at too to kill 1111 manuel pedro arrives at th a acion hacienda A a I 1 in n t time I 1 me to licar hear therose therese toll tell alic g lerty that although she la Is manuels manuals wife in the eyes ot of the law in the eyes of 0 lod od she therece to is tits ills wife godro confirms this staten lent manuel joins lopez liberty makes a desperate effort to escape lopez attempts tempts nt to blow up ul american troops nt at W lacinda cinda but the plan la Is tolled by liberty an ali aviator arrives olt at the camp of major ewington with w ith orders ordera and gues to aid dob boll vw ishoi with tour four troopers troop erB Is Lur surrounded rounded lit in a hut ut after escaping numerous perils in the canyon liberty and pedro are up by an airplane scout I 1 w who h a starts back ack with them to 0 ns camp lopez who realizes that it tho airplane gets back bach to Wins lona tons c column 1 U mn t there will ali I 1 b be a no surprise attack lo 10 ord orders ers tho the t na c hine gun tur turned neill on the party manuel tires ires but n nisma whereupon lopez takes charge of the lie nun gun an and i tires ires disabling the machine the th party have a miraculous escape ahou vh i the airplane drops to earth where it ac Is wrecked liberty berty rides to lu warn major I 1 wenston of the proposed attack whilo jtb liberty starts bat to find the rangers fihe he Is overtaken however by two of the bandits sent out by lopez I gopoz to find tier her and they bring tier her back ui to hla his camp while lio lie Is in the midst of a drunken di orty liberty Is placed in a hut alid that night manuel comes to claim liar her As lio lie goes to clasp clarp her in lila his arms anna ho he la Is shot and falls lifeless at her har feet A woman lion enters tile the room and placing the gun gan at her own head pulls alls tho the trigger and it nd falls acoss nc osa ills his dead body A mexican blex ican detachment comes upon the ho scene acono and finds liberty with th the 0 9 smoking mohing revolver in her hand and takes tier her to chihuahua prison in the meantime lopez A ez and hla his bond band att attack a ck meantie major ajar tong troopers er s and the am americans americana erlis niest meet with as 0 u defeat t major winston is woun wounded ded during the the fighting while tle the mexican detachment to la on its way to chihuahua with liberty albert Y th they ey corno come across the unconscious figure u r 0 0 of o f pedro who has been thrown front from hla big horse while on oil tits his way to Whis tons camp in ha Is in made ade s a prisoner and they 1 lake k 0 him aloi alone 1 with liberty dob dab who has leen been held at bay by it A band of ansur rectos arectos manages to es escalo c a p major ft or wins ton tons troops are annihilated t tho ho calior major him be belar the only one left a alive vs pedro an and d L liberty be arty arrive at chihuahua and tire iro thrown into cells pedro makes a vicious effort to escape and kills one of tile guards ile he Is overpowered and taken to the torture chamber liberty who in tile the antime ire n Is IB endeavoring to free herself partially succeeds only to find herself imprisoned in ft a an c chamber bamber she rives gives up hope the major loses his and wanders out on tho the desert where hf he to Is found unconscious by rutledge pedro who has been tortured almost tc ta the point of death I 1 IB finally thrown do down n a chuto and ads lands in a pool in the the chamber wl where bere iere liberty la 13 imprisoned she saves savea him from drowning anil and the two finally dually inan ape aa to crawl through brough tl a small email opening which It tAil t they hey believed would lead them to lo fre freedom edoin they are tricked howe however ver and find that they have ente entered red a steel chamber tile the guards endeavor to crush them to benth by the moving walls but pedro pits tits lila strength against the mechanical chan ch leal device of the mexicans and saves eaves the lives of himself and liberty tho the walls 0 go o back into position portion but tho the force of the spinning which works the tha device sends one of the walls rans out of its place thus allowing liberty and pedro to esca escape e they malie make their way out of town alpe peitro iro Is captured again by lopez but liberty aids him to escape the major and rutledge Hut ledge idge reach tho the american town of chicos across the herder border where the tha major la Is placed in the hospital hOSPIt fil age then leaves tor for washington tokeo toeo th uie a president for the purpose of retting getting hla his permission to organ orban rose te a cross the tha border and wipe out gopez and his band nineteenth episode the avenging angel upon arriving ta in lV washington ashington rut but tedge ledge went nt at once to tho the office of the secretary of war it was not difficult to discover that kob bob was waa a stranger la in these parts for ills dig clothes while of fairly good mil aa bertal were not quite up to tile the stand ard aird of those worn in the alio eastern part vf ct the country in fact they differed so BO much from the styles of tile the capital that occasionally people turned and milled as they scrutinized his outfit A guard nt at tho the entrance to tile the build tog lag interrupted tits bis progress with a question as 09 to whom lie ho wanted to see hob accepted the inquisition good na tu and took tile the big fellow into tits confidence to the extent of explain ing somewhat the nature of ills business the guard listened with apparent interest ns as dob bob related some of mid tta border troubles and when lie ho tied had finished tile the follow fellow accompanied him to tho the door far down the corridor which boro bore the words secretary of war then lie loft left rutledge bob n mol moment nent nud and then opened the door and entered a large inage room which was occupied by several inigo easy chairs two clerks who vt acre ere bendl lending ag over their desks and a wall all of mupi jio just inside the edoor door and took off his hat but ono of tile the clerks up nad then rose j and pame ame over to him la Is the secretary in asked tho the ranger ns as he stepped up to tile tho rail mil which separated him from the rest of the room your name please inquired tho the clerk robert rutledge captain of tho the texas rangers hungers replied bob ns its lie ho pulled himself up proudly what ilo do you want to see the secretory about continued the other very sternly ril ill tell lell him that answered bob who was not favorably impressed with lila hn interrogators mauner ire ile cant tee see you ll 11 tao other informed him ns As lie he started to walk avicy uy how do you know unless you ask him inquired bob who was retting getting peeved before I 1 ask him I 1 must know tho the nature of your busI business fiess bald the clerk 1 I want to see bee him about nn an american girl who lias has won captured by a band of mexican lexicon bandits the ranger informed him film somewhat abruptly was fast becoming beconi luff irritated b by tile the fellows attitude just n moment said tho the clerk ns as he started towards a big door nt at the other end of the room which evidently led to tile private ottlee of the secretary of war before lie ho reached there however an officer time came through tile the doorway closing the door softly behind him tho the subordinate turned to liliu him and ath a sarcastic gesture toward bob said this rube expects the government to send nil an army I 1 guess gues flito mexico to get ills girl rutledge overheard overhear the remark and leaping over if 11 1 ti I lie ho walked up to the follow fellow and floured him film with a well directed blow on the jaw the olli started tor for him but bob stood grimly facing litin him now then you stand anck or pot get the same saine I 1 he said us as lie he waited for him to ralso raise ills hand but the heeded not the warning of rutledge 4 4 Z I 1 MN p N ak I I 1 I 1 X at at k 1 2 5 aw wf 1 fr v an at za I 1 Is W vav fea fe 1 E 15 n k 11 te ii V lt lavt b VT ax fefe ata 1 kt l k xa rw 0 A y the duel between pancho and lopez and the next instant the two were struggling together while they were nvere grappling two other oilier men entered the office and overpowered bob who was no mutch match for so many arrest him commanded the oft C or to the nieu men who were ivero holding bob although lie ho attempted nn all explanation tile the officer was firm and refused to listen with the result that nob 1101 was led to to jail before bolus behig locked up lie he requested permission to send bend a telegram this was grunted granted hlin him and lie he wrote n message to mojor winston telling him of the trouble ho he was in and requested that ho he come to washington ns As soon as af possible after which lie ho was placed in a cell while rutledge sat a prisoner in the jail trying to devlan some wily way to to save liberty nud and pedro from the mexicans these two stood in hit ha clenda watching lopez and ills his murderous band which were now within it few feet of the place finally the old trustee who was nt at first tempted to rush out and face the reconsidered and putting lila ills gun away he decided to try and throw tile the lender leader off tho the scent so advising liberty find and redro pedro to remain out of sight lio lie stepped outside just as kopca OP pulled up his bis home within a few feet of the doorway 1 have you seen tho the senorita and alint slave ot of hers pedro around hero here inquired lopez ng its poncho pancho op preached proa pro chod ached they rode by here not long since replied Prin chu they were headed beaded towards tile the american border und and were going in that direction he addell added as he pointed down the road lopez studied the face ot of poncho for in instant and then assuming to believe him tile the bandit started tits hla horse and beckoned to ills his men to follow after ho he had felt certain that he had saved thorn them pancho returned to tho the house and reported the coast clear to liberty and pedro who cautiously made their way outside to where they hod hitched their horses however the tha bandit leader was not so BO certain that poncho had told him the truth ond and after making a short detour lio lie started back towards the house just as liberty and pedro were about to mount their horses they saw him and quickly putting tile tho horses in the babii the ho three nindo made a dash for tho the lin clenda they reached there just juat in time for lopez saw paw them and opened fire just as ae they c closed I 1 tho the inside tho three started to barrIc nile the doom Inen Pancho told liberty Il berty anil ani kelro that lio lie would steal out another was and go eo to the lie peon settlement for help and picking up it ft gun lie he started out but ho he did not get fur far for lopea nud ills men quickly surrounded the house and onu one ot tile ho bandits seeing pancho ns as lie ito started toward the alie set act called to tho the leader ill got this man suld said lopez tin rest of you capture tho the two la in tho the bw clenda liberty anil and pedro lind had secured itria und and ammunition and acre cre looking out anxiously awaiting the attack while billu lil lu bancho turned and seeing bolez rushed into the larn born warning naming tit tho bandit back wath ills his gun gna was mils leveled str straight alghi ut at tho the chief of the lopez lope realizing lila ills langer danger paused and looked around for sonn some way fy to gain the burn barn under cover but seeing lu there wits wai no other way lio lie advanced in ill the ilia open firing us As he went ills shots struck only the blui barn for lie he had no way of telling just whore pancho was ivas located within nut but poncho Ian clio saw liliu him and lie know that tit nt last he hall had tho the bandit nt at ills mercy ile ho stood behind tho the big biff doors doon and putting fig lite muzzle of tho the eua through the crack lie he fire fired a str straight tight tit at lopez as ij the latter approached the first shot missed hlin him but the lie second struck liliu him in the chest and lio ito hn Ml a sigh of satisfaction na as lie saw tho the mexican fill jall to 0 o the ground with ith a curse seeing that lopez wait w laying quite bulto still opened the floors doors and started towards him As lopez saw him lie he cautiously reached for ills his g gun eun un and before realized what hod find haDlie ned tho bandit tired hitting him in tha side alile lie ho dropped to ills knees and men the tha two tio started crawling towards one andi other shooting ns its they closed until they were era but ft a few feet willie while tho the duel between muncho ind and lopez was going on the bandits were eie firing into the lia lin clenda liberty anil r turning their fire behind tile tho barricade and wounding three of them the men and ana women in tile the peon hearing the fusillade ausilia de anine running from their houses they ren clied poncho pancho who told ali them in to to go to the hu clenda and wo gave liberty and pedro while two of 01 them theiu remained to Panch 8 tile the others others ran towards the house the lopez men saw the peons geons and after oil nn exchange of shots two moro bandits dropped to the ground while the three or four remaining escaped beaving their leader at the mercy of Pa pancho ticho I liberty and pedro seeing the bandits mount their horses and ride off realized that assistance had arrived pedro idith somo some 0 of the pe ons started after them while abile liberty went to poncho pancho pedro took charge of the peons geons and led them across a ravine and its ag tho the bandits rode back they were picked off one by one until finally they were nil all wiped out then lie he started back to the hacienda in tile meantime liberty had returned to tile house with the who were carrying poncho pancho they took him inside where labe revived him film As she was wag bending er him pedro entered and reported the lie death of the remainder of the lopez lopes band where Is lopez lopert asked pedro na as ills liand land grasped his gun poncho pancho flut finished shed him said paid liberty softly without looking up some of the peons geons have taken his body away Tha thank god clod for that sald said pedro ns as his eyes brightened tho |