Show imm mm A dav OLD MEXICO LOHN A a 1 1 FROM THE PHO SERIAL OF THE SAME NAME RELEASED BY THE UNIVERSAL FILM MAN COMPANY SYNOPSIS alb liberty 11 arty II 11 orton american heiress heeres n and owner 01 r ot 0 f a large mexican estate Is captured and d held tor for ransom by juan lopez AL noted mexican while in hta his camp P she overhears a plan to at attack lac it an african town tonn and nd army camp came she escapes with the aid of pedro a faithful bertaut Ber vaut and while a rescuing party headed by major winston U S army captain robert rutledge Rut ledee of the texas hangers rang a r who ho la Is in love with her and manue 1 blew leon n son bon of her br other guardian liLn top stop pursuit she ehe rides to warn arg the americana americans am r but abut is too late and the mexicans attack they are repulsed by american soldiers eold ol diers lera that night pancho leon threatens ne major wenston with exposure of misappropriation of funds left in his care unless u ess he be major winston forces liberty to marry itis his son manuel anuel bl tito the major majo v refuses f e s liberty who has heard the argument gums e n t between pancho and tits the major steps s into the room and to save eave the majors honor she agrees asi acs to marry manuel nuel culledge Kul edge ledge prevents pedro from froin killing manuel the mar madriago riago taken take place major or himton Wl naton with rutledge leaves to join gin the troops who have in the mean lime me rec received elved orders to cross the line and nd bring back dead or alive the parties i r responsible for or the discovery ovary out outrage ra manuel a I 1 koca bots to Li Ll bertys room that and Is watched by therese liberty tells tella him that uhe obe Is lile his wits wife la in name only As an it he la Is leaving therese attempts it id kill manuel ppdro pedro arrives at the hacienda bienda in time to hear bear therese telling liberty that although she is kandels ka nuels wife in the eyes of the law fri it the fie eyes of G god od she ehe therese erese Is hiso his wife pedro ro cherese Vh confirms this a statement manual jolna joins lopez liberty malesra mak esra desperate ellort effort to escape lopez lopes attempts to blow up american troops but the plan plait la in foiled by liberty an aviator arlivea at the camp winston wenston with orders to stop the invasion pending negotiations e tiati ons rutledge Hut ledge goes to rescue alln liberty who with pedro escapes into the desert major disobeys orders order and g goes 0 es to pid pad hob bob who with tour four troopers ix surrounded eur rounded in a hut but after escaping nu ine e r roua 0 perils in the canyon liberty anti anil pedro d r 0 are picked up by an aeroplane ecott c 0 5 W who ho starts back with them to win aln altonb t camps camp lopez who realizes that if the aeroplane aero aeroplane glane gets back to nm column t thero ere will be no surprise attack orders the he machine gun turned on the party manuel firek bu but misses them whereupon lopez takes taken charge of the sva un himself and idres but misses them gr rot but litter later disables the machine and the party have a miraculous escape when fri ata ke aero plane adrois back to earth where it wrecked j and pedro aro are in by lopez but they man age to overcome t the he sen sentries t ries and redro rides riden to warn major winston of the planned attack while liberty starts oft off to and the rangers TWELFTH EPISODE I 1 for the flag when liberty escaped from lopez and his bla band she started in the direction of the rangers camp the clio night was black and she ehe had bad to pick her hei way carefully her thoughts were of rutledge eba knew ho he needed her when she left ifft him he wonted wanted her to go lo 10 save herself ife he was wounded too she hated bated manuel to tho the depths of her very soul ills alg efforts to win her affection had bad been brutal these are tho the thoughts which occupied her mind as slie she rode along the road the greatest thing in the world liberty believed was a real man sho she knew rutledge Kut ledge to be one loye love protects it does not destroy A man like the ranger could command the respect and admiration tion of most any woman a man like manuel would encourage a go woman to dislike the rest ot of his flex dex rutledge nut ledge loved her tor for herself munuel manuel cared nothing for her but wor shipped her riches in the meanwhile lopez had sent bent men out to search for liberty and vedro ledro two of thero them took the northern trail leading through the chihuahua foothills where major winston was encamped with ills his troops end and two others started for the desert country where lopez had bad left rutledge ru hedge and his company of rangers rangers to the die of 0 starvation and thirst alvirn who had bad remained with a company of Insurrect os far behind lopez and his men came that night to visit his bis murderous chieftain with him ho he brought several of his men dragging several beautiful mexican girls behind them the men in the camp knew na as soon goon as they saw BAW their commander approaching that he had bad come to hold another drunken orgy with lopez 4 As soon boon na as ho he entered the tent ten t of lopez that individual came out and kave gave instructions to some of his men to fetch them all the fowls wines and a nd fruit to be found in that section and prepare A genuine feast for himself i and tits his visitors the men dared not disobey tor for they knew it would mean certain death they had seen what had happened to some gome of their comrades who had dared to hesitate at this artes hr 1 tes command end and tho the buzzards knew too for these trien men bad been shot in their tracks and their bodies left where they dropped this his men usually went out oat on these expeditions intent on returning well rewarded it if anyone attempted to a with ita an ansur recto lie regretted it soon after for they the would not only take what food tic ho had but more often would compell ills bis daughter to come along with then them these inese feasts held by alvira and lopez compared well with those of the tyrant greaser after they I 1 had 1 ad eaten for hours the wine would bo be rought to wom some of the most beautiful girls they had captured would then he be brought before them and stood in the center of tho table while the two bandits drunk drank to their heril health th many of these girls when they were released by these men and permitted to return home preferred death to a confession of their treatment but these men had been schooled in such debauchery for they had belonged to the staffs of the bandit generals before they started the insurrection and had adopted the methods or of these famous chieftains while the beasi feast was going on alvera suddenly u duelly turned to lopez as he be raised his glass where ts Is that american girl lie be asked she escaped again tito the little cat with that dog pedro replied lopez na as a deep frown swept over his countenance huh she could not get away from me like hat boasted alvara as he ba gulped down his wine then as all ile be leaned forward and gazed into the face of his comrade she Is pretty too her money la Is handsome returned lopez we need it I 1 will get her again and when I 1 do I 1 keep tier her until s she e pay M maa ma ea good many hundred doh dollars you will never get it so long as that Amer american fean rutledge lives said alvira then I 1 kill hill him I 1 threatened lopez as ho he brought his bis black fist down on the board and the american government will get you alvim reminded him lopez Is not so stupid said the other manuel leon Is hir her husband sho she la Is marrom to him ile he Is my officer and must do as I 1 say I 1 will get what 3 want livant through him vt ff db dont nt trust that yellow dog remarked alvira you will find ho he Is atral a traitor toi to us it if I 1 think that thal T kill 1111 him now said eald lopez as ho he started stared to rise no no not so ao fast senor cautioned the other its as ho pulled him back in his sent seat you will ali 1 1 soon boon enough then you will see lie he Is a coward i at that moment two of lopees men were entering the camp with liberty they led her before alvira and lopez As they entered lopez looked up elih with a treacherous treacherous smile see I 1 said I 1 would find he her r then he turned to liberty who stood ju just s t inside the tent with a mexican on either side of her so you think you can escape re ne my pretty white cat afi sneered the girl did not answer but stood avit all a the hatred in cr soul outlined 1 d nhe her h r countenance you cannot get a away ay from lopez he continued no N nonetter atter where you go in mexico he will JU find nd you I 1 suppose you yiu co to your american lover you no need I 1 will bring him hero here to you yet atlen hla his coun countenance countegan ce blackened with fary and his bis eyes co con her that lie he meant every word of his next sentence and it you no give m me e money I 1 kill him right before those pretty eyes tho the american government would never rest until it found you sa said d liberty Is that so he grinned what do the american government know about the chihuahua mountains once 1 I go 90 there they never find lopez they never fand you too tool I 1 you hear j what do you tou want with we me inquired liberty 1 I no want you I 1 want your money replied lopez it if you give me ten th thousand busand dollars I 1 let you go now 11 1 I will never nater give you one cent I 1 answer answered eI liberty you may change your mind senorita laughed the bandit then lie he addressed her two guards take her to the hut ho he ordered them I 1 liberty was led awny away and thrown into an old deserted doser ted adobe hut but which stood near the outskirts of the camp it had bad been used one time by her lather father as a storehouse there was one window in it besides a lot ot of dirt and an old mexican blanket As she leaned against the window and gazed out into the beautiful moonlight liberty was disgusted and slid sad again bae was in the clutches of tills this degraded bandit she knew he I 1 core care anything about her even hough he 40 had stated at times before his aides that ho he loved her he wanted tho the ransom but he be would never get a penny from hed her she felt that in the end he would lose no bandit who had such crimes as this black hearted villain could expect to travel far without receiving his reward he seemed to be winning at present but he be was going to lose later on oud and loso lose hard bard too alvira firmly believed manuel was a traitor tractor and he made up ills his mind to have him taken prisoner ile ho called several of his men together and commanded tri them to fetch manuel before him but his orders were never car ried out at that moment manuel was in tho hut where liberty was being held prisoner ile he had waited until lopez and alvira had gone to steep sleep and the entire camp was quiet then ho he had crept quietly from his tent and made his bis way to the spot liberty who had theorn herself on the blanket for a little rest hod had fallen asleep from exhaustion just how long she slept she could not remember but sho she recalled being suddenly awakened by a noise nt at the door fortunately she still carried can led a revolver which was seen ted in tier her bosom slie site reached for this and le velling it at the door waited for hor visitor finally after considerable noise at the lock which evidently was being forced the door was softly opened end and a ninn man en enfrid tred it was waa manuel sin she thought it wits lim froin the first As soon boon as he stopped stepped lis his toot foot inside I 1 she spoke dont movel sho she begun beean stay right where you are 1 I but manuel was not prepared tor for such euch a reception and it annoyed him immensely iio he had come on a very serious IOUS mission nils don this time and to have his bis wife stick a gun calir his nose before he had time to explain was wa indeed irritating 1 I have come to offer you freedom he began its as he started towards her the price she eho inquired 1 I cannot talk to you it if you ore going to keep beep that ugly looking gun pointed at mo me all the time said man uel it Is too bad that you yon are re the type of nian man that has to be treated like that remarked liberty just then something outside the window attracted Li bertys attention and she lowered her arm it was only for an instant but long enough to give the shrewd manuel an opportunity to snatch the gun out of her hand band and throw it out of the window now then them rm im going to prove to you I 1 am not as cruel as you think I 1 am lie be remarked as to stood in front of her 4 nothing could convince ce me of that but a message from heaven replied liberty now listen to me began manuel you cannot play with me any longer you are my wife whether you think so or not it make any difference in the eyes odthe of the law I 1 know you hate bate me ine il it you hate bate me because I 1 am a mexican you do not like them you mover did even when you were a little girl I 1 hate them myself yes I 1 know you yon ore are wondering why I 1 say sar that I 1 will tell you I 1 lived most of my younger days across the border over there in that land some people call gods goda country I 1 was shunned by the american boys when my father sent me there to school they called roo me a greaser and said there wasat I 1 any decent mexicans that wo we were all bad 1 I was a good boy then and it hurt me to fo have iny people spoken of in such a way later I 1 entered college I 1 found my seat at the rear of the classroom class room I 1 was seldom invited to any of the social functions and though I 1 qualified for the track teams teama and other athletics they never let me in my college life was made miserable because of these things lings ti which caused tee grent great and madr madi me grad gradually itally leam to hate bate not only america but my own country f too that Is a poor pooi excuse for becoming nn an outlaw interrupted liberty who had bad been listening attentively to every word it has never occurred to you re you feel different about I 1 li there are many people who think that every mexican Is bad and not to be trusted they think he lives on chile con and steals nil all tie be gets geta well if he has that kind of a reputation the best thing lor for him to do Is live up to it I 1 am not a bandit nor a bad man lopez gave gavere me an opportunity to join his forces aria if I 1 refused I 1 was to be taken out and shot life under i ny conditions as 13 much pleason ter than death that Is why I 1 decided to be become oruo his big lieutenant but now I 1 am through and if you will come with me I 1 will help you to escape we will cross the border arld and go up north where we will be safe from these fellows 11 you do not love me manuel replied liberty love does not up prove of tho the things y u have done love guards und and protects you do not know what reel real love Is and I 1 cannot permit you to speak of it to me es cs specially in a place like this it if you loved mo me you would vot rot hold a condition over ray my head you yoi would free me even if it requested your life it if I 1 did that I 1 would never see you again argued manuel 1 I have aided in keeping you a prisoner because I 1 wanted you near me I 1 wanted to see you even it if I 1 could not be permitted to have you for my own and he moved slowly towards her his hip gaze riveted on tier her countenance she seemed to look more beautiful to him tonight liberty had bad listened to his bla words which interested ar her had she not known him so well she might have believed what he said eald but she who distrustful manuel leon was not the sort of a mart man that women lovo love net neither th was he be capable of loving any anny woman an he was cruel and selfish ills his every movement showed this and his bis eyes revealed |