Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-12-28 | Page 6 | Liberty Aromance of Old Mexico

Manuel nres. but misses them, whereupon where-upon Lopez takes charge of the gun himself, him-self, and fires, disabling the machine. Tho paOy have a miraculous escape, when the alrpluno drops to earth, where It Is wrecked. Liberty and Pedro are made prisoners by Lopez, but they manure man-ure to escape. Pedro rides to warn Major Ma-jor Winston of the proposed attack, while Liberty starts off to find the rancers. She In ovcrtakon, however, by two of tho bandits, sent out by Lopez to llnd her, and they brlns her back to his camp whllo he Is In the midst of a drunkon orgy Liberty Is placed in a hut. and that night Manuel comes to claim her. As ho goes to clasp her In his arms he is shot and falls HfeloGs at her feet. A woman then enters the room and plating tho gun a her own head pulls the trigger and falls across his dead body. A Mexican detachment detach-ment come upon the scene and And Liberty Lib-erty with the smoking revolver In her hand and take her to Chihuahua, prloon In tho meantime. Lopez and hln bond tttack Major Wlijston'3 troopers and tho Americans meet with disuatrous defoat. Major Winston is wounded during the fighting While the Mexican dotachmont Id on Its wav to Chihuahua with Liberty they come a'cross tho unconscious figure of Pedro, who has been thrown from his horse while on his way to Winston's camp. T-Io la made a prisoner and they take him along with Liberty. Bob, who has been held at bay by a band of lnsur-rectos, lnsur-rectos, manages to escape. Major Winston's Win-ston's troops are annihilated, the Major himself, being tho only one left alive. Pe-lro and Liberty arrive at Chihuahua anu aro thrown Into cello. Pedro makes a vicious offort to escapo and kills one of the guards, lie Is overpowered and taken to the torture chamber. Liberty, who, In tho meantlmo Is endeavoring to free herself, partially succeeds, only to find herself Imprisoned In a subterranean char-'ier. She gives up hope. The Major loso his senses and wanders out on tho desort. where ho 13 found unconscious by Rutledge. Pedro, who has been tortured nlmost to tho point of death. Is finally thrown down a chuto and lands In a pool In tho ohamber where Liberty Is imprisoned. impris-oned. She save3 him from drowning.