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Show WILLIAM S. HURT IN IE PATRIOT" Bob Wiley, a Spanish -American war veteran, and a worshipper of the Stars ajid Stripes, stakes out a homestead i in Ne Mexico, five miles from the border town of Lawton'fl Ridge. His : bo, Bobbie, and his intense patriotism I are his sole interests in life. Bobbie I i is ever under the watchful care of Joe Good -boy. a faithful Indian. While his boy is yet a baby. Wiley ' discovers gold on his clearing. He looks forward to the joy of making his son a rich man. His bank balance grows. A pair of corrupt politicians con-I con-I spire to rob him of his claim on technicality. Bob Wiley finds himself : dispossessed by tho agent of that gov-B gov-B ernment he had fought and bled for. m He goes to Washington for redress, is I turned down, and returns to find his land pre-empted and his boy dead. H Tilled with bitterness against his own I country, he seeks revenge by joining I the bandit forces of Pancho Zapilla, I who is preparing to raid Lawton's Ridge. I Entering this town as a spy, Wiley I traps the American commander of the : troops posted there into following up a false scent and leaves Lawton's Ridge open to attack by the bandits. His conscience awakens, however; he rhwarts the bandits, saves the town, i rinds new happiness in adopting nn ! orphan lad, and renews his allegiance to the flag. At the Rex. |