The Geary Times (Geary, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1916 Page: 3 of 8
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UBERTY
AROMANCEOF
OLD MEXICO
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NOVELIZED FROM THE PHO-
TOPLAY SERIAL OF THE1
SAME NAME. RELEASED BY
THE UNIVERSAL FILM MAN-
UFACTURING COMPANY
SYNOPSIS.
Lftarty Horton. American htlrL.
•wow or a Urn uUU In Mexlen, la oap-
tunt and hill for rtawi) by JuuLo-
Mt, a mM Mwiwi insurracto.While
, aha onrbMri a plan to at-
[,pcrtT'
tain nutledf e of the Tiui Rangers, who
fa In love with bar, ud Manuel Loon, son
of bar other guardian, atop pursuit, aha
rldaa to van the Americana. She.how-
over, to too lata, and .tha Mexicans at-
man. Tbat^cbt^Paacbo^jaon*thwiatena
SS. *S- . **
. forcaa Liberty to
«aa awaathaart. Padro and Ru<
wltaeeeea. Ubarty, who haa ovarhaard
ant between Pancho and tha
nto tha room. To aava Ma-
j honor, Liberty aaraaa to
•narry Manuel. Rutladao prevent* Padro
' " ' anal na.— - _ ——
from killing Manual.
old Padro. who bow stood, Uko a
faithful old animal, watting to obqr
ledge, i
will D<
i marriage takea
piace. roa Major, wun Rutted re, leaves
fa Join tha troops who have. In the mean-
time, received offlera to croaa the line and
ferine back, dead or alive, tha parties re-
1 sponsible for the Discovery outrage. Tha
Mexlcana continue to maltreat Americana.
Manual (oea to LJberty'a room th
Liberty telle him aha la his wife
only aad threaten* suicide.
SIXTH EPISODE
The Desert of Lost Souls.
"I mean what I say I" exclaimed
liberty, as she gradually brought the
knife nearer her breast and stared at
lianuel In grim defiance.
He moved away from her and, see-
ing that his attempt to force her had
(ailed, he grew calm and submissive.
"It is true I do bear your name,"
•he said, "but I could never love and
respect a man of your nature. You
•re deceitful, dishonest and could
treat no woman—even your wife—
fairly."
"You do me an Injustice," ho said as
bo dropped before her. "I love you
with all my heart, and If you give
no a chance I'll prove that X am
worthy of your affection."
"Please do not speak of it again,"
•he pleaded, as sho raised a protesting
band.
He arose and walked slowly to the
floor. Reaching there, he turned and,
with the aid of his old spirit which
bad now returned, shouted:
"Too may lovo that fellow, Rut-
, and he may love you. But he
never get you honorably, for I
Will never permit you to leave me!"
Then he went out and slammed the
«loor.
Therese, who had seen Manuel when
lie started for Liberty's room, had fol-
lowed him, and with her ear at the
door, she had heard every word that
bad passed between him and Liberty.
As he left the house and stepped In-
to the courtyard she confronted him.
"So you have cast me aside, as you
•aid you would, for her 7" she said,
ft* she pointed to Liberty's room. "But
•he doesn't want you; she loves Rut-
ledge."
"What business Is that of yours?"
pie exclaimed as he stared In anger at
the Mexican woman.
"Ton will find out when Z tell her
that—"
"Too wouldn't dare," he challenged
bar, "you conanon—"
With that she whipped out her ro-
wolver. She was about to level It at
him when he snatched It out of her
band and shoved It In his pocket.
"Oan't yon see I'm crasy about
7«rar she humbly pleaded as she
otretcbed out her arms In an agonis-
ing appeal.
But he sneered at her and then
turned and walked across the court-
yard.
Therese then went to Liberty's
room, where she found her mistress
nervously pacing back and forth. In-
tent on telling her the whole truth, th«
girt confronted Liberty.
"Ton have taken him from me," sho
•aid falterlngly. "In the eyes of the
law you are his wife, but In the eyes
of God he la mine.1
"What do yon meant" asked Liberty
In surprise.
Then the poor girl, as Liberty lis-
tened attentively, unfolded the whole
•tory of her Intrigue with Manuel and
at his deception.
Pedro had followed Therese when
she left her room.
Liberty knew she weald get th*
truth from him and, going over to
where he stood, shs laid one hand on
bis shoulder.
"Did you hsar her story r she
Suddenly sh* turned. "Pedro," i
said, "saddle the horses. We leave
for the border tonight"
Now Lopes, having failed once bo-
fore to secure Liberty's money, deter-
mined to mak* another attempt. Bo-
fore leaving his ahack he called his
men about him and began making
preparations to steal her again.
"One* before we tried to obtain the
American girl's money to finance our
cause," he said to th* men as they
gathered about him. "This time we
will be successful. In order to make
certain we will capture the whole
bunch In the hacienda and make them
all our prisoners. And, above all
things, we must got that black dog,
Pedro. I have a personal debt I want
to pay him."
As the leader and his men left the
hut they saw a dark figure turn the
corner and make for the bushes. Two
of his men made after him and a mo-
ment later they appeared, dragging
along Pedro, who fought madly to
free himself from the peons.
Then they started for the hacienda.
They broke Into the house and made
Pancho and Manuel prisoners and
hustled them outside, where they were
placed under guard. Liberty was
fully dressed when two of the band
entered her room and ordered her to
follow them. She refused. Then they
grabbed her and, though she was able
to put up considerable resistance, now
that sho had recovered the use of her
Injured arm, she was no match for
them and they soon overpowered her
and led her away to the hut
As they passed through the court-
yard Lopez, who waa directing his
men, saw her and grinned In satisfac-
tion. "Jou see, Senorlta, I cannot live
without you. This time I do not think
you escape so easily. Your Captain
will not find you so quickly as he did
befbre."
Arriving at the hut of Lopez, she
was surprised to find that Therese had
already been captured, and as they
threw her In and locked the door she
feund the poor Mexican girl sitting
moodily in one corner.
Presently the entire band returned
to the hut Lopez then sent two of
Pedro nodded
"Is It truer she continued.
"Sho spoak truth," answered the
■lava. Then he turned and ordered
Ibsisss to leave the room.
Then the full realisation ot her po-
sition dawned upon Liberty. Sho was
the wife of a man who had used her
servant for a mistress. The thought
Increased the hatred she had for him
and she loathed him now more than
ever. He was so unworthy to live,
the only one who knew everything.
om a clearing
not far from the main road. They
had just left a thick wood, and as
they approached, Rutledge pulled up
his bono and raised his Sold glasses.
It was a camp of Mexican bandits.
They were cooking some food, while
their horses were grazing
tance away. Some of
gambling; others were bus) looking
over their loot while several were
asleep under the trees. They had
brought some of their victims with
them, for, as he studied the field, Rut-
ledge discovered a number of white
women huddled together on the
ground, their hands aad feet tied and
their faces wrapped In terror.
"They far outnumber us," said Rut-
ledge, "for they have three to our
one; but we've got to attack them and
save those women."
Then he ordered his men to dis-
mount and, hiding their horses In tha
bushes beside the road, the rangers
-took their guns and crept cautiously
down the hillside until they were with-
in a few feet of the camp. Then they
opened fire. Several Mexicans drop
ped, while the others picked up their
guns and returned the fire of the ran-
gers. A hot fight followed. The ran-
gers fought under cover of the hug«
rocks, toward which the Mexicans
rushed In the face of volley after vol-
ley, which soon thinned out their
numbers. But Rutledge had lost sev-
eral men, too, and It looked as though
he stood in danger of being defeated.
He and the Major tried to creep up
on the Mexicans by dodging from one
rock to another, but the furious fire
drove them back each time.
Finally, during a brief lull In the
fighting, Rutledge heard a bugle call
on the road behind him, and as he
looked around he saw a troop of cav-
alry dashing toward them. It was Col-
onel Dalton on his way across the bor-
der to break up the bands that had
been sacking American towns. A few
seconds later they reached the spot
and sent their horses charging right
Into the Mexicans, scattering them 1c
all directions and killing a large num
ber of them. They finally drove them
off and after making several of them
prisoners they released the women
and Colonel Dalton sent them to Dis-
covery under escort
After It was all over and the troop-
"You'll Not Escape as Easily This Time," Said Lopez.
his men to bring Pedro from the barn.
In the meantime Manuel and his fa-
ther were being guarded by several
depperate looking outlaws. As they
were waiting for Pedro the leader
walked over to Manuel.
"Wo need money," he said; "also
men with mlUtary training. I give
you your choice—an officer with mo-
or death."
For a moment Manuel was undecid-
ed. He stood looking Lopes squarely
In the eye, wondering whether he was
really serious. But Lopes met his
gsse with a piercing glance which con-
vinced him the outlaw meant every
word.
"At school," said Manuel, "I was
shunned by my classmates because
they said I was a greaser; my wife
hates me because she thinks I am
one. Mow I'm going to make the ac-
tion fit the name. Henceforth I'm
going to be a greaser. I accept the
proposal."
"Ah, I thought you would come with
us," grinned Lopez. "Untie him."
After they had cut the topes that
bound his hands, Manuel requested
Lopes to release hlu father, too. Fol-
lowing a consultation with some of
his men. Lopes ordered that Pancho
be aUowed to go.
When the men arrived with Pedro,
who fought avery Inch of the way,
Lopes walked up to him and, with a
sneer, struck him In the fsce.
"X always pay my debts," he said.
"To you now I win pay what X owe."
Then he sent two of his men to the
barn for a wild horse which had been
purchased a few days before by
Psncho. When they arrived he ordered
them to tie Pedro to the back of the
fiery creature. This they did and
bound his arms and legs securely to
the animal as It danced about eager
to break away. After he was securely
bound they let the horse go and he
dashed away madly with the form of
the poor elave laahed to Its back and
soon disappeared down the road.
While Lopes and his gang were In
complete control of the hacienda, Rut-
ledge and his men were many miles
away, patrolling the border for roving
bands of Mexican raiders. As the
Oaptaln was riding at the head of the
rangers he was suddenly attracted by
ers had formed again on the main
road Rutledge rushed up to Colonel
Dalton and grasped his hand.
"You arrived Just in time, Colonel,"
he said. "I had only ono cartridge
left"
"A fellow needs a carload of am-
munition to fight those greasers," re-
plled the Colonel, laughingly; "they
fire so damn fast"
"If s strange that you overtook us,"
said Rutledge. "We were on our way
to Join your troops."
"We would have been away beyond
here," replied the officer, "but we had
an argument with another band about
a mile or two back there. There were
only about two dosen of them and we
quieted every one of them before we
left We've got orders to bring 'em
back dead or aUve, but It looks to me
as though we'll leave most of them
stretched out where we find 'em."
Then the Colonel rode to the bead of
his column, whUe Rutledge and the
Major, followed by the rangers, fell in
behind the troopers, and they started
again on the march. But had the
brave ranger known of the danger
Liberty was In at that moment he
probably would have Influenced Dal-
ton to turn his troops about and,
despite his orders from Washing-
ton, go with him to her rescue. And
this. In spite of the fact that she bad
turned him aside for his greatest en-
emy.
But at that moment It looked as
though Liberty would be able to effect
her own escape, for, when she heard
Lopes and his men move away from
the hut she peeked through a crack
In the door and discovered he had left
but one man on guard outside. Then
ahe pounded on the door and as soon
ss It was opened by tha guard she
grabbed him and tried to throw him
to the floor.
The door was now wide open and, as
Theresa, who had been sitting silently
In one corner up until now, saw that
she had a chance to escape, she lost
no time In taking advantage of It
So, while Liberty was battling with
the sentry, Therese rushed out and
left her alone with him.
But the Mexican girl did not get
fair,
CBND OF SIXTH VU0DB4
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Descend to os,
m e pray;
Cast out our slits,
and enter In,
Be born in na today,
hear the
Christmas angels
the great glad
tidings Utt;
# coma to os,
abide with no,
•«r Cord Strnnannel.
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Merry
Christmas
Here's hoping
that this old boy
will not forget
A Real Party.
Harry had attended the Christmas
party of a little friend and enjoyed It
very much, especiully the candy and
other goodies. A few days luter the
mother of his Uttle boat met him and
asked:
"Did you have a good time, Harry,
at Orrln'a party?"
"I should Ray so!" responded Harry,
enthusiastically. "Why, mamma had
to sit up with me three nights I was
so sick."
The Christmas note Is peace
and good will. Whatever dis-
cords, wrongs or resentments the
year has held for us, the blessed
Chrlstmastlde should end tliein
all. If you have pushed aside
any hand this year, reach out
und clasp It now. If any dear
tie has been loosened, knit It up
ngaln on this gladdest of all anl-
versurles. Let ull wounds be
healed, and all resentment and
pride be burled under the Christ-
mas holly, while we celebrate the
Mrtbdag of the l'rlnce of Peace.
Quotations
touch mar be given a
companying it with a
ere written die redpietd's
A PROTTand _
A Christmas lift
• dainty card on\
same and tome apt quotation of an appropriate na-
ture. A lew selected quotatiosa sulublefor different
gifts ere suggested here.
For a poital card album:
Kind messages that saw IWe land ta^*ndL
Fdr a set of book* by a well-known author:
Tha chief flora of every people arlsaa tie*
Its authors.—Dr. Johnson.
For a small afternoon tea caddy:
Tea. thou soft, thou sober, sate and iswr
able liquid.— Collar Gibber.
For a useful purse:
The best friends are In the purse.—Oerman
Proverb.
Happy the men. who. void of oaret and strife
In silken or In leathern purse rstalns
A splendid shilling. —John PhflXpa
With a peck of cards:
The cards beet eli the players, be they never
so skillful.—Emerson.
With a pair of gloves:
Oh. that I were
— Romeo and J
Will) a silver handglass:
The heart like a mirror should refle
objects without being sullied by any.—
fucius.
With a "tsar ofT eaiendar:
longest day must have an end.—
i verb.
A Christmas gift of a ring for a fiancee or wNet
o let our love
s endless prove
The l<
Prove
Per the last baby:
Much is she worth and even more Is made
of her.—W. B. Henley.
With an umbrella
The year most part defonasd with dripping
rains.—Co wper.
With a oookbook:
The taste of«
smell.—Old P
With an electric torch lamp.
TOq afreet night a great leathern. — Old
With e needlecase
Who/• • hath need ef a handled mm.
—Old Proverb.
A Subtle Revenge.
"How did you break your wife of
buying you cigars for a Christmas
present?"
"1 gave her a box of cheap choco-
lates."
The Other Way.
"Have you finished your Christmas
shopping?"
"No; It finished me."
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Decorstions for the Tree.
A pretty decoration for Christmas
which Is so easily made that the little
tots can do most of the work. Is paper
chains. Silver paper and blue paper
make the prettiest. Cut the paper
into four-inch squares, then cut the
squares into strips one-fourth itui>
wide, and paste the ends of the little
strips together, linking them as you
go. Silver alone is very pretty, and
alternate links of blue aud sliver give
an attractive effect. The paper costs
five cents a sheet, so the expense of
the decoration Is small.
Not Playing Favprltes.
"You suy this girl show 1* Intended
for the tired business man?"
"That's the Idea," replied the man-
ager. "But we don't wish to discrim-
inate, and during the holiday season
we are glad to vecelve the patrnnago
of the tired college boy."
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