The Logan County News (Crescent, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 21, 1917 Page: 3 of 4
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SYNOPSIS.
Col. James Horton, ex-army officer, and
!wealthy Mexican land owner, diets at his
.iia' lenda in Discovery, leaving a peculiar
Kill Liberty, his daughter, toes to s isit
one of her guardians. Pancho l-eon, who
manages iter Mexican estate, .\lunuel, the
son of Pancho, falls in love with her. She,
however, shows an affection for C'apt.
Robert Rutledge of the Texas Ranger®,
who, with her other guardian, Maj. Rich-
ard Winston, have accompanied her. Juan
l.opez, mujordomo of the hacienda, ab-
ducts her with the Idea of holding her for
ransom.
SECOND EPISODE
Riding With Death.
The mnn was Pedro.
lie hud wen the figure of Tlenda
Burntu, cropplns; cautiously from the
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quarters were, closely followed by
Lopez, who carried a ladder on hi*
shoulder. They did not see him, and
he quickly climbed onto the porch and
crouched low In the deep shadows be
hind the Ivy vine that climbed the
trellis-work to the roof.
Pedro had a suspicion that these
Mexicans were up to something evil.
lie saw Lopez place the ladder
against the roof, and then, without an
other word, Tlenda began climbing it.
Presently he heard a noise on the
roof, and then, as he partially raised
himself, he was startled to see Tlenda
descending the ladder with the tigure
of a girl across his shoulder.
"The lie-dogs!" he muttered under
his breath, and, as the Mexican
reached the ground with his load, l'e-
dro sprang from his hiding-place and
closed his fingers around the throat
of Tlenda.
But, he soon relaxed his hold. For,
then It was that Lope/., with an oath,
delivered the blow that sent Pedro
sprawling in the dirt.
"What shall we do with him?"
asked Tlenda.
"Bring him along," commanded
Lopez. "If we leave him hi'i't" he'll
spit out his brains when he comes
to his senses."
With that Lopez started for the
cabana, where the vaqueros were
awaiting him with horses.
In the meantime the girl had re-
vived. Lopez suatched the g.tg from
her mouth.
"Now then, my pretty mistress," he
said snoerlngly, "I show your brave
Captain Rutledge how Lopez ran
ride."
Then, as he looked about him.
"Tlenda, have you that black dog*"
"SI, si," replied that Individual ss
he dragged the slave, who was jt<st
regaining his senses, mi to the group.
"Tie him to your saddle, C'hoplta,"
commanded Lopez.
"Here, Pol I to, put your mlstrefis on
that horse with you," directed l.opez,
as he pushed her over to an evil-
eyed Mexican.
A few moments later, the abduc-
tors, with Lopez leading and followed
by Pollto and Liberty, with a half a
dozen devilish-looking Mexicans rid-
ing behind, started off towards the
Chihuahua Mountains. Choplta. with
Pedro, dragging beside his horse,
brought up the rear.
Liberty was powerless. Her hands
were tied behind her back, and, should
she make an effort to escape she
could not get far.
Poor Pedro. As he hobbled along
with Choplta's horse his only thoughts
were of his mistress. He knew he
could not hope to assist her here.
But, If he could only get back to the
ranch and give the alarm! j
Then something happened which
caused Pedro's hopes to rise. Lopez
had ridden back to Pollto and was
transferring Liberty to the horse they
had been leading. Choplta was busy
watching them. Here was Pedro's
chance. He strained every muscle In
his body until he felt the rope burr j
his arms. Then he relaxed. The
stiff hemp had slackened. Again he
expanded his chest and felt the strands
stretch under his powerful strength.
The rope" fell loosely to his elbows.
At that moment the dreaded Lopez
finished transferring Liberty, and
started riding towards the head of
the column. Pedro reached for his
knife. The little company were Just
rounding a turn in the road, and
providence was playing In favor of
Pedro; for Choplta and his charge
were some distance behind the others.
Quick as a flash, Pedro cut the rope.
A moment later he was making his
way back through the cactus. A black
object, In the road a few yards be-
hind him, had paid the price of his
freedom.
While these scenes were being en-
acted on the Chihuahua road, Cap-
tain Rutledge, who found sleep dif-
ficult after such an eventful day, was
seated on the casement of his win-
dow, calmly smoking a cigarelte. j
Except for a light in Panel,o's ,
room, the whole house was in dark- >
#esa. Pancho was busy, and when
Manuel returned he found him bend-
ing over a bunch of I. O. D.'s of the
Major's.
"A few more of these and we'll be
ready to force Winston's hand," said
his father as he counted them over.
At that moment Rutledge heard a
noise at the gateway leading to the
hacienda, and springing from the
window he rushed down the pathway.
It was Pedro. The old slave mut-
tered Id his ear the story of the Kid-
naping of Liberty.
| The Captain listened, and the story
of the outrage burned Into his very
soul, and aroused his anger until he
trembled with rage.
Rutledge drew his colt aud fired
In the air several times, The rangers,
who were encamped near the barn,
heard the signal of distress and every-
one of them was up In an Instant.
Hearing the excitement Pancho nnd
Munuel both ran outside. The Major,
who ^i&sleei) for Home tinio
awoke nlfli » Jump; leaped Into hl»
trousers and went tearing out of his
room.
"Roys," began Rutledge, as he turned
to his men, "Lopez nnd his gang have
curried Miss Liberty off to the
Chihuahuas. We've got to go find
tin iii and bring her back."
Then, the rangers, headed by Rut-
ledge. Major Winston and Manuel
sturted lu pursuit of Lopez and his
gang.
In the meantime. Liberty, who had
made one effort to escape, wheu she
rode her horse over a declivity, only
to be captured again by the outlaw*,
was blind-folded by l.opez, who paused
with his men at the Porked Trail.
While doing this Liberty managed to
free her hands, and a lively time fol-
lows for a few moments. She fought
with nil her strength to break away
from her abductor. In the struggle
she dropped u small American flag
from her corsage anil ripping the hand-
kerchief from her captor's neck
dropped It to the ground.
All night long Rutledge and his
meo rode, making very slow progress.
As the sun began pushing Its nose
above the peaked Chihuahuas they
arrived at the Forked Trails. Old
Pedro was some distance ahead, and.
as he stooped over the road those
behind him suddenly heard an ex-
clamation of delight.
"See, see!" he shouted, as he limped
back to Rutledge. In his hand he car-
ried a small silk American tlag and
a big red handkerchief.
"It looks as though we're on the
right road," replied Rutledge.
Just before midday Rutledge and his
men sighted the outlaws.
Almost at the same moment Lopez
tfnd his men saw the diminutive fig-
ures of their pursuers ascending a
mile or so below them. The leader
dismounted and studied a huge rock
which overhung them at that point.
Then he gavo Instructions to one of
his men, and leaping Into the saddle
rode on, followed by the rest.
Rutledge and his men continued on
up the trail little realizing the new
difficulty which faced them. Suddenly
they heard a terrible, rumbling noise,
and, as they looked up the mammoth
rock came tumbling down the side
of the cliff and landed squarely on
their trail..
"Pursuit here, even on foot, is Ini*
possible," said Rutledge. "This rock
must be blown out of our way." Then
he turned to one of his men. "Bill,
go back to the hacienda and bring
some dynamite and drills."
By this time Lopez and his band
had reached a small level spot, en-
"Capitaine and Major Waiting Up
There."
ulosed on every side by huge bowlders
and precipitous cliffs. In the centei
of this was a long, low abode, which
resembled a cabin.
Liberty, with her blindfold still on
was taken from the horse and thrown
Into the hut by Lopez who barred the
door. She pulled the bandage from
her eyes and examined her prison,
Two men were talking just outside.
"How many men has Alvira gathered
for to-night's attack?" asked a voice,
which she recognized as that of Lopez,
"Two thousand," replied the other.
"Tell Alvira I will not be with him
ns I have bigger things to do," said
Lopez, "but to make the attack as
planned. Cross the line and kill every
man, woman and child in Discovery,
except of course, our compatriots."
The messenger Rutledge had sent j
for the dynamite and drills returned ,
from town and found the ranger and
hi-i men encamped on a small lt;vel
tract neai the bowlder.
The men began at once to drill the
rock. As they were working Rutledge .
was startled by a large rock which
dropped at his feet. A piece of paper 1
was attached to it. Rutledge picked
It up, tore it open and read it aloud ,
to Major, Pedro aud Manuel.
Unless ten thousand dollars. In United :
Rtates gold coin, 1b left at the big lock, '
your woman will suffer a fate worse than
death. We mean what we say. Signal
my messenger, who wlil be watching ;
Show a white handkerchief if you i
Fire a shot if you don't
1HE LIBERATOR.
Without asking the advice of any-
one, Munuel started to wave a white
handkerchief. But, Rutledge grabbed
his arm and giving It a severe wrench-
ing said: "Drop that, you chocolate-
skinned skunk!" Then he drew his
gun aud fired several times Into the
air.
Rutledge stood looking Into the burn-
ing embers of the fire.
As he stood there. Munuel gtrolU^
j.ast ana sneered in Bis face.
The ranger grabbed him by the
arm. "Major, or no major, I'll fight
you, damn you!" lie shouted. "Any
place you name, any way!"
"Sunrise—knives-—there !" was Man-
uel's answer, as he pointed to a big
stone.
Just then Pedro, making certain
that he was not observed, took a rope
and walked to the spot where the
sticks of dynamite were piled up. He
picked up several of these and stuck
them under his shirt. Then, he start-
ed toward the place where he had
i een the smoke rising. Reaching the
top of the cliff, he uncoiled the rope,
fastened one end around a large rock
and then slowly began to lower lilra-
v*lf Into the outlaw camp.
At that moment, Liberty, who was
pacing up and down lu her small foul-
smelling prison, finally reached a de-
cision. She walked to the rear of the
hut. The bottom log merely rested
o'i the ground. She took the axe from
the wall and began to dig.
Pedro stood gazing about him, pre-
paratory to his next move, when he
heard a peculiar scraping sound. He
turned and listened again. It came
from th# direction of the hut, and.
as he walked toward it, he was sur-
prised to see something white moving
buck and forth on the ground. As he
reached the spot, he leaned over. It
was n woman's hand nnd In an in-
stant Pedro's heart jumped with Joy.
He dropped to the ground. "Senorlta,
senorlta," he whispered as he grasped
her hand. "No fear now: I come
save you."
"Pedro! Peilro!" came back the
words from within.
Tnen he dropped on one knee and
begun eularglng the hole.
Finally, after Pedro had worked as
no Mexican ever worked before, Lib-
erty slowly, and quietly, watching
Lopez all the time, crawled through.
"We must hurry," whispered Pedro.
"Captaine and Major up there.—wait-
ing.'' Aud he pointed towards the
cliff.
They hurried to the place where
Pedro had left Ills rope. When they
arrived at the foot of the cliff he
handed her the handkerchief with the
American flag and told her to wave
It when she reached the top.
Then she started to climb np the
rope. A sentry who happened to wake
up at the moment saw her. He raised
his gun and fired an alarm.
Lopez Jumped to his feet. His men
did likewise. They started for Pedro
but he reached in his shirt and pull- ,
lng out a" stick of dynamite hurled It
at them. It dropped a few feet In
front of them and they all fell back.
An Instant later It exploded, throw-
ing debris In all directions. Liberty
continued climbing up the rope.
In the meantime, a few miles away,
Alvira nnd his lnsurrectos were march-
ing to attack the town of Discovery.
After the explosion Lopez and his
men advanced again. But, Pedro
quickly snatched another stick of
dynamite and hurled It In their path,
driving them under cover again.
Liberty, exhausted, her hands torn
nnd bleeding, finally reached the top
Df the cliff. Then, obeying the InstrtlC-
Hotis of Pedro, she took her silk
American flag from her corsage and
vaved It high nhovc her head.
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Hubbard, Ernest L. The Logan County News (Crescent, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 21, 1917, newspaper, June 21, 1917; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc287280/m1/3/?q=wichita+falls: accessed July 1, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.