The Dermott news., 1916-12-07

great uedl lt lPaFu ana luuCl tp 't- ! cupy his mind, and many il day of hard routine work had to pass before q StoHy-eyed general adiudged him and his men adequately fitted to stop q | gap in the fighting line.
 One day. q day differing in no re- 1 Spcct from many others which had . gone before, John was asked to sane | lion d bit of scout work along a noun l tain track leading well into the intc rior Nh experienced sergeant was anxious for the duty. but, to the young commanders open dismay, Madge Kerr was wi~hful to accompany him.
 Tbe sergeant Pr missed that the lady varIG not be aIlo"rd to run any need loss rsas. Sc> against his better juds- ueut, John gave the requisite rermIs- sion. h >o doluE he quite uuWilul-lY tvrI train which WgtaTh0rtca6y lrW HP a powder magazine. because Natae dsa the sergeant were cap tured, and hy no less important per ~,u rhau Sebastian ruuyhu himself T. MS Il singular fact. when the pair 0a~ bfaazt4r lato the outlaws camp. l 1 ir,-ouers WIS 4 woua1. there could uot he tle slightest doubt that the two Ead hover met before The ser ,raHt Was treated roughly. and bound ! ia 5ere.feSs eaWhide thongs, but Pan 1 che aaeeted HI almost =ehiyalrte air ] Ia addressing Madsr.
 "YeH are Het engaged fn weman,s work. seaura.a h. sajd. sweeping eff ] his soutrcfo VIrh u flourish. "hut far le it from fife to oaer the slightest ! juciNjlftx 10 one of your beauty. And Hov tAat Lean look at you closely. let lac cuuzralulate you on being q most charHefs se3dter.'
 He run todd eye over her fauItlrss lines. Haf MaaGe did uot finch Here was Il man. q mere male creature whose HHfaHed passions aud uHFIeaS- l aut attributes were very much oil the ] surface. u4a well she knew how to . handle him She smiled detaatly
 Your rerute has gone before you, ~euor.@ ~Ge cried No one has ever imagined that you make Uar on wourut
 ASSuredly, the situation was mafeh- ! less n its Irony Here was Madse Kerr. the new Joan of Are who had "utluEcf Ter country with her cry of "tct FaErho a telling tha; areh villain himself tAat he was regarded hy his orPoacats as sort of theYalter Bay- ard Ana hgre was the man who had vrourea her quite evidently fhe will tn, slave ef au unknown eaelde>S,
 There 0a~ oaty one tctFt sa thr tam- htedo0u camp. and the reheL leader tn- Ge.ted VIfl#a t.Hr gesture that il tsaS ] Whul#y at the selorftaS azsHaza-t- Nth msa#6erezz#H aa5 harzd= =NafHis 1e lifted tae tlas and bowed Aae wl.h5n.
 M94ze#5s. not hnnH ta8s faaaaa.s i flrtaHs s=#z=.lrsf.ea hat h-sa Witnessed i Vltl. aessez a-StaN4r As handsome ! Ia5f-sa~He# s#=l wA' approached uh3e ! these eessrtt-s5e~ eN,ru hr.a- ts #aaa-et. ! lIaI ti--er~ been rra-rut ae eag.i . have watched her haeaa~6# I'Hfza Ha#aad N.-tas A=#. aa#a..a vatt .#.=a....e aHr- t-fHe #ffag=@ V#-.tro CHH#H#=. aad e1eaEaas a+aW ta-t the Nlzzt.s Haa..y Jual1t. H1. aesls oaaiaeeea= ef tae baaaat
 M#aas5a Burton vvas aaf ouly mgaH aaazaz= tar failure = tAe ~rr--a#s 8#9 N~~ Kerr te HefHra b8t ha4 -1eu fHr,hcr r4u~e. far d.,eomtt- u-. Ee#8# rasrsfsalrr a#-eae=es #5aa that day. \ #e1Hharas fa.at had ~ur5rz~r5 t ~w3a -r,ap. If taHeI~ and captured several of thrm. Ihe~e mea vr.r brought m. and the.r arms were cNamaezl= =eHfh Iuocra~f.= ='fHe#r= rftles very Sery5ccahtr vy"pce~. Were marked with the tettesS "E' and "E. luela>ed in a 4jamaud=sbapcI device. In a wori taee#aes tho output of the Bur ton and Rogers foundry
 How haf these guns reached Mex I ico? II 0as a question hard to an- ower. When John put if to his man- a1er, fhe #tter profeSSed the utter { most hewl1drrmcut He cuuuseied rc- i tIccace however
 There's no use in making song about t. he said doggcdly. Gun run uiuI ts nothing uew ou this frontier, ant our stun may have passed through many hands before it reached those l of Paucho
 Perforce. John had to remain con tent, but he knew in his heart that the explanation Was lame oHe, and de terr,iued to stft the matter to the ut most al a more convenient period. ! Strong patrols were sent out, but no news of the missing pair WIS received until the sergeant himself rode in at sunset on the second day. He told au exciting story.
 Mrs. Kerr has managed to get into the good graees of Puneho,' he an- nounced. "But she's in q nastier fix than she guesses, because Pancho's | girl. Juanita. is mad with jealousy, and even let me escape so that l might guide troops to the camp. By that means she counts on getting square with Pancho and the lady -
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