Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-06

face. and we'll she knew how to handle
him. She smiled deHantly.
Your repute has gone before you,
scnor.'' she cried. mo one has ever
imagined that you mako war on wo-
men,"
Assuredly. the situation was match
less In it's irony. Here was Madgc
Kerr. the new Joan OF Arc who had
inhameh her country with her cry Of
Get Fancho" telling that arch-vii-
nam himself that he was regarded by
MS opponents as sort of Chcvalicr
f'ayard. And here was the man who
mad wronRcd her quite evidently the
Wiling slave OF an unknown goddess.
There was only one tent in the tunl-
biedown camp. and the rebel leader in
dicatcd with Il fine gesture that II
was wholly at the senorita's disposal.
WIN much ceremony and norid words,
ne lifted the Hap and bowed her within.
Madge did not know that Pancho's
1atuouS admiration had been Witness
ca with acute disfavor by Il handsome
haif-castc girl who approached while
,hese courtesics were being exchanged.
fiad Rogcrs been present he could have
warned her. because I'ancho and ROg-
crs had become very intimate during
the lattcr's visit to chihuahua. and
every one knew that the wildly pref
y Juanita was deeply enamorcd of the
bandit.
Meanwhile. Burton was not only
much worried by the failure of the
sergeant and Mrs Kerr to return. but
had given further cause for diScomh-
turc by regrettable discovery made
that day. ncighboring picket had
surprised a small group of rebels and
captured several OF them. These men
were brought in. and their arms were
| examined with interest Their rifles,
very scrviceahle weapons. were marked
with the letters "B" and "R." inclosed
in diamond shaped device. In a word.
they were the output of the Burton and
Rogers foundry.
How had these guns reached Mexico?
| 1t was Il question hard to answer.
When john put it to his manager. the
latter profcssed the uttermost bcwil-
dermcnt lie counscled reticence. how
ever
There's no use in making a song
| about it," ne said doggedly. Gun run
ming is nothing new on this frontier.
| and our stuff may have passed through
| many hands before 1t reached those of
Pancho."
Perforce. John had to remain content.
| but he knew in his heart that the ex-
| PLANTATION was II lame one. and deter
| mined To sift the matter to the utmost
at more convenient period. Strong
patrols were sent out. but no news OF
| the missing pair was received until
| the sergeant himself rode In at sunset
on the second day. ie told an exciting
| story.
Mrs. Kerr has managed to get into
| the good Graccs Of Pancho." he an
| nounced but she's in nastier fix
than she gueSses. because Pancho's girl,
Juanita, is mad with jealousy. and even
| let me escape SO that I might guide
troops TO the camp, BY that means she
counts on getting square with Pancho
and the lady"
This statement, unsavory in many re-
| spects. could have but one outcome. y
| strong force was gathered hastily, and
| struck the trail with the sergeant as
| guide. II ives deemed eXpedient to
march by night and endeavor to rush
| the outlaws camp at dawn. AS the
! sergeant had traverscd the route twice
| in two days. he made no mistakes. and
| brought the rescuers to an excellent
| position, a gap in the hills where the
| last dispositions could be made quietly.
and the final whispered instructions
| conned again and again. until all chance
| of error was eliminated.
The attack began at dawn, and de-
! velopcd rapidly into a battle of some
| magnitude, since your true Mexican
| outlaw sleeps In his clothes and Is never
| parted from horse or rifle. The ser
geant, who had noted the ground well,
| during his captivity. warned Burton
| that the bandits would attempt to es-
| cape by a certain path through the
| Mills. which. however. could lie APP
| preached In its turn by way of a lateral
canon. thus exposing the enemy to n
! successful flank attack. The affair
! progressed exactly along the expected
| lines. and the Mexicans. caught be.
tween two fires. fought like rats in a
pit.
Oddly enough. Pancho himself could
have escaped. as he headed a strong
| contigcnt which cOntrived to Smash it's
path along the selected line of retreat.
But he discovered that Madge Kerr had
been left behind, and. literally daring
| everything for her sake, rode back into
the camp whore n hot fight was now
| reaching Its inevitable end. Groups OF