Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-23
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SYNOPSIS.

Liberty Horton. American heiress and
owner of a large Mexican estate. is cap
tured and held for ransom by Juan Lo-
PEE. a noted Mexican insurreeto While
tack an American town and army camp
she escapes with the aid OF Pedro, a
party, headed by Major Winston, u s.
army. Capt. Robert Rutledge, of the
Texas Rangers, stop pursuit, she rides
TO warn the Americans, but is too late
and the Mexicans attack. They are re-
pulsed by American soldiers that night
rancho Leon threatens the Major with
exposure of transportation of funds
left in his care, unless he Major Win
ston. forces Liberty to marry his son,
Manuel The Major refuses. Liberty, who
mas heard the argument between Pancho
ana the Major, steps into the room. and
to save the Majors honor. she agrees TO
marry Manuel Rutledge prevents Pedro
from killing Manuel The marriage takes
place. Major Winston. with Rutledge.
leaves to join the troops. who have in the
meantime received orders to cross the line
and bring back. dead or alive. the parties
responsible for the Discovery outrage.
Manuel goes to Iiberty's room that night
and is watched by Therese. Liberty tells
him that she is his wife in name o1'y As
ne is leaving, Therese attempts to kill
Manuel. Pedro arrives at the hacienda
in time to hear Therese telling Liberty
that although she is Manueis wife in the
eyes of the law, in the eyes of God she.
fTherese) is his wife Pedro confirms this
statement. Manuel joins Lopez. Liberty
makes a desperate effort to escape. Lopez
attempts to- blow up American troops at
Lacinda. but the plan is fooled by Liberty.
An aviator arrives at the camp of Major
Winston with orders and goes to aid
Bob who with four troopers is surrounded
In hut. After escaping numerous perils
in the canyon, Liberty and Pedro are
picked up by an airplane scout, who starts
back with them to Winstons camp, Lo-
PEE, who realizes that II the airplane gets
back to Winston's column there will be no
surprise attack. orders the machine gun
turned on the party. Manuel fires. but
misses them, whereupon Lopez takes
charge of the gun himself. and fires dis
abling the machine. The party have a
miraculous escape. when the airplane
drops to earth. where il is wrecked.
Pedro rides to warn Major Winston OF
the proposed attack while Liberty starts
on to find the rangers. She is oYertaken.
however. by two of the bandits senr out
back to his camp while he is in the midst
of a drunken orgy. Liberty is placed in
a hut, and that night Manuel comes 20
claim her; AS he goes to clasp Ter in his
arms he is shot and falls iffiess at her
feet. A woman then enters the room and
placing the gun at her OWL head pulls
the trigger and falls across his dead body.
Mexican detachment come upon the
scene and find Liberty with the smoking
revolver in her hand and take her to
Chihuahua prison. In the meantime. Lo-
PEE and his band attack Major Winston's
troopers and the Americans meet with
disastrous defeat Major Winston is
wounded during the fighting. While the
Mexican detachment is on its way 20 Chi
huahua with Liberty they come across
the unconscious figure OF Pedro who has
been thrown from his horse while on his
way to Winston's camp. He is made
prisoner and they take him along with
Liberty. Bob who has been held at bay
by band of insurrectos, manages TO es-
cape. Major Winston's troops are ami
hilated the Major. himself being the only
one left alive Pedro and Liberty arrive
at chihuahua and are thrown into cells
Pedro makes a vicious effort TO escape
and killssone of the guards. He is over
powered and taken TO the torture cham
Der Liberty. who. in the meantime is
endeavoring to free herself, partially sue
-ceeds. only to find herself imprisoned in
a subterranean chamber. She gives up
hope The Major lose his senses and wan
unconscious by Rutledge Pedro. who has
been tortured almost to the point OF
death, is finally thrown down a chute and
lands in a pool in the chamber where
Liberty is imprisoned. She saves him
from drowning, and the two finally man
age to crawl through a small opening,
which they believe will lead them TO free
dom. They are tricked. however. and find
that they have entered a steel chamber.
The guards endeavor to crush them 70
death by the moving walls, but Pedro pits
his strength against the mechanical de-
vice of the Mexicans and saves the lives
back into position, but the force Of the
spinning windlass. which works the de-
vice sends one of the walls out OF its
place. thus allowing Liberty and Pedro to
escape They make their way out OF the
town.