The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-18

s.jher ars non here. six." he reuprt-
I'd.
Manuel. anticipating has reply, nnd
already amounted.
\ thiilk the greasy old akanh In
lying" snid Manuel. pulling out his -
solvey. Il &n positive that tassouxr
my glasses ] sew Pedro and Liberty
80 IN that door. Ho1e@er. I'm NOT
going 70 risk my LIE digging rhesn out.
Lock that door an6 Gre the cabin while
II pm q few bullets insads-"
Manuea's orderly b,dl. . bonfire u.
Ill four Of the cabin ana
When the blaze had begun 10 sat
through the Himsy structure bot
Naaasa aa1 lis inso y.oee on ali
e.n.frAed their reviewers through r..e
walls.
Pedro and Liberty, c.oucled on tbs
floor, heard rtse bullets boring t1rocgt
the wood styore their Aeeds. A few
teet away the odd Mexican Lay hnddIs1
III . pool ~ Lis OWE blood A Stray
bullet had pierced Luis brow As be ss-,
rocking back and forth in Isis rlstrr,
II IL old American armchair.
Wen have 70 get out Of this wis
pe,sd Pedro to Lber.y. Lets ..sxs
for the cellar and Gig ony way out
through the brush
Pedro lifted = trap door and heaps1
Liberty donn. With 4 shorel liz
quickly scooped cut . hole berea-
the foundations % TIE teams at
looked out Manuel and his co,Dpas
ion ca the other side Of the house
were no IA sight. Pedro quicklr
crauied through aid pulled Ldbert.
sitter hin. Or their hands and knees
both made their way 10 the brush nee,
1t hand Then, rising Z their fee,.
they Scuryled along until the Drus1
grew higher and merged into the Jun
gle. Manuel watched the blazing cst-
Ia until its rsfiers fell into the IL
terror. sending up . shower Of sparks.
Then he rode Oh 10 yesaia Lopez aI1
his band
Suddenly Manuel clavped Ills felc
glasses 70 his eyes. Away On on the
horizon skiinmtng the desert below,
he spied Ri ae.opiane. Dron5nx on tie
breeze. low louder. low fainter. he
could hear its Lu:D,oinZ motor. Far
tier ia the distance he ssv z c.ola
If dust.
The American cavalry" be shouted
excatediy. pointing Ia tie direction b.
Tue dust "We NUS. &c, back to Lo-
per- IL w1NDu. a few machine guns
AT Diabl0 pass we can anllLilate
thesa."
Pedro and Liberty made their way
through the jungle until they reached
the edge Of the desert. Pedro. with Ills
sharper eyes. WAS the first 10 cescry
the aeropIans.
Look" he cried In bis excitement.
There's Of good old Enele Sans
aeroplanes. Can we attract their at
teftionY'
Liberty didn't wait TO answer. She
disappeared into the brush and d mo-
fneDt Later came out with her white
skirt Ia her hand. Vigorously she
waved 1t back and forth. The aero
plane circIed about, apparently not
seeing the signal, went back oyer tie
cloud Of dust which marked the posi-
ton Of the cavalry and then, Ike a
great buzzard. droning and moaning.
came back again toward them.
The plane settled on the sands a
hundred yards from Pedro and Liber-
~. The operator swung his machine
gun around into position, ready for q
fight When be saw q woman running
toward him. however. he hesitated.
Don't fire." shouted Liberty. "It's
Pedro and Liberty"
The operator wiped his brow In re-
lief.
I'VE thought we would have to clean
out the brush there with . little fusil-
lade." he remarked A. Liberty and
Pedro approached. "Pedro looks very
much like q Mexican, and I thought ut
drst that you. Liberty, ere merely
Of their camp followers-parIon
the thought Jump In; we'll soon have
you back TO Major Winston and the
Pedro and Liberty stspped into the
pit Of the car. built to accommodate |
four passengers, and q minute later
tho machine skinned along the sand.
See that pass ahead7" shouted the
operator. shutting on his engine and
70 they could hear distinct.
". That's Dinblo pass. We expect
trouble there II Lopez gets word that
we are on the way-Hellol"
A rafting fusillads greeted the
Lopez and his men had arrived at
pass and the first Of his machine
guns already was In position.
Let 'em have 1t. boysl" he shouted.
II that aeroplane gets back to VIM
yton's command there will be no sur
prise attack and we'll have to make q
run Tor It."
Manuel. who had come upon Lopez
Ind his in~surrectGs, took charge OF the
machine gun and directed 1T IRE.
Through his glasses he nav Liberty.
no woman he had forced to marry
Nm. ciingtng desperately to Pedro. In
~ t0nueau Of the plane.
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