The Holly chieftain., 1917-03-30
1AIRo EPISODE
American Blood.

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The outlaws were thrown into Wild
0isorder ~ result Of Pehro's feroci.
sus attacka A portion Of the hut had
been blown up. thus forcing him and
hia followers to retreat behind rock.
Lope1. raging Ike furious crater.
attempted to send his men after the
cd slave. But they hesitated.
Al the foot Of the cliff stood the
saviour Of Liberty still Introducing
bis new method Of warfare. Every
time one Of the Mexicans attempted
10 cloae In on him he reached for
another stick Of dynamite. He was
terror to heh0ld.
In the meantime. the Major and the
rangers stood listening to the loud
explosions which rumbled through tie
canyon and echoed far down the trail.
They were drilling the rock which had
been thrown across the rond ny Lopez
and his men. AZ they worked the
earth at their feet tremhled.
"Egnds!" exclaimed the Major.
~They're blowing up the canyon"
-You-nil amt seen that feIler Pedro
round here lately. have yer?" asked
one Of the rangers Of the Major.
"No. by Gad." replied the rusty old
lighter as he swung quickly around.
"Where II that dirty old rascnl3 ri
bet he's sneaked back to the hacienda" !"
"I.ooks ter me as though he's tnken
some lunch with him. too" remarked
Steve Dudley. nne Of the brnvest men
lhnt ever pntrolled the border. There's
about dozen Of them sticks of dyna-
mite missIn'."
SUNLESS I'm pretty badly mistaken"
interrupted Bill I.nrnhee. as he slnlch-
Ell over to where the Major stood.
she's maxim all that thunder down
there In the cnnyon."
With fhat the Major and a few
Of the rangers approached the edge
Of the cliff and looked down. ns their
eyes searched the depths Of the cnn-
yon.
'8y God. there he ISL" shouted Bill
as he pointed to the figure Of Pedro
fnr henenth them. At that moment
he wns stnnding. poised on hig rock
Al they watched him he thrust one
hnnd into the bosom Of his shirt md
brought forth a long. narrow object
and hurled II with all his strength
straight nj a group Of dnrk figures
fha' hnstened to get under the cover
Of hinge rock. An Instant later
another terrible rumhling noise re-
sounded through the canyon. and
again the ground beneath them
tremhled. as q cloud Of smoke rose
upwards
"He's fightin' them with dynamitel r.
exclaimed the Major as he gazed far
below.
''That's Lopez and his band I" cried
Bill.
With that the Major and the boys
returned to their work and resumed
drilling the rock which was almost
ready for the dynamite.
It WAS now daybreak. All night
long Rutledge and his men had been
drilling, while the Major. tired from
his strenuous ride, had thrown him
self down on one Of the blankets and
snatched some sleep. However. Just
before dawn he had insisted on re-
iieving the Captain.
But. while Rutledge sought to quiet
the Major, and rolled himself up In
his blanket. he made certain that one
of his eyes was continually open. For.
he recalled he had an engagement at
daybreak to kill greaser, and he
was particularly anxious to keep the
appointment.
As Rutledge faced the sky thinking
Of these things his opponent was in
his tent, few feet away examining
his sheath-knife. His eyes cleaned
with hate for the ranger.
Just ss the sun showed it's nose
above the eastern horizon, Manuel
stepped from his tent. AS he did 90,
Rutledge. who had already seen him,
reached for his knife, and, after
stretching his legs walked straight
over to the spot where the Mexican
stood.
"Now then, you liver-colored
puerco." he said as his eyes flashed
fire, take good look at that sun.
rise, for It'll be the last one you'll
see around these parts for some time >
With curse. Manuel grabbed bill
knife from his belt and made Iunge
At Rutledge. But. the ranger was O.