The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-06-15

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wen, What a Mp Inquired Liberty.
. tna 1Gavs senn6 -
He. roar slave" repced % 1k%
can, the black dog.
Pefro, - weak - - wa maAe o
rush fss tie fel1sv. hM Lbap puEla
him back
+ break yoa b tvor yensa Ps1.1.
anx1ous 70 eet at Dc buE4y bsvsa
-Dco't Pe9ru." whispered LA40.
II you Do anything nov yoa YIN Qsl
Il a. These AEzteaas NJ tak1ne ~
70 Cnth1ahua prtsonL vfu need
yocr help later
The poos slave listened - Ia. md
tnn<tiAteiy his whole at1srde
changed toto cne oE 0bmtMfven-
Here. yoo, sennr1ta. GET hAck % he
horse" commanded the MEXICAN a be
.so.tored TO his men to put her bsek
In the sadfle. After Liberty had
obeyed hin, and the Xexsans had ued
her hands again, be turned to PEDRO.
T sh.nk We take you along" b aid
"Yo1 are better with - than aloce. l
know yo1. you are not TO BE- trusted"
Then he took q lar.at from his sad
del, and with The Aid Of two Of his
E%n, he tied the slaves hands secu1esy
together and made the other fast TO
bis saddle. ~To1 can walk" he
Gueered AZ be leaped cato his horse.
II the Mexican thought he wal pun.
tshing Pedro By taking him along to
chihuahua. he was badly mistaken
The old slave ~ always happy when
he vas near bis mistress, for. n long
as he was near her. he felt certain he
could protect her from any great harm
He WAS somewhat ca1ed and. - he
walked along he tried to recall Just
what had happened After he escaped
from the insurrectos he had taken
"a Of the best horses he could ind In
the camp. and rode away In . mad e.
fort 10 reach Major Winston and In
form him Of the proposed attack. The
horse, glad to feel the cool night
breeze In his no9t11ls, had dashed
away madiy, and It looked a though
he would reach the American troops
In time to warn the Major Of the com
Ing Of Lopez and his baad OF insur.
rectoA. Then, Just A he saw the camp
ahead OF him, he Was startled By Sec
Ing Q Dispatch car. which had been
ahead Of him all the way from the
time he left the iasurrectos' camp. 60
plunzng over the enbanknent As
he reached the place, his horse be-
came frightened at something In the
road, and with q sudden plunge threw
him from Its back From then be re.
uernbered nothing until he aHoke
with Liberty bending over him.
Now he was puzzled about his mis-.
tress. Why we're these Aexicans tax
Ing her to Chihuahua1 What had be-
come OF the Major. and where was
Rutledge1 These were some Of the
questions which ran through his poor
BRAIN A terrible fate must have be
fallen the American troops It the
hands Of Lopez However. he vas not
20 certain about the fate Of the brave
captain Of the rangers.
At that moment, Bob. who had been
held 1t bay By Z detachment Of In.
surrect0s. wa busy planning to es.
cape. With his handful Of rangers he
occupied the ruins Of an old mission
on the brow Of . hill. The insurrectoa
had taken up their position on . blu
directly opposite.
Every time . ranger showed his head
above the old stone ruins, q bullet
whistled overhead. Il was simply Z
question Of which 9ide would b able
70 hold out the longest Bob had very
little ammunition left and he felt Ger.
tain the enemy was well supplied. he
sat with his back to the wall, discour.
aged and ~despondent. hungry and
Thirsty. Even . cigarette weuld have
proved Z solace to him.
There was . small opening Ia the
rear Of his crude fort, and, II hs could
direct the attention Of the insurrectos
70 the other side, with Q brisk IRE,
keeping It up for several moments. be
might possibly escape through this
opecing, the ruins shielding him from
their view.
he would Try It. Calling his small
band together, he told them Of his In.
~tentons, and III agreed to try this
piece Of strategy. They loaded their
guns and placed them on the walls a
they fred. It would have meant Ger
tain death Il they raised their heads
- they were content 20 merely IRE Ia
The direction Of the lnsuSrectoe. For
several minutes they kept this up. and
every time they fred che Of the rang.
err would creep slowly towards the
opening. The bullets Sained all about
them ~ they ded; but, once they were
Outside. with the rear walls shielding
them, they were able to rush down the
slope out Of sight Of the enemy.
This was kept mp until there was
only q ranger left with Bob. he
gave the fellow instructions 10 IRE
a. rapidly a. possible at the insurrec-
to-, and before the smoke raised 70
make . dash for the rear. They both
did this, and when the walls we're en-.
ahrouded with white vapor both
dropped their guns and ran Tor the
opening. Bob made Il safely. but his