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smoke, which arose from a clearing
not far from the main road. They
had Just left a thick wood, and as
they approached, Rutledge pulled up
his horse and raised his field glasses.
1t was a camp of Mexican bandits.
They were cooking some food, while
their horses were grazing some dis
lance away. Some of them were
gambling; others were busy looking
over their loot, while several were
asleep under the trees. They had
brought some of their victims with
them, for, as he studied the field, Rut-
ledge discovered o number of white
women huddled together on the
ground, their hands and feet tied and
their faces wrapped in terror.
"They far outnumber us" said Rut-
ledge, "for they have three to our
one; but we've got to attack them and
save those women"
Then he ordered his men to dis
mount and, hiding their horses Ia the
bushes beside the road. the rangers
took their guns and crept cautiously
down the hillside until they were with
in few feet of the camp Then they
opened fire. Several Msp&icans drop
ped, while the others picked up their
guns and returned the fire of the ram
gers. A hot fight followed. The ran
gers fought under cover of the huge
rocks. toward which the Mexicans
rushed In the face OF volley after vol
ley. which soon thlnned out their
numbers. But Rutledge had lost sew
| eral men, too, and il looked as though
he stood in danger of being defeated.
He and the Major tried to creep up
on the Mexicans by lodging from one
rocx TO another, but the furious fire
drove them back each time.
Finally, during a brief lull in the
/ fighting, Rutledge heard bugle call
on the road behind him, and as he
looked around he saw troop Of cav
/ airy dashing toward them. It was Col.
/ onel Dalton on his way across the Dor.
/ der to break up the bands that had
/ been sacking American towns. A few
seconds later they reached the spot
and sent their horses charging right
into the Mexicans, scattering them in
all directions and killing a large mum
Der Of them. They finally drove them
off and after making several of then
prisoners they released the women
and Colonel Dalton sent them to Dis
covery under escort.
After it was all over and the troop
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no BE CoNTINUED)
GRAvESTONES PUT TO USE
Many Instances Known Where Frugal
New EnaIanders Have Utilized
Them in Various Was.

The Waterbury American moralizes
are paved with old gravestones. taken
from graves of forgotten generations.
and crushed for use on the highways
II seems a brutal thing to do and yss
one need not go overseas 10 learn ~
like unitarian uses Of these me'sS-
rails. Almost 100 years ago Guilforc
turned IFS old graveyard into a Wis -
green and many tombstones heca1as
derellcts ar once. Frugal representa-
tivas Of old families took home The
a pavement from the front door to
the horse block. Many stones were
used In paving the cellars Of local
churches and the caves Of one church
still drip upon row of gravestoneE
laid for that purpose.
Later instances might be cited from
more than one community in the state
beyond doubt and a Coursnt maR
has knowledge of AZ least one frugal
soul who, having bought a farm which
included p private graveyard tore up
the grayestones and used them as
flooring IN a new creamery. Possibly
this sort Of thing would not happen
outside New England. for The man
Who would utilize a secondhand grave
stone must have had long training
in economy or else a thorough one in
tie modern science OF efficiency and
the prevention OF waste Hartford
CouYaut.
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Good Duck story.

The Chinese are often compelled to
make their dwellings in large boats on
the rivers. An officer in the navy says
be observed one Of these men. who
kept ducks for a living, practice an
odd piece OF ingenuity. In the daytime
the ducks were permitted 70 float
about, but In the night time they were
carefully collected. The keeper when
the night set Ia gave a whistle. when
the ducks always few toward him with
violent speed. so that they we're In
variably gathered in a minute. How
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-02-28
L!BER
AROMANCE OF
OLD MEXICO
9hH.WN LOAN
NOVEuZED FROM THE PHO
TOPLAY SERIAL OF THE
SAME NAME. RELEASED BY
THE UNIVERSAL FILM MAN
UFACTURlNC COMPANY
SYNOPSIS.

Liberty Horton, American heiress and
owner of a large estate in Mexico. is cap
tured and held FOR ransom by Juan Lo-
pei. a noted Mexican insuTrecto. While
in his camp. she oVerhears a plan to at
tack an American town and army camp.
She escapes with the aid OF Pedro. a faith
full servant, and while the rescuing party.
headed by Major Winston. u. ). A, Cap
tain Rutledge OF the Texas Rangers. who
Is In love with her and Manuel Leon. son
OF her other guardian, stop pursuit, she
rides to warn the Americans. She, how
ever, is too late. and the Mexicans at
tack. They are repulsed by American SOL
diers. That night Pancho Leon threatens
Major Winston with exposure OF misap-
preparation of funds left in his care, un-
less he, Major Winston, forces Liberty to
marry his son Manuel The Major refuses
Manuel is upbraided by Therese. his Next
can sweetheart. Pedro and Rutledge are
witnesses. Liberty. who has overheard
the argument between Pancho and the
Major. steps into the room. To save Ma
1or Winstons honor. Liberty agrees 90
marry Manuel Rutledec prevents Pedro
from killing Manuel. The marriage takes
place. The Major. with Rutledge, leaves
to join the troops who have. in the mean
time, received orders u cross the line and
bring back. dead or alive, the parties re-
sponsible for the Discovery outrage. The
MeXicans continue 20 maltreat Amer scans.
Manuel goes to IIberty's room that night
Liberty tells him she is his wife In name
only and threatens suicide
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his men to bring Pedro from the barn.
In the meantime Manuel ard his IA
Their were being guarded by several
desperate looking outlaws. AS they
were waiting for Pedro the lender
walked over to Manuel.
1--WE need money" he said; ALSO
men with military training. | give
ION your choice-an officer with me-
or death
For a moment Manuel was undecid-
ed He stood looEing Lopez squarely
in the eye. wondering whether he was
really serious. But Lopez met his
gaze with a piercing glance which con-
WINGED him the outlaw meant every
word.
AT school," said Manuei. II was
Stunned by my classmates because
they said l was a greaser; my wife
hates me because she thinks l am
one. Now I'm going TO make the &C
ton fit the name. Henceforth I'm
going 10 be a greaser. accept the
proposal"
"Ah, thought you would come with
US" grinned Lopez. Unite him"
After they had cut the ropes that
bound his hands, Manuel requested
Lopez to release his father, too. Fol-
lowing consultation with some Of
his men, Lopez ordered that Pancho
be allowed to go.
When the men arrived with Pedro,
who fought every inch Of the way,
Lopez walked up to him and, with a
81 >er, struck him In the face.
Il always pay my debts" he said.
''ro yGu aow will pay what l owe"
Then he sent two OF his men to the
barn for a wild horse which had been
purchased a few days before by
Pancho. When they arrived he ordered
them TO tie Pedro 20 the back Of the
fiery creature This they did and
bound his arms and legs securely to
the animal as 1t danced about, eager
to break away. After he was securely
bound they let the horse go and he
dashed away madly with the form OF
the poor slave dashed to it's back and
soon disappeared down the road.
While Lopez and his gang were in
complete control of the hacienda, Rut-
ledge and his men were many miles
away patrolling the border for rowing
bands Of Mexican raiders AS the
Capiain was riding at the head Of the
rangers he was suddenly attracted by
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ers had formed again on the main
road Rutledge rushed up to Colonel
Dalton and grasped his hand.
you arrived Just in time, Colonel"
he said. II had only one cartridge
left"
"a fellow needs a carload of am
munition TO fight those greasers," re-
piled the Colonel. laughingly; they
fire so damn fast"
ats strange that you overlook u.s."
said Rutledge. "we were on our way
to Join your troops"
"We would have been away beyond
here" replied the officer. ''but we had
an argument with another band about
mile or two back there There were
only about two dozen Of them and we
quieted every one Of them before we
left. We've got orders TO bring 'em
back dead or alive, but IL looks to me
as though wen leave most Of them
stretched out where we find EN-"
Then the Colonel rode TO the head of
his column. while Rutledge and the
Major. followed by the rangers, fell in
behind the troopers, and they started
again on the march. But had the
brave ranger known of the danger
Liberty was in at that moment he
probably would have Influenced Dali
ton TO turn his troops about and,
despite his orders from Washing
ton, so with him TO her rescue. And
this, in spite Of the fact that she had
turned him aside for his greatest en-
envy.
But at that moment 1t looked as
though Liberty would be able TO effect
her own escape, for, when she heard
Lopez and his men move away from
the hut, she peeked through crack
in the door and discovered he had left
but one man on guard outside. Then
she pounded on the door and as soon
as IL was opened by the guard she
grabbed him and tried to throw him
to the floor
The door was now wide open and, as
Therese, who had been sitting silently
in one corner up until now, saw that
she had chance 10 escape, she lost
no time ia taking advantage OF It.
So, while Liberty was battling with
the sentry. Therese rushed out and
left her alone with him.
But, the Mexican girl did not get
IA.
(END or SIXTH EPISoDE)
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and seemed to understand, was dear
old Pedro, who now stood, like a
faithful old animal, waiting to obey
her.
Suddenly she turned. "Pedro," she
said. saddle the horses. We leave
for the border tonight"
Now Lopez, having failed once be-
fore to secure Liberty's money, deter
mined TO make another attempt. Be
fore leaving his shack he called his
men about him and began making
preparations to steal her again.
"Once before we tried to obtain the
American girls money to finance our
cause" he said to the men as they
gathered about him. 'aThis time we
will be successful. In order to make
certain we will capture the whole
bunch in the hacienda and make them
all our prisoners. And, ehnve all
things, we must get that black deg,
Pedro. have personal debt l want
TO pay him."
As the leader and his men left the
hut they saw a dark figaro turn the
corner and make for the bushes. Two
of his men made after him and mo-
ment later they appeared, dragging
along Pedro, who fought madly tC
free himself from the poems.
Then they started for the hacienda
They broke into the house and made
Pancho and Manuel prisoners anC
hustled them outside, where they were
placed under guard. Liberty wa
fully dressed when two of the bant
entered her room and ordered her L
follow them. She refused. Then the,
grabbed her and, though she was abl'
to put up considerable resistance, nov
that she had recovered the use of he
injured arm. she was no match fol
them and they soon overpowered he
and led her away to the hut.
As they passed through the court
yard Lopez, who was directing hi
men, saw her and grinned in satisfac
ton. "You see. Senorita. cannot lIv'
without you. This time / do not thinl
you escape so easily. Your Captain
will not find you so quickly as he die
before"
Arriving at the hut of Lopez, sh'
was surprised TO find that Therese hat
already been captured, and as the!
threw her In and locked the door sh'
found the poor Mexican girl sittini
moodily In one corner.
Presently the entire band returned
to the hut. Lopez then sent two o
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that she stood ready to block any move
he made. He would not go back, and
he dared not 90 forward.
If Sidney was puzzled. she kept it
bravely 10 herself In her little room
at night. with the door carefully
locked, she tried to think things oil b.
There were a few treasures that s.
looked over regularly: a dried flower
from the Christmas roses; a label that
he had pasted playfully on the back
Of her hand one day after the rush Of
surgical dressings WIS over and which
said: "R. Take once and forever"
There was another piece Of paper
over which Sidney spent much time.
II was a page torn out Of an order
book. and 1t read: "SIgsbee may
have light diet: Rosenfeld massage"
Underneath was written, very small
You are the most beautiful person in
the world.
Two reasons had prompted Wilson
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pride. He had been In love with Car
lotta and had tired Of her. He was
bringing her his warmed-over emotions.
She remembered the bitterness of her
months exile, and its probable cause.
Max had stood by her then. wen he
might. if he suspected the truth.
For just a moment she had an illumi-
mating flash of Wilson as he really was.
selfish and self-indulgent, just a trihe
too carefully dressed. daring a. to eye
and speech, with carefully-calcuIated
daring. frankly pleasure-lOving. She
put her hands over her eyes.
The voices in the next room had
risen above their whisper.
Genius has privileges. of course"
said the older voice. He is a very
great surgeon. Tomorrow he is to do
the Edwardes operation again. am
glad am to see him do it,
Sidney still held her hands over her
eyes. He was great surgeon; in his
hands he held the keys of life and
death. And perhaps he had never
cared for Carlotta she might have
thrown herself at him. He was a man,
at the mercy of any scheming woman.
She tried TO summon his image TO
her aid. But a curious thing happened.
She could not visualize him. IDstead,
there came, clear and distinct. a pic
ture of X. lie Moyne in the hall of the
little house, reaching one of his long
arms to the chandelier over his head
aud looking up at her as she stood on
the stairs.
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SIDNEY LEARNS SOME VERY PAINFUL TRUTHS AND FEAR
ENTERS DOCTOR MAXS SOUL

mysterious X LeAioyne at
home
et fashionable dressmaker Through DR. Max
Wilson, brilliant smien with Sidney
becomes hospital K disance
errauc Joe Dummond hospital
makes the
intimate with Doctor Max
conner Sdneys chum Christine Lorenz, maries Palmer Howe
society rake they
oriding
Johnny Rosenfeld
dies Doctor Wilson discovers that LeAfoyne
living
pOisons Johnny hospital
Christine Sidney
Doctor Wilson, who thinks would
married When this instalment opens, X trying to
explain Celestne why interfere n
ney's
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-02-28

Bill-Don't you believe there Is
time for everything?
Jlu-Surely; but I've discovered
that the time TO ask a father for his
only daughters hand in marriage is
not Just after he has been ia the kitch-
en- kicking the everlasting daylight cut
Of the cat
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-02-28
Th.ir EIr.. sJaht Of Cows.

Two little boys from New York city
we're spending two weeks with my par
ents. They had never seen COW and
were greatly interested at seeing the
COWS chewing their eud. They asked
the neighbor that owned the COWS how
he could afford to buy gum for all
these cows to chew. Cleveland
Leader.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-02-28

"what Is a lame duck anyhow
asked the man from back home. "A
lame duck" responded Congressman
Hammfatt. rs a statesman who has
been urged by his constituents TO take
his feet out of the trough. "-Richmond
Dispatch.
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SIXTH EPISODE
The Desert of Lost Souls.

Il mean what say" exclaimed
Liberty, as she gradually brought the
knife nearer her breast and stared at
Manuel in grim defiance.
He moved away from her and, see
ing that his attempt to force her had
failed. he grew calm and submissive.
at is true l do bear your name"
she said, "but could never love and
respect : c.aG of your nature. You
are deceitful. dishonest and could
treat no woman-even your wife
fairly"
"You do me an injustice" he said as
he dropped before her. II love you
with all my heart. and If you give
me chance I'll prove that 1 am
worthy of your affection"
please do not speak Of 1t again."
she pleaded, as she raised protesting
hand
He arose and walked slowly TO the
door. Reaching there, he turned and,
with the aid of his old spirit which
had now returned, shouted;
"You may love that fellow, Rut-
ledge. and he may love you. But he
viii never get you hOnorably, for
will never permit you TO leave me -
Then he went out and slammed the
door
Therese, who had seen Manuel when
he started for Libcrty's room. had fol-
lowed him. and with her ear at the
door, she had heard every word that
had passed between him and Liberty.
AS he left the house and stepped in
to the courtyard she confronted him.
$50 you have cast me aside, as you
said you would, for herr" she said,
as she pointed to Liberty's room. but
she doesn't want you; she loves Rut-
ledge
'What business is that Of yoursI"
he exclaimed as he stared Ia anger at
the Mexican woman.
You will find out when l tell her
that"
"Iou. wouldn't dare" he challenged
her, '"yon common"
With that she whipped out her re-
volver She was about 70 level IL at
him when he snatched II out of her
hand and showed Ii in his pocket
Cant you see I'm crazy about
your she humbly pleaded as she
stretched out her arms in an agoniz-
ing appeal.
But he sneered at her and then
turned and walked across the court
yard.
Therese then went to Liberty's
room, where she found her mistress
nervously pacing back and forth. In
tent on telling her the whole truth, the
girl confronted Liberty.
you have taken him from me" she
said falteGngly. In the eyes of the
NV you are his ,,lfe, but In the eyes
of God he is mi14"
"What do you meanf" asked Liberty
In surprise.
Then the poor girl, as Liberty lis
tened attentively. unfolded the whole
story Of her intrigue with Manuel and
of his deception.
Pedro had followed Therese when
she left her room.
Liberty knew She NOulu ger inc
truth from him and. going over to
where he stood. she laid one hand on
his shoulder.
Did you hear her storyT' she
asked
Pedro nodded.
rs It true|' she continued.
She speak truth" answered the
slave Then he turned and ordered
Therese to leave the room.
Then the full realization Of her po-
sition dawned upon Liberty. She was
the wife of maD who had used her
servant for mistress. The thought
Increased the hatred she had for him
and she loathed him now more than
ever. he was SO unworthy 70 live.
The only one who knew everything,
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The lamp was not lighted in his
room, but the street light glowed
through the windows. Once again the
waving frOnds of the ailanthus tree
flung ghostly shadows on the walls.
There was a faint sweet odor of bios
heavy.
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Handling ons,s Fortune.

We should manage our fortune Ike
our constitution; enjoy It when good,
have patience when bad, and never ap-
ply violent remedies but in cases et
necessity,-La Rochef0ueauld.
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do you suppose he had educated his
flock so effectualiy7 He always beat
the last duck.
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Do you think that X. ought
to swallow his personal feelings
and tell Sidney exactly The truth
about Wilson, Would she think
him csddish and hate him II he
tried to do so?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-07-07
APPLES TO PITCH
! FOR PERTH AMBOYs
Game Tomorrow Afternoon at
West Hoboken-0ther
Regulars In.

The Perth Amboys will again enter
the baseball lists tomorrow, when
they are to go to West Hoboken to
meet the team representing that
place in a game In the afternoon.
Harry Applegate will be on the
mound for the team, with the others
all regulars. The West Hoboken
team Is touted as being strong team
and one with, whom the Amboys can
reckon for spirited contest.
The announcement that Apples
Will again be in the box for Hurley's
team comes as welcome surprise.
Ihe team has used Amer Jensen and
Frank Ritter in some of their games
with varied results, but with Apples
In the best of form they feel more
at home. He showed great form last
week when he made the Guggies look
foolish, not allowing them hit in
nine innings of factory league
game.
Frank Bader will catch for the
team tomorrow; Johnny Hunt will
be on first: Johnny O'Leary on Sec
ond; Pud Stinson at short; While
Christopherson on third; Matt Rod
da, Blackie Regan and Mickey Loeser
will be in the outfiold of the team
which Hurley has corralled for the
game tomorrow. The last game the
SOyc Pi"ySu was dBdluSt the MOTIFS
Plains nine, when they lost out, but
the Aiaskas fell an unwilling victim
to Ritter's delivery in the game be-
fore that.
The Amboys have been playing the
strongest semi-pro teams in and
about New York. Tomorrow they
are to tackle stiff semi-pro team,
but feel that they will be able to cope
with the strength of the team better
than they did against the New York
ers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-07-07
AUTOMOBILE NOTES

Repairs on the Pennsylvania right
of way to the left Of the county bridge
are progressing rapidly Improve
-ments-o ON he -stAeet yssre st-=--t=-<if re-
Gently and are expected to be complet-
d In short time. This Is excellent
news for motorists who wish to avoid
the hole in the WALL" for South AM
boy can be reached over the county
bridge, through Pennsylvania avenuc.
The county bridge repairs are also
being completed. Hitherto Pennsyl-
vania avenue was in too bad a state
to warrant riding over 1t, but now that
1t is being repaired, it is expected that
1t will see hard service.
Officials have been often requested
to improve Pennsylvania avenue, so
that it can be used by autom obiles,
but have not responded until now.
Their present activity in fixing tie
avenue is pleasing to tourists and 9TH
ers who have occasion to use a road
between Perth and South Amboys
The new road will be of further
use, since many automobiles will use
1t in preference to the old hole in the
wall road, SO that the number of
cars going by the old route will be
greatly decreased, and the danger of
collision in the 'hole" diminished.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-07-07

his vacation with his reel at the
pond.
Charles Engle, of Broad street
caught twenty-three f1uke and q
blackf1sh at the Long Branch pier re-
Gently. Other catches at that place
would make it seem that 1t Is the
happy fishing ground for the angling
enthusiasts.
There are a great many fishermen
from the city who are getting their
poles creased up for the season. They
are beginning to patronize the
grounds off the Great Beds and the
lower bay, and although the fishing
has not been particularly good up to
the present time, the .Waltons" ex-
pect to have a strike shortly.
Certain conditions In the bay indi-
cate the presence of bluefish. The
jumping about of smaller fish on the
surface of the water would make 1t
appear that there are blues or some
larger fish In the bay. The condi-
tion holds in all parts of the bay and
inshore as well. 1t would not be at
all surprising If there Is run of fish
in the waters hereabouts at present
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-07-07
AGNES TO MEET KEASBEY
FIELD CLUB TOMORROW

The main baseball attraction in the
city tomorrow will be the game be-
tween the Acmes, the city's best of the
younger senior teams, and the Keas-
bey Field Club, who have been making
an enviable record for themselves this
season. The game will be played at
the Raritan Copper Works field at
$3.50 o'clock.
Frank Ritter, who Is slated to pitch
for the Ingots this afternoon, is like
wise picked to do the hurting for the
Keasbey team, with Myer Larson re-
ceiving him. Mike Olesen and Bill
Larson are to be In the points for the
local team.