The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-01-26
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AROMANCE OF
OLD MEXICO
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TOPLAY SERIAL OF TIE
SAME NAME. RELEASED BY
THE UNIVERSAL FILM MAN.
UFACTURINC MPANY
SYNOPSIS.

Liberty Horton, American heiress and
owner of large Mexican estate, is cap
tured and held for rs nsom by Juan Lopez
a noted Mexican insurrecto. While In his
camp she oVerhears a plan to attack an
American town and army camp She es-
capes with the aid of Pedro. faithful
servant. and while rescuing party. head
ed by Major Winston United States army
Capt. Robert Rntledge of the Texas
Rangers stop pursuit. she rides to warn
the Americans, but is too late and the
Mexicans attack. They are rcpulsed by
American soldiers that night. Pancho
Leon threatens the Major with exposure
of msappropration of funds left In his
care, unless he, Major Winston. forces
Liberty to marry his son, Manuel. The
Major refuses. Liberty, who has heard
the argument between Pancho and the
Major, steps into the room, and to save
the Majors honor she agrees to marry
Manuel Rutedge prevents Pedro nom
Killing Manuel. The marriage takes place.
Major Winston. with Rutledge; leaves to
time received orders to cross the line. and
bring back, dead or alive. the parties re-
sponsible for the Discovery outrage; Man,
him that she is his wife In name only.
As he Is leaving, Therese attempts to Kill
Manuel. Pedro arrives at the hacienda
In time TO hear Therese telling Liberty
that although she is Manuel's wife In the
eyes of the law. In the eyes of God she
trherese) is his wife. Pedro confirms this
makes a desperate effort to escape. Lopez
attempts to blow up American troops at
Iacinda, but the plan is foiled by Liberty.
An aviator arrives at the camp OF Ma
.or Winston with orders and goes to
aid Bob who with four troopers Is sur
rounded In a hut. After escaping numer-
GUS perils In the canyon Liberty and Pc
dro are picked up by an airplane scout.
ohio starts back with them to Winston's
camp. Lopez, 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, where
upon Lopez takes charge of the gun him
self, and fires, disabling the machine
The party have a miraculous escape
when the airplane drops to earth. where
1t is wrecked. Liberty and Pedro are
made prisoners by Lopez, but they man.
age to escape. Pedro rides to warn Ma
jor Winston of the proposed attack, while
Liberty starts off to find the rangers
She is overtaken however by two of the
bandits. sent out by Lopez to find her
and they bring her back to his camp while
he is in the midst of drunken orgy.
Liberty Is placed in a hut and that night
Manuel comes to claim her. AS he goes
TO clasp her in his arms he Is shot and
falls lifeless at her feet A woman then
enters the room and placing the gun at
her own head pulls the trigger and falls
across his dead body. A. Mexican detach-
erty with the smoking revolver in her
hand and take her to chihuahua prison.
IN the meanlme, Lopez ana MS Danu
attack Major Winston's troopers and the
Americans meet with disastrous defeat.
Mcjor Winston is wounded during the
fighting. While the Mexican detachment
is on its way to Chihuahua 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 a prisoner and they
take him along with Liberty. Bob, who
has been held at bay by band of insur-
rectos, manages to escape. Major Win
stons troops are annihlated; the Major
himself being the only one left alive.
Pedro and Liberty arrive at Chihuahua
and are thrown into cells Pedro makes
vicious effort to escape and kills one
of the guards He is overpowered and
taken to the torture chamber. Liberty,
who. in the meantime Is endeavoring to
free herself, partially succeeds, only to
find herself imprisoned In subterranean
chamber. She gives up hope. The Major
loses his senses and wanders out on the
desert, where he is found unconscious by
Rutledge. Pedro. who has been tortured
almost to the point of death, is finally
thrown down n chute and lands In pool
in the chamber where Liberty is impris-
oned. She saves him from drowning.