Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16
MD REX BEACH

Alaire Is gone to La Feria and Is in
great danger.
Chapter xVIIl--Dave goes to Las
| Palmas and arrives just after the muir
der of Ed Austin.
Chapter XlX-He rounds up Jose.
! gives him the water cure and gets
from him confession that he killed Ed,
then starts for La Feria to protect
Alaire, whom he knows Longorio will
capture. He instructs Blaze to give
the whole matter the widest publicity
and to send Ellsworth to Washington
to sing battle, hymns.
Chapter xX---At La Feria Alaire
finds that she Is Longorio's prisoner.
Chapter XXI--Longorio woos Alaire
and brings priest to marry them
that night.
] lChapter XXII--Dave wins through
TO La Teria and the priest marries
Alaire to him during Longorto'a ab
.ence.
4 CHAPTER XXIlT-1'he priest plays
on Longorio's inordinate vanity unit
he consents to send Alaire and Dave
'laway to the border.
\ CHAPTER XIv--Jean Garcia, tht
peon whom Alaire saved, Is able t.
help her and Dave on the road to the
border.
CHAPTER XxV--Blaze invade.
Mexico with the Jonesville Guards Il
rescue his friends. They meet ant
travel home together
# Into tic brush. quick" He hurried
his companions AHEAD of him. ant
. when they had gone perhaps a huh
! dred yards from The r0ud he tool
.Juun's repeater, saying; ride In 1
little way farther aud wait. I'm goin.
back. II sou hear me shoot. break FOL
tie river. Ride hard and keep undel
cover as much as possible Before
they could demonstrate he had wheeled
, Montrosa and was gone.
, This was luck. he told himself. Tel
lnlles more and they would have beer
safe, for the Rio Grunde Is not II DIFF
licult river either to ford or to swim
/, lie dtsmouhted and made his way OF
!. foot to a point where be could com
, mand view, but he had barely estall
Islled himself when he found Aluire II
: his side.
:, eco back" he told her. But sh
!. would not, and so they waitod together
= There were perhaps d dozen men i
!. the approaching squad, and Dave 81,
! that they were heavily aceoutred. Tile
1 rode FIST, too, and 1T their head IN
!, lopcd d large man under Il Witt
bllElined felt hat. 1t soon became cv
dent thnt fhe soldiers were not Ill.
formed. Therefore, Dave rcasonpt
/. they were not federals, but more prof
4 ably some rebel scouting band fror
4 the south, and yet He rubbed hi
4 eyes md stared again.
a Dave pressed forward eagerly, II
a crptulously; The next instnnt he In
a broken cover with 4 shout. Alnlre VA
d ut his side, clapping her hands an
q. laughing with excitement. ehs
n u The .cuyalcatle halted; the lAs ma
h. tiiinblcd from his saddle ana calr
10 Estrnadling through the high grass wa
n Ing his Int and yelling. 1fl
Is "1,luzel You old scoulldrcl!' pa,
Q. cried. anl seized one Of the HaMvllltlnii
n I1nlins while. Al.hre shook tDus ttfyr.
n Say! We're right glafAo sea yo,
In ALL" Jones exclaimed. we freck0nt
N you migItibc hayin' d orttOf nnpicil
re artness with Longofio, 50 we organize
,rp md caiIfs to get YOU '~ M
~ The other horscihvn were crowvfii
close now, and their greetings wei
u. noisy. There were the two Guztna
y boys. Benlto Gonzales, Phil Htrang
1e ana i number Of Jonesyille's young
q and more adventurous citizens. (.
y III the midst Of the tumult Benit0 t
quircd {Or his VIE, and Dave relieve
y Ills anxiety w calling Dolores and +
u ther O'AIuley. Then, IN answer
n the questions showerel u. on him,
y swiftly sketclled the story OF Alairt
Y. rescue and their flight from. In Feria
J" Wien ~ Ind finished T'laae Jon
drew q deep brcnth y"Wcre nigh
IL ..Md you gUt out safe. hut you
ns Fkickcd the Iegs trsfr lin,lcr ono Of y
Is met elatatisns. sure llad pianned