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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-25

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Liberty, Horton. American hsiress. and
owner OF Q large estate in Mexico. Is
captured 2 held for ransom by Juan
IN his camp h %overhears . plan to at
tack IN American town and army camp.
She escapes with the aid Of Pedro, q
party. headed by Major Winston, u. s.
Army. Captain Rutledge OF the Texas
Rangers. who - in love with her. and
M Nan nar! LS9n, .b son r,S Ct her 81 other guardian.
scans. but II too late and the Mexicans at
ask They are reRnlsed BY American
soiol Ma,o tns vi night I r.! Pancno Leon Il threat
appropriation OF funds left in his care.
nnless he. Major Winston, forces Liberty
g marry his son Manuel. The major re-
mont between Pancho and the major.
steps into the room. and to save the ma
Sor,s honor. she agrees to marry Manuel.
Manuel. The marriage TAKE. i piace. flilns
Winston, with Rutledge, leaves to Join
the troops. who have. in the meantime,
Eeceived orders to cross the line. and
Gponsible for the Discovery outrage. Man
d watched BY Therese. Liberty tells him
,lsavins. Theress attempts to XIII Manuel.
hear Therese telling Liberty that al
e ao rs ,s =: IL IL ne asn sys: q re ooa Il .s the <f Exc.
resell II his wife. Pedro confirms this
statement. Manual Joins Lopes. Liberty
makes z desperate effort to escape. Lo-
q. Lacinda. but the plan II foilsd BY
Liberty. An aviator at the camp Of Ma
3or Winston with order to stop the In
goes to rescue Liberty. who, with Pedro
escapes into the desert. Major Winston
disobeys orders n goes to IL Bob, who,
With four troopers II surrounded In Q hut.
iA3fnP ADNDninR nY1rnAPnnA Tnpi1a A. cha
canyon. Liberty and Pedro are picked up
b.. An aoroplane scout. who starts back
with them to WinstOn's invading column.
Lope1 who realizes that II the aeroplane
gets back to Winston's command there
viii be no surprise attack, orders the ma
chine gun turned on the machine. Man
dres but misses them, whereupon
Lopez takes charge Of the gun himself
and aims jt IT the party.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-25
BELL FROM SPAIN UNEARTHED
IL Was Brought to This Country From
Europe About Two Hundred
Years Ago.

Yuma, Ariz.-While digging a well
on an irrigated farm near here an
ancient copper bell, which Is believed
to have been brought over from Spain
more than 200 years ago, was un-
earthed. The bell weighs about 200
pounds, and was found several feet
beneath the surface. According to the
tradition Of aged Mexicans here the
bell probably came from the old mis-
sion church Conception Immaculate,
and around 1t at one time was quite
a large settlement. The town and
church were destroyed in the year
1871 by the Yuma Indians.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-25

1t falls to the lot of few men to
much less when a man has led a life
of adventure, has been mixed UP in
practically every revolution within the
last sixty years in Central and South
America, and has braved death hun
dreds OF times.
But such is the lot of Capt. John
Dynamite Johnny O'Brien, who re-
Gently celebrated the passing of his
eightieth. year at the Hotel McAlpin
in New York. In honor Of his birth
day, President Menocal Of Cuba or
dered Victor Hugo Barranco, Cuban
representative in New York to enter
tain the captain at an elaborate din
ner.
Dynamite Johnny was the real
thing in adventure, the dynamite and
munition artist in more than one Hon.
duran, Panamanian, Haytien and Gu
ban revolution. 1t was he who, in
1896, took a shipload of dynamite
and munitions to General Garcia, the
cuDdll liSullcClO. he the
late General Funston on d Cuban ex-
petition before Funston was identified
with the United States army. Rich
ard Harding Davis and o. Henry wrote
scores of stories with Dynamite John
ny" as the hero.
half a dollar, was allowed a month.
Goals We're very short when l left,
and one could get only a hundred
weight at & time and then fetch it
oneself and wait two or three hours
for it.
Clothing was also giving out, and
every article, from q handkerchief to
a coat, was very scarce, while one
could not get a new dress without Civ
ing up an old one in exchange. l
have met many there who said, I'VE
cannot exist in this way and we must
give in. Whoever says we can live on
these rations has secret stocks to fall
back upon. That may be so, but l
am sure the German people as Il whole
do not yet believe they will be starved
into submission
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LiDertyB tent, where no founo me
promised horse. He leaped into the
saddle, and, an instant later was rid
Ing through the canyon, with the camp
gradually being left behind him.
When he had gone, Liberty took up
the duty Of sentry and paced back and
forth in front Of her tent Presently
she saw another sentry coming down
the line. She hesitated ~ she watched
him approach. Stepping In the dark
ness, beside here tent, she waited for
him, and when he was just about to
pass she raised her gun and brought
1t down on his head He fell to the
ground with q moan. Dragging his
body OF the road, she left him and ran
to q horse, belonging to one Of the
Mexicans, which was tied In the
thicket, and jumped into the saddle.
Then she started of In the direction
of the desert.
Meantime Lopez went to Manuel's
tent and ordered him to muster his
men. As he was returning he noticed
the tent where Pedro had been impris-
oned was apparently deserted, and go
Ing over he glanced In. AL that he
found was q sentry, half-dressed, seat
ed on the ground rubbing his head.
"Where's your prisoner !" he shouted
to the man.
"Gone." replied the Mexican, as he
tried to get up.
Escaped en-" grunted Lopez. "You
sure you didn't let him get away"
He hit me W the head with q
gum" mumbled the man.
He left the sentry moaning with
pain and hurried to Liberty's tent.
Here he was greeted with a similar
scene. He took one look and then
rushed about in a wild rage.
II believe that dog, Manuel, had
something to do with this" he re-
marked to one Of his aides. II want
him watched, and the first suspicious
move he makes we will show him how
Lopez treats a traitor"
He ordered two Of his men to start
at once in search Of Liberty and Pedro,
whom he believed were on their way
to Major Winston's camp.
While Lopez and his men were get
ting ready to surprise Major Winston
and his troops. the latter was wonder.
Ing what fate had befallen Liberty and
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-25

and his troops were now at the mercy
of Lopez and the insurrectos. Finally
her courage returned. Stepping up t.
the burly Lopez, and looking him
straight In the eye, ne said:
"You have no right to detain me. ]
nm an officers wife and demand safe
conduct for myself and servant across
the border"
Lope1 listened to her and then
laughed heartily. $50. you want safe
passage across the border" he replied
In mimicry. "You are the wife Of an
officer, all right, but this Is not regular
warfare. Do you think we bring you
down from up there, just to send you
across the border? We don't play the
game that way" Then he motioned
to a couple OF his men. keep them
under guard" he ordered.
The two prisoners were taken away
and placed In tents next to that Of the
chief.
"Now then, we can carry out our
plans" said Lopez as he turned to
Manuel.
After some consultation, Manuel left
Lopez and went from man to man CIV
Ing orders, which the rangers soon
learned al an order to attack, for
each man proceeded to load his gun
and take his place behind some shelter.
When they opened fire CT the rang
ers, every n Of Rutledge's men was
ready and the attack was valiantly
repealed. Finally Lopez ordered Man
ueI to cease from firing and to starye
out the rangers.
That night while the i%nsurrectos
were asleep a courier arrived with in
from Alvira.
Liberty, who was sheltered In the
tent next to the chiefs, was awakened
BY voices, and putting her ear against
its side she listened.
Il am commanded by Alvira to in
form you that your troops are to as
semble at the pass of Ell Diablo." said
the courier. 1--WE are going to attack
the Americans tonight"
Then she called to Pedro, who was
the next tent. He did not answer.
She called again. but still no reply.
Finally, realizing that he must be
sleeping, Liberty cautiously slipped
outside. The sentry was some distance
away. She crept into Pedro's tent and
found him fast asleep. Going to his
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her faithful slave. He had not seen
them since the sharp fighting up In
the canyon, and, he had no doubts
about their being held by Lopez and
his band somewhere ahead Of him.
his duty to try and follow this MUIR
derous william and his tlood-thirsty fol-
lowers, and endeavor to fight them to
a finish and capture Lopez.
In the meantime Pedro was testing
every OF his horses strength and
speed as he raced in the direction Of
Winston's troopers.
Not far ahead Of him was a dispatch
car, which had left the camp Of the
~insurrectos just before he began his
ride. He had been trying nadly to
overtake It. but It managed to keep
ahead of hiEa.
The chase kept up for several miles.
He was not certain whether 1t CON
tanned friends or enemies. Perhaps It
carried some Of the Majors scouts who
had located the camp Of Lopez and
were returning to notify their COM
mander.
At last the camp came into view.
He saw It 40 he rounded the road,
which ascended to q considerable
height IN the chihuahua foothills. The
CIR climbed the hill and Pedro fol
lowed several leagues behind. The
slave kept hin eyes fixed on 1t % his
horse painted mp the steep incline. Halt
way up the hill there was q long, level
stretch Of road for ora distance, and
when the a reached this It increased
n speed
Then, a. Pedro watched. he saw
something happen which caused him
to Jerk back hfs horses head. He
stood up IN the stirfups and leaned
forward a ~ held biz breath. I1s
hight that he NV made his blood run
cold and raralysed his whole bod.
For. - the car gpeeded alon9. Il
suddenly swerved d Z tend In tho
road, and tie next instant went tump
bling down tho embankment rolling
oyef aDd ovef ~ # wait.
CIo ~ oQ1gxpluIo1
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side she shook him and he jumped up
rubbing his eyes.
"Quick. Pedro I" she exclaimed. 1--WE
must VAR the Major. They are going
to attack"
In an instant Pedro was wide awake.
He listened as his mistress gave him
instructions to get one Of the horses
and ride hard towards the troops. Then
she left him and returned to her own
tent to make preparations to escape.
Pedro pulled back the flap Of his
tent and hid In the dark shadows, Just
inside, as he waited for the sentry to
pass BY.
He had not long to wait. For pres
emily the Mexican, his gun on his
shoulder, came strolling lazily along.
When he reached the opening he hest
tated q moment and looked inside. AS
he did 30 Pedro leaped on him and
bore him to the ground.
Then the slave proceeded to strip
OF the sentry's clothes, which he put
on himself, and taking his gun. he
stepped to the opening and peered out.
The Mexicans were already beginning
to gather at the lower end Of the
camp. Pulling his hat down over his
eyes. and shouldering his gun he step
ped out ana began pacing up and
down. and, when nobody was looking,
be slipped Into Liberty's tent.
He was surprised to ind his mistress
already dressed as ! sentry, and stand
Ing at attention" An unconscious
Mexican, sprawled out on the ground,
"a one corner. explained where she had
got the clothes.
There II Z horse right Ia the rear
Ct these tents" whispered Lberty.
take It and ride Tor your life to tn
rangers..
.xoa cust not stay here" returned
beog0 who was anxious about tho
sa6ety Of his distress.
= VIII follow you.' shs adaea. s9yew
- hurry"
- that Pedro ategcea 0ut1dA
9elleN1ng - ano1oUR nn1o -
Ra
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-25
eleventh EPISODE
Dropped From the Sky"

tive hit theml !"
It was Lopez. He had snatched up
another belt from the ground, and
pushing Manuel aside had taken con-
troll Of the gun himself and directed
his IRE on the machine lowering over
the canyon.
He told the truth. His bullets had
hit the mark, and they tore through
the wings Of the machine, many Of
them narrowly missing its occupants.
Liberty had been 20 used to thrills
Of late that aeroplaning, In the face
Of Mexican bullets, high above the
earth. failed to create any extraordi-
nary excitement on her part. But,
with Pedro Il waa different. He had
not spoken d word since they assembled,
and, 10 Liberty turned and glanced
ct the old slave she noted his eyes
seemed to be bulging from their
sockets.
The shots from the machine gun had
affected the engine and, disorganized
the entire workings Of the machine.
In terror: Liberty. when she fully
realized the awful death which await
Cd them al, grasped the arm Of the
man beside her. while Pedro's yellow
skfn seemed TO turn white with fear.
Tho aviator struggled with all his
strength to % tho lever. He rose
from his seat and grabbing the thing
with both hands placed the entire
weight Of his body against It. In
the meantime. the machine was falling
-plunging straight to it, doom-with
LOpes and Manuel standing below,
yrinning a. they looked on. For Lopez
knew he had hit his mark, and had
ceased firing.
Finally. as they neared the earth,
with one powerful Jerk. the aviator
managed to throw the lever back, and
tho engine. sputtering and swapping.
like an angry beast, foiled in it, at
tempt to destroy, gradually softened
its anger and then became silent.
They were saved BY the inevitable
hand Of providence. For the machine,
seemed bent % destruction. and before
the operator gained control Of It, the
aeroplane crashed to earth, right IN
the center Of the ~insurrectos camp.
Lopez and his followers ran to the
opot, expecting to zee the occupants
Icru1hed beneatA IT. mass o. debris.
4noeoa0, however,. when they reached
- wFeGkngo they were almost
letartlo1 ~ seeing them crawling out
- - coofusion Of metal and wood,
h6h1eh 1nv IN = han ~ +ho
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-25
Quite Different.

"How do you dare to say l gave you
short weight on that salmon?"
II didn't. All / said was there was
something lshy about yovf scales"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-03-16

and thoughtful for once in a way"
Ember stroked his chin with thought
full fingers.
you've heard the news. then?"
Elm three ways" Whitaker re-
turned, with calm.
"How's that-three ways?"
Through the newspapers, the bill
boards. and from the lips of my
wife,"
Ember opened his eyes wide.
you've been to see herr"
"She called this morning"
But Ember interrupted, thrusting a
ready and generous hand across the
table:
MY dear man, am gladw
, Whitaker took the proffered hand
readily and firmly. "Thank you. :.
| was saying: she called this morning
to inform me that, though welded
once, we must be strangers now and
evermore!"
"But you-of course-you argued
that nonsense out of her head"
ITO the contrary-again."
"But-my dear man you said You
were celebrating; you permitted me
to congratulate you just now"
''The point is" said Whitaker, with
a bland and confident grin; 1--WE sue
ceeded In arguing that nonsense out
of my head-not hers-mine."
Ember gave a helpless gesture. "Tm
afraid this is one of my stupid
nights
II mean that, though Mary ran away
from me, wouldn't listen to reason, /
have, in the course of an afternoons
hard tramping, come to the conciu-
sion that there is nothing under the
sun which binds me to sit back and
accept whatever treatment she pur-
poses according me by courtesy of
Jules Max"
Whitaker bent forward, his coun-
tenance discovering a phase Of seri-
BUSINESS hitherto masked by his twist
ed smile.
81 mean I'm tired Of all this poppy
cock. Unless I'm an infatuated ass,
Mary loves me with all her heart. She
has made up her mind to renounce me
partly because Max has worked upon
her feelings by painting some lurid
picture of his imminent artistic and
financial damnation If she leaves him,
partly because she believes, or has
been led to believe, In this destroy
ing angel moonshine. Now she's got
to listen to reason. So, likewise, Max"
you're becoming more human word
By word" commented Ember with
open approval. Continue; elucldate;
I can understand how a fairly resolute
lover with the gift of CAB can talk a
weak-minded, fond female into deny
ing her pet superstition; but how
yea're going to get around Max passes
my comprehension. The man unques-
tionably has her under contract"
But you forgot his god is Mann
mon," Whitaker put In. MAX will DO
anything in the world for money.
Therein resides the kernel OF my plan.
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Persian farming depends on irrigb
don.
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u. The ensemble made figure wildly
il congTuous to the soberly splendid
and stately dining hall of the Primer
dial club, with its sparse patronage
of members in evening dress.
Ember, himself as severely beauti-
full in black and white as the eeremo-
NOUS livery of today permits man
to be, was wonder-struck at sight of
Whitaker in such unconventional
guise, at such a time, in such place.
With neither invitation nor salutation.
he slipped into a chair on the other
side of the table, and stared.
Whitaker smiled benigpantly upon
him, and called waiter.
Ember. always abster1ious, lifted
his hand and smiled a negative smile.
Whitaker dismissed the waiter.
"Well 2" he inquired cheer
fully.
. what right have you got to look
like that?" Ember demanded.
1.-THE right of every free-born Amer
lean citizen to make on ass of himself
according to the dictates of his con-
science. I've been exploring the dark
backwards and abysm of the Bronx
afoot. Got caught in the rain on the
way home. Was late getting back,
and dropped in here to celebrate"
''rye been looking for you every
where, since morning"
Il suspected you would be. That's
why / went walking-tO be lonesome
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-03-16
CHAPTER Xxx.
Black out.

The auditorium was in almost tota'
darkness. A single voice was audible
from the stage that confronted it like
some tremendous, moonlight canvas IL
huge frame of furnished gold. They
stole silently round the orchestra seats
to the Stage-box-the same box thai
Whitaker had on the former occasoip
occupied in company with Max.
They succeeded in taking possession
without attracting attention. eithe'
from the owners of that scanty scat.
tering of shirt bosoms in the orchestra
the critical fraternity and those In
Inmates bidder by the manager to the
first glimpse OF his new revelation In
stagecraft-or from those occupying
the stage.
The latter were but two. Evidently
though the curtain had been up fol
some minutes the action of the piece
had not yet been permitted to begir
TO unfold. Whitaker inferred that MAJ
had been dissatisfied with something
about the lighting of the scene. The
manager was standing in mid-stage
staring up at the borders-a stout aat
pompous figure, tenacious to every de
tail of that public self which he haC
striven so successfully to make unfor
gettably individual; a figure quaint!
incongruous in his impeccable morn
ing coat and striped trousers and fiat
brimmed silk hat. perched well bach
on his head, with his malacca stick
and lemon-colored gloves and small
and excessively glossy patent-leathel
shoes, posed against the counterfeit
of a moOnlit formal garden.
CTO BE CONTTNUED)
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-03-16
CHAPTER XIX.
One Way Out.

Toward eight in the evening, after
q day-long search through all his ac-
customed haunts, Ember ran Whita-
ker to earth in the dining room of the
Primordial. The young man, alone
at table, was In the act of topping
on an excellent dinner with a still
more excellent cordial and a super
excellent cigar.
He wore rough tweeds. and they
were damp and baggy; bis boots were
muddy his hair was trlfle disoroe-L
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-03-16

Evangeline was shome from college
for vacation. Late one afternoon
she came in during a downpour OF
rain.
"Evangeline.' said her mother,
were you out in all that rain?"
mo, mother" said Evangeline. 81
was merely in a portion Of the rain
that descended In my immediate
vicinity"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-03-16

Mrs Frank +. Harris OF Philadelphia
who helped to place the women of the
LacOnia in lifebOats. She cablcd her
husband, Col. Frank e. Harris. U. S. A..
Fort Delaware, Del. that she lost
everything when the big liner was
sunk. Mrs. Harris was on her way tn
be a Red Cross Nurse in England. She
won the aomtlation aud praise of the
officers of the Laconia by her coOiness
and bravery In the face of death.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-02-23
"You Always Paw"

You always pay, you know" said a
forger who was captured recently aft
er years of liberty as a fugitive from
justice
Sure you do Whether you violate
mans law or natures law, which is
mother name for Gods law, you al
IS have to pay, and the full price
Some pay, as this man did, in
lodging and Sinking through the world
like hunted beast, his mind worried.
his face gradually taking On furtive
look, knowing always that somewhere
ahead lay the steel jawed trap all set
and ready.
Some pay with broken health, others
with broken hearts; some surrender
friends and love, some give all in life
worth living for; some cast their con
science to be gnawed by the wolves Of
remorse, some not only pay their own
share in full, but shift part of the bur
den to their children and their chill
dren's children, even to the third and
fourth generation, for the debt must
be paid to the last farthing.-Kansas
City Star.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-02-23
Arkansas the Midhty.

If all the rice in Arkansas were one
grain it would take Grand canyon to
store it. Ii all the corn in Arkansas
were one ear it would take the COM
bined force of all stump pullers to eX-
tract one grain from that ear. If all
the chickens in Arkansas were one
chicken it would straddle the Rocky
mountains like colossus and it's crow
would shake the rings from Saturn. If
all the hogs in Arkansas were one hog
he could stand with his hind feet ON
the island Of Cuba and his fore feet
on the isthmus of Panama and dig the
canal with one stroke of his Snout. If
all the cows in Arkansas were one cow
she could Craze on the evergreens Of
the tropics and switch the icicles from
the north pole with her tail and it
would take canal from the great
lakes to the gulf Of Mexico to carry
boats laden with her butter and cheese
If all the mules in Arkansas were one
mule he could stand with one fore foot
on Mexico and the other fore foot on
Canada and kick the man out of the
moon.-H. S. Taylor, Inspector United
States Indian Service
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-02-23
Successful Trapping.

Whenever / catch an animal that
leaves a natural odor in the vicinity I
am almost sure to get another in the
same place. An animal will come
long distance to investigate scent of
its own kind. One should be very care
II not to leave human odor Of any
Ind when killing a trapped animal
since this will brighten away another
fur bearer who has come to find the
cause OF the scent
Few trappers stop to think how keen
ly sensitive is the nose of a game or
fur bearing animal. Just suppose that
you could smell as many things as you
can see. Cover carefully every human
odor on the trap line and you have half
caught your animal Then use some
good scent to tickle his sensitive nose
and you will win.
One of the best single drugs that can
be used to allure fur bearer is Oil Of
anise. Oil of lavender, asafetida. rho
dunn and peppermint are often used
together in manufactured bats. think
The most dependable scent bait that l
have used is fish oil.-F. e. Brimmer in
Orange Judd Farmer.