Show R STORY a Mr Barnes American Oy Archibald Clavering Gunter A Sequel to Mr Barnes of New York A Author of Mr Barnes of New York Mr Potter of Tex i That Frenchman Etc Copyright 107 IXKlcl Jliad A Co N y SYNOPSIS Iliirtnn It Humps n wealthy American Inuring Corsica rescues the younj Him llsli lieutenant Krtwnnl forurd Anstruth er timid his Cornlvan lirlile Marina daughter of tho PaollH from tho flour itcruua vendetta umlcrntandlnK that his rewuril Is to bo time lianil of the girl he loves Knld Anstruthcr ulster nf time Kntf unit llelitennnt The four fly from AJuc clo to Marseilles on board tho French Bteumer Constantino Tho vcndettn pursues pur-sues and in tho mmrtrt are about to linnrd tlio truln for London nt Marseilles Mnrlnn Is Immlcil a myatcrlous note which causes her to collapse and necessitates necessi-tates a iiostponeinent of the Journey Uarnen Rits part of time mysterious note cud receives letters which Inform him Mint ho Is marked by the vendetta lie employs nn American detective nnd plans 10 bent the vcndettn nt their own mime tor tho purpose of securing the safety ot time women Ilnrnes arranges to havo Lady Chnrtrla lea HO u secluded villa nt Nice to which tho party Is to ho tiiltcn In n yacht Suspicion Is created that Mnrlnn Is In ICIIRUO with the Corsicans A man believed to bo Corrculo I3nr lla Is Keen passing tho house and Marina Is thought to havo given him a sign Mn rlnn refuses to explain to Barnes which fact adds to his Intent suspicions Barnes plans for time safety of the party are learned by tho Corsicans Tho cnrrlase carrying their party to the local landing 8 followed by two men CHAPTER III Continued Confide In mel Flue Americans I voice Is commanding ioU you dont 1 J am compelled to tell your husband of this letter We cant let you tear yourself your-self Into nervous Hinders and not know how to aid you To this he adds hoping by illppancy to lighten her heart Edwin will sqon mako thoso pretty lips speak Never though I adore him sho ailes hoarsely I cannotI will not it is so craftily so fiendishly cruel it strikes my husband and nil our future happiness It Is worse than If they killed mo as they wjll some day They hope to slay not only our bodies but to destroy oven Edwins love for me before I die Uarnes thinks how his own Immediate Imme-diate wedding to Enid Anstruther has been subtly thwarted by tho letter he carries In his pocketbook which ho guesses came from the same man Ho now knows that his hive for his affianced affi-anced Is being assaulted as well as the honeymoon happiness of these two JUSt mated For time sake of all of us you must speak ho commands rime answer of tho Corsican bride mystifies tho American more than over She says nobly yet doggedly For tho sake of my husband I am silent Then you compel me to tell Edwin of the letler he says shortly As Barnes speaks the bridegroom enters and womans tact destroys his opportunity Sho throws herself enthusiastically hut coquettishly Into the arms opening for her and cries half playfully half tearlly Edwin In the railroad depot de-pot 1 received a note that produced my nervous iigltatlon Mr Harries thinks It wise I tell you Its contents I dont Now of course If you say so I must do as you tell me I am an obedient wife She puts her arms caressingly round Edwins neck and whispers Shall 11 then gives him a tempting little kiss Hang It Barnes answers An struthor under these allurements I have too much trust I In my darling to want to read hor letters I Youre a Mry bright girl to have your husband so soon in subjugation renlll1 ks Burton gloomily But Marina Ma-rina lu such a vital matter I warn you to beware of playing your enemies game I gamePooh Pooh answers Edwin I what do you a bachelor know about women anyway Then ho Jeers In sailor blunttiess You and Enid didnt hunt up a minister today You are not so enterprising a fellow as I thought you Barnes for I nm quite certain that 1 saw consent In my sisters red cheeks and drooping eyes At this Marina utters a subdued yet ghastly Flgh which Is destroyed by the kiss of her young husband and tho unfortunate Ilurton goes silently away fly himself reflecting upon his be trotheds manner to him that has been blowing colder and moro distant each minute slnco he has tacitly refused to immediately make himself lord of her trusting loveliness ho cogitates morosely mo-rosely Am 1 not playing our enemies ene-mies game also In not wedding Enid 1 Out It Is too late for a minister now Tlieii carriage Is already at die door to take them away first for a little drive on the Inuln to destroy suspicion suspic-ion then when evening darkness falls upon the land to the Cornlcho road where tho boat will be waiting to put diem on shipboard Barnes carefully Inspects his ulstols p L again Heaides these ho has only a walking cane to tako with him As ho picks his stick up Miss Maud Char Iris tiles In to him excitement and dismay dis-may on her face V hat do you wantmore marrons glaccs lie asks savagely I Why Marina anti Enid say they are only going out for a drive on the Irndo and they have both got their i handsatchels with them I To keep their Jewelry safe from I bellboys mutters Barnes Besides those satchels have powder puffs In thorn I imagine Then youre youio not going away now This last very nervously Does this look like It says ilur ton tapping nonchalantly his boot with his cane Emjulre time ofilce and see If Ive paid my hotel bill This Emory by arrangement will settle set-tle later Ohtlwn Its nil ilghtl A great relief ripples time Chnrtrls girls face She swishes her two blonde pigtails merrily about Certainly Its all right Mamlle An rovolr till breakfast and Mr Barnes goes away with Edwin to take the Indies down to the open barouche that la awaiting them At tho hotel entrance l Edwin places both lite bride and ills sister In tho carriage and seats I himself In front of them looking as carefully to tIme rear as If he expected a white Bquall Barnes springs into the barouche whispers some orders to tho driver and they roll away Gazing on the carriage as it rolls away Maud says contentedly to herself her-self Cracky I was scared Burton was going before I told it to him then adds contentedly Gee Im as smart as a diplomatist as sho fishes a fourth piece of paper out of tho bosom L of her frock If Id sold all that letter let-ter to Barnes at the first jump Id L have been out of stock In trade So u Miss Clmrtrls goes up to a bread and butter tea with her governess quite I contentedly and munches marrons I glaccs surreptitiously over her lessons I for tho two succeeding hours Then L the carriage not returning with the driving party tho Intrigante grows I anxious She sneaks down to the hotel ho-tel olllco and whispers to tho clerk Have they como back yet You I iff 1 i I I Then Barnes and His Party Drive on i Again know our friends Mr Darnes of New York and his party Not yet Mademoiselle though I be 1 llevo their carriage has I returned Their carriage returned Maud I I darts nervously to her mothers lIar 1 lor I Why are you rushing In upon me IOU i-OU horrid child cries tier mother I angry at being Interrupted i i Oh inn I thought youd like to know Miss Maiston says 1 had such n good lesson In arithmetic Very well tell Miss Marston to give j another and a longer one Yes but Its too lute now Its ten oclock and Mr Barnes and Enid and the rest havent come buck When do you expect them mat ma-t dont expect them What Mauds eyes roll In a duzud wayThey They havo gone away WhereTo Where-To London I Imagine I Maud tiles from the room and alone In her own chamber sobs groans and rends hor hair muttering Oh I could havo sold Darnes the other part of Ma1 i inns loiter for lots and now hes KOBO away and It aint worth top pence She Is about to go despairingly to bed when curiosity mingling with her disappointment she ejaculates I wonder what It Is anyway and goes to studying the little quarter of a sheet of letter paper she Vas drawn from the bosom of her frock It Is a mixture of French I and Italian She cannol entirely decipher the foreign for-eign handwriting Indeed sho can i scarcely understand It Hut some passages In It produce such a terrible effect upon tho childs nerves that after sho has gone to bed sho tosses about and sleep will not como to her Suddenly her very pigtails pig-tails seem to stiffen with terror she rises half out of bed and mutters to herself Oh what do they mean by killing her If she does and killing her husband If sho doesnt CHAPTER IV Suspect Everybody 1 As Barnes seats himself In the carriage car-riage It dashes past the numerous magnificent cafes of the Hue Noalllos and turns Into tho wide Hue do Rome the horses keeping up a smart gait They flit between the elms and piano trees with which this beautiful avenue Is planted and passing the Obelisk outer the even broader Irado r trulpr ordinary circumstances the four would enjoy their carriage exercise exer-cise greatly but when sudden death hangs over one and every sense IB sti allied to guard against the Inlangl ble pleasure Is necessarily far distant In addition tho two written communications communi-cations sent Names now Is satisfied by orreglo Clprlapo Uanella ao doIng do-Ing some nasty yet very subtle work upon at least three of the members of the party Marina though her beauty attracts the eyes of many who roll by her In carriages appears to have but one thought tho safety of her husband Several times she glances apprehensively appre-hensively at the horsemen who canter can-ter after their carriage keeping always al-ways at discreet distance Marinas nervousness quickens names searching eyes that now seem to ho everywhere If a beggar approaches ap-proaches and takes off bin hat demanding de-manding alms ho Is watched as carefully care-fully os If he were n rattlesnake coiled to spring If another carriage rolls too closely by them every man in It is regarded re-garded by the American as If he were a road agent in disguise As they drive on Enids eyes blaze like blue stars Her manner Is daintily ethereal t yet she laughs almost heartily heart-ily as a lame and blind beggar who had stood demanding alms In front of their approaching equipage suddenly opens his sightless eyis and springs aside agilely with his paralyzed legs to avoid being run down by their rock less coachman Still when tho crowd ot carriages near the Chauteau des Flours compels their coachman to draw rein item eyes grow resolute to meet any unknown danger that may come upon them Perhaps this Is produced by the two men on horseback attracting her attention at-tention Who are they she whispers And Edwin adds I have been keeping keep-ing a weather eye on those two devils Marina only gazes at them and shudders shud-ders Her slight hand clings to her husbands sleeve Her agitation Is so great Barnes Is compelled to explain that Emory has engaged the men for their protection You think our danger Is so Imminent Immi-nent as all this asks Anstruther I think It wise to take every pro caution Darnes turns his eyes upon I the men but tho gloom of approaching I night has become so deep that their 1 faces aro now absolutely Indistlngutsh I able ableThen Then Darnes and his party drive on again and the Americans eyes rest ap pcallngly on his beautiful fiancee as sho sits opposite to him but hers do not answer tho tenderness of his glance In fact they grow colder under un-der his appeal Her manner seems to say You had your golden opportunity oppor-tunity laggard It will be a long time beforo you obtain another Meantime they are approaching the Mediterranean The equipages grow less numerous upon the avenue which they had filled out half an hour ago 4Do you think it Is too early to put tho girls on the yacht yet whispers Edwin Yes not dark enough and Barnes directs the coachman to take the narrower nar-rower drive called the Mazargues amigo ami-go past the race course reaching tho Cornlcho road All the time the two horsemen Jog on behind them at a discreet distance The sea breeze freshens tho night deepens and they reach the Corniche road that skirts the sea All other equipages have left It Here Barnes changes their course and they return In the direction of the city towards the Hoiicas Blanc TO UE CONTINUED |