Show sTORy 4 Mr Barnes American By Archibald Clavering Gunter A Sequel to Mr Barnes of New York JII Author of Mr Dames of New York Mr Potter of Teaaa That Frenchman Etc Copyright HOT UoJfl Mead A Co N YI SYNOPSIS Hilrtmi II llnrneB n wealthy Amorlcim touring Corsica rescues the yoiuin UIIR ilsll lieutenant Edward fleruril AtiHtriitli fr nnd lilt Comlcim bride Manna ilnliRlilpr of tlio InollH from the murderous mur-derous vomlittu vmdcnitnmlliiR thnt his Huiinl IH tu he tin hand of the girt he lot 18 Unld AtiHtrtithcr Bister of the gill llBh lieutenant I The four fly from Ajni clo tu MiifMolllos nil lionril the Krcnrli tlonnur Constantine rue vendetta pur itiPH and us the fjuartet nro about to board the train for tendon at Marseilles Marina Is linmlrd a inyaterloiiM polo which causes HIT to collapse and necpusl lati n poitpoiiemcnt of the Jouiney UnrncH Kits part of the mysterious note and receives antlers which Inform him thnl Jin In marked by the vendetta He miiloys an Ainnlenn dnttctlvo and plans to bent tile vpiitluttii nt tlicjr own fume lnr till purpose of necitrlnm tho surety > f thin wotnin Hiram nrrnnRes to have lady Clmrrls IIIIBO n secluded villa at Nice to which tho party Is to bo taken In n yacht Suspicion In rrraltil that Mtm rata IK In leiiRiin with tho CnrslcnnM A man believed to bo Corretflo Uoiulln U I neon passing time house and Marina la thought to hnvo given him n Blptn farina fa-rina refuses to oxplnln to Humes which fact udd to the Intent suspicions Dames inns for time Biifcly of tlin party nro learned Ky the Corsloans The carriage carrying their party to tho local landlnK Is I followed by two men One of the horsemen li supposed to bo Corrcirln They try to murder the Aniorlcim Time cook on tho yacht a Kionrliman suspected sus-pected of complicity In the plot line party anchors at St Tropoz rue yacht IK followed by a small boat The cook Is detected glvlm Blunuls to the boat Harms attempts to throw him overboard but IN prevented by Marina and Enid Tho cook Is I found to be Innocent of tine supposed plot and Is forslvpn Tho party I arrive at Nice amid llnd Lady Clmrtrls and her daughter Maud diimlclled In tile Villa rented lyltli Harneg money Barnes Is Amazed to find thnt Count Correslo Hat I H-at Nice nnd Is act I up the role of admirer to Lady ClmrtrlH Barnes mud Enid make arrangements for their marrlaRC The net tightens nbbut Barnes lie receives re-ceives u noto from La Belle Ulackwoocl tho American adventuress Barnes hoars that Hlljali Emory hit detective tan been murdered by the Corslians Ho learns that the man supposed to be Cor riRlo who followed tho party on their way to the boat was Sullcetl a nephew of the count and that Count CorreRlo hart been In Nlco for some time prior to the partys arrival The count warns Hnrnp not to marry J nit unless he would have her also Involved In the murderous mur-derous feud Ilnrnes and Knld are married mar-ried Boon after their wedding Barnes brldo disappears Barnes discovers she has been kidnaped nnd tnken to Corsica The room secures a Ulilne vessel and la about to start In pursuit of his brldea captors when he hears n scream from the villa and rushes back to hear that Anstruthors wife Marina Is also missIng miss-Ing CHAPTER Continued But tho other breaks In Sho Is helpless In that devils hands whos tricked us botti This man means to kill her Not as you fear mutters names Clprlano doubtless camo here in his mind some Infamous plot against your life and hers but now I think tho same crazy passion for Marina that was In his brother has entered him Never did your wife look more lovely than when she so nobly offered to go to Corsica to try and bring your sister hack Bring my sister back Thats why shes gone asserts Anstruther Do you suppose any other consideration would have induced her to leave moShe mo-She thinks her word Is potent among tho friends of her childhood In Hocog nano Marina Is going to Corsica Barnes and I go with you The vessel ves-sel Is thorecome Anstruthers rapid strides are carrying him to the door of tho hallway but tho Americans Ameri-cans voice stays him She will never get to Corsica says Dames sadly Why not Why not Danella longs for her Couldnt you see his uncanny passion gradually growing as he looked upon her loveliness No she will not boIl bo-Il rmltted to get very far away from him Dont you suppose his emissaries aro alert nowthe man with tho scar over his oyo that delivered this dastard das-tard note to her Then tho tone of tho American changes ho says very solemnly And yet I think you can thank God that tho passion of tho lover has entered this devils heart Inll taken the passion of tho assassin from it ftr otherwise with his thugs about her your wits would now bo dead You stay hero and try md find Marina As for mo my duty is to go to that island and If sho Is living to bring back my brideIf sho Is dead avenge her continues Burton That Is my duty here rescue or avenge Manual cries tho Englishman English-man Barnes leaves his brotherinlaw arming himself and making ready togo to-go out of tho villa In pursuit of tho loved one ho has lost and hurries down the path to tho water Tho darkness is now so geat ho can scarce discern the little Hailing vessel still tied up to tho landing stage Ho rapidly rap-idly springs over her low freeboard and calls Get under way The alert Graham IB already at bar helm her big lateen sails aro hoisted tappIng tap-ping in the soft air and a moment later under a smart breeze tho little craft Is gliding l toward tho en 1 Vice of tho Bay of Vlllofranche Tho Illuminations of Nice fade away In tho darkness of the night to the American upon tho deck of tho fishing vessel which now under a fresh and Increasing breeze Is bounding through tho water Graham Is Htlll at tho wheel Barnes pacing line little deck of tho silent craft rtls steely oyes peer Into tho gloomy blank ahead of him His life seems a blank also Tonight ho had expected the lovellt eyes of his fairy brldo to bo bcsldo him on a honeymoon honey-moon cruise Now Ho smites his hands despairingly together Ho turns to Graham ajt tho wheel and asks How long before wo reach Corsica With this breeze I dlniia think before be-fore early tomorrow You are carrying all the sail possible possi-ble Every cloth she has Barnes turns to step Into the cabin Youre going down to try and get a wee hit o sleep I ha hopes remarks tho Scotch mate sympathetically Sleep tho American laughs as If In mockery of the Idea yet goes below and tries to force his mind to tho common com-mon sense of tills strange abduction The next morning with tho first rays of the sun Barnes Is on deck again peering toward tho cast and before i him Is n blue haze that Graham who is ngaln at tho wheel says Is Corsica But now some few feet from tho stem of the little vessel a figure that has been crouching under the low bill s 1 1 a a t 1 n O I ww i Ed Pleased to See You Aboard Maam wnrks rises half shrouded by the sea fog before him After two glances tq make his astounded eyes believe he gasps Marina For the wife of Anstruther with some wraps thrown over her fete costume cos-tume of the night before stands before himthe fresh breeze twining the garments gar-ments about her figure till sho seems risen from the mists of the morning My God why havo you come hereTo here-To try and save your wife tie sister sis-ter of my husband cries the Corsican Corsi-can girl You couldnt havo done it Xou know too littlo of this curious Island and its customs To you n stranger every ono of that jealous suspicious race would bo an enemy tome to-me born with them tho name of my family adored same will be friends You would surely fall I may succeed You should have told your husband hus-band Tho Americans voice la I almost al-most stern I dared not Edwin would not have lot me go My darling values me too highly to risk a hair of my head on such a venture answers the Corsican brldo proudly Why didnt you tell me when I came on board You lay hero unsheltered all night save by the bulwarks utters Burton sympathetically Tho night was warm tho wind though strong was balmy Besides I waited till you were near enough to Corsica not to turn back from It oven to restore me to my husband There is the Island There I will help you lint jour bride Enid shall not die nor surfer because she Is the sister of my husband or because sho is your wife Great Scott youre tho Marina of old ho exclaims in astonished admiration ad-miration Of course I am sho answers buoyantly buoy-antly My darling husband Is for the moment safe Their letter which branded mo as traitor to my race for marrying Edwin says if I desert my husband they will spare him Cor slcans keep their devilish promises These assassins will think I have abandoned the husband of my heart and will spare him till I return to again nestle In his arms and shield him with my very life against these lends of the blood feud BOOK THREE CHAPTER XI Beware the Path Ahead of Youl Tho American paces tho deck more buoyantly reflection shows him what n prodigious aid Marinas knowledge of her native Island Its proud vengeful venge-ful race and curious customs will bo to him In his search for his lost bride Tho mists of the morning are slowly rising from tho bluff headlands of Capo Ilosso before tho vessels bow rises tho old Genoese watch tower that guards tho little harbor of Porto from which Is shipped the pine timber of tho great Vnldonlello forest Tine alert Graham who has gazed from the stern astounded at the uud dun appearance of Mrs Anstruther onboard on-board his craft leaving tho wheel to a Jack tar now comes forward and touching his hat to the lady says Pleased to see you on board maam though Im afraid Mr Barn os youll f OuiK tie Kc7t a vcvy2oon tfaict on deck Our eyes were always on tht sea trying to catch sight of tho damned pirates A moment later he remarks With this wind we can make tho count a wee bit farther to the sou Then do so commands Marina Make n landing If you can nearly 15 miles below hero at Sagone Why asked Burnes some surprise sur-prise In his time Sagono by its mountain path Is tho nearest port to Bocotjnano They dare never convey your wife through AJac clo By the wild mountain paths they can take Enid to Bocognano unobserved unob-served and unquestioned by the woodcutters wood-cutters of the forest glens or the shep herds of the steep pastures of Del Oro You think tho Seagull will be nt Sagono I hope so answers tho girl That will bo proof that they aro taking hero her-o Bocognano By Barnes direction Graham immediately imme-diately alters the course of the vessel further to the south and they dash down tho picturesque coast of the Island whoso forest clad mountains run to tho very waters of the sea till they weather the point of Cargeso and open tho beautiful Gulf of Sagone now calm ns n summer lake Here to the east in the far recesses of the bay Is a sail gleaming white under un-der the sun that has just risen over the wooded headlands Barnes puts his field glasses upon it and for a moment thinks It some fishing fish-ing craft but the Scotch mate leaving tho wheel to a seamans hands springs forward takes a long look at it then borrows the Americans glasses and runs nimbly up the rigging to the top of the mast From his eerie post he calls excitedly excited-ly I By St Andrew its the Seagull Can Enid bo on board of her is heard in Marinas anxious voice I can neer believe It answers Graham as he descends to tho deck for tho vessel Is anchored For Gods sake get us to tho yacht commands the American But despite every exertion for the breeze has died with the rising sun it Is another hour before they fan their way near the Seagull Upon Its deck Is a solitary man who frantically screams to them A mol mea anus i Rescue me I Sacre bleu ze pirate cochons have left me I am Leboeuf zc cook Take heart well board ye braw Leboeuf shouts Graham and carefully care-fully conned by tho Scotch mate the fishing vessel Is run alongside of the Seagull Tho light swell permits them to spring from ono little craft to the other and In a moment Barnes has assisted Marina onto the yachts deck Here they nro met by volatile exclamations ex-clamations and explanations from Monsieur Loboouf Monsieur Barnes he cries sympathetically ze pirates have carried your bride away Zey boarded mo at ze moment I was placing plac-ing your supper on ze cabin table last evening Zen zoy gagged me till I could not speak Ol1twothree minutes and she came on board In ze blackness Expecting to meet you Madame Barnes ran down Into ze cabin cab-in and zenIO Then 1 Barnes face is set like that of a statue Zen spy locked ze cabin door upon Madame and though she cry out pay no more attention to her till zey had got under way Zenzen What next Burtons voice is hoarse Aftalro zat zey come to me and say No harm to you Cook us a good meal and ono young man hand somefaced brighteyed welldressed gallant ho gave me a louis and said Feed us well but feed us on deck We are gentlemen we do not intrude upon a lady Zen I give zero mon Dieu ze beautiful meal I have prepared for you Ah how zo pirates ate IU TO DE CONTINUED |