Show TT I 5TORVB Mr Barnes American Br Archibald Clavering Gunter A Sequel to Mr Barnes of New York Author of Mr Darnel of New Yolk Mr Potter of Teaa That Frenchman Etc Copyright 1UU7 odd Mead A Co NY SYNOPSIS Hurton tf Hnrnes wealthy American touring Corsica rcscuea the youtiK HUB llsh nontenant Kdwnnl Gerard Anstriitli er and his Corslcan 1 brlilc I Mnrlnn JaiiRlitcr of tho 1nolln from tilt murderous mur-derous eu1c I tit uiiiUrstniullnR that I his rownrd Is to bo the hand of the girl hn loves Knld Anstruther Blstor of tliu Eng llsh lieutenant The four lly from AJiir clo to Miirsollles on lionnl tlio French strainer Constantino rite vendetta tmr Ruben and as the iiunrtot arc about to board tho train for London at Mixrxclllcs Mailnu I Is hunilinl a mysterious lint which causes her to collapse and nocosal tatps a postponement oC the Journey Darncii gets part of tho mysterious notE and receives letters which Inform him I that lit Is niurltod by tho vendetta Ho employs an American detective and plans to beat tho vendetta at their own name For tho purpose of necurlnK tint surety of the women Ilarnes arranges to Imvu Lady Chartrls lease a secluded villa at Nice to which tho party Is to be taken tn a yacht Suspicion Is created tlnit Marina Is In league with the Corslcans A man belIeved to bo CornBin p oil mum tit Is spell pasalnK the house and Marina Is l thought to have Klvon him a sign Marina Ma-rina refuses to explain to liarnes which fact adds to his latent suspicions Harms lans for the safety of the party are earned by the Corslcans Tho carrwuo carrying their party to the local lamllm Is followed by two men One of tIn tiorseman Is supposed to be Correglo They try to murder tho American CHAPTER IV Continued Their carriage soon stops near the two small bays upon which are situated situ-ated tho bathhouses At a little landIng land-Ing place Uunies can just discern In the mist of the water which adds to the gloom of tho evening a boat with two seamen To be certain he halls and Is answered an-swered by Emorys voice Its all right he whispers to the ladles and springs out of tho carriage The next moment Emory has run up from tho landing and Is standing beside be-side him Emory whispers suspiciously suspicious-ly to Harnee You get tho ladles Into the boat quick I told my men not to come near you unless there was danger dan-ger I hear their steps coming down Ill seo what they want Barnes and Edwin carefully escort their charges through the gloqm down the little stops that lend to the boat Their hand satchels being placed beside them a carriage robe Is carefully tucked bj Uarnes about Miss Anstruther Performing a like service for his wife Edwin seizes the tiller seats himself at the stern and remarks comfortably com-fortably Now alls shipshape As soon as your sleuth Is on board well pull out to the yacht Then ho asks ono of tho two oarsmen Have yoi tho Seagulls bearings Aye aye sir She Is lying 1 off about a quarter of a mile nigh due south of hereAll All right says Edwin examining a pocket compass ho produces She might have been difficult to hail in the darkness without her bearings Shes a light up of course A mast head anchorglim sir replies re-plies the man Suddenly Edwin whispers to Barnes Wovo boarders and springing up seizes a boathoole and pushes the cutter cut-ter away from the dock Pull quick my men ho commands for the voice of tho American detective rings out In tho night air Look out for yourselves your-selves and they hear the patter of feet In tho darkness running down the walk mingled with a couple of foreign I oaths Next there Is a splash in the water I and Barnes gays coolly Hold up for a minute Edwin and calls Is that you Emory Yes thank God I answers the detective de-tective who Is swimming after them Very well If anybody Jumps over after you I think I can catch him even in tho darkness The Americans pistol is In his hand Twenty seconds after they drag the dripping sleuth into the cutter You have nothing to wait for now says Emory spitting out some saltwater salt-water Jet me to tho yacht where 1 can find dry clothes of somo kind At this Edwin orders the men to give way which the Scotch sailors do I with alacrity lly the blessing of God you all had I a mighty narrow escape remarks Emory 1 his voice quivering I Though how tho deuce the men who are after potting you look the places of the ones I hired to guard you Is more than I can toll When I heard tho approaching approach-ing steps I reckoned there must bo danger I went straight to em raid by gum thoy Jumped j mo Half I I a second and I was a dead man At my cry of terror continues I Emory the dagger that was right over my breast was stayed anti ono I of thorn snarls Olavolu this Isnt L the I accursed murderer Harnos of New York Then they whispered some words to me that I dont care about L repeating before the ladles and one of f 1 them held tho knife over mo and th 3 i other sneaked down towards you bill I was too late You had already got tho girls Into the boat I reckon lie came back They cursed mo and let mo go Hut when they saw I was scooting down tho wharf they started after mi so I Jumped Into the water and made tho boat They are cursing themselves now I guess for letting mo get away to warn you Well theyll hardly dare to follow us on board tie yacht smiles Barnes for Edwin I has hailed Sagull ahoy h to some vessel looming up In the fog I Aye aye comes tho I reply and a uomciit utter tho naval ofllcor has laid the boat alongside of tho yacht from which a side ladder has been put over This Is Andtow Graham tho mate says Emory 1 as tin alert young Scotch nan assists till ladles to tho dock You want to got Into dry clothes remarks Ilurton Well discuss this affair a little further after wo have lad dinner which I Inmglno Is pro Hired Five minutes later Emory having gone forward and procured a change of togs from the mate they all sit lown In the little cabin which Is brilliantly bril-liantly lighted anti Its able beautifully set with crystal nnd china oven somo fresh lowers adorning It Youvo dono everything mighty nice Emory says Harnes genially to the detective and I hope your wet ting hasnt destroyed your appetite Not a bite answers the American representative of Pliikcrston Why doesnt Edwin come down whispers Marina nervously Oh hes skipper 1 now replies Burton Bur-ton lies making all shipshape with Mr Graham and getting under way After giving the mate his directions as to tho course and bidding him keep a good lookout for steamers coming up from Naples Nice nnd other ports to tho eastward Edwin Joins tho party at table Lieut Anstruther after a glance at his bride remarks Now with a deck under my feet I feel shipshape and read for cither pirates or land sharks and devotes himself with a sailor appetlto to his meaL Delicate little confections amid Ices as well as soma magnificent fruit aro put upon tire table afterwards by the steward whoso llory red hair and decided Scotch twang Indicate ho comes from tho north of tho Fay Altogether Enid contentedly remarks re-marks It Is about as good a dinner as I I 0 = L 0 hII lHiI uPhill 1WL r Suspect Everybodyl Lingers In His Mind ono could get at tho best restaurant In Paris A few minutes later the gentlemen go on deck to smoke their cigars Edwin takes his stand beside his Scotch mate saying Well take It watch and watch Graham until the morning and sends the young fellow below to turn In Tho two ladles are busily making their arrangements In tho cabin The schooner has a main salon which Is used as a diningroom and two little quarter staterooms ono of which Is assigned to Edwin and his bride tho other to Miss Anstruther Under these circumstances the detective de-tective and Harnos have a chance for private conversation They stroll amidships and scat themselves beside one of the boats How shall I put youon shore says Barnes Well In an hour more well bo off Handol I reckon and If youll tell Edwin 1 Ed-win to drop In to tho shore a little you can put mo off In one of the boats All right replies Burton and speaking to Anstruther the yachts course is changed When you are ashore youll get tho railway I suppose to Marseilles Pay my hotel bill at tho Grand thero and remember to meet mo at Nice at tho time I appointed I Hero tho detective dismays his I American employer ho drawls slowly slow-ly I Yes but Id like to give up this matter Give up this matter Yes When that Corsican had his I knife over my heart ho said a few i words of warning tolling mo to lookout look-out how I got into I I a blood fond that this matter was to tho death and If I wanted to live I had hotter leave It alone Youre frightened of the man asks Barnes No not exactly frightened but mighty cautious of him replies tho Yankee for a follow who can fix It so that my two French I sleuths were thrown off tho track and ho ami hit pal took thou very places and rode behind i your m carriage unsuspected nnd only by Gods mercy wino prevented from jumping you and doing you up as you placed tho hullis in the boat is dnnseroii a man whose brains make him mighty 11 1 11 lit = R = = = = Jot I J-ot dangerous enough to cause you to desert these Indies In their extremity extrem-ity You an American I have been told you have a very good nerve Yos but this kind of an assassinating assassinat-ing In till gloom biz Is mighty ticklish turnover Ill I i I go you again returns the detective after a few more whiffs of his cigar Ill risk It once more for the sake of the ladles With such a crafty devil agin you what you want to do Is to suspect everybody continued contin-ued tho detective You see you cannot can-not be sure where such a snaky follow will strike you If It hadnt been for me fortunately walking up that path wondering why my men camo down to you they would have been upon you while you wero putting tho ladles In I your boat nnd would have had some of you sure I know you can shoot quick and straight t but knives I at close quarters tire bctteY than revolvers especially In the darkness You can bless God for having saved you tonight to-night I Suspect everyone Suspert everyone Barnes muttern to himself and t itt mis his eyes about upon tho deck as ho speaks 4 Oh theyre all safe here those bra Scotch sailor laddies You saw the mate ho Is Scotch also and can be trusted If youll put mo on shore Ill be at that villa at Nice ready to tell t I you everything when you mnko It I Dont you think the lmttlyI I mean An i strut hers wife could stand a voyage to England through the Hay of Biscay Bis-cay The detectives voice shows t how anxious ho Is that his suggestion bo taken As a physician I dont think sho could remarks Harnes You seo her I neurotic state has been added to by the attack upon us at tho landing It Is not her fears for herself but her fears for her husband They are now Interrupted by Edwin 1 Tho lights over there are those of S Dmulol Were In ten fathoms of water wa-ter 1 dont want to venture In any 1 further at night Then tho voice of tho young English officer rings out ordering or-dering tho cutler to bo lowered and manned I go with you as far as tho shore Bays Harnes i No you stay with the ladles whispers whis-pers Emory Thats what you want to look after Youre tho point of danger dan-ger now Ill only suffer if I get too nigh to you As tho Pinkerton mangoes man-goes over tho side ho whispers to thirties Suspect everybody even your own emotions and doings and especially those of the women with that crafty cuss who had his dagger so cursed near my heart working on themCould Could you recognize the man asks Hurton eagerly Hardly but In tho struggle my hand caught his face and I felt a scar over his left eye Great Scott ejaculates tho American Amer-ican lIe Is now certain it Is Corro glo Clprlano Danello who Is bent upon revenge for tho blood of his dead brother As the Yankee detective Is rowed away Barnes paces tho dock The night Is very line though extremely ex-tremely dark and they being near the land somewhat misty Tho yachts lights however burn brightly and a careful < lookout Is kept Barnes thinks ho has little fear from tho sea while the vessel Is In command of Edwin Anstruthor Still tho detectives last warning Suspect everybody lingers in his mind Somo remarks from tho ladles In the cabin indicate that they are not coming on deck this evening TO BE CONTINUED |