Show I I L I r Mr Barnes American I Br h Archibald Clavering Gunter J ASequel to Mr Barnes of New York JII AulJiorof Mr Dame of New York Mr Potter of Tex > r That Frenchman Etc Copyright 1907 DoddMrad k Co N Y f SYNOPSIS m ft Burton II Barnes a y9h3 Ameilcan touring Corsica jgalUa the young ling I J llsh HcuteniiUuCvaid j Gerard Anstruth 1 pr iiiiil H < i Corsican bride Marina 7 ter iWlK + ter of the faults from the mur nerous Vendetta understanding that his ruward Is to be the hand of tho girl he loves Enid Anstitither sister of the Eng lish lieutenant The four fly from Ajac cio to Marseilles on board the French steamer Oonslantlnc The vendetta pursues pur-sues and as the qimitet are about to board the train for London at Marseilles MarIna Is handed u mysterious nole which causos hei to collapse and necessi S tales a postponement of the journey t Barnes and Enid are married Soon utter their wedding Barnes bride dis appears Hill ties discovers she has been kidnaped and taken to Corsica The groom secures a fishing vessel and j IB ayut to start In iiuisult of his bildes captors when he Ifears a scream from tho villa und rushes back to hear that Aiistruthers wire Morton Is also m > ns log Browned Is compelled to depart for Corsica without delay and so he leaves the Hlnlch for Marina to her husband I while ho goes to limit for Hnld Just be fore Ilarnes bout lands on Corsica shore Marina Is discovered hiding In a corner of tlm vessel She explains her action by sa > lng she has come to help Barnes regale his wife from the Cost cans When Barnes and Marina arrive in Corsica ho Is given a note written by 1 h I nld Infoll11111g hllll that the kidnaping l Is for the purpose of entrapping Hnrnes RO the vendetta may kill hIm Barnes and Marina have unusual ndvcntutes In their senich for Knld They come f In eight of her and her captors In the CONlI eon lllountaln wilds past ns night up proabhes In seeking shelter from n storm the couple enter < i hermitage nnd there 10 their amazement they discover lomasso the foster father of Marina tto d imvo who rwils SIlIP08d tu liuvo been killed by JJe Bellocs soldiers nod for whose death llnrnts hUll I0 vundettaed Tomnsso learns Idll her Vi lfitt Inits husband did not n brother Many wrongs are right ed BOrtlts ls HUIprI81 In I the hermttugo by Hochlnl unit llomln the two detest ed bandits who had beei searching for him to murder him for his money The bandits attempt to take nwa away Marli a Barnes lIartB out the door T1 ° ban Us start to pursue but as they reach the r door both ore laid low by Barnes revs ver Members of the Bollucoscla enter and Barnes Is honored for his great serv Ireto the eonllnuhlty In I KIlllnB tho hated Hochlnl anti HOlllano Te release Enid Is Prllmlsed rae ur CHAPTER XIII Continued That was not so cries Marina The English officer who shot Antonio AIr fell under tile Egyptian guns by the hand of God The man I love is free of any blood stain 4 Ah the murderer of your brother fell by the hand of God It Is well And this cavalier is he your hus bund I bundOh Oh no he is an American against whom foul wrong has been done by Sallcetl and Introducing Barnes she says Tell this great bandit your story and ho will give you Justice Ho has done so often In Docognano Briefly the American relates the kid Taping of his wife and listening tot to-t this the Corsican says No outrage against woman was ever perpetrated to Bocogmmo without my avenging her and this crime against a strange ladyah the hospitality of the island forbids it Descend with mo to the village Americano who has done such a great service in the slaying of those 4i iuJcreants who have dishonored our I noble calling and we the Bellacoscla I will give your bride back to you and right your wrong I Duo mlo cries Marina excitedly I I rqt Now that our glorious bandits love yon Burton your wrongs will be I righted CHAPTER XIV Before a Corsican Election Escorted by the mountaineers t u two btalwart young men carrying Mademoiselle Made-moiselle Iaoll down the dizzy path they skirt the dread precipices of Del Oro and passing the vlnelands and the clearings come Into the main road leading from Corte then descending u tho hill are in thc chestnut groves of k Bocognnno 5 Then their leader turns to Marina and says Have no fear Signora your English sister shall be returned to this gentleman but ho lays his hand on Barnes shoulder use not tho weapons I see at your belt Thy quarrel shall be my quarrel No foreigner Iii for-eigner shall ever be compelled to protect f J pro-tect a woman while I Antonio Bonelll dominate Bocognano Were it not meeting night everything every-thing would be silent save tho dogs and pigs chuckles Tomasso Now f theyll have light enough to see I nm alive Cospetto they are making a fete for you Monaldl laughs one of tho young men for lanterns are dangling from the overhanging boughs of the main street of the little village some of the houses are Illuminated and round tho communal building and the wine shops are gathered many men I t Tho little party tramp through the i lanternlighted streets and coming to tho door of the municipal building the loungers > vho are smoking their pipes make way for them dolling their hats and saying with great reverence The Bellacoscla TJcar he entrance are two HlnniV sated placards one reading Vote for Sallcetl who upliolda olfl Corsica I Tho other Cast your ballots for tier I nardo tho man who kjllsl Surrounded by ho young men To masso In the dim light 1s not noticed and Marina has drawn her maudlin close about her face Tho party enter tho low hall of tho municipal which Is lighted by lamps und decorated by myrtles and cyclamen cycla-men flowers It Is well filled by a crowd of farmers peasants wool growers nnd shepherds These are now being fervidly addressed by young Bornardo himself Catching sight of the commanding figure of the great bandit the adroit politician burstb out rapturously Ah thanks grand Antonio Bonclll for thy presence and countenance You have coma to say to mo Bornaido you area are-a true Corsican In you Is upheld the honored custom of the vendetta to the twentieth generation So will all here say when tomorrow I shall have the body 9The one who came fo Marinas nuptlPircand left death behind him thl isjj jjivrlcan who brought with him I swbd to shoot down poor old To sonBO Monaldl 1 I But the savage shouts that greet j this are stilled by old Tomnsso win I pushes through the crowd and stands i facing the platform Ills eyes flashing und says I Tomasso Monalcll tell you thuie Is no causn of a vendetta for me because 1 am alive At his words shuddering cries IIf Ghost Spirit Spectre rise amid the tobicco smoke of the meetIng meet-Ing and some would slip from tho door did not Antonio Bonclll command Let all remain as three of his stalwart stal-wart descendants liar the entrance There Is a sudden cry Father from a gill I In black mandlle and deep mourning who bus been sitting with borne other women in the retirement ty of a corner of the hall listening to her lovers ferocious eloquence and Ethe ila with stiearning eyes is In Mon midis arms Aye tis flesh and blood youre fondling girl laughs the great bandit ban-dit and striding to the platform ho says In ringing tones But this Is t not all for now the crowd are gathered gath-ered about Tomasso and arc greeting him with words of sympathy because eI for the mere Wiling of a man he had I lei y t s I t r 4 1 l 1 t + cr Gaspardol Cries Marina been forced to take to the macchla and become a bandit Attention all commands Antonio Listen to my words If not my followers fol-lowers shall give sharper notice to you And the crowd wisely becomes still In pursuit of your suffrages Sail cetl has put a base outrage on our hospitality hos-pitality continues the bandit chief in solemn tones Ho has abducted n young English lady and brought her to Bocognano to luro to death her husband hus-band an American Signore who shoots well enough to be a bandit and who this night with his own weapons has slain IlochinI and Romano whose mi r tiers have made you all tremble as you went along mountain paths and whose I outrages have caused our maids to have nightmares IlochinI and Romano dead Impossible Impos-sible cries a shepherd as a sigh of relief and then a yell of gratitude rises from the concourse I saw him shoot tho ruffians to death upon Del Oro I Antonio Bonclll Dont dare say no This last is addressed ad-dressed to Sallcotl who having recovered recov-ered from his astonishment Is about to open his mouth Ah you admit It Maladetta where is tho English lady And Sallcetl being admonished to answer by a quick prick of the stiletto from a Bellacoscln youth who has stepped behind him tho young politician politi-cian falters forth No harm has come to her She Is with my mother On this Barnes has looked from a distance wisely reflecting that his battle bat-tle is being fought for him but with difficulty restraining his hands from putting a pistol ball through Sallcetl He now cries Then for Gods sake take me to her quick This brings upon him the attention of the crowd Learning that It Is lie who has relieved them of tho terror of Hochlnl tho men cry Viva and embrace em-brace him and a little girl steals up to him and timidly kisses his hand Your lady shall receive you soon Signore Barnes remarks Bonelll I would like you to see Corsican Justice and at somo words from him two or three of the oung men having left tho hall on his errand tho hawkeyed bandit continues Besides I fear common report has dono wrong to the lady of our town Marina child step hero and make your friends love you again I To tbls time she Tialnc stood In ttio shadows of the rear and tho lamplight of tho nrora bel K very dim in their excitement the concourse had not noticed no-ticed her but as Marina steps forward for-ward some men turn away a womoji whispers TIB n pity tho blood of Pasquale Paoll flows In her and a young cavalier remarks We honored your wedding Madame Anstruther but then wo did not know that you had forgotten for-gotten your oath of the vendetta and were mating with the slayer of your brother GnspardoP cries Marina with a gasp of horror my childhoods friend how dare you say this lie and staggering stag-gering onto the platform and seeing condemnation horror and disgust In he faces sho had known from childhood child-hood the gIrl simply but with great loblllty of manner tells them how Musso Dauclhi inspired by devilish jealousy had tinned the articles In a dead mans trunk Into evidence that the English officer whom she had nursed to life in thc Egyptian hospitals hospi-tals and whom she loved with her whole heart was tho principal In the I dual at Ajaccio the man who had slain her brother The beauty of the suppliant with the blood of the great Corsican patriot flowing In her veins touches their pas slonate hoaits A lady from the little balcony seizing some of thc cyclamen I decorations tlno < s 1 the flowers allover all-over her and her compatriots whose faces had been cold to her fly around i embrace her and beg her to forgive them themBut But there Is one I will not forgive cries the girl sternly this Sallcetl Bernardo who had known mo In mouth I m-outh who spread these reports allover all-over tho mountains that I have disgraced dis-graced my very womanhood In giving myself to my brothers murderer A bas Sallcetl yells a sheep farmer farm-er from the valley Demon los his lies have dishonored our race growls n goatherd from the slopes of La Ilntica Leave him to us says Bonelll calmly his hawks eyes are fixed unpleasantly un-pleasantly on the candidate who with muttered anathema Is edging from the platform With this Corsicas favorite bandit commands sternly Men of BOCO nano no one of you will cast your ballot at the polls for this politician who has disgraced our village Otherwise Other-wise you will hear from mo You will vote for Signore Ambrose Lucltano the cigarette smoking statesman from Ajaccio who begs your suffrages Ho may be a greater fool but he is not so great a rascal as our fellow townsman towns-man Dont you even daro vote for yourself ho cries as tho abashed Sallcetl files from the room pursued by Jeers and execrations and even the taunts of his own sweetheart who Is still clasped In old Tomassos arms Now reparation to you Signore Barnes the only ono we can make Wo will bear you In honor to Marinas home where your bride now awaits you Your wedding fete was postponed in Nice I understand the grim man smiles slightly We will give you in Bocognano a nuptial procession to a bride whose lips are as unsullied ns when she made vows to you So attended by tho whole of the Bellacoscia and many girls who have pulled down the floral ornaments of the communal room waving the lowers low-ers about him and young men shootIng shoot-Ing off their guns In his honor Barnes with Marina on his arm Is escorted beneath the lanternlighted chestnut trees to the old mansion of the Paolls As they pass along the main street a girl comes running from the telegraph office and places an envelope in Marinas Ma-rinas hand After glancing at it a wild elation Is in tho young wifes face She whispers some hurried directions di-rections to old Tomasso and tripping to Barnes side her step Is as buoyant as ills TO Hi CONTINUED |