Show SERIA F I 1 I 1 it STORY T ORY I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 mr barn ay I 1 american I 1 by 1 archibald clavering gunter A sequel to I 1 I 1 mr barnes of new york I 1 I 1 ja w 1 I 1 author of mr dames of now new york mr potter of T I 1 kimt etc em I 1 wad dead y I 1 SYNOPSIS 01 I 1 SYNOPSIS eurton burton 11 1 Ilar hames rips a wt wealthy alaby american inuring rescues the young ung lish lieutenant edword gerard r ind tits hla Co rIcart bride marina daughter of at the froin tho the murderous ve vendetta n delta understanding that hla his la to be the hand of tho girt he lovos loves arild anstruther sister of 0 the 1 ng lish lieutenant the four fly from ajac 10 vio lo to Marell leB on hoard board the french tt learner eamer constantine the vendetta pursues and as aa the lw quartet are me about to board tho the train for london at Stars marseilles eill a marina la is handed it mysterious i note i 0 t e which her to col collapse lapoe and n necessitates e cessa it a postponement of 0 the journey barnes barnea gets geta part of the iny mysterious note and receives hatt letters rs witch which inform him that lie la is marked hv by tho the vi lie he 1 an ploys in an Akner loin detective and plans ans to 1 beat e a alto the vendetta at their own game ame lor for t the I 1 purpose put pone of securing the safety baty of the alie women boni n harnes barnes arranga 9 to 1 have lad lady Chartr la lease at a secluded villa at aig nice to aich which the party parly to ta to bo be token taken 1 in a yacht barnea and eald make arrangements for thor their marriage ta alie Is net about baeres lie he receives a note fro from n la belle blackwood ackwood Ul lie arn Ami 1 lean ikan adventuress n nt barnes barnea livars hears th that t bijah emory MB his detective aiss im liron I 1 e n murder 1 by the Corsi corsicana corsicans cans I 1 lie 1 it learns arn ahab the nian man sup supposed to be cor reglo reedo aliu followed the lie party on their way to the boat wits was Sill salle ceU ett a of the aunt count and that count Cor corrello reglo had been in afee nl e for same time prior to the bartys arrival the count warns not to marry I abild unless lie he would bave her also involved in the mur feud barnea anil and enid are married soon after their wedding barnes bride lirlie disappears names discovers she has be abbin and taken to corsica the th groom secures a lishing hailing vessel ond and li Is about to start in pursuit of hla his brides captors when lie ho hears it n scream from the villa and rushes back to hear that An struthers wife marina agarini Is also missing barnes Is com compelled pellA to depart for corsica without delay and so he leaves tho search tor for marina to her husband while 6 he SOPS goes to hunt for il nid just be fore s hornea boat lands on Corst corsican Cor caa shore ala marina rina Is discoli discovered red hitting hiding in a or rr of the vessel vesel she lier her aluf boirie to help barnes barnea n rescue acue its hla wife from tho lie coral c ans cans when wham barnes arid and marina arrive in in corsica lie Is riven given a note written by enid informing hirn him that the Is for the purpose of en trapping harnes BO the abe vend vendetta tta may kill him parn burnes and al marina a rina havo unusual adventures in their search for anid CHAPTER XII continue continued d I 1 they dash up the gorge for halt a mile and she says sharply it I 1 Is here pointing to a steep ascent that s cambered cumb ered by ferns and wild flowers makes a roost most unpromising roadway then she catches her breath and whispers you expect an ambush for the american has now ills his rifle on an the saddle in front of him weste western fashion and his pistols ready in n ills his belt 1 I do answered barnes and relates the words of the shepherd quick cries ciles the girl this trail will ta keyou right up del oro where you can look down on Bocog bocognano nano dy by it you between your enemies and my Is my wife she Is in this athla valley with those men oh I 1 think not Is too crafty UP ineis Is still conveying enid to and has left ett only sane some of life bis follo followers to slay aay you come on barnes 1 follows ills his guide up tip the steep little path that covered with vines anes and wild flowers is difficult to discern but after they had gone a few hundred yards the rocks growing larger tile the trail more precipitous marina says diioro we must leave our ponies and climb on foot so they pasture hardy little bruteig in i a vale full of soft bott grasses and leave them contentedly barnes slinging i his haler haversack sack over his bis shoulder marina having nothing to carry with her before defore her now strides the american call ills his alert eyes always glancing down the steep declivities to their left fur the almost unused trail they are following is hundreds of feet above the travelled bridle path that keeps to WO th e torrent dashing through tho the bottom of the valley alter after nearly an hour of this ON the noise of a waterfall strikes their ears cars gradually growing louder five minutes later earnes barnes holds up his band cautiously marinas glance dance follows his far below them c concealed in the big rocks that skirt the stream at the littas bridge near the waterfall are several cro crouching croughin uchin 9 arm aimed edmen men A little farther down the rupla rapid in the top of a big beech tree Is perched another hla his hand shading filp eyes from tho the rays of the declining aun n that shines in hla his face as he looks down tho the pathway coming from the east these gentlemen are waiting tor for me remarks the american iu in hi his s fact face ole th supreme joy of a sportsman wilo will bag not only one head bead but a battue lie ile puts his on tho the ground loosens boli bash revolvers revolver in his bis b alt it and asks the way to descend the preci pice from herol why the girl why because I 1 am now the hunt er answers names barnes do yon iron think I 1 am going to spare tto td wretches who have 14 oren dinv inv v wife it e t none of ct thema quick tile the path by which I 1 can intercept them and cut them off to the tha last jast 1 11 1 1 dunall marina looks at hla fatal pistols lind and shudders lt ii nodded thir there rw u ls no path ath 11 I 1 ae ah then oita I 1 hlll be aton to ont nt with the genii sentry that fellow in tho the I 1 befth tree there 1 sly god it i you sou kill any of 0 them gasps marina you wl hii 1 never get enid out of at the island alive you camo came to save aae her not to murder her she puts a white imploring hand on barnes who Is already preparing his rifle then she suddenly halt half cries cried your wire wife you want herl her and points far up to tho the top u of the pass be tween tile the two great mountains ko ilo and del oro and 13 barncs arnes eyes Sol following hollowing hw her hand band lie he sees figures silhouetted against the clear blue al iino air all are mounted and one Is surety surely a woman you think that is my wife 1 1 I am sure of it has only left some of hla his men behind to waylay it if you come on unguardedly barries barnea even answer her his quick steps are earning carrying him so rapidly in pursuit along the dizzy mountain path that marina though the poor girl half runs can scarce keep heep up kip with him their path leads along the preci erect apices now and again reaching some little mountain valley through which a stream trickles between stunted pines and about whose rocks are growing tho the sweet forge genots and violets of corsica but as they near tho the dimmit of the mountain darkness dai kness comes also anti and a blinding mist cold with the chill of melting snow descends upon them and enveloping them with ff ec fleecy sheen the rocks and lichens about the path are shrouded frum their gaze they are above the timber line ilae and the great bare baio granite blocks bruise marinas Marl nAs tender feet beet as they the stumble among them the girl lays her hand upon her c companions 0 arm we may reach the summit before darkness she pants panta out ot of breath but the dizzy descent on tho the other side Is impossible without daylight 1 I remember ali answers durton burton 1 I have passed down it hurtling hunting then he takes off his hunting coat and places it carefully over I 1 I 1 V I 1 1 7 I 1 2 11 I 1 I 1 4 r I 1 N v I 1 4 I 1 11 r I 1 I 1 1 A I 1 I 1 I 1 N ii f w I 1 k I 1 11 ill III i W I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 II I 1 I 1 I 1 J I 1 IZ 1 I 1 1 concealed in the big rocks that skirt the stream are several Cron crunching chIng men the delicate shoulders of his fragile comp companion antim already shivering in her light summer garment under the icy mist about her I 1 am thinking of some she shelter iter for you for we must pass the be night upon tho the mountain he says tenderly then asks anxiously do yon run know one onea yes Y e s she replies her teeth chattering bering it if we can reach it ic in this storm the little chalet alire poor old tomasso sometimes took pie ine when he brought me here as a child to pluck the flowers of the mountain with this she turns abruptly to the tha left and barnes following her they struggle st up a tilled filled with massive boulders but nearing the summit the mist becomes colder the wind sharper and the gloom more deep surrounded roun dod as they are by frightful precipices ahli Is appalling 11 lve ive lost my way ay mutters marina her voice low with faintness but a moment after she cries ali ah see bee the granite cliff follow its wall the cabin Is beneath it dut beware beyond the cabin there Is a very deep crevice the wind howls about them the night Is ia even blacker but keeping leeping the sheen of the cliff dose close at ills hla left barnes barnea stumbles over the gr granite finite slabs almost carrying the exhausted girl finally compelled by the ho howl ing ng of the wind he calls into her par ear courage 11 isee see the hut thank god e has haa a fire inside it perhaps it Is made by the awful bandits bandl ta tile the rochina and romano who murder so many poor travellers trav ellers shudders marina dut but undeterred by this using the light as a beacon her escort rapidly the open door of the little I 1 cabin from which issum a cheerful gleam suddenly they pause tor for a deep tune issues threateningly threatening irom from its to a herfor wola hola if you are gendarmes gen darmes beware 0 of met isadre rola gasps marina Mar lua wilh A 3 low scream that voice bandit or ni bandit you shall give us ui warmth fth an shelter i helter calls calla barnes n answer then he too stands astounded as aa from the tough rough door iatrides a man and outlined by the mckering blazes and surrounded by he mists of the mountains Is a face hat marina tremble and I 1 shrink holy mother of god a I 1 ghost t I 1 for it settle choul countenance counte terr nAnco 4 cc 0 of her foster faiet r old toni tomasso I 1 so Mo dl v ft na ev everyone eve rooi had r ought dead it ca d iroku tale the elgh lit ghi of her v A ding ailt octile goblin hot it cries marina daughter daugh tur of 0 my heart you h have come me to succor houi oui poor old fi hunted tinted down Toy ant and sinkin sinking on ills his li knees nees it cate catches lips thu the half fainting girls baiad land and ka kisses 1 reverently er you alive dear old tomasso To magso 0 impossible half shudders half sobs tho the girt girl sinking down beside the spirit anti and looking into ills hla dp lark dark goei eydi that gleam so fco lovingly upon lir her two weeks ago tin on the morning ot 0 the tragedy de bold soldiers lers reported to that officer in my iny pio sence that killed you says Il barnea arties impressively I 1 lah bah sneers the ghost the sergeant I 1 suppose told hla his officer they shot me the soldiers fired it was easier tor for tue mo to fall all down behind a granite boulder than stand up tip and lot them shoot again though it was the darkness of the early morning then I 1 came up un the mountain here heie and fearing the sold soldiers lers would again pursue me I 1 havu have been a hermit descending sc nt at night to the lower valleys to garner chickens and steal sheep holy smoke grins the american heres the fellow for whose death dead they have vendetta ed me alive and tal klag CHAPTER hlll glorious bandits the storm fairly howls about them but marina forgets it as tomasso half sobs your coming here dear mistress shows you loralye me for tho the killing of the englishman your husband the one who murdered antonto antonio in the duel and the flickering dickering light revealing barnes face lie he exclaims the american who saw your brother slain ali ah now you agree with me this accursed An struthers death was just thank god you murder mini him cries the girl your stiletto entered the heart of musso danella who deserved death for his lies 1 I killed poor musso danella danelda Da nelta stammers the old corsican then he mutters as it if lie ho cant believe no no I 1 hoard heard his groan as I 1 struck through the curtains tho groan of musso danella answers marina that you killed hilled the right man proves my hus band innocent the hand of god directed you the girls girla voice la Is very reverent reveren then it it was the hand of god canellas Da nellas death Is suro aura proof your husband killed not antonio says tomasso solen solemnly malting making the sign of the cross but again brea breaks forth no no the proofs musso gave to both you and pie me made us ll believe elleve this anstruther Anat ruther your spouse shot your brother the things he held up to sur gur 1 very eyes were the property of another english officer one killed in action on a british warship under tinder tho the egyptian guns at alexandria do you think id live in the arms of a man with my brothers blood upon him cries the young wife fervidly no that Is not possible also agrees old Mona donaldl Monal lill dl dut but interjects darnes while you jabber here your darling mistress dies of cold oh my heart Is warm enough with joy at seeing tomasso live to make me forget the icy wind and the enthusiastic thusia girl kisses hisses the rugged face of her old servitor nevertheless I 1 have not forgotten supper suggests the common sense american and half drags draga marina into the cabin 11 eating Hating first and affection afterward TO dr DB CONTINI CONTINUED JED |