| Show F FR i TOR OF 12 ames A m iven an nir hy archibald clavering gunter A sequel to mr barnes of new york A of mr air bames bra of now new york mr of T that Fr etc a byrt a UW dodd dad mad go co M X T Y SYNOPSIS burton it names barnes a wealthy american touring corsica rescues III the young u n H ung i g ash lieutenant edwrd gidward a gerard er ans tri th r and hla his corsican cerulean bride marina daughter of the from rom the murderous vendetta understanding that MB his reward Is to be ba the hond hand of at the girl he loves lovea V kald anstruther Anat ruther sister bister of the eng lieutenant the four lly fly from ajac clo to marseilles on board the french teaner constantine Constant lne the vendetta pur wes lues and as the quartet are abo about u t to board the train for london at marseilles marsel iles marina la is handed a mysterious note which causes her to collapse and necessitates a postponement of 0 the journey barnes barnea gets part ot of the mysterious note and receives letters which inform him that hat he Is marked by the vendetta lie ire employs an american detective andzans and plans lans to beat the vendetta at their own game ga me I 1 for or the he purpose of securing the safety af C ti the it wo women m en birnes barnea arranges aneas to have lady Ch Chartr artrIs la lease a secluded villa at nice to which the party ta Is to bo be taken in a yacht suspicion Is created that marina la is in league with tho Corsi corsicana corsicans cans A man believed to be corrello Cor reglo danella danelia Is 18 seen passing the house and marina la Is thought to have riven given him a sign marina rl na refuses to explain to barnes which f tact act adds to his latent suspicions barnes plans tor for the safety ot of the party are r learn cil 13 by the the carriage earr carrying ing their party to the local landing Is tors followed fol oved by two men one of the horsemen emen to la supposed to be correggio Cor reglo regio they rhey try to murder the americana Ameri Amed cani cans the cook on the bachta French manIs Is suspected of complicity in the plot the carty anchors at st tropez the bacht i followed by a small boat the cook Is detected giving signals to the boat barnes attempts to throw him overboard but Is prevented vented by marina and enid the cc cook oVe Is found to be innocent of tile the supposed plot and Is forgiven the party arrive at nice and find bady ch chartres Chartr arar 1 ls 9 and her daughter daught e r maud domiciled de d in t the h villa rented with bornea barnes money barnes Is in amazed to find and that count cotte Is at nice anti and Is acting the role rola ot of admirer to lady chartres Ch artris darnes barnes and enid make arrangements tor for their marriage the net tightens about barnes ife he receives ct ives a note from la belle blackwood the american adventuress barnes hears that elijah U emory mory his detective has been murdered by the corsicana lie ile learns learn that the man supposed to be cor reglo who followed follow ed the party on their way to the he boat wits was Sal spliced iced a nephew of the count and that count corrello Cor reglo iad ad been in nice tor for some t time me prior t to the he bartys arrival the count warns barnee not to marry enid unless lie he would wo U id have bave her also involved in the murderous de ro u a feud aarnes bar n as and enid are married r ed soon a after their wedding barnes bride disappears barnes discovers dl acovera she lias has been end and to corsica the groom secures a fishing vessel and ts la about to start jn pursuit or of hl his brides when he hears bears a scream from the villa and rushes back to hear that hat wife marino marina Is in BISO missing CHAPTER X continued hut but tile the other breaks in she Is helpless in that devils hands who chos a tricked us us I 1 both this man means to kill hill herl her not as you tear fear mutters barnes cipriano doubtless came here itt in h his Is mind some infamous plot against your life and hers bers but now I 1 think the same crazy caay passion for marina that was in his lils brother has entered him never did your wife look more lovely than when wlben sho she so nobly offered to go to corsica to try and bring your sister back bring my sister back why ashes gone asserts anstruther do you suppose any other consideration would have induced her to leave me she thinks her word Is potent among tile the friends of her childhood ln in bocog nano marina Is going to corsica barnes and I 1 go with you the vessel 1 I Is there come struthers An rapid strides are carrying him to the door ot of tho the hallway but the americans voice stays him she will never get to corsica says barnes sadly why not why not danella longs for her you see his uncanny passion gradually growing as he looked upon her loveliness no sho she wll will not be permitted to get very far away front from lith hla dollt you suppose hla his emissaries are alert now the man with the acir scar over his eye that delivered this dastard note to her then the tone of the american changes he says very solemnly and yet I 1 think you can think thank god that the passion of the lover has haa entered this devils heart lne tn taken the passion of the assassin from it lc fc otherwise with his thugs about her your wila would now he be dead you stay star here bore and try and nd find marina As tor for me ma my duty to la to gc to that island and it she is livington living to bring back my bride it she Is dead avenge herl continues hurton burton that Is my duty here rescue or avenge marina ct ciers fes tho the englishman barnes barnea leaves his bis brother la in law arming hims himself elfand land making ready to go out of the villa in pursuit of the loved one ona be has lost anil and hurries curriea down the path to the water the darkness Is now so great he can scare scarce discern the little fishing vessel still tied up to the landing stage he rapidly springs over her low freeboard and calls oct oat under way the alert graham la Is already alread at her holm her bl big lai lateen een salad nie are hoisted flapping in ill tho the soft bott alv air and a ailment Aib ment later uh under i ft iiii lirt breeze breeza the lettla cart fit aft to la gliding gilding toward the or of the jay of Ville villefranche franche the alie Illuminat illuminations ioni of nice fade away la 11 the darkness of the night to the american upon the deck or of the fishing vessel which now under tinder a fresh and increasing breeze Is bounding through the water graham is still at tile the wheel barnes pacing the he little deck of the silent craft ills his steely eyes peer into the gloomy blank ahead of him ills his life seems a blank also tonight to night lie had expected the lovelia eyes of his fairy bride to be beside him on a honeymoon cruise now lie he smites ilia his hands despairingly together ite turns to graham Sra hain fit at the wheel and asks aska now how long before we reach corsica with oils breeze I 1 dinna think before early tomorrow to morrow you are carrying all the sail possible I 1 every cloth she has barnes barnea turns to step into tha the cabin youre going down to try and get a wee bit bil 0 sleep I 1 ha hopes remarks the scotch mate sympathetically sleep the american laughs as if in mockery of the idea yet goes below and tries to force his mind to the common sense of this strange abduction the tha next morning with the first rays of the sun barnes Is on deck again peering toward the east and before him I 1 la a blue haze that graham Gra barn who is again at the wheel says Is corsica but now some few feet from the stem of the little vessel a figure that hast has been crouching under the low bul 1 NN jck pleased to see you aboard maam barks rises halt half shrouded by the sea tog fog before him after two glances to make his astounded eyes believe he ha gasps Ma marginal Marl rinal nal for the wife of anstruther with some wraps thrown over her fete costume of the night before stands before him the fresh breeze twining the garments about her figure till she seems risen from the mists of the morning my aly god why have you come hero iero ot and the sister of my husband cries the corst can girl you have done it you know too little ot of this curious island and its customs to you a stranger every one of that jealous suspicious race would be an enemy to me born with them the name of my family adored some will be friends you would surely fall I 1 may succeed you should have told your husband the americans voice Is almost ste stern rn 1 I dated dared hotl edwin would not have lat me go my aly darling values me too highly to risk ask a hair ofay of my bead on such a venture answers the corsican bride proudly why you tell me when I 1 came on board you lay here unsheltered all night save by the bulwarks bulwa utters button burton sympathetically the night was warm the wind though strongs strong was balmy besides I 1 waited till you were near enough to corsica not to turn back from it even to restore me to my hus husband baad there is the island there I 1 will help adu vdu you find your bride enid shall not die bior nor suffer because she Is the sister of my illy husband or because she Is your wife great scott youre the marina of old tie he exclaims in astonished admiration mi ration of courso course I 1 am she answers buoyantly my darling husband is for the moment safe their letter which branded me as traitor to my race for marrying edwin says it if I 1 desert my husband they will spare him hid corsicana keep their devilish promises these assassins will think I 1 have abandoned the husband litis band of my heart and will wll spare him till I 1 return to again nestle in his arms and shield him with my iny very life against these fiends of the blood feud BOOK THREE CHAPTER XI beware the path ahad of youl the american paces the deck more buoyant ky reflection shows him what a prodigious aid Ara marinas knowledge of her native Is lariA fl ua its proud vengo ful race and curlott curlo iid sI customs will be to him in his search for his lost bride the mitts mists oi of the morning are slowly rising the bluff headlands of cape rosso before the vessels how bow rises the old genoese watch tower that guards the ahe little harbor ot of porto from which la Is shipped the pine timber of the great Valdon lello forest the alert graham who has haa gazed from the stern astound astounded eO it at too the sud bud den appearance of mrs airs anstruther on board hla his craft leaving the wheel to a lack tar now compi forward orward and touching afa hat hatto to tm ai alady lady says pleased to seo see youal you n board if maam asam iha though aro m afraid mr mi barnes barncs w bui u i ft a n foat att 11 tz ion on deck our eyes were always on the sea trying to catch sight of the damned pirates A k moment later lie ho remarks with this wind we can call make tile the coast a wee bit farther to the son then 10 lo do so commands dd marina la in make a landing it you can nearly neaily 16 15 miles below here at sagone why asked barnes some surprise in hla his tone sagone Sa joe by its mountain path la Is diw nearest ne liest alport to Bocog bocognano nano they late daro nevar convey your our wife through ajac jac do clo ny ily the lie wild mountain paths they can take enid to Bocog napo unobserved and unquestioned by the wood cutters of the forest glens or the shepherds of oc the steep steel pastures ot of del oro you think the seagull will be nt at sagone 1 I hope so answers the girl that will be pl that they are taking her to by barnes direction graham immediately alters tile the course ot of the ho vessel further to the south and they dash down the ahe picturesque coast of the i island whose forest clad mountains run to the very waters of the sea till they weather the point of cardeso and open the beautiful gulf of sagone now calm as aa a sti lake here to the east in the far recesses of the bay is a sail white while under tho the sun that has haa just risen over the wooded headlands names barnes puts his field glasses upon it and for or a moment thinks it some hah fish ing craft but the scotch mato mate leaving le iving the wheel to a seamans bands springs forward takes a long look at it then borrows the americans glasses and runs nimbly up the rigging to tho the top of tile the most mast from his eerie post lie he calls ex excitedly clied uy by st andrew its the seagulls Seagul Se aguIll ll can enid be on board of her Is heard in marinas r anxious voice 1 I can neer believe it answers graham as aa lie he descends to the deck for the vessel la Is anchored per for gods sake get us to tile the yacht commands the american but despite every portion exertion for the breeze has died with the rising sun it la Is another hour before they tan fan their way near the me neagu ye agu upon its deck Is a solitary man who frantically screams to them A mol mes a 1 s 11 rescue me sacro sacre bleu ze patla pirate te cochons cochins have left me I 1 am leboeuf ze e cook take heart well board ye braw leboeuf Leboeu fl I 1 shouts graham and carefully conned by the scotch mate the fishing vessel la Is run alongside of the seagull the light swell permits them to spring from one little craft to tho the other and in a moment barnes has assisted marina onto the yachts deck here they are met by volatile vola tild exclamations clai nations and explanations from monsieur leboeuf Leboe ut monsieur Alons leur darnes barnes he cries sympathetically ze pirates pira tea have carried your bride away zey boarded me at ze moment I 1 was placing your supper on ze za cebin table last evening zen zey seey gag sagged d me cepl hlll I 1 I 1 could not yi 0 th minutes and she camo board in ze asa blackn blackness 1 ess expecting to meet yu you madame barnes ran down into ze za cabin and zon then names barnes face is set like that ofa statue zen zey looked locked ze cabin door upon ai adame and though she cry out pay no more attention to her till zey had got under way what next bartons burtons Hur Bur tons vole la Is hoarse Aft adaire alTe zat zey come to me and say bay no harm to you cook us a good meal and one young man hand some faced bright eyed well dressed gallant he be gave me a louls loula and said feed Us tie well but feed us on oa deck we are gentlemen we do bot ot intrude upon a lady zen I 1 give zem mon dieu zo beautiful meal I 1 have prepared tor for you ali ah how zo ze pirates ate idill it TO BE BB CONTINUED |
