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Show 11 Mr. Barnes, II American H K ' Arc&ibald Clareriiif Gunter BP 11 A Sequel to m . Mr. Barnes of New York R , Author of "Mr. B.rn.. of titw York." m 4 i "Mr. Pott.r of Toms." H (I "TKt Friwhmn," Etc 11 ' ' jg Copyright, WW. Oodd Mo.AOo.,N.r. Wm $ ' 8YN0PSI8. 'SlllBi. Burton M. rinrmn. n wealthy Amerlcnn ffijfl F tourlnt; Cornlca. renctirn the younK Ensr-f Ensr-f ' Hah lliMitnnn,ttt,'Hltonrd Ornril Annt'riith- iWL er, 'nnil his Coralcan -brldo, Marina, 'fiHl' daughter of llio I'aollx, from the mur-ffl mur-ffl ,' derou.i vomtatta, understanding that Ills V V reward Ik to be the hand of tho Klrl he lovon. Knld Anstruther, ulster of tho Ungate Ung-ate I.' Heutanant. The four fly from AJac-Km AJac-Km f '' clt to Mnmelllm on board tho French jBli s learner Constantino. The vendetta pur-JIB pur-JIB Si, sues and na tho quartet nre about to IILttn? board the train for London at Marseille, WiSt oS Marina Is handed n mysterious noto Ffilji w which anises her to collapse and necessl-wfjij necessl-wfjij ft tatea a postponement of the Journey, B I a Barnes and Knld are married. Soon Hit- after tlielr wedding; Ilarnes' brldo (lis-H (lis-H I f appears. flames dlsrovers nhn has 2 ' been kidnaped and taken to Corsica. BE (i i? The croom secures a fishing vessel and Bo I rey v Is about tn start In pursuit of his bride's rf' Amif captors when he hears a scream from frv- Sl' tno villa and rushes buck to hear that t ijBTj . Anstnttlier's wife, Marina, Is also mlss-K5 mlss-K5 ill' lnr. liarnes Is compolled to depart for fit Ur Corsica without delay, And so ho leaves iff Hh' the search for Marina to her husband while I1 (JQfV to hunt for Knld. Just bet m , Ml, fore Ilarnes' boat lands on Corsica's f3 ' (T ' shore Marina Is discovered hiding In a Sj i' corner of the vessel. She explains her action by snylng she has come to help it Barnes rescuo his wife from tho Coral-it Coral-it ' s cans. When names and Marina arrive JB i I, In Corslet he In Riven a note written by H JK Knld Informing lilni that the kidnaping Si f; ' Is for tho purpose of entrapping Ilarnes i 8 so the vendetta may kill him. Ilarnes Bo J f , and Marina have unusual adventures in ! s their search for Knld. They come In jSsjy sight of her and her captors In tho Corsl-0!W Corsl-0!W ! can mountain wilds Just as night BPS' BP-S' H ,, preaches. In seeking; shelter from n Kkff h v storm the couple enter a hermltngo and SbBh tt - there to their amusement they discover IS'iljir Tomassn., tho foster father of Marina, LiJ'lsVnV who was supposed to have been killed by St: iB - Ie Itelloc's soldiers, and for whose death I; I fy Ilnrncfl had been vendcttacd. Tnmasso Tl. ' lonrns that Marina's husband did not ,fjj t kill her brother. Many wronga nre right's right-'s If ,-! ed. ll.i rues Is surprised In the hermitage v I- by llochlnl nnd Itomano, ilie two detest-. detest-. T f,( ed bandits, who had been searching for Mm to murder him for his money. Tho A' ' bandits attempt to. take away Margin, Ilarnes darts out' the door. The bandits 'J ,fi start to pursue, .Jiut .as they reach tho it ' ij door botti aro laid low hy Uarncs' revol- !! -ver. Members of the Uellacoscla enter ' ! i and Ilirnes Is honored for his great serv-"t serv-"t ' k Ice to the community In killing tho lMtcd t1 . T Rochlul and Itomano. The release of .if i- Knld Is promised. Ilarnes Is convoyed In triumph to Hoeognano. Marina accualntH mr the Bollacoscla with Sallcetl's plot . JjPF against her husband and the peoplo are jtSkft , Inslmeted to vote against him nt tho ' jjf coming election, names Is taken to the .1' mansion of the I'flolls to meet Knld. t nf. Mttrlnn receives a telegram. She starts " IU' ' for Ilttstla to meet her husband. Knter- '!! ' Inir the room to greet hlB wife Ilarnes Is PCBBir. . bowlldered to find the adventuress Jm l&'BBf: ltclle Blackwood, but not Knld. Sho had FSWTf' been substituted for' the American's brldo J. my by a shrewd plot. Lieut. Anstruther nr- Sxjlj rives tn find Marina and learns that sho ISsUI'. lias been lured away by tho telegram &'!Rm which had been sent by another without BaS?j Ms knowledge. The two start In search of BRHKv Marina Harnea and Gdwln take different roads. In t,liolr search. ' CHAPTER "Xyi. Continued. Ab ho gallops from tho llttlo hamlot, L;iSf boido cyclamen branches greet him, ho .'!' urges on his steed. L'iBA And whi.t n rido. It Is, under the E'iBf,' groat trees of La Cnstagnlccla, whore tmmj ' chestnuts blg.ns eggs drop upon htm, tlio giant chestnuts that fod Paoll's pif? ' patriot army, tho bread of Corsica, H fljfi each dozen troos bolng a peasant niald wf lli en's marrlago dower. Bm't Hut though tho woods aro all cheat m;Hf nuts, Hdwln still sees Jn his road cycla- KjB' men bianclios, slightly withered now, MiKv their fragrance fading, and hope !U' grqws iilghor In. his heart. nEjvL' , So lio rides along tho parlcllko vales of Iia Ca8tagnlccla, and boforo him Is Hi4 tho green of tho groat Ilavella forcBt ilf fading away down tho hillsides tpward Hjlfl tho dUtant and stilt unseen Tuscan dlffjt Here JOdwIn ' chocks his horse, MkIiS sprlugs off nnd picks up a cylnmon rajin branch, and as ho rides along, looking SjljlE at .the (towers, suddenly ejaculates: kIJIw "Jove, how frosh 'their perfume and mm plucked two dayH slnco." '.' jl Hu ju. lately cut llowors glvo no Pi m warnl;iKlo tho'sallor; ho Is too eager now,; Pausing at tho little village of nK Piotra, Kdwln steps Into tho Inn to ask JbWbT Eomu quostfons and hears news that ISu makes hlrn frenzied. BBy Tho landlord, delighted at his lib- HjrJ cral hand, tells him to avoid tho com- H niuual vhero tho voting is going oh. " 'Tho Iiucchoso" have got full of wlno UK and are having a riot In that direction, jfifffi They aro perfect" devils, theso follows from I,ucca over across tho sea that 'Mr- Danella Imported to work upon his oR estates hero." AMU "Count Clprluno Danella has estates Mt hero?" asks Kdwln excitedly, QM "Yes, now it is Clprlano. Down to- ul E ward Cervlone, w)iero the cliffs run BP Into tho sea, tho only placo whoro it is mm not sickly and they bavn no lagoons. I 1 ix You can Hnow it by tho Genooso watch ! life ' 'towor that was In ruins, but tho count IpE , .oiiio years ago liuil repaired and mado iilli' clu'loU3 1 novor heard anyono iRin' moiition 'Iprlano's proportlos hero," fijll uiutters Uiq sailor.. 1 Ohf possibly not. Till a fortnight BhIsL elnco, (hoy belonged , to JMusso Danella, HyUv' tho dead ono, but Count Clprlano has BPlr aow" taken possoHBion of thorn." , Mai.. . "Ho is thoroz;:- ','VVIiy, I 'think 'so. A bov who cauio tp the pass yesterday said tho new uin had come thore In a vessoK" "H Is thoro nt present?" "Quite Biiro!l' Ittuglis the man. "Clprlano "Cl-prlano himself rodo through hero yesterday yes-terday esctirtfng n lady with Homo of tils followers.", 1 "Aha, In a carriage driven by an old Corslcan?'1 "Sho was In n carriage, but wbb not drivcp by an old Corslcan; a boy whipped tho horses." "She wassoung nnd beautiful?" "My eyes are old, I could not sec well, Slguorc. Tho carrlnge camo rapidly rap-idly past me, threo or four riding about It. The lady looked as If sho would say some words; sho roso almost as If to spring out, but something In tho carriage car-riage seemed to check her, and thoy whipped up tho horses. Oh, Slgnoro, how terrible you look!" "Tho quickest wny to Clprlano's estntOB?" asked Anstruther hoarBely. "Down tho road thero, through tho forest, over two ranges of hills nnd his land begins. lint bo careful how you go thnt way; tho 'Luccheso' aro Just beyond tho village Hear them? Thoy nro rioting now," as Neapolitan outcries and Tuscan oxcrcratlons and oaths and tho rattle of stones aro heard further to tho cast. "Heat take a bypath." by-path." , Kdwln takes tho road pointed out to him; ho wishes no delay with theso Italian .workmen,' wbom,lmpprtedin great numbers into the island, tho Cor-slcans Cor-slcans would probnbly butcher to a man did not their natural laziness make them prefer to let tho "Luccheso" "Luc-cheso" live and work for them. Hut the by-path doesn't rid him entirely en-tirely of tho "Luccheso." Just nftor ho has left tho vlllago ho finds himself him-self confronted by some hundred Italian Ital-ian workmen, who threateningly demand de-mand drink money, and unfortunately noting tho cyclamen flower In tho sailor's hand, the red being tho color of tho candldnto they do not favor, thoy rush at him with upraised pitchforks pitch-forks and scythes. Out tho lieutenant, remembering Napoleon's Na-poleon's reclpo for mobs, pulls out his pistol. Dodging onoa volley of stones, some of which come 'dangerously near to him, ho dashes on, and thero are two wounded "Luccheso" ns ho rides away and throo ompty cylinders In his revolver. Hero a broken cyclamen branch makes him forget all else, and riding hurriedly, after some hours of mountain moun-tain vistas, ho reaches a llttlo hill and gazes at a view which causes him for ono moment to pause. The dark emerald emer-ald of tho woods descending qulto Jh Wounded " as He Rides Away. rapidly, reaches tho paler emerald of tho sunlit Tuscan sea. Fow sails aro on tho quiet waters of the tropic sea, though a sailing fisher crnft of soma burden is anchored an-chored off tho shore. Hut what holds most strongly tho hungry oyo of Kdwln Anstruther is the foreground of this wondrous picture. pic-ture. Running Into tho gentlo waves about half a mllo from him Is a cliff, topped by a fairy green of foliage; upon It stands a ruined turret. Its timo-stalned stones indicato it had been a watch tower of tho Genoese In olden days and that from Its top conturlos ago had flamed beacons warning tlio fleeing flee-ing peoplo that tho galleys of Uarbary pirates were ravaging theso shores. Tho mass of ruined masonry rising abovo tho foliage has been now apparently appar-ently ropalrcd. Tho Englishman sees tho sheen of glass In somo of tho llttlo loop-holed windows. Hcsldo It on tho samo cliff somo GO yards away Is a comfortable Corslcan farmhouse, Increased In-creased by a long modern addition whoso windows nro largo and whoso portico Is spacious. Of 'a sudden he thinks ho scos a whito hand waving somo piece of woman's llngorlo from tho tower, nnd gallops down tho road, careless of all except that it may ho his wifo. Though It Ib nearly dusk, tho cyclnmon flowers still greot him with their perfumo. Ho rldos across a llttlo bridge that spans n chasm awful In Its dopth through which tho sen rushes, It Is light enough to seo very Indistinctly, and ho finds himself on a lawn- planted with Ilex, citron and orango trees. On ono sldo Is tho farmhouse; farm-house; on tho other tho lono Gcnocso tower. Somo brokon branches of cyclamen llowors lead him toward tho tuiret. A light Is now stroamlng from Its uppor story. Hiding his horso to tho loy-arched loy-arched masonry that 1b tho entrance to tho lower story ho springs off to alight upon cyclamen blooms. Tho odor of tho llowors Issues from tho building Itsolt. Tho heavy oaken doors of tho entrance en-trance aro open invitingly,- but ho scares notices Ihom. Thero Is only t f one thought in his heart: "Is my wlfa upstairs?" Witn hls rovolycriroady-ln-lifs hand, liO.dnBlies raphlly.uli.tho circular stoae 'stalrway.Mipon 'which oieiv'lItllo loopholes, loop-holes, Aftor nightfall, these give him no light. Hut tho Illumination of a lariip or candle comes down tho stairway stair-way as he passes higher up. Ho calls: "Marina, aro you there?" ahd enters the chamber at the top of tho tower. It Is lighted by a lump nnd fltftd up for occupancy. There is a little bed tn It, some old chairs and an oaken tabic. Upon tho bed aro a bunch of cyclamen flowers and nrticlcs of woman's wom-an's nppnrel. He llles to examine them. Thoy nro not thoso of his wife. Upon the table is an envelope ad' dressed: "Lieut. Edwin Gerard Anstruthor." Its contents, written In tho samo hand as that of Marina's letter, makes the young mnn's eyes roll in his head: Mon Cher Anstruther: I hnvo been wUtchlnK your coming;, over the hills, following the cyclamen flowers tho charming Marina so nstutely dropped Into tho path to brine you here and am prepared for your visit. I thoiiKht you would be attracted to the llsht In this chamber when nil olso was dark. As you read this you nre alroady trapped. trap-ped. Do you think I will sparo anyone who brought about my brother's death? Ask Tomasso, who Is alreudy none. Do you Imagine, KiiKllsh ttoutenant, who call yourself 'husband to the woman I have decreed shall be mine, that you shall bo scathless Tho sharp clang of tho doors below make3 Edwin drop tho lotter and spring llko a topman down tho stairs. Though ho Is quick, somebody Is quicker. Tho strong doors aro closed As he reaches tho lower step, he hears Bteel bars falling Into their sockets out side. From without a jeering laugh makes hlni know this has been planned. This Is confirmed by the creaky turning of a great key. "Unlock this door!" ho commands In quarterdeck tones. "Diablo, not. after having had bo much trouble to trap you," Is roturncd in almost Parisian French. Without a word Anstruther discharges dis-charges his revolver Into tho lock ol tho door. Ho hns exhausted his three remaining cartridges, when tho Impingement Im-pingement of tho bullets shows that tho lock Is protected by steel and hit attempts abortive. Ho Is interrupted by loud cries ol terror from almost beneath his feet: "Hang It, quit that shooting! Do you want to blow us up? I saw that scar faced chap shove sticks of nitroglycerin nitro-glycerin all around In tho crovlcos This tower's mined, and that scoundrel scoun-drel has got a fuse or electric wire running to it." His own language with a Yankee twang coming from below startles Ed win. Ho has somo matches In hli pocket; strikes one, looks round and sees a trap door In tho flooring almost beneath his feet. Ho pulls It up and peers down. His eyes glare Into those of another man gazing up from an un derground vault. Holding tho match so that ho can seo tho faco ho gasps: "Groat guns, Emory! I thought you dead!" "I'm almost dead," growls tho detective, detec-tive, Edwin, almost stunned by surprise, sur-prise, gazing at him petrified. "By tho living Jingo, whore's Barnes? 1 guessed some of you'd find mo out," ndds tho Plnkerton man In relieved voice. "I reckoned you'd rescue n chap who's been risking his llfo and gottlng a good deal tho worst of It la your employ." "I camo to find my wife," cries Edwin Ed-win shortly. "Hnvo you soon hor?" "Oh, thoro's a lady, I think, In tho houso." "In tho houso? And they have cooped mo up in this tower." Anstruther Anstru-ther frantically assaults tho door again. "Oh, I reckoned they'd bo doing something undorhand to you," calls Emory. "Cotno down and holp mo out first." I "Why don't you como up? There's a ladder." ! "I can't. Dash it, they've got log j Irons on mo. They feed mo on soup nnd bread and don't oven loavo a spoon with mo to dig out. I was seized and smuggled from St. Tropez In that fishing craft that followed your yacht Just tho moment I had it fixed bo I'd hear their plans, Thoy'ro crafty us snakes." "A Plnkorton man llko you captured In this disgraceful way!" says Anstruther An-struther sternly. For ho thinks had Emory kopt his oyos open and done his duty, Enid would hnvo escapod abduction ab-duction and tho tost novor hnvo como to pass. 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