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Show sr. STORV I' niwpni j I I - Mr. Barnes, III American WMf' Archibald Clavering: Gunter f Kh A Sequel to ! lip Mr. Barnes of New York ! HjJI' & B Author of "Mr. Dam t. of New Yorli." B Mil1 r fl "Mr. Poller of Teaas." 1 I & ' "That Frenchman." Elc. B Hi f Copyright, 11W. Doita Jten.1 a Co. H, Y. HI SYNOPSIS. Ill I Burton II. Hnrnes, a' wealthy American 1 ; .Wv? Corslcn. rescues tliu youmt Hub-H Hub-H i I1i lieutenant. IMwurd Ucrurd AiMlrutii- U)1 r Sr' Sm ''J" Corsleun Initio. Mnniui. Mm i. . i uiiSllmr ciC tho Pnolts. from the mur-MMl mur-MMl uorous -vendetta, understanding tint Ida M ; Jcwmd Is to bo tho hand of tun k -I !i" 81' ?Vt, n!,,d Aiintrulher, wlsierof tin- Knif- lieutenant. Tho four Hy from AJai- mm ' co to Atnrsclllcs on board tlio l-'roni-h HI i steamer Cciistnnttnu. Tito vendetta pur- HI p Hues nnd uh tlio .(itiartol nro iitmut to Inl 4 bpiird the. train for Uinilun ut Manollles, 111 I , M,n.l'J hnniltd u mysterious note 181 which: cnuso3 her to collnpso ami neuesjl-Ik neuesjl-Ik I , J?108 a Postponement of tlio Journey. Ill i- linrnes Rets part of tlti mysterious noto El Btid t-iwivos letters which Inform liltn s'i " ,tnt, ho Is marked hy tlio votnliittu. Mo mm employs un American, detective mid pinna Mil to heat tlio vondctfn at their own name. Wit R l'or tlio purpose of securing tlio Hafety IK of tho Woman Harney nrruiiccs to have mil f) Lurry Churirla lease u luucd villa nt IR , fslcn to which tht patty Is to lie taken ! if' In n yacht. llat-ne nnil Kuld make Ik , nrrnnKumcnls for. their mnrrlutro Tlio Mil J net tlKhtens about Darner I to re-ill re-ill I eclve a noto from I.a Hello lllaclcwood, ni tho American ndvcnttirnss. liarncs hears 11 that KUJah Kmory, his detective, has jfltt lii-en murdered l-y ihu Curslcans, I in Rl Ifnrns that tlio inmi supported tn ho Cor- ri'i.'lo, who followed tho party on their IEI way to the. boat, was Hullcutl, a m-phew il of tho count, and that Count Corroglo It i'V been In Nlco for .norm- tlmo prior to Wll . tho party'a nrrUnl, Tin- count warns 1(1 ; Uarnos not to murry Ihtld unlPii' he , would liftvo her nlo luvolvi-d In llio mur- 11(1 f iloroun feud. Uurnrs and Knld nro inni- I ilt-d. Koon after their. weddinR Uariu-d' IS 1 1 (V . hrldo dlsappcnrn. Ilarnex illscoverN .ilit- 1111 i' lin beon kidnaped and taken to UorHlra. The (,'rootn nc iire.i a llwlilng vo.i.it-l and l Is about in iitnrt In.purmilt of IiIh brlde'x III enptorn when ho -Iiearn a Koream from llll tho. villa mid rustling liai;k to hoar that E I G - Auatruth'or's wlfoV Marina, Is nlmi ml.i.s- nil Inic. liarncs In compelled to depirt for H 1. Cnmlcft without delay, and so ho le.ivex II U v the nonrcli for Marina to her htiHhand (! f while ho Boea to hunt for ICnht. .Iiut lie- III l foro HarncM" boat landn on Corxlcu's , V.M hi Mhnru Marina In discovered lildhiK In a 9 i; corner of the voskcI. Shu explains her ft notion by saylni; aim hnn come to he'p fl V HirncH rcflcuo IiIh wife from tho C'ornl- II I CUllH. ( I ! . CHAPTER .Xl. Continued. jl J ' "How tnany w'cro there?" Intorjccts I , .' llarnua hurriedly". I li "About foil Of Moiislour. Only ouo I know 'hdwto sail zo sUlp. Ilutzenlsht H( , Is fine ami nftatny li'rlnginB tno to W( insKo za UrouUftist ilurliiK zo darknois, zo pno'who know so coast Btccroil us M hero. Zen zoy drop zo anchor anil II cry' tonlo: 'Cook, alay on board. Yon M 1' ' toll zo ctirst'd.' Aiuorlcatio, Slgnoro 0 liarncs of Now York tq cdiuo to llocog-U llocog-U h nano'ir lio'would rc'acuu his wlfo. Wo jl 1 f Jtavo' greeting for him zoref vltch he IJ vlll not .forgot!' S?iy ull t:iko oft zalro ! Uf! ' hats, a zo yottni; cavatlor bring tiion III dock your beautiful lady, who looked' 111 . Ilko u goddoss, so haughty, no noblo. jj To htm an he bowed boforo hor, she 6ays: 'Monalou'r- liortiardo Sallcctl, III you who were vere un gentllhomme a Bil ' few days ago and have now become a 9j ' kldnapiior, tell your savai;cH tn keep ' 111 lH'1'1 hands off tno and I vlll go with Ifljj f,: , "To tno she command as Bho Htepped wmu ' Into zo boat: 'Ioboeuf, havo u good )H meal for .Mr. Itarnes, who vlll ho com. jffl lug soon;' .en hIio look nt mo with IB her eyes. I know ho means I uai not KM I ' lo forgot Eomethlng. Ah, your marlee jHfil; v 3 valro bravo. Only ottco In zo long II j- night, as 1 listen with my ears, t hear I from zo cabin n short, quick ill I . "My wlfo'H eyes told yon to retnem- III re . her Bomothlng? Whut was It?" nsks I I' Uarnos very eageily, though his gaze UK "Oh, volla! Vhon zb ruinnnH wero llfal preparing ze boat 'for her, Madame I ' whispered In my car: 'Tell my hits- K band to look In zo third drawer of ze m cabin lockof.' " ffl Iloforo the laat words havo left the M Frcnclininn's lips, the American Ik down tho compnnlonwny and Iiuh torn open tho drawer Indicated, Ho hnr- riedly tosses nslilo tho contents and H produces a note, tho Kiipurscrlptlon of m which, In the dear hand ho knows, tjm makos him fnltor. It Is simply ad- ID diossed: "Mr. Ilurton H. IlarneJ," and fM reads: laBB, ty UarlliiK Ifulmnd: I have little jara tlmo to write, for tlmy nro preparlnB to ISfl tnlso mo on Hhoro In (i boat. W'o are JB now anchored off Corolca somewhere. IB I'ast evenlnB, throiiKk xoum caruleas RHE mexHaKo of Thonip.Hon inllntvrpri-ted by 'mm my own oiK-rnc'n, I oiimu on board the JH yacht alone, thlnkliiB you Imd irone there 3m before Ino to, nvolil wiiuh oncouuter with tW Danvlln (hat rnlglit ilelity our wedding IfD trip. A bout wiik wnltlnK for mo at the IIMB UitidlijK place. In tho dfirkiuMu, ilurlnR fSml H( sbort hundred yni-drf to tho yncht, yB I noticed notldui; Nunplclouti In the onra- ITBJ nion, probubly hemuiu- iny.UHiUKhtH were HB jo ontlrely of you. . J B l-'lylnv Into tla- culilti'xpiKitliiB' to m moot yoil, I luiitrd tin-'4"rM 'lo" upon W nin and a voire. In C.'orVlcHii f'renp.li fcay. HJ "Sim Is ours!" Then tin- ttllppliiB of Hjj t-Hu outnldu told me I wan a prisoner. HBj i No' fir)tH of mine- or commandu nor Ml heeded. Th yacht not under way, MS Alii iwlmt n nlgbt I've passed hero In HI tlila cabin tlat Hhould have ,boou our mfji homvynioon bjrn'e. thitiklnB of your jiiIb- L'JEfljB crV who"" 'Vou found you bad lost mo. jfVMA HUt Unowlriff-hy; your lovo that you 'JwBj will puriiuo utld ll'jl "" 1 t,L'J yuu thU wnrnltuf, vhloU I", Lr BVt IfiJpurUince. W I havo learned bfRouio onrol l-'reni-h convvraatlon thatfluui ilrlfUd In to mo lhat-I ant to ho .imtiUv ,1"S'A0 ',rln you to tho "U'utbQf 't;VeJUi6a " HBnVBnnpHPHjHBflBnjn mmmmmfammwBmmmwKKKmmBSSBmwfHKKSSST: lint IbM' have nntind you tli-y take ne I'orBUa. They uro Huro your ur-'-! :i for ine wjll mal.e you follow me. n.n u.ul rtrelrKi In yohr nyny. There 3,'illcrtl me inn to noj.i.in'.nnte you, think-. !njt by llmt to rjaln tho vote of hls!pe-" tillnr i-ounlrymen bccuuHo he hn nobly millllvd tils dlnbollcal oath of the horrible hor-rible veialntta that they worship. Therefore, There-fore, by your lovo for me, my husband. I rlmre you not to risk your dear life unduly, iiml to"hrln with you enough friend to protect you from lhce ns. tasstns I hear tho splash of the boat put ovirlionrd; thry will Mio conilnn for tne, Vo kiss tho letter whrfo I slBn and you'll tneiit the lips of, In llfo or death, ilwiiys, YOU It WIKB. linriies reads this letter cat of ally twice. Once ho gnzca up; but tho light of the cnbln decorated for his honeymoon, nbotit which tiro scattered scatter-ed hln wlfo's dainty belongings brought en board for a nuptial voyage, makes him close his misty eyes with a til miner. lA'boouf Is now calling down tho companlonway: "Monsieur, I have obeyed your wlfo's commands. A good meal Is served on dock for you and Mndanio Anstruthcr." Ho must cat to keep his strength up for the work that Is ahead of him. Tho American steps nlcrtly on deck and tries to show his appreciation of tho French chef's nrt, but anguish is a bar to appetite. Aftor a moment llarnes passes Knld's letter over to Edwin's wlfo. When she hn read It, ho says: "1 have been thinking If It wouldn't bo better to sail to Ajacclo and got Do llelloc and Eomo of his troopers to go with us to llocognano." "With Do llelloc and his troqpers you would never find hor," answers Marina. "Tho sight of their cavalry uniforms would bo signalled up the Valley of the Gravona; Enid would not be' In Rocngnnno. In the mountain fastnesses fast-nesses of Del Oro they wintld hldo her where you would nevor Hud her." "Thc'i Bomo honest countrymen, from this neighborhood; they can ha hired?" suggests names. "But not by a foreigner to strike against a Corstcan," replies Mnrlnn, almost proudly. "To havo any hope of finding your wlfo wo must go alone. I'll lead you by secret paths through tho mountains; on tho main road did they Feo you coming thoy would ambush am-bush nnd kill you." Her oye3 look eagerly upon tho shore, sho rises and says, resolutely: "Como!" Barnes, moro eager than she, quickly quick-ly dresses himself In tho slmplo hunting hunt-ing suit ho has brought with him. "Oh, you must look moro Corslcan," cries the girl, find deftly puts a cock's feather plucked from ono of his bride's "We Have the Beasts for a Week at Thirty Francs Apiece." bonnets In his hat. "Some soot, Felix," she commands tho cook, "to mako Monsieur's oyebrowa darker and his moustnche blnck." "Yes, that's It!" sho adds eagerly. "And you?" asks names placing his eyes on Marina's whlto Parisian fcto dress. "Oh, J've brought a Corslcan peasant's peas-ant's costume with mo," and tho lady calls to Graham to bring on board a llttlo bundle sho had loft upon tho deck of tho Ashing smack. Then 'Marina runs down tho companlonway com-panlonway and sccludcshersolf In tho union while Barnes gives his directions direc-tions to Graham. "You had hotter return re-turn that fishing boat to Vlllcfrancho by two of your crow." "Yob oven n land lubber can sail her across In this flno wonthor without any troublo," answers tlto mate. "I am Borry, my gallant follow, I cannot take you with mo," says tho American; "only Marina nnd I must go," "Hoot, man! not lono wl' that delicate deli-cate lassie." "Wo aro safor alono than with a few," replies Ilarnos. "Hut havo tho yncht ready to sail and a sharp lookout look-out kept for mo. During tho night havo a boat hb ho io there with a couplo of mon In It, so that, If necessary, I may immediately como on board of you." "Ayo. nyo! Night nnd tiny I'll look for you," answors ,tho mate. "Now, bring tho boat alongside" "Not yot, Monsieur," cries Loboour, Usulng from tbu gnlloy, "not without sonifcthliiK to cat, to support! you nnd Macfnmo," nd ho producos u big Jiav-cimcU Jiav-cimcU filled with provisions. "You're right. Ily ovuulng wo shall bo hungry, If not beforo," nnswors tho American, "nnd It will bo host to avoid hh much nR iiosslblo native Inns." Ho calls: "Madame Austruther, I am ready!" "And so nin I," And Marina trips to thodoek, a peasant girl' of hor Island lior dark brown tressoB Bhadod hy tho. graceful mandllo nnd-a fnldetta of ' eroy clotli, drawing, .he agllo figure, 1 Her, short flklrts disclose her delicate i foot fctio'd !tt Btrohu" country Bhbos'flt for use over tho stones of mountain paths. Iloth aro enger. Within five mln utes they nro In tho boat, and pullet) by two Scotch tars, soon land upon tho rocky shore. As Marina's feet touch tho soil, sho. looks at it passionately and murmurs bitterly: "To think that I como back to my natlvo Island with tho hands of po many of tho friends of my childhood utrnlnst mo, with so many heartB that onco turned toward mo turned away." Then sho drnws herself her-self up and says desperntely, yet proudly: "Hut I will show to them my hands are free of tho blood of To-mnsso To-mnsso Monaldl." Clambering over tho sea-washed rocks, they roach tho green woodland, and soon through Its soft follago of Ilex, beech and wild citron, trend a romnntlo path that leads them to tho moro dusty hlghwny which sklrtB tho coast, slightly to the south of tho llttlo llt-tlo quay of Sagono. This Marina says Is fortunnte, that thoy nocd not exclto curiosity by passing through tho Bea-sido Bea-sido vllUtgo to rench tho road to Vlco, by which thoy will Btrlko cast to reach tho vast glen between Monto Itotondo nnd Monto Del Oro. A llttlo while nlong this road, roasting roast-ing beneath tho hot sun and stilled by tho dust of early summer, when Marina says, pointing to a fnrmor's houso: "Stay hero nnd I'll bargnln for tho use of two of tho natlvo ponies I sco In his barnyard." A few minutes of apparently excited gesticulation nnd talk with tho peasant peas-ant who Is hoeing In hla field, and sho brings Into tho road two sturdy, shng-gy shng-gy brown ponies. . Mounting astride ono of thoso, Corslcan Cor-slcan fashion, Marina Bays almost gaily: "Wo havo tho beasts for n week nt 110 francs apiece. Now I feel nt homo ugaln." Upon tho other names would dash forward, but some very serious words from his companion stop him. "It wns lucky 1 saw that farmer. Ho said: 'I would glvo you n moro. gentle beast, girl, had not four mon three hotirB ngo ongaged my gentle Mnndallna for a lady's use. Of course, my best wns at Slgnoro SallcctPs order. I had heard him speak up In the mountains at the polling booth groat words on tho glory of Corsica, which had given Franco a llonaparto nnd ono day would glvo her another.' " Suddenly tho girl call3: "Hut you cannot overtake Enid In a second," for tho American's heels aro beating a tattoo tat-too on tho sides of his sturdy llttlo cob, nnd ho Is hurrying forward muttering: mut-tering: "Threo hours ahead of mo. Perhaps wo can ovortnko my darling boforo night!" "Don't rldo so fast," exclaims his companion, galloping her pony to him. Then her voice growing vfery solemn, she says warnlngly:' "From some hilltop, hill-top, should wo get too near, thoy will seo ua coming, and In n vendetta ambush, am-bush, somo knlfo might reach not only your 'heart but Enid's. When you have enemies In Corsica, bewnro tho path ahead of you!" , .. . 1 (TO BK CONTINUED.) |