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Show I Mr. Barnes, I American I fl Archibald (Havering Guntcr A Sequel to I Mr. Barnes of New York I LB Author of "Mr. B-rnttof Nw York, D "Mr. Potter of Ti." "Tht Frenchman." Etc. H Cup; rl a hi, hOT. Dudd Meail & Co., N. T. I SYNOPSIS. H Hurton II. llnrnes. u wealthy American ,tVr,'Uc .9orslcn ,reiti thn young Bng- . ilsll lie llcmuit. Kdwnrd llcriinl Anstruth-1 Anstruth-1 V. i'l"' liJ.,Ci)ri.lcnti brldu, Matitm. duughter of the 1'uoIIb, from tlio mur- dotoux vendetta, understanding tlmt Ills reuurtl Ib to be tlio lmtul of tlio girl lie I pvos. I.nl, A1.strmlu-r. Bister of the Kng- I L'ih .,eu,','1,un!:. T,c tow "y from AJat- dlo to Miirsellrcs on lioanl tlio Krunch Jtenmtr Coimtuntlne. Tlio vendetta pur-M pur-M -sues und ns the quartet oro nbout to H l.oard tho train for London nt MnrBellles. .Marina Is handed- a mysterious nolo which causes lier to collapse mid nucrssl- ,.fttPS n Postponement of the Journey. Haines Rets p.irt of the mysterious note ''Cl'.lvt'', which Inform him tlmt ho Ib marked by tho vendntta. lie jniploys tin American' detective and plnpg to beat tho vendetta at their own game. l-or tho purposn of securing tho Biifcty, thu women Hnrncs arranges to huv It'.u,y ChartrlB lease a secluded villa at Mco to which the parly Is to be talten I'J a. ynnht Suspicion Is created that Marina Is In IcnRUo with tho Corslcnns. A man, believed to be CorrcKlo Uanella, Is Been pus.-ilng tho house and Marina Is thought to have Riven him a slRn. Main Ma-in rlna refuses to explain to flames which M fact adds to his latent suspicions. Barnes' ilans for the safety of the party are M learned by tho Corslcuns. Thu rarrlaRe W carrying their party to tho local landlnR Is followed by two men. Ono of tho horsemen Is supposed to be Corrcclo. They try to murder tho American. The cook on tho yacht a Krenr-hmun Is bus. pected of complicity In tlio plot. Tlio I party nnchora nt St. Tropoz. The yacht Is followed by a small bout. Tho cook Is letected giving slRnats to tho boat. llarnes attempts to throw him overboard, but Is prevented by Marina and Knld. The cook Is found to bo Innocent of tho H supposed plot and is forRlven. Tho party nrrivo at Nice and find Lady Chartrls and her daURhter Maud domiciled In the villa rented with Uurnes' money, Ilnrnes Is amazed to find that Count OorreRlo is ut Nice and Is acting the role of admirer V to Lady Chartrls. names and Knld make arrangements for their marriage. Tho net tightens about tlurnes. lie re- reives n noto from In Ilclle Illackwood, W . tho American adventuress, llarnes hears St that Klljuh Emory, his detective, has K been murdered by the Corstcans. He M learns that the man supposed to be Cor- reglo, who followed the party on their I" wuy to tho. boat, was Sallcctl, n nephew of the count, and that Count Corrcglo hnd been In Nice for some tlmo prior to the party's arrival. Thu count warns tinmen not to marry Knld unless ho would have her also Involved In tho murderous mur-derous feud. llarnes and Knld urn married, mar-ried, Soon nfter their wedding llarnes' brldo disappears. llarnes discovers .jhe has been kidnaped und tnken to Corsica. Tho groom secures n llshtng vessel and. Is nbout to start In pursuit of his bride's enptors when ho hears u scream from the vlltu and rushes back to hear that Antgtruther's wife, Marina, Is also miss-CHAPTER miss-CHAPTER X.-7-Contlnued. Hut tlio other breaks In: "Sho Is helpless In that devil's hands, who's tricked us both. This man moans to ItlU her!" "Not ns you fear," mutters llnrnos. "Ciprlano doubtless came here, In his mind some Infamous plot against your llfo nnd hers, but now I think the same crazy pnsBlon for Marina that wns In his brother has entered him. Novor did your wife look more- lovely than when sho so nobly offered to go to Corsica to try nnd bring your sister "Urlng my slstor back? That's why aho's gono," nssorts Anstruthor. "Do you supposo nny other consideration would havo Induced, hor to leavo mo? Sho thinks her word Is potent among tho friends of hor childhood In Bocog-nano. Bocog-nano. Marina Is going to Corsica, linrnos, and I go with you. Tho vessel ves-sel Is thoro como!" Anstruther's rapid strides aro carrying him to tho door of tho hallway, but tho American's Ameri-can's volco stays him. "Sho will novor got to Corsica," says Llarnes, sadly. ( "Why not?" "Why not? Danolla longs for hor. Couldn't you soo his uncanny passion gradually growing as ho looked upon her lovollnoss? No, sho will not bo pormlttcd to got vory far away from him. Don't you supposo his emissaries' IHf Jiro alert now tho man with tho scur H? ovpr his oyo Hint delivered this das- Hj tard noto to hor?" Then tho tone of H the American changes; ho says vory Hj, solemnly: "And yet, I think you can Hg thank God that tho passion of tho H lavor has entered this dovll's hourt Hj tnt' taken tho passion of tup ussassln Ha from it; for otherwise wltli'hla thugs PM nbout hor, your wlfo would now bo K dond. You stay lioro and try utd And Hj Marina. As for mo, my duty Is to go jH to that Island and It slio is living, to HJ bring back my bride If sho Is dead, flj avenge her!" continues liurton. HJ "That Is my duty here, rescue or He avenge Marlnu!" cries tho Kngllsh-Hi Kngllsh-Hi Bj Harnes loaves his brother-in-law Hg nrmlng himself nnd making ready to HE ko out of tho villa in pursuit of tho HJ loved ono ho hnd lost, and hurrlos Hi down thq puth to tho water. Tho Hj darkno'ts Is now so great ho can scurco HJ dlscorn tho little- llshlng vessol still HJ tied up to tho landing stago. Ho rap- Hi My springs over hor low freeboard Hb "nd calls; "Out undor wuy!" Tho HI Illrt Ornlmm lu already at her helm; HJ ll0" big latoon sails aro hoisted flap- SJJ D,nK In thu soft air, and a moment M later undor n smart breozo tho llttlu craft Is gliding toward the ontTnTfCO' of the nay of Vlllefranche. Tho Illuminations of Nice fado away In tho darkness of tho night to tho American upon tho deck of tho flBhlng vessol, which now. under a fresh and Increasing breeze, Is bounding through tho wntdr. Ornhnm Is still at tho wheel, llarnes pacing tho llttlo deck of tho silent craft. Ills steely eyes peer into tho gloomy blank ahead of him. His llfo seems a blank also. To-night ho had expected tho lovelit eyes of his fairy brldo to bo besldo him on a honeymoon honey-moon cruise. Now! Ho smites his hands despairingly together. Ho turns to Graham nt tho wheel and nsltB: "How long before wo reach Corsica 7" "With this breeze, I dlnna think be-foro be-foro early to-morrow," "You aro carrying all tho sail possl-bio?" possl-bio?" "Kvery cloth she has." Ilhrnos. turns to step Into tho cabin. "You'ro going down to try und get a weo bit o' sleep, I ha" hopes," remarks tho Scotch mato sympathetically. "Sleep?" the American lnuehs as If in mockery of tho Idea, yet goes below' and tries to force his mind to tho common com-mon senso of this strange abduction. Tho next morning with tho first rays of tho sun, names is on deck again, peering toward tho caBt, and before him Is a bluo hazo that Graham, who is agnln at tho wheel, says is Corsica. Hut now some few feet from tho stem of tho llttlo vessel, a figure that has been crouching under tho low bul- "Pleased to See You Aboard, Ma'am." warks, rises, half shrouded by tho sea fog, beforo him. After two glances to make his astounded eyes believe, he gasps: "Marina!" For tho wlfo of Anstruthor, with some wraps thrown over her feto cos-tumo cos-tumo of tho night bofore, Btands beforo him, the fresh breeze twining tho garments gar-ments about her figure till sho seems risen from the mists of tho morning. "My God, why havo you como horo?" "To try nnd save your wlfo, tho sis- tor of my husband!" cries tho Corsica Corsi-ca n girl. "You couldn't have dono It. You know too llttlo of this curious Island and its customs. To you, n stranger, ovory ono of that Jealous, suspicious raco would bo an cnomy to me, born with them tho name of my family adored somo will bo friends. You would surely fall, I may succeed!" "You should havo told your husband." hus-band." Tho American's volco is almost al-most stern. "I dared not! Edwin would not havo lot mo go. My darling values mo too highly to risk a hair of my head on such a venturo," answers tho Corslcan brldo proudly. "Why didn't you toll mo when I camo on board? You lay hero unsheltered all night savo by tho bulwarks," utters 'Hurton sympathetically. "Tho night was warm; tho wind, though Btrong, was balmy. Besides, I waited till you wero near enough to Corsica not to turn back from It, evon to restoro mo to my husband. Thoro Is tho Island. Thoro I will help you find your brldo. Knld shall not die nor stiff or becauso sho Is tho slstor of my husband or because sho is your wlfo." "Great Scott, you're tho Marina of old!" ho exclaims In astonished admiration. ad-miration. "Of courso I nm," sho answors buoyantly. buoy-antly. "My darling husband Is for tho moment safo. Tliolr letter which branded mo as traitor to my rnco for marrying lCdwIn, says if I desert my fiusbnnd thoy will spare him. Cor-' Cor-' slcnnB kcop their dovlllsh promises. Tlioso assassins will think I have abandoned tho husband of my heart nnd will Bparo him till I return to again nestlo In his arms nnd shield him with my very llfo against those (lends of tho blood feud." BOOK THREE. chap.ter'xi. "Beware the Path Ahead of Youl" Tho American paces tho deck more buoyantly; reflection shows him what a prodigious aid Marina's knowledge, of her nntlvo Islnnrt, Its proud, vengeful venge-ful rnco nnd curious customs, will bo to him In his Bcnrch for his lost bride. Tho mists of thu morning nro slowly rising from thu bluff headlands of Capo Uosso; beforo tho vossol'.a bow rises tho old Gonooso watch towor that guards tho llttlo harbor of Porto, from which Is shipped tho plno tlmbor of tho great Vuldonlollo forost. Tho alort Graham, who has gazod from thu stern astounded at tho sudden sud-den appeurancu of Mrs, Anstruthor on board his craft, leaving thu wheel to a Jttnlr tar, now comes forward and touching his hat to tho lady, says: "Pleased to see you on board, ma'am, though I'm afraid, Mr. Harnos, you'll W: flunk VTCi ;eiit a tCiVhOOU "wnlch on deck. Our eyes were always on the sea, trying to catch sight of the damned lllratcs." A moment Inter; ho remarks: "With this wind,' wo can mnku tho coast a wee blttfarther to tho sou'." "Then do so!" commands Marina. "Make a landlntf. If you can, nearly IB miles beloxy here nt Sagonu," "Why?" asked Harnos, somo sur-prlso sur-prlso In his tdne, "Sttgono by Its mountain path Is tho nearest port to Hocognnno. They daro never convey your wlfo through AJac-do. AJac-do. Hy tho wild mountain paths they can tako Enid to Docognano unobserved unob-served and unquestioned by tho wood cutters of tho forest glens or tho shop-hords shop-hords of tho steep pastures of Del Oro." "You think tho Seagull will be at Sagono?" "I hope so," answers tho girl. "That will bo proof that they aro taking her to Hocognnno." Hy Humes' direction Graham Immediately Imme-diately alters tho courso of the vessel further to the soutlh nnd they dash down tho picturesque const of tho Island, whoso forest 'clnd mountains run to tho very waterB of tho soa, till they woather the point of Cargeso and open tho beautiful Gulf of Sagono, now calm ns a summer Inke. Here, to tho east, In tho far recesses of the bay. Is a sail gleaming whlto undor un-dor tho sun that has Just risen over tho wooded headlands. Harnes puts his field glasses upon it and Tor a moment thinks It some fishing fish-ing craft, but the Scotch mato leaving tho wheel to a seaman's hands, springs forward, takes n long look nt it; then borrows tho American's glasses nnd runs nimbly up tho rigging to tho top of tho mast. Prom his eerlo post ho calls excitedly: excited-ly: "Hy St. Andrew, It's tho Seagull!" "Can Enid bo on board of hor?" is heard In Mnrlnn'o anxious voice. "I can ne'er bellovo It," answers Graham, as ho descends to tho deck, "for tho vessel is anchored." "For God's snko, get us to tho yacht!" commands tho American. Hut dcsplto every exertion, for tho breezo hns dlcd-wlth the rising sun, It Is another hour beforo they fan their way near tho Seagull. Upon its deck Is a solitary man, who frantically, Bcreams to them: "A mol, mes amis!' Itescuo mo! Sacro bleu, zo plrato cochons have left me. I am Leboeuf, zo cook!" "Tako heart; wo'll board ye, braw Leboeuf I" shouts Graham, and carefully care-fully conned by tho Scotch mate, the fishing vessel Is run alongside of the Seagull. Tho light swoll permits them to spring from ono llttlo crnft to the other, and In a moment Harnos has assisted Marina onto tho yacht's deck. Hero thoy are met by volatile exclamations ex-clamations nnd explanations, from Monsieur Leboeuf. "Monslour Barnes," ho cries sympathetically, "zo pirates havo carried your bride away. Zey boardod mo nt zo moment I was placing plac-ing your supper on zo cabin tatjlo last evening. Zcn'zey gagged mo till I could not spook. Ono two throo minutes and she came on board In ze blackness. Expecting to meet you, Mndamo Barnes;, ran down Into ze cab-In, cab-In, and zen " "Then?" Harnes' faco Is set Hko that of u statue. "Zen zoy locked zo cabin door upon Mndamo, and though sho cry out, pay no more nttontlon to hor till zoy had got under way. Zen zen ' , "What next?" nurtou's volco is hoarse. "Aftalro zat, zey como to me and' say: 'No harm to you. Cook us a good meal,' and ono young man, handi somo-fneed, bright-eyed, well-dressed gallant, ho gnvo mo a louls and said: 'Feed us well but feed us on dock. Wo' nrogontlomen; wo do not Intrude upon n lady.' Zen I give zem, mon DIou, zo beautiful meal I have propared for you. Ah, how zo pirates ato It!" (TO BE CONTINUED.) |