| OCR Text |
Show Barnes, American Dr Archibald Clavering Gunter A Sequel to Mr. Barnes of New York, Autlior of "Mr. Barnee of New York," I L"Mr. Polt.r of TexaV' I 'That Frenchman." Etc I Copyright, HOT, Doaa Moad A Co- N. V. 8YNOPSI3. Rurlon 11. tinmen, n wenlthy AmeHcnn tnurlni; Corsica, rescues tho Voumj Eiik-llsh Eiik-llsh Ileuteiinnt, Kihvnnl Cernrd Anstruth-er. Anstruth-er. and his Corslcnn bride, Mnrlnn. daughter of tho I'nnlls. from the murderous mur-derous vendetta, understnndlnff that his rewnrd Is to bo the hand of tho Kir! he loves. Kntd Anstruther, sister nf the Krnr-llsh Krnr-llsh lieutenant. The four lly from AJac-clo AJac-clo to MnrKettleii on board tho French ntenmer Constantino. Tho vendettn pursues pur-sues nnd ns the minrtet nre about to hoard tho train for tendon at Marseilles, Marina Is handed n mysterious noto which caiucs her to cnllnp'o nnd necessitates necessi-tates n, postponement of tho Journey. Unrnes Rets part of tho mysterious note nnd receives letters which Inform h'm that ho Is rnnrlced by tho vendetta. 1U employs an American detective and plans to beat tho vendetta at their own same. For the ptirpopf of securing tho safety of. tho women Tinmen nrrnnses to have Lady Chartrls lease a secluded villa nt Nlco to which the party is to ha ta1nn In a yncht. Ilarnes nnd Knld make nrrnmrcmcntfl for their marrlape. Tho net tlKliteni about nanres. He re-celvos re-celvos a noto from I.a Hello ninckwood, tho Amerlcnn adventurous. Ilarnes hears that Klljah Kmory, his detective, has been murdered by the Corrtcnnt. Ho lenrns that the man supposed to bo Cor-rcKlo, Cor-rcKlo, who followed the party on their way to the boat, was Sal'etl. a nephew of the count, nnd Hint Count Cnrrejrlo had been In Nice for smo Hmo prior to the party's nrrlvnl. The rount warns names not to marry Kn'd un'css ho "nuld havo her lw Involve 'n the mur-dcroun mur-dcroun feud. Ilarnes nd V-tld nr- married. mar-ried. Boon after the'r we'M'n'r names' hrlde dlsi)OPiirs. Harnm d'scovors sho ims ben hldnnped tin'1 t''cn to Corslen. The proom iir n nil 'ii"' vni nnd Is nJ"iut to s'art In pfroi't of his br'''e's captorr when ho hears n screnin from the villa nnd rushet hack to hear that Anslrullier's wife. Jtar'nn, Is nNo m'is-Inp. m'is-Inp. names Is compelled to t'epart for Corsica without rt"Inv. nnd so-lio leaves the search for Marina to her husband while he" poes to hunt for Knld. .Tust be-fore be-fore Itirnes' boat lands on Corsica's shoro Mnrlnn In discovered hldlnir In a corner of tho vessel. Sho oxplalns her action )iy saylmr she has como to help Unrnes rescue his wife from the Corslcnn". Corsl-cnn". When names nnd Marina arrive In Corsica ho Is ntven a noto written by F.r.ld Informing bm that Uu Iddnaplnc Is for tho purposo of cntrnputng llarnen, so tho vendettn mny hill him. names nnd Marina havo unusual ndventures In their senrch for Knld. They come In stitht of her nnd her captors in tho Corslcnn Cor-slcnn mountain wilds Just as night approaches. ap-proaches. In Beellnc sholtcr from n storm tho couple enter n hermltaeo nnd there to their nmnzement they discover Tomasso, tho foster father of Martnn, who was supposed to have been killed bv Do JJelloc's soldiers, nnd for whose denth names had beon vendettned. Tomnsso lenrns that Marina's husband did not kill her brother. CHAPTER XIII. Continued. Hero, as they warm themselves before be-fore tho flro, Tomasso remarks: "I havo little to offer you, dear mistress, but somo dried sheep's flesh." "Pish! hungor Is nothing.' You nrd alive, dear old Tomasso," repeats re-peats tho girl, as ho again mumbles hor hand. Still tho young lady's eyes seom happier whon Rarnes, opening his haversack, throws out cans of preserved moats, potted chicken nnd tinned biscuits; also tea and coffco and tin cups and plntes. Those being followed by a box of cigars, the American emits a snor of Joy, nnd remarks: "Llttlo Loboct Is a senilis." Immediately all together they go to" work to mako a mountain supper. Boon nftor, as they eat, Rarnes remarks: re-marks: "This is a mighty curious coincidence. co-incidence. Do you know, old Tomasso, that Sallcctl, tho young politician here, tho ono who Is .to marry yqur daughter, ICtherla, has sworn a ven-dottn ven-dottn against mo for putting tho troops on your track and getting you shot to death?" ,4gfigS "A vondotta agalipHfcj.Well, It was his duty, seeing ho IsWmnrry my daughtor, had your soldiers killed mo," returns tho old Corslcan, in his slmplo way. A momont after, however, ho chuck-lea chuck-lea to himself: "Per DIo, that was what Rochlnl and Romano wanted mo to do to-day I was to kill ypu." "Thoso awful monsters," shudders Marina. "What makes you think that, Mon-aldl?" Mon-aldl?" asks Rarnes, surprlso upon his faco. "Well, this Rochlnl, and his mate, havo beonrun out of Rotondo, tho farmers thoro having got tired of their sheep disappearing too rapidly, and havo como over to this mountain. Today To-day thoso two npproachod mo somo four hours ago and said: 'Rrothcr bandit out ot a Job, Join us. A messenger mes-senger has boon sent ahead nnd wo nro going down to help Sallcetl mako votes for himself by killing tho Amor-Icano Amor-Icano down in tho valo toward Gu njmo.M' "Hum! then you did not accept," remarks re-marks Rarnes, lighting his clean ' ''I am not qulto bandit enough to shoot a man I havo novor heard of before," be-fore," answers old Monjildl proudly, "so I said: 'No.' 'Ah, but ho will havo gold with him,' cried Rochlnl. 'Foreigners 'For-eigners always havo gold,' said Romano, Roma-no, and tho two went on their way. They aro dowa'.tho yalloy novy.' 'Thut Is not all of It," says'jJarnes fcnrn98tlyj' "Your Joved mistress hor llfo Is fn danger, too," "Not by thoso or any othor mon while I, Tomastso, nm nllvo," answers tlnv'jld man savagely. No, but by Clprlano banolla, Mus-so's Mus-so's brother, and the scajeyed young man, Musso's nephew," "Oh, yes; I know them both. They they threaten her?" Tho old Cor stenn gazes with love and reverence upon tho being ho ndoros. "Threaton her these people?" ho exclaims vindictively. vin-dictively. "Yes, because your stiletto klllod Musso, they say sho plotted with you for his murder, so ns to save her husband," hus-band," remarks Rarnes, pufllng his cigar. "What, when sho shrieked to mo not to strlkn through tho curtain. Ah, but I havo somothlng to say to Mus-go's Mus-go's relatives. And my friend, Sallcctl, whom 1 onco voted for, who Is to marry my Ktherla If ho Is with thorn, I will havo a word with Sallcotl, and should ho not provo pllablo Ktherla Kthe-rla must get anothor for husband. Girls should not marry corpses, and Sallcetl will bo dead." As If tho mat-tor mat-tor Is ended, old Monaldl fills a battered bat-tered cherrywood plpo with tho strong, bitter, nntlvo tobacco of tho Island, lights It and goes to pulling content-odly. content-odly. "Neither of tho Danellas Is In Cori slca," remarks Ramos. "Tho danger will come to your mistress whon sho returns to her husband on tho French mainland. Rut Sallcctl has abducted my wlfo and brought her here so that I, following him, shall como to my death In Rucognano.'' "Pah, nothing will como to your wife to-nlghl," says old Monaldl. '-'Qlrls picking wild strawberries were talking talk-ing that tho day after to-morrow the people vote. They havo a mooting this evening In Rocognano. I listened from behind a rock and heard thorn." Rut Rarnes Is not so easy about his captured brldo; ho stops out of the cn4)ln nnd finds tho wind has died away, tho mist has cleared with tho rapidity usual to mountain storms. Ho stops In and says nnxlously to Marina: "Tho ovenlng Is very clear. Certainly I Am Refreshed, Another Cup of Tea and I Will Go with You. You know my anguish do you think you havo strength to venture down tho heights, assisted by Tomasso and me, and enter your own vIllngo7" "Certainly, I am rofroshed. Another cup of tea and I will go with you," cries tho girl so eagerly that Rarnes puts grateful eyes upon her, for he knows It Is hor spirit more than hor strength that produces hor assent to furthor Journoy. They nro making hurried proparnt tlons to leave tho cabin. Rarnes Is bending over the flro, browing Marian's Ma-rian's tea their guns, nnd oven the American's revolvers aro lying In their belt on tho pile of boughs nenr the on trance. Tomasso Is saying: "Will I not astonish tho men who sworo a vendetta against you for my death! 1 who am allvo and and " when suddenly sud-denly Tomasso, stops. Thero Is a rat-tlo rat-tlo In his throat that causes Rarnos to look hurriedly up. Marina has rotreat-ed rotreat-ed to tho corner of tho cabin and Mon-aldl's Mon-aldl's eyes aro full of horror. Just across tho lire from him stand two dark mountnlncors. Rough, un-dresBod un-dresBod sheepskins cover their brawny shoulders; long guns aro in their hands and Btllettos In tholr bolts. Ono Is a big, powerful looking ruftlnn; tho other slighter, but his brown limbs lithe nnd sinewy. Tho eyes of both aro shining malevolently In tho blazo. "Corp dl dlavolo, this Is a raro catch you havo mado, hermit bandit, whoso nnmo wo do not know," chuckles tho blggor of tho two mon; "this Americano Ameri-cano whoso pockots Sallcotl declared woro lined with gold, ho whom two waltod for and missed la tho valo bo-low." bo-low." "Ah, you aro Rochlnl and Romano, f bellovo from your speech, gontlomon," says Rarnos qulotly. "Aye, that wo aro. And who Is this woman ot tho beautiful eyos? Hand thy captives over to us, hermit bandit. Divide your spoils with us and we will savo you tho troublo of cutting tho man's throat," Jeors tho Blighter miscreant. mis-creant. "As for tho wnian, tho flro tolls mo sho is vory lovely both as to limbs and faco, and I havo a hotter uso for her," guffaws tho bigger man. And novor was Marina moro beautiful. beauti-ful. Sho confronts tho ruffians with undaunted mien, and says command-Ingly: command-Ingly: "Follows, daro to lay your hnndB on mo and tho whole of Rocognano Rocog-nano will hunt you down. 'Tho Holla-coBda Holla-coBda will dostroy you, I am Marina Paoll." "Oh, alio Is merry with us, this girl who runs after foreign gontlcmon. Now wo will show her that Corslcan, kisses nro as good as tliosq of this Americano." Hrutally they draw near to her. As tho girl draws back from tho contaminating contam-inating clasp of tho monsters, Tomas-so, Tomas-so, with a savage cry, and uplifted stiletto, stands between. In a second tho old man will be dead under their knlvtis nnd the bravo girl their prey. Marina's undaunted eyes, turning In appeal to the American, sou with astonishment that ho makes no move to aid hor, but Is abjectly squirming squirm-ing townrd tho cabin door. Suddenly slio utters n gasp of .despair and a sigh of contempt; this great pistol shot It-running It-running timidly away, flying out ot the cabin, though ns ho passes .the pile of boughs ho seizes the belt holding his two rovolvors. "Ho hns the gold! After him!" cries Rochlnl. "Wo'll knlfo him In a minute!" yells Romano, and the two, cocking their guns, fly after tho dastard American. Rut as they reach the door, tho moment mo-ment their athletic forms aro outlined by tho blazo of tho flro, two quick, sharp pistol reports como from the outside, and Rochlnl and Romano, without even a cry, fall to tho earth, Inert nnd dead. Tho smoko of Rarnes' revolvers Issues Is-sues from them ns ho quietly re-enters and says apologetically; "I know I wouldn't havo time to grab my guns and shoot before they'd knife mo, bo I Imitated tho trick of Jerry, tho Deliver Deli-ver barkeeper, and ran away till 1 could get my weapons ready." A. moment later ho says: "Comot" and taking Marina carefully In his arms, whispers: "Turn your faco from them," and steps over tho dead men lying In tho entrance of tho cnbln. Rohlnd him, Tomasso, following, carrying car-rying the American's rllte, Is Baying: "Oh, you will bo worshiped In this communo for this. So many poor men havo been butchered, so many poor women havo been carried away to tho mountnlns by thoso dead devils." Rut the reports havo drawn others io tho spot. As Rarnes steps over tho dead men lying In tho entrnnco of tho cnbln, ho suddenly says: "Ry heaven, hero aro moro of thorn!" imts Mnrlnn down nnd would draw his rovolvors woro he not seized by three athletic young fellows who rise silently from the shadows about them. A clear, commanding voice remarks: "No moro of Rochlnl and his follows. You havo saved us tho troublo of their killing. Wo nro .tho Hcllacoscla. Your pistols, Btrangcr, have relloved us of tho execution ot these rulllans wo wcro pursuing, who havo brought discredit on tho honored nnmo of bandit." And Tomasso Is crying, "Antonio Uonelll," to a man of noble bearing, who, cnrblno In hand, comes Into tho cabin followed by eight stalwart young men, all armed as ho Is. Rut tho young men fear tho supernatural super-natural and stand back, their eyes gleaming, nnd one shudders: '"Tls tho ghost of old Monaldl, killed by Do Rolloc's troopers two weeks ago." For a moment they would retreat, but their leader laughs at them: "'Tls flesh nnd blood that Is kissing my hand." And old Tomasso says: "You know how well tho troopors shoot. Do you think they'd hit a man at 200 yards hiding behind a rock In the gloom of tho morning?" Rut tho flashing-eyed man orders: "Stand back, whllo I question this stranger who has dono Rocognano a servlco to-night." Marina has risen, murmuring: "Antonio "An-tonio Ronelll!" "Gran DIo! Mademoiselle Paoll," says tho man, nnd gallantly sinks upon his leneo and 'kisses devotedly tho fair hand tho girl extends to him. -After a moment ho continues most emphatically: emphati-cally: "It was with sorrow that Corsica Cor-sica heard that you had forgotten tho oath of tho vendetta In tho arms ot tho English o ill cor who killed your brothor." (TO 11E CONTINUED.) |
