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Show Mr. Barnes, American Br Archibald (Havering Gnnler A Sequel to Mr. Barnes of New York Author of "Mr. Darn, of N.w York." "Mr. Potl.r of Taaas," 'That Frenchman," Elc. J Ooprrlght, MOT. Dodd Moad A Co. N. T. SYNOPSIS. Ilurton II. Hnrncn, n wcnllliy American tourlnj; Coralcn, rescues tho yotinR Kn-lists Kn-lists lluutcnnnt, Kdward Qcrnrd Atistrutli-er, Atistrutli-er, nnd Ills Corslcan bride, Mnrlnn, daughter or tlio 1'oolls. from tlio miir-dcroua miir-dcroua vendetta, understanding Hint Ills reward Is to bo tlio hnnd nf tfio trlrl lie loveH, Unld Anstruthcr, sister of tho 13nit-llsli 13nit-llsli lieutenant. Tho four fly from AJac-?lo AJac-?lo to Marseilles on board the French itenmer Constantino. Tlio Vendottn pursues pur-sues and as tho quartat are about to board the train for London nt Maroolltcti, Marina Is i handed a mysterious noto which causes hor to collapse nnd necessitates necessi-tates u postponement of tho lournoy. Durnea nnd Knld nro married. Boon after their wedding Unrnes' brldo disappears. dis-appears. Haines discovers sho has been kidnaped nnd taken to Corsica. Tho Krooni secures n llsliluc vessel nnd Is about to start In pursuit of his brldo'H captors when he hears n scream from tho villa nnd rushes back to hear that. Anstruther's wife, Marina, Is also miss-Ing. miss-Ing. Unrnes Is compelled to depart for Corsica without delay; and so ha leaves tho search for Marina to her husbund whllo ho goes to hunt for Knld. Just before be-fore Dames' boat lands on Corsica's shore Marina Is discovered hiding In n corner of the vessel. Sho explains her nctlon by saying sho has come to help Barnes rescue his wife from tho Corsl-cuns. Corsl-cuns. Unrnes nnd Marina havo unusual ndventures In their search for Enid. In seeking shelter from a storm the couplo enter a hermitage and their to their amazement they discover Tomasso, tho foster father of Marina. Tomasso learns that Marina's husband did not kill her brother. Many wrongs aro righted. Unrnes Is surprised In tho hermitage by Itochlnl nnd Homano, tho two detested bandits, wild have been searching for him to murder him for his money. The bandits attempt to take nwny Marina. Uarnes dart out the door. The bandits start to pursue, but ns they reach tho door both are laid low by Uarnes' revolver. Anstruthcr Anstru-thcr arrives to find Marina nnd learns that she has been lured away by the telegram which had been sent by another without his knowledge. The two start In search of Marina. Uarnes and Edwin take different roads In their search. Edwin Is trapped In a tower where he Is made prisoner. In endeavoring to escape he opens a trap door where he finds Emory, the detective, detec-tive, who' had 'been Imprisoned there previously. pre-viously. In another secret chamber To-tnuBso To-tnuBso Is found Imprisoned. Edwin In climbing down u wall sees upon tho portico porti-co of a farm house Mnrina and Count Danella sitting and talking together. Uarnes arrives und llnds the bridge swung preventing his crossing over. He hears the voice of Murlnn crying for mercy. Ho examines his revolver. Cfpriano Danella threatens to light a fuse that would blow up tho tower and kill hor husband unless Marina surrenders herself to his passion. CHAPTER XVII. Continued. "No; llfo llfo anil love! and death to Uiobo who stand between mo nnd her! Tho torch to tho lono orango treo In tho center, of tho lawn yoir placed tho fuse when I give tho signal sig-nal to you, tight lt." "Ho will ho blown to, atoms?" screams tho girl. "Certainly, then you aro freo to marry mo nnd can say your prayers with a good conscience!" laughs tho count. "My undo, 1 am bound to your o.ders by the oath ot the vendetta and thy promt; o to pay my gambling debts and mako mo rich again," said tho young man. Enrico passes lioin tho verandah and Marina sees tho (lame of tho torch moving to the orange treo. o raises hor volco and shrieks with Uif her forco: "Edwin, my husband, you havo only a mlnuto to savo your llfo. In some way, descend from tho towerl They aro going to blow It up!'" And a cry cornea to hor: "My wife, Impossible!" And ovor lt aro frantic curses from tho American dotoctlvo, nnd tho volco of old Tomasso, croulngi "It Is tho will of tho Daylll" Marina shouts: "I can only glvo you llfo by being this dovirs!" Tho answor of tho young sailor cumos, calm as tho volco of an English ofllcer should be facing death: "Not ut that prlco, darling! Don't think Of mo!" Thon tho tortured girl boglns to wrlug her hands and sob ns Bho sees tho men In tho tower struggling to jreak out, struggling as men in tho '.urrot ot a sinking battleship. Tho faco sho adores Is before hor In Its death agony tho weird music from tho sea comes faintly to hor, tolling of woman's dovotlon, for tho barbaric ballads havo been selected with uncanny un-canny subtloty. For ono dread mo-mont, mo-mont, Marina wildly thinks: "I'll savo my Edwin's llf-theii I'll keep myself from this craft fiend by death In the waves from ort thu vessel on which ho boars mo away!" Hut tho thought shobts through hor: "My denr husband hus-band will bellove I am a faithless and dishonored wife!" To Clpriano, who Is triumphantly murmuring; "l boo, by your blushes, you'ro mine!" sho .shouts: "Ncverl" and desperatoly would run to tho base ot tho tower and die with hor husband. hus-band. Out tho arms ot Danella encircle her, holding hor firm as bands 01 steel, luflamed by the propinquity o hor loveliness, tho contact of the por fect figure he clasps, tho subtle por fumo of her waving hair that tossei in trosses about, Clpriano Is whisper Ing: "You have still tlmo. Anstruthe may yet live, I havo not given thu sli; nnl. Tie mlnel Jltit ono long, sweet ktss to provo lt." "And never daro to look on tho faco of any truo man or woman? No, nol" Frantically bIio lias broken from his arms; sho Is running towards tho torch, desperately hoping to snatch It from tho hands of tho satyr holding it ready to npply It to tho fue. After ono unsuccessful stop to over-tnko over-tnko her swift feet, Danella cries savagely: sav-agely: "FIro tho mlnol" Enrico, the fuse In ono hand, tho blazing torch In tho other, Is applying tho (lamo to it. There Is a sharp whiff ot tho still night air llko tho faint snap of a' distant dis-tant whip and tho mnn with tho scar falls, as It Btruck from Heaven. "Dlavolo, what mystery Is this? My-solf My-solf to light tho fusol" cries Clpriano, and runs to tho flambeau flaring on the ground. Dut Marina, her eyes baneful' with agony, mutters: "I nm a Corslcan; and as ho picks up tho torch) tho, den-porato den-porato girl seizes him with her dell-cato dell-cato hands and struggles with him frantically. lint her slight strength Is naught to that of his wiry frame. Danella picks up tho torch. "Take your choice," ho whispers. "Tho Englishman lives nnd your aro my mistress; ho dies, nnd you aro my honored wlfol" Ho Is holding her down with ono kneo pressed on her. Ho Is moving tho torch Blowly to tho fhso; ho Is giving her a clianco to savo tlio llfo sho loves by despairing surrender ho Is glv- "n C In the Air, Falls Stark Dead Beside Marina's Prostrate Form." Ing himself just ono more chance to win tho beauty of tho woman who loathes htm whon, even as tho ftamo Is licking the fuse, another whiff rends the ntmosphero, and from a Bpot midway mid-way botween his longing oyes spouts something that Is red' In tho torch flame, and with ono shrill scream, "Mortol" Ciprfano, springing high In tho air, falls stark dead beside Marina's Ma-rina's prostrate form. Tho detective and Edwin aro thundering thun-dering at 'tho tower door. Marina stag-gors stag-gors jto it, with a great effort turns tho key and lifts up tho stool bars, and stands faintly leaning against tho Btono masonry as Edwin, springing out, catches her In his arms. "What did ltf What wondrous thing wrought our deliverance?" ho asks botween bo-tween kisses that mako tho girl wlfo think Bho Is In heaven. "By gum, was It lightning?" asks tho detective, scratching his hoad. "Thon hearing a cry ho runs down tho chasm and moves tho swinging bridge Into plnco across tho crovlce. - Ovor this comes Mr. Uarnes, leisurely leisure-ly walking, humming tho sweet romantic roman-tic tune tho minstrels aro sending up from tho distant soa. Looking nt tho two dead men, Tomasso, To-masso, In his old-tlrao Corslcan way, Is saying solemnly: " 'TIs tho hand of God!" But Marina, running to tho American, Ameri-can, cries: "I know tho 'hand of God!'" and sinks down uttering blessings bless-ings on tho great pistol shot. "By Gollnh, 'tain't possible to do that with a rovolver In this light," mutters Emory, pacing off tho distance dis-tance "Holy smoko, you should bs proud of them shots." "It was that wondrous Orozza water that did lt. That toned up my nerves after two daya of dovillsh misery," remarks re-marks Burton modestly. "But grub's what I'm thinking about," says Emory; "you haven't beon fed on Bpoon-vlctuals for two weoks!" uhd ho dashes into tho farmhouse. farm-house. Edwin, after slapping Barnes upon tho back, has carried his wife, half-swooning half-swooning now with Joy, onto tho verandah, ver-andah, whon of a sudden, with a roar like that of a hundred-ton gun, tho wliolo tower rises from Its baso and falls tumbling, a mass of ruined masonry, mas-onry, nnd on, high there Is a flight of rocks llko fireworks. Fortunately tho explosion has been so strong that the missiles nearly all fall Into tlio sea, with great splashing of tho wator. They can hear tho crlos of terror from tho minstrels In tho boat as they hastily has-tily row away. "My last shot wasn't quick enough," snys the American dolefully, "Hang mo, lt CIp didn't got tho torch to tho fuse boforo ho died." Thon Darnos suddonly questions: "Whore's my wife? Can't anybody toll me where is my wlfo?" "Sho was not In that towor, anyway; any-way; that wo know," answered Edwin. "Wo oxamlned every portion ot it, trying try-ing to escape." "Your wlfo?" cries Marina. "You should know! I loft you going up the stairs to her chamber in Docogimiio." "Sho wasn't thero?" mutters Bui ton. "Wasn't thoro? My servant said sho was there. Who was tho lady?" .v. lH JiflflB. jflBJ Barnes' doesn't nnswof, but sayst BH moodily: "Then I've got to find Enid'- "Bfl My horse is Just on tho other side ot flH tho crovlce." H "But you aro too tired." a ,jH "I'm never too tired to find my best ' ;MH girl," snys tho poor worn-out fellow, . -fH trying to bo cheerful, nnd steps down ffBH toward the bridge. 'flBJ But from u distance a pretty u Bfl fcmlnlno volco la heard crying excited- aH lyi "This Is tho way to the.cxptoslon, Bfl young Signoro Hcllacoscla." 'flBfl Then Barnes' volco rings, really ' " JBJ happy for tho first tlmo In twenty-four - 'flBJ hours: 'Enld, that you 7 This way, lit- ) 'U tlo girl. Look out for tho crovlce," and , 'Bfl his long sought for brldo comos can- 'mM tcrlng across tho bridge followed by 'llBa two young bandits, who anuounce 'IH thcmuolvcs ns Conrad and Rodrlgo flBJ Bonolll. Tho next Bccond Enid has BBH been lifted in Barnes' arms from tho ,BLil saddle. iBBb "Where have you been all this mm time?" ho asks eagerly. BH "Following you ovor slnco this 0 aH morning, when tho groat Bollacoscta BH sont me on with theso two gontlemen, BH his nephews, charging theni with tholr flBJ lives to deliver mo safe Into your flH hands, I camo from Bocognnno." BBfl "And where wero you two nights BH ago whon I was seeking you thero?" 'BH "I was asleep at Sallcctl's homo un flH dor tho lnflucuco of n narcotic. Oh, (A flH mercy, don't look at mo bo," stammers Enid. "I was beneath tho caro ot Snjl- tBH cotl's mother." flH "Asleep under a narcotic?" M "Yes; when they wore planning tho BH ambush for you, I struggled so that BH Sallcett and his men forced an ano- BH dyno down my throat. Whon I became conscious, thoy told mo that when tho aBfl great Bollacoscta demanded my sur- BBfl render Bernardo was afraid to , ox- BH plain to him, and soma other woman B was substituted for me. But when B Sallcett learnt that Bonolll for his do- flH celt had declared against him a von- pBH dctta that meant his certain death, ho BBH went to tho great bandit, confessed BBJ and surrendered mo to him, Where- BBJ upon, with many kind words, Bonolll BBJ sent mo to hls'Mear friend, Monsieur IBH Barnes, of Now York, tho. celebrated BLfBJ pistol shot'" Bfl "Oh, tho most dlvlno pistol shot upon earth," calls Marina, running out B and embracing him. "By his skill, aBfl Burton has killed the man whoso Ufa t BBH forever would havo been a menace to BH us." Then gazing at Barnes, she 'BBJ laughs: "And I supposed you happy BH for tho last twenty-four hours. You re- 'BB member I left you going up to your wifo's chamber in Bocognano." BB "Going up to my chamber in Bocog- B nnno?" almost yells tho young English BBfl bride. "I cannot understand; I vraa BH usjeop undor opium In charge of Sail- H ceti's mother." BH "Oh, no, you' were at my house. You were waiting for Burton in the guest BH chamber on the second floor. Mr.- Barnes wont up to you Good era- flBBJ cloua, Edwin, don'tl Dlo mlo, what are fH you squeezing my hand1 bo 'for?" BH "A word in prlvato with you, Mr. Barnes," whispers Enid In suppressed ' BBJ (TO DE CONTINUED.) BH |