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Show Mr. Barnes, American v ArcfcibaM Ckverias Gunter A Sequel to Mr. Barnes of New York V Author of "Mr. Barnaa of Naw York," "Mr. PotUr.of T." jf "Tbl Frenchman," Etc. Cupjrlght, HOT. Uwld Mead A Co., N. Y. '"; SYNOPSIS. u, '' '', Burton H. Unrnmt. u wealthy American $ J,ouri.n,t CoralcnV . rVBtuea the youn Kng- i f - lieutenant, lirtwliril CJorurcl Aiiwtrutli- f, V Jnil Ills Cpralcitn bride, Marina, . JuhkIiut of tliu I'nollH. from tint niiir f ' rtrroim yrnitvitu, uiiilir8tanilliir tluit his rtwnr.1 Is to hH tlitt hnml of the Rlrl hn I, Ipyoa. tnld Anslrutlior, Hlsti-r of tho Hub- L "' lleiltfnnnt. Tli four fly from AJni- r lo MnrmilllM cm' board tin French if. tiamer Consuintlne. The vrmh'ttn pur- 1 "" and ns the ntiartot arc about to 1 fU ' foar,'1 ,rnl" or I-omlon nt Maracllloa, Marina la handed n- myatrrloua note f J, which ctuiae Iter to rollnjmv ami nrcraal- I 'i in ten u poRtponcmrht of tin- Journey. Lj' llnrnea and Knld nro married. Soon p after their wcddlnn Illlrma liriilo dlB. I J. . appears. Barnes ' illHCnvrr alio' lius m?.' wn kidnaped nnd' taken (o Corsica. Hfe- ' The JBroonl peoiin.'H n tlnhliiK veaael and Ml , alKiut to start .ln pursuit of h's, bride's fl. raptors when he , hours n arrrnni from Hf ' tlvn villa nnd rtif.lierf hrirk to hear that f JH'. AnatntthfT's, wife. Marina, Is also tnlss- IIP fnff. Uarnes la compelled to depart for 4S Corsica without, delay, ami ho hn leaves ISfv ,,ie rnrch for Marina to", her husband IKvtk whllo hp gom to hunt for Knld. .lust he- lEllVI t,re Bnrnes boot. landa on Cpralca'a Tllr rtinrn Marlnu la (Uncovered hldlnjr In a III'' corner off the- vcMl. siio eplalm her till nrtlon by naylnfr alio has come to help IS 'IS ' Karnes rescue lilr wife from the Coral, i mi rana. When nornea and Marina nrrlve '. mt . lu Coralra ho la dven u nolo written by iill. Knld lurormlnR him that the kidnaping F-Wt f"r purpose of mitrapplntc Barnes m m o the. Vendetta may kill him. Hurnes (.(i mt"' Marlnn. have unusual ndventt res In BlMl their, Fenrch for Bn'd, They come In I Sr9. aJicht of her and her enptorn In the Coml-'ERMrt Coml-'ERMrt ran niountaln wilds Just ns nlKht up-ffBtt up-ffBtt rrouchei. In aeeklnir shelter from a St'Slt tonn the Couple enter a liormltnce and illHl there to their amazement they d'scovcr 'gill Tomaaao, the foater father of Marina. .li-Wll "lio wiib supposed to have been killed by ' rVS IWoo'a soldiers. And for whose denth ll?Vv-l Ilanica had been ve.hriettaed. Tomasso 'f laams that Mnr'nu'tf husband did not - bill her brother. Many wrotiRa nro rlKht-'Mli rlKht-'Mli ed. Uarnes Is surprised In the hermitage br IXochlnl and Itpmnno, the two detest- v KI bundlU, who' had been oenrcliInK for I film to murder nlm for his money. The .111 fctndttr attempt to tiil: iwny Marina. ( - Harnes dattS outthe door. Tlje bandits IS start to pursue, but ns they ren(;h the ; If iloor both (ire laid low by Darnels' rovol-I rovol-I lHf . ver. Membois .of the Ijullncoscln enter ''! v m! Barnes Is honored for his groat aerv-l'Ii aerv-l'Ii iy to' the community In kllitn.ir tho hated "'.m t Itdchltd nnd Jtomnno. The relenso of ftlt " Knld Ih promlied. Dnruea hi conveyed In ill triumph to iWcoKtiano. Marina acquaints mBV the; liellncosrla with BalU'etl'B plot s.M; KUliit her husband nnd the people am 2'M' ' Instructed to vote iiKulnst It m at tho Lli 'ot-,tnsr elestlon. Jlarnes Is tnken to the , Iff , mi'ul UnM. t-JM' V ' Marina receives a tclceram. tmi " ' ' CKAPT'K X.V. Continued, yif 1 Vuey uif'tiocn' 'ut tho Uoora of tho f jBl , country liouijc. wriich nro beaig thrown tKr open by bume ut lutmnu's oiu borvuues. PH If Tho-Kreat bandit bows and says laugh- KB It . iou uecnl to (o In a lun ry, Slgnore. KJM! Your iucvuui,' iv'llJl uur UOuuclOU KHL' kirlau Biiuaiu ue a iirnuiu ono. i Uo El' ttot v'oiiu(,-i ut your t'Ujenioss." iJaint-s ril! ' alrc'au' turned to the houso. "Myi l-'ilr- ' jounc men who conducted your lady j fcMb . lrom Sallcctt'H tell.jua she Is of must, fSr saarvolotis beaut, , though .soniowhat ' ? W 1 evorcdme by (atJeuo' ahd anxtoty for , ll: you and baslifuhrfai. We take our It leave, deadly pistol shot, but will j 1st iratch over you nnd .votir spouse to soo ; VL that no harni comas' to you." I L& Then, It being . .w'jtlspered that tho, It B enraged Sallcetl hn riotllled tho gen- 1 S darmea by telegraph '"that the Delia- 1&B. coacla huve conio down from tho inoun- Jj K t&Itl the Illustrious bandit and his fol- M M lowers Hllentiy disappear lu tho shad- m m, ows of tho nlglit. DurliiK these words ,Mra. Anstruther K B, bas' hurriedly gono Into her liouso. wjill'. llarncs now, with tho eagerness of Wbf H; happy lovu upon his jace, runs up onto M" tho, veranda and steps Into tho hull H j - Jloro ho is met by .Marina. "Don't 1' bo too impatient," elie observes, smll- M I ing slightly. "I hn'vpn't seen your wlfo, UL. I ' but sho Is upstairs in her chamber, tho mjL!, J. nreat froilt room on tho second floor. IEH Though perfectly well, my servants EftM ny, sho Is worn .out by the constant oxcltcment and anxiety of tho last 24 IHpSj, "Vps, I cun understand that. Tho Ms Bp front room on tho second floor, you said," whlepors Uttrton, nnd turns to jMl spring up tho great orilion stairway to Si Uio uppor story. BbC "You nro in a great hurry," says Mu- KA rlun, laying n light hand upon his arm. NHK "You will hardly bo coming down for tttKH soma little tlmo and in. two minutes I V afl B'1'1" 1)0 ou 111 J' v,a' to ')aHt'a 80 1 w'" i 'SBj have to bid you gbod-by now." IVH "r na8tlu?" auerios Ilnrnes, turn- .'UBS ,nK t0 11 er' aston,snnloIlt I" iis faco. 1E3IB "Xes, I shall seo my husband to mor. BBKSM row morning," sho remarks, In joyous 1'Wtff vxcltnmont. "Hero Is a telegram from Ittgll Kdwln telling mo ho will bo in Ilastla Mil l,y noun- 1 '"V ,neet ,llm there. V Kvcrylhlng in the liouso is yours, dear jKH llurtqn. I know you will bo as happy fUmj horo wth your bride, as I shall bi Kli with my husband. Ah, Tpmasso is nl roady at tho door:" ntl Var at t,lls 1,loment thoro la a uolso H ". W of wheels nnd hoofs upon tho. nvenuo. BjjH, "hotter wait for tho dillgonco to- H ' sorrow," dissents Harnos. H "Js'o, Tonmsso shu'il drivo-nie to- HH. .ward'.' Dastla through tlp night. ''Uo- HH Fld'es'golng'.by' tho diligence, at; the t' post-sttCtlous thoro will bo gendarmbs, and my foster father Is still a fugitive. It. will bo hnst tlmt Kdwln and I tako him out of Corsica entirely. I havo given ordors la my Bcrvnnts rriake this place your homo as long as you like." She has already stepped out upon tho potxa. "You had better seo Enid first," remarks re-marks Uurtorr, following her. "No, 'I think not. .Your interview should bo before mlno and 1 haven't lime. The drlvo to'Hastla Is so long." Harnes hurriedly puts her into tho vohiclo. "May you bo happy as I am," sho calls to him, and tho young Cor-slcan Cor-slcan wife Is driven rapidly down tho grcnt av'cnuo of chestnut trees, To-masso To-masso being, apparently, also eager to leavo tho gendarmes that havo hunted hunt-ed him over tho mountains. CHAPTER XV. A Little Surprise for Mr. Barnes. The American springs up tho stops Into tho liouso ngntn, and rapidly ns-cendlng ns-cendlng tho stairway to tho second floor, sees n very faint gleam of light shining under tho doorway of tho great guest chamber In the front of tho old Corslcnn mansion. Ho knocks almost reverently and a faint, sweet voice answers timidly: "Come In." His heart lighted by hopo nnd love, his whole form trembling with anxiety anx-iety to tnko his bride within his arms, tho thought that sho is his and safo 'making his flashing eyes very tender, tho eager bridegroom opens tho door. Hecllnlng. on a lounge In a white robe her head bashfully turned from him, the long, beautiful, almost disheveled dis-heveled hair streaming ovor her shoulders, shoul-ders, Is Ills rescued bride. Sho is in n nook of the big room well from the tnlnt candle light. Ho passes nn arm about her slender wnlst and kisses her passionately. Her lips respond as sweetly and cllnglngly as ever did those of a young bride. But even lu tho midst of tht ;.isg, Ilnrnes starts back with a sharp, amazed cry of almost horror: "My God, Sally Illaokwocd!' And tho lady turning to him so that tho caudlo light shines upon her radiant radi-ant features that aro almost laughing. "I Thank You for the Bandit, Mr. Barnes." says archly; "Yes, I'm all hero, La Ilelllo Blackwood. It is a llttlo stir-rrlso, stir-rrlso, Is It not, my ardent bridegroom, Mr. Uarnes of New York?" "My heaven, how did you como hero?" Burton's voice is hoarse with amazoment. "How? In Clprlano's swift yacht and afterward on a Corslcan "pony.!' "And why?" An awful anxiety has crept Into his voice. "Why? To savo your life!" - "To savo my llfo?" Burton's tone U Incredulous. "Yes. I guossed from Clprlano that they wero luring you to Corsica for your doath. I camo hero to warn you." "And Mr. Rusgles?" remarks Barnes, . st)ll astounded. "Oh, Buggies quarreled with mo; got jealous of you or Clprlano, I don't know which. I wns tired of Dan. Then bizarre Clprlano, ho Is so funny ho said to mo: 'Ma chore, you want to even yourself with, Barnes of Now York?' I had told him you wero such a gallant knight yon wouldn't oven kiss nn old sweothenrt because you wore going to bo married to a protty-faced, protty-faced, fair-haired, bluo-oyod English insehtio, and so, nt CIp's suggestion, I camo over to Corsica by Clprlano's fast yacht yesterday." "But whoro Is Enid and by what devil's chanco did you take my brldo's place?" asks Barnes. "Oh, tho Corslcans they wanted you to follow them. They oxpoctcd that. Thoy didn't intend for you to get your brldo, nt all events not until you had given them several chances to kill you. So I was on tho shore nt Sagoiit) waiting for them when Sail-cetl Sail-cetl nrrlved per schedule on tho Seagull. Sea-gull. I saw them from a distance, Thoy brought your brldo off tho yatcu all right. Great Scott, sho has a lino norvo, that young lady of yours, Haughty as a captured goddess." "By tho Eternal, havo they killed hor?" Barnes Is whlto to tho Hps. "Oh, not yot unyway. Sallcotl, with two friends, hurried hor on n long way nhcad of mo through tho mountains. Somo dark-oyed gentleman escorting mo gavo you a distant chanco to seo us. You wore novor on tho samo road oh your wlfo aftor yon-left Vico you wOro pursuing mo" .My Clod!" . "It wns such an exciting affair," she half ilutighs; "something so out oC tho ordinary, an ndventuro so blzdrco that I Hkod to do it. Word .was brought you werojin1 pursuit upitho mountain path.' ',1 Ijn'ow they wanted to ambush you. -So -Mold ashop'herd to glva vnu warning at tho Inn of duagno, I hopo you got it." "Whoro did they tako my wifo?" "That I shall not toll you at east, not without a bribe. Shall I havo a farewell kiss' for tho Information?" "Novor!" "Oh, Burton, don't kill mo!" sho gasps, for Bnrncn' hnnd, In his agony and rngc, Is nearly on hor whlto throat. "Pish, you nro not worth it." , Uncompromisingly ho tours himself from her nnd commands: "Tell mo whoro I will find her now; toll mo bo that I can go back to hor and daro to klBS my wife's Hps, knowing that I am true to hor. Think think what you onco wero when your father nnd mother moth-er In Ohio loved you nnd bolloved in their llttlo girl. By heaven, I know there Ib good In you, Sally only let It como out, Just this tlmo," ho entreats. "Just tell mo where I catKflnd my darling, dar-ling, so that I can rescue hor In tlmo, for you know these are villains who havo stolon her from mo." A being of Impulso, La Hollo Blackwood Black-wood wrings hor hands, her head droops nnd sho Bobs: "Then, Burton, I'll forglvo you nnd toll you. Thoro is n little good In mo I'll tell you all I know of your brldo, which Is vory llttlo. I think tho rond thoy took her was north of tho path that we followed. fol-lowed. But whoro Enid is, I know not." "Then Snllcotl! I'll tear It from him." "I hardly think he can tell you. His followers woro strangely frlghtcnod and embarrassed when tho Bellncoscla young men demanded your brldo from them, and ns nn evasion, substituted mo." Thon, noting tho fearful look on Barnes' face, sho cries: "Don't wnsto your tlmo here; usk tho man who knows." "Ah!" "Clprlnno Dnnelln! Tho head of this affair didn't want you to And hor not until they killed you, If It woro possl-bio. possl-bio. Oh, this Corslcnn count who Is playing with you Is a great man not u boy." "This Is nil you can tell me? Is It tho truth?" "Yes, as Qod will never forglvo me yes." "Very well," snys Barnes, "I thank you for the Information. I will now 3eo that you get out of Corsica safoly." "How?" "My friend, the great Bellacosela, will do It for mo." "Tho great bandit! Ho will tako mo from Corsica? Diablo, tho mag-ulflcent mag-ulflcent bandit that would bo an ndventuro," nd-venturo," laughs tho volatllo lady airily. air-ily. "Tho ferocious bandit I havo read of! This Bellacosela who kills gendarmes gen-darmes as If thoy woro flies! That's greater than oven n pork packer, a cattlo man or a Count Danella, Isn't It? I thank you for tho bandit, Mr. Barnes." Barnes runs down tho stairs and stops out upon tho porch. A happy-faced young man with olated air and dust-covered clothes is spurring hastily up tho avenuo, a native na-tive boy trotting. besldQ him, Seolng tho American, ho calls out: "Qlad to hear you and Enid nro again yard-nrm yard-nrm to yardarm; though you look lovesick love-sick enough, Barnes of Now York. Awaking' with a start, Burton looks at him and gasps. "Edwin, you here?" "Easy enough. I found a letter loft with Lady Chartrls" housekeeper , by my wlfo to bo delivered to mo this morning, which told mo Marina had como to Bocognano. So 1 rushed Into Nlco. By good luck I found Allng-ham's Allng-ham's yacht was coming straight to AJaccIo. For my sako ho put on steam. I mado the 25 miles up hero from tho Corslcan capital on a horse, arriving boforo thoy extinguished tho lights in tho Inn. Thoro they told mo of my noblo wifo nnd how Marina's words had banished our vendetta from Bocognano." (TO BB CONTINUED.) |