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Show STORV' Mr. Barnes, American Or Archibald Clavcrinj Guntcr I A Sequel to Mr. Barnes of New York n L. Aulhor of "Mr. D.rnei of Now YoiW." D "Mr. Poller of Tei," 9 "Thl Frenthman," Etc. N UuprrlKht, 1W7. Dudd Mcji.1 A Cu., N. V. SYNOPSIS. llurton ft. llnini's. n w-altliy Amerlcnn lonrliiK 'orKli-ii, ri-Hi'iiPs lliu yiiiin Kiir-HhIi Kiir-HhIi lli-iitciui nt, IMunr.l (li-niiil Anxtnitli-it. Anxtnitli-it. niul IiIh (Vii-sleiin lirlilc, Murlnii, ilniiKhtir nf tliu l'unllH, from tlio iiiur-li iiiur-li 1-oiin veniletln, iiiiiU-rNliitutlni; Hint lilx li'rtiml l.i to lie Hie liaiiil nf tin- Klrl he lnv cm, Knhl A list in I hr. lpr of tin- KtiK-IIhIi KtiK-IIhIi Meiitenniil. Tin- four lly from AJnr-rln AJnr-rln to MarMi'lllt's on lioari) tin- I-'rencli Hli-iiuirr (.'oiiHliintlne. Tho vcniletlii pur-hiics pur-hiics nnd nx tile ciunrtot lire nliout to lionril (he t nil ii for London at MurMi'llli's. Mnrliirt In hunileil u inyxterlous note which rnuRCH lier to collnpm) nml nocemd. tnte n iiwtwiMeiiiPtil of tlio Journey. Hitmen RctK p.irt of tlio iiiyxtcrloiin note nnd rei'i-lves lottori which Inform him Hint lie is linirkcit by thft vcndcltn, lie cmployH nn Anieiteiui iletcctlvc nml plans lo licnt tlic Vt-iulctln nt tlielr own Knimi. l'or the purpuHit of miciirlni? tlio Biifoty of tlio women Tinmen nrrmiKCH to linvc tjuly ClinrtrlH loniu n declmlcil vllln nt Nice to wlili-h tlic pnrty In to lie tnken In it yacht. Huxplclon U ercnteil that Mnrlnn Id In Iciikuh with tho ComleiuiH. A Minn, hellovoil to ho t'orrcido I)nilln, Ik Keen piihMhk tho houxc anil Mnrlnn U thoimht to liuvo Klven 1 1 1 til n mIkii. Ma linn rcfiiHi"! to explain to Ilarm-H wliluli fact mlilD to hi Intent Kimptclunn. Iliirnt-s plans for the snfety of tlio party lire It'imicil by Hie C'orHlctmit. Tlio cnrrlni? cnrryliiK tlielr party to tlio local laiulliiK 'h followed by two men. CHAPTER III (Continued). "Confldo In mo!" Tho American's voice Is comninndhig. "If you don't 1 nm compelled to tell your husband of this letter. We can't let you tear yourself your-self Into nervous Hinders and not know how to nld you." To this he ndds, hoping by lllppancy to lighten her heart: "lid win will soon mako those pretty Hps speak." "Nover, though I ndoro hint!" she '-lies hoaibuly. "I cannot I will not it Is so craftily, so llendishly cruel. It strlkos my husband and all our future happiness. It Is worse than If they killed me ns they will some day. They hope to slay not only our bodies, but to destroy even lid win's lovo for mo beforo I die." Humes thinks how his own Immediate Imme-diate wedding to linld Anstruthcr has been subtly thwarted by tho letter ho carries In Ills pocketbook which ho guesses citino from the same man. lie now knows that his lovo for his a III-ituccd III-ituccd Is being assaulted us well as the honeymoon happiness of these two just mated. "For the sake of nil of us you must speak," he commands. Thu answer of the Co rs lean bride mystllles the American more than ever. Sho says nobly, yet doggedly: "For the sake of my husband, 1 nm silent." "Then you compel mo to tell Hdwln of the letter," he says shortly. As llarnes speaks, the bridegroom enters, nnd woman's tact dostroys his opportunity. Sho throws herself enthusiastically but coquottlshly Into the arms opening for her and cries, half playfully, half tearlly: "lidwln, In tho railroad depot de-pot 1 received n note that produced my nervous agitation Mr. Haines thinks it wise I tell you Its contents. I don't. Now, of course, If you say so, I must do ns you tell me. I am nn obedient wife." She puts her arms caressingly round Hdwln's neck nnd whispers: "Shall I?" then gives hi in u tempting little kiss. "Hang it, Karnes," answers An-struther, An-struther, under these allurements, "1 have too much trust in my darling to want to read her letters." "You're it very bright girl lo havo your husband ho soon hi subjugation," luniuiUs llurton. gloomily. "Hut, Mu-rliia, Mu-rliia, in such a vital mutter. 1 warn you to howuro of playing your enemies' game." "I'ooh." answers lidwln. "what do you, a bachelor, know about women, anyway?" Then he Jeers In sailor bluntness: "You nnd linld didn't hunt up a minister to-day. You uro not so enterprising u fellow as I thought you, Haines, for I am quite certain that I saw consent In my sister's red checks and drooping eyes." At this, Mnrlnn utters a subdued yet ghastly sigh, which Is destroyed by the kiss of her young husband, and the unfortunate Iliiiton goes silently away. lly himself, rellccting upon his betrothed be-trothed s manner to lilm that has been growing colder and more distant each minute since he has tacitly refused to Immediately make himself lord of hor trusting loveliness, ho cogitates morosely: mo-rosely: "Am I not playing our enemies' ene-mies' gamo also In not wedding Knld?" Hut It Is too late for a mlnlstor now. Theli cnrrlogo Is nlready at tlio door to tuke them uway (list for a little drive on tho l'rado to destroy suspicion, suspic-ion, then when evening darkness falls upon thu land, to tho Comlche road, where tho boat will he waiting to put them on shlpboaul. Uurues curoftilly Inspects his uUtols i again Hpaidon theo I I a. nit a walking cane lo take with him As ho picks his Bflr k up, Miss Maud Char trls Mies In to lilm, excitement nnd dismay dis-may on hor face. "What do you want moie marrons glnces?" ho asks, s'av.igely. I "Why, Marina unit linld say they t nro only going out for a drive on the , l'rado. and they have both got their hand-satchels with' them." i "To keep their Jewelry safo from I bellboys," mutters llarnes. "Ijosldes. Ihoso satchels have powder puffs In them, I imagine." i 'Then you're; you're not going away now?" This last very nervously, j "Does this look like It?" says llurton, llur-ton, tapping nonchalantly his boot j wltli his cane. "linHilro nt the olllce I and see If I've paid my hotel hill." This liniory by arrangement will sot-' tie later. i "Oh thru It's all right!" A great ' relief ripples the Charlils gliTn face. , She swishes her two blonde pigtails I merrily about. j "Certainly, It's all right, Mnudle. i Au revolr, till breakfast," and Mr. llarnes goes away with K'dwln to take the ladles down to the open barouche that Is nwnltlng them. At tho hotel entrance lidwln places both hrs bride and his sister In thu carriage and seats himself In front of them, looking ns carefully lo tho rear ns if ho expected a white squall, llarnes springs Into the barouche, whispers some orders to the driver and they roll away. Gazing on the carriage as it rolls away, Maud says contentedly to herself: her-self: "Cracky, 1 was scared Hurton was going beforo I told It to him," then adds contentedly: "Gee, I'm as smart as u diplomatist," as she fishes n fourth piece of paper out of tho bosom of her frock. "If I'd sold nil that letter let-ter to llarnes nt tho first Jump, I'd have been out of stock in trade." So Miss Charlrls goes up to a bread and butter tea with her governess quite contentedly nml munches mnrrous glaces surreptitiously over her lessons for the two succeeding hours. Then the carriage not returning with tlio driving pnrty, tho Intrigante grows anxious. She sneaks down to tho hotel ho-tel olllce nnd whispers to tho clerk: "Have they come back yet You Then Barnes and His Party Drive on Again. know, our friends Mr. llarnes of New York and his party?" "Not yet, Mudetuolsolle, though I be-llevo be-llevo their carriage has returned." "Their cnrrlago returned?" Maud darts nervously to her mother's parlor. par-lor. "Why are you rushing In upon me. you horrid child?" riles her mother, angry nt being Interrupted. "Oh, ma, I thought you'd like to know. Miss Mnrston says 1 had isuch a good lesson In arithmetic." "Very well, tell Miss Marston to glvo y- another and a longer ono." "Yes. but It's too lute now. It's ten o'clock and Mr. llarnes and Knld ami the rest haven't come back. When do you expect them, ma?" "1 don't expect them." "What?" Maud's eyes roll In a dazed way. "They have gone uwny." "Whore?" "To London, I Imagine." Maud Hies from the loom and alone in hor own chamber sobs, groans tind rends her hair, muttering: "Oh, I could havo sold llarnes the other part of Ma-i Ma-i Ina's letter for lots, and now he's goyo awa and it ain't worth tuppence." tup-pence." She Is about to go despairingly to bed when curiosity mingling with her disappointment, she ejaculates: "I wonder what It Is, nuywayt" and goes to studying tlio little quarter or a sheet of letter paper she Vus drawn from the bosom of her frock. It Is a mixture of French and Italian. She cannot entliely decipher tho foreign for-eign hnndwrit.lug. Indeed, sho can scarcely understand it. Hut some passages In It produce such u terrible effect upon tho child's nerves that after sho has gono to bed she tosses about and sleep will not' como to her. Suddenly her very pigtails pig-tails seem to stiffen with terror; she rlsos half out of bed and mutters to herself: "Oh, what do they mean by killing her. If she does; and killing her husband, If sho doesn't?'' CHAPTER IV. "Suipect Everybodyl" As Barnes seats himself In the car-rlugo, car-rlugo, it dashes past tho numerous magnificent cafes of thu Iluo Noallles and turns into tho wide Hue do Home, the horses keeping up u suiurt gait. They lilt between tho olmB and piano trees with which this beautiful avenuo Is planted, and passing tho Obelisk, enter tho oven broader l'rado. I'niW ordinary clreiirr)',-ia'-?s, th four would enjoy their carriage exercise exer-cise grou'!. but when sudden death hangs o or ono and every sense Is it rained to guard tigalnst tho Intangible, Intangi-ble, pleasure Is necessarily fur distant. In addition, the two written communications communi-cations sent, llarnes now Is satisfied, by Curroglo Cipriani) Dauella. ifc? doing do-ing sonio nasty yet ery subtle work upon nl least, three of the members of the party. .Mm Inn. though her beauty attracts tho eyes of ninny who roll by her In I carriages, appeals lo havo but one ' thought, the safety of her husband, ! Several times she glances appro-' appro-' henslvely at tho horsemen who can-I can-I tor after their carriage, keeping always al-ways at dlhcreet distance. Marina's nervousness quickens llarnes' searching eyes that now seein to be everywhere. If a beggar approaches ap-proaches nnd takes off his hat, demanding de-manding alms, ho Is watched ns carefully care-fully as If he were a rattlesnake colled to spring. If another carriage rolls too i closely by them, every man In It Is ro- garded by the American ns If ho wcro a road agent in disguise, i As they drive on linld's eyes blazo like blue stars. Her manner Is daintily othoroal. yet she laughs almost heart-: heart-: lly ns a lame and blind beggar who had stood demanding alms In front of i their approaching equipage, suddenly opens his sightless eyes nnd springs aside agilely with his paralyzed legs to avoid being run down by their reckless reck-less coachman. Still, when the crowd of carriages near the Chautcau des Flours compels their coachman to draw rein, hor eyes grow resoluto to meet any unknown danger that may I come upon them. i I'etluips this is produced by tho two ! men on horseback attracting her attention. at-tention. "Who are they?" she whispers. 1 And Kdwln ndds: "I have been kecp-, kecp-, lug a weather eye on thoso two dovlls." Marina only gazes at them nnd shudders. shud-ders. Her slight hand clings to her husband's sleeve. Her ngltntlon Is so great Hames Is compelled to explain 1 thnt Hmory has engaged the men for their protection. "You think our danger Is so imminent immi-nent ns nil this?" asks Anstruther. "I think It wise to take every precaution." pre-caution." llarnes turns his eyes upon the men, but the gloom of approaching night has become so deep thnt their faces are now absolutely Indistinguishable. Indistinguish-able. Then Barnes nnd his pnrty drive on again nnd the American's eyes rest np-peallngly np-peallngly on his beautiful flanceo as she sits opposite to htm, but hers do not answer tho tenderness of his glance. In fact, they grow colder under un-der his nppcnl. Her manner seems to say: "You had your golden opportunity, oppor-tunity, laggard. It will bo n long time beforo you obtain nnother." Mcnntlmo they are approaching tho Mediterranean. Tho equipages grow 1 less numerous upon tho avenuo which they had Illlcd out half an hour ago. "Do you think It Is too early to put tho girls on tho yacht yet?" whispers Hdwln. "Yes, not dark enough," and llarnes directs tho conchmnn to take tho narrower nar-rower drive callsd tho Muznrgues and 1 go past tho race course, reaching tho Comlche road. All the time the two horsemen Jog 1 on behind them nt a discreet distance. Tho sea breeze freshens, tho night j deepens and they reach the Comlche I road tlint skirts tho sea. All other I equipages have left It. Hero llarnes I changes their course nnd they return In thu direction of tho city towards th Houciis Illanc. (TO UK CONTINUED.) |