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ILI 0 ill n killing hi the abed I 1 wa 11 10 rl 1 alij 1 tile of abnit I 1 ita a pro 1 llan I 1 ari a to I 1 v Y ln in triumph so 10 ui vi gan marina a 11 I 1 ih he If ellitt s in la with s tit ell plot her hiir bani ant an I 1 fit tin cople cople are arn to butr ut I 1 ni ut lit the the eing E ing election fi cHon 11 li ri es IN fair n to tl I 1 n mansion 1 of the I 1 it to mt moot I 1 n I 1 li tarina receive a in 81 a a blurt tarts tor or haiti I 1 flit mm vt ter T halsband 1 1 inic ln clio lie room to greet 1 lili tits alf its dartist ie in bowald rid tit t the tho tu a la in ile lie but nt nit l alil she lie had liters a fur for il alo a Ank ritan 0 bri by a I 1 alot lot beut An struth r i rivals to find finona an annl I 1 ivarn that he she han beo been writ 11 wy AWAY by the ll to igbani I iram grani which hl hat been sink 1 by another without hie his lit ow ledge tt tit s two blurt start in bearch ot of aldna CHAPTER XVI continued continue d so they oaring ot oft their harses and ilear dear old monsieur Mone leuf staffe recognizing uie american in 1 about to offer them when they both suddenly quee quell ion him and learn to their conc concion that no lady haa has arched from the tn in herfor thie this day at hit his hotel she to I 1 dhawn by vo ivo horses driven by an old corsican Cor elcan with a board sev ov eral trill weeks old pays kiracs it docant mattec how nhe othe was wn dr driven yen no lady tas las strived wire gen allemen then marina nu rau lve live yone pone to tn in quire ulta at the SIP trailer Lff li S li is to when t it 11 arrive 1 cries dr in mon dieu dieul I 1 monsieur eur staat st n ff ht his eye eyes lighting ligh tink up you are th alie 0 young nava officer whose whoso V edding to created atch cb an excitement in the illana lana two to ee ago liel Il elleve lOvs ne 1110 Mon lur your wife to not in isastia or I 1 should have heard beard ot of it liere here bon ors the tho name of naoh and your aimed a eel IP la to vt viry ry much to loc ell for ber ter ow ON i dear elf self despite monsieur Moni leur a I assertions aser tlona the tho to men tade rut out nt it hia his hotel and slid though desperately fatigued lak inquiries at the office offices of tho the 11 ill and the florio companies compan lm but no lauy for ar at boata boats hail has been there at all eli tents nono none angering an nias le do vie il e may mity base passed her on the road ad remark remarks barnes ly IY his hi anguish making him reel feel tor for his hi companion IN e 11 give her t two 0 hour hours ti alue in and overtake tn ts to 0 hour hours of ret the poor fellow stretches hill hi limb vit AtIlY ini lul flesh and blood Ali IOU climb moun tr ins all yet yesterday erday a at I 1 did 11 hut but imkin imwin being to horseback ho exor exer clan clop though wiry enough upon lie tile hill s dick 1 Is stiff and tore cont belled front from v very ery ta the oune men contrive cont to clipp back to the hotel de france where hey they are very well wel taken talen care of and lift wo hod boll A eleen measurably revives them thom ilar nev ne haa has had a 11 and would look almost debonair whon when he comet comes down 0 o breakfast at nuon win but the cavIt cavillis lis which hom ho t his ai at normally brightened by bt anxiety ghe glie tho the iloco any appe nee ance ot of lightness r ll 11 A more worried than before and antl now to the day dmeo on without hi his wife appear lg a look c of fear car come comes into the thi 4 young mani face that 1 is horrible mob karsies mutters nut teri are ars poll food good for another ride yen where win must aske the back bock twit track nay aye die ule american we rod raft loo rapidly this moraine morning thinking martim mades waa was juit just ahead of ui us for or a luvell gallon gation I 1 get under way answers the lieu tenant and the two ride out of hestia making makin K inquiries at every billea alt j and nothing in fact the lill mis thy they get let blonts are too lauch excited ort the eivir rift lou tiou of the ginnow anro to talk about much touch elee else 13 1 to be enlivened all by a raci race riot of the lAce hose uyi says oae onto whom barnes li is questioning on the highway just where the lh road leaves it Isail leadlay laig to the tawn sea bilwin hai bills dim dismounted mounted and ti tit lux ing Boroa or elir about the road roald tu to ease its ills hi iffla A hy by dont they wile ali e out theae these inu mu Lur saas the la in quarter it lick ck it un they get got on their 1 again then the balte would have to 0 o work worl theto Luci luciouse tuse come over bre aiom italy and do the ha man ual labor for omni lint but I 1 can lad find no tie inet of myrtir it loved one olis or of 0 mine adds barnes almost a they ride abug the road their in quinies gro grow vilnis ink moro close and lit p sistena till they deneh corle corte roe ro gether ether disconsolately the poor fel fellows loAs force to try to eat the election ettelt excitement ement Is growing higher a brain band comor put past at ito it lidid a placer I 1 note ote fir and darnett ills hi teeth hut but willing froni from this tills lie he rather curiously ay naya suddenly anstruther Anet ruther youve bit got a tn in our button hole oh oft yee yes I 1 iwai vias of miserable mie erable I 1 hardly knew what I 1 was doing I 1 up this crimson thing in the road when oil were taching to the beamant who wag vias telling ou of the ho lucclle Luc lne clipse riota down at kistra there as ft i no arve bearing the flow lr ahel e yon you I 1 let ed it up aska asks the tile american suddenly enli no I 1 think not I 1 don dont t believe there wai a a shrub of au all kind within alt hin a hundred feet of it NN hy by 10 lo do ou aw tor for the other a tono wile Is netted ay chy bK became thai the tile cy cyclamen climen flower ono of tho und of ma ala rina bore whole bran clies in her car ariage IN ae an there a branch attached ached to it itt 1 I think there was mas hang it I 1 re member I 1 pulled it oil OL I 1 what are ou driving at anell coull coult that fl have bien ben dropped at tho entrance of the tile moro roid with design by your w ake out of her tier carria carriage carr laRu gl I 1 the 1 me irilan bamps tor for breath but tired aa as he ie is and stiff as a he ie is he be staggers atas gora up lip and says hurriedly como and the two through tho the night again for it has bal rowa yary dark ride down to ponto all alia U B ht h nen ell I 1 wish wo hail had copo of my bister sister alij says adwin as the tile vj N t it matter how sh 81 wat was driven no lady HAI arrived here gentlemen hurry alone along though the poor tailor ine big difficulty in kieding himself la in the caddie 1 I bare a little an awen darnes you think anid might be rina YON it panella dinella has her ho ile apparently want wants a chairo at t my life it if sallyc tl misses it lie may have hayo taken flold to some out of the way place 0 0 striving to find her I 1 may inay die in hia his vendetta so he and doln walk their horses up to he be ot of the morosaglia Moro road did you find that it flower awer bere here he iks F dwin yes pretty well uell toward tho the middle of 0 the path tho choh nil the aloon his ha juet just risen they can fit i no more bloss olne and here a sudden complication con fronte fronts them another road leading toward the northwest north sleat and running to noveila Nov tila Belg belgodere nel odero and the lie alo also lealea the pall road at the point 1 it la Is lut just as mcable p that marin i a courso va was directed toward the north west ai toward the tile cast in fact it lg a A loss up which way ay your wife went remark remarks barnes fow now them li Is only one ono way to settle it it this cyclamen mean means anything that thu is I 1 for you to inv esti gate one road and I 1 the other so 80 it I 1 arranged that Il larnes take takes tho the road roia to toward ird the he lie It Ousse and ea byln in follow it the path leading to the east toward it I 1 fird no tuoro more ot of these flowers going toward the northwest north I 1 here bere and end foll follow Nr you 1 lip matts after giving theart the american desperately dea fatigued and mightily sleepy log logo his h steed in tl tie direction at 0 its il housse 20 mile miles to the in ili the th moonlight be the dig dt roan man he often cloven di no cyclamen flow ere lying tn in be the road but he doft edly kaep on hoping to flad sow tj the lower flowers that may indicate he ie to follow lag ing llarena it a the tb only clew we 0 hay noy no to marina and it may lead me ao 10 ano he mutter mutters an he struggled to kp keep himself in IR ibe be saddle finally arriving a al in tho the early coming anti learning from tj innkeeper that so carriage lur has lass mcd aged through exhausted worn out and dis tits sy even barnee succumbs to to nature he haa has been 48 49 ligoure under hs alway 30 of these on horseback and eight of tl it pat climbing preci pities and deelite d and anxiety sleep claims him the terrible bleep of utter exhaustion it li in ioe when be hie his oe ces again and anti with 11 1 ll start wonders wonder v here he Is he ile look looks over user the tile brilliant mountain mountains he nf n FL f the vine iines ani only it few nille miles away th tho water waters belde beside which stands isola lne ossa the tile inn epper says signora and serves him crabe crabs and lobster lobsters from the ci f of flormino Fl orcino mine aline host s little baux tir r places a bouquet ot of wild flowers on the tf table in it gleams 18 uie red rod cyclamen cyc lamell barnes re rea members and ordre orders ord re a fresh horse VS A hills thin la Is t ho he forcel forces to ent has not fol followed lomed me he reasons 11 have a lone lonc ride to overtake him and when we me moot meet ciurlino no danella I 1 want ant to be bo it to kill mounting a freeh fresh steed be gitt llois ort off hie his steps all the thae in 1 ilia film heart one ono qu atlon st lon hel 0 Is 1 rov MY bride 9 rho bight before turning to the cast east begins to climb the a abul fut hill leading to the Aloro A few min titell after ho lie has loft left the corte road in the faint blow of he the coming moon light he errings oft lila tits horse and utters an of dell gh t As he pill himself bailor sailor fashion into the saddle ho hag has a branch of crimson flowers in hie his hand lie Is not certain even now that y in marina though they hao base fallen I 1 from rom no overhang ing bough only beech and firs being near him film hj hi know knos cycle men met flowers are very common in the isia isla 4 and the little barefooted boyi boys and girls sometimes carry them in their I 1 and ands in the group grant of hamlets on the hill sides called livi does not I 1 muse but as he reaches the confines ol 01 the the oung husband start ani all I 1 his ea es s u which fatigue had dulled glisten with gioie liol e here are two to talha a trail leiding leading le iding to tho the north the othel and broader one pointing east toward th gel gei along the atter r cyclamen brinchek brin chee have been dropped several times in ina a eloit hundred dundr C yards their number Is lit significant they have hae been strewn quite continuously front rom the folk folks of the to id tit at dar lingo message to in murmurs an et ruther and rides as hasell ll as his tired though wiry little hors e will take him the blanches of the tile roa pos es he still encounters on the trail hurry him up hill and down don hill over binning mountain streams through wooded vales nales yet at least nature must have its meld dei deol ite ito all effort efforts of the rider his head droops and his hi figure become becomes lax in the saddle ills 1113 steed with a chinn of joy al 51 most runs down into a little valley and drawing suddenly up lip before a high camparillo stone building anstruther Anet ruther alls falls off his horse into the arms of a good monk of the convent of I 1 hedl croce who mutters thank the saints you got here alive in time to drink the water of arezza I 1 I 1 I or an it strut ruther bers g appearance between fear ear ul ful fatigue and racking anxiety Is now that cf of a man nigh onto death the hospitable friars put the invalid i in to bed tied and at high noon the next neit day i the invalid ater t ter another glass or two of 0 the famous youth giving arezza water which liere here springs bubbling from he earth cats calm the noonday ineal meal th the good friars set before him rises giyei tapin the blessing of a strong man aall hurries on TO UE BE CONTINUED |