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r5K, ra-? T iwS? if-' ty.--" "&& v r T rv If p. gim hgfAKttlBAtDi Jkasnar VT7J&r AfOAWS WOSZSM npJmnm&t BKl Afp.narra? "f !." n itr rTTBAT' jBeENOMUK XTC. &0&000i00t0tmmm SYNOPSIS. Burton H. Barnes, a wealthy American touring Corsica, rescues the young Eng lish lieutenant. Edward Gerard Anstruth or. and his Corsican bride, Marina, luughtcr of the Paolis. from the mur derous vendetta, understanding that his reward is to be the hand of the girl he loves, Enid Anstruthcr, sister of the Eng lish lieutenant. The four fly from AJac do to Marseilles on board the French r.tcamer Constant ine. The vendetta pur sues and as the quartet are about to board the train for London at Marseilles, Marina is handed a mysterious note which causes her to collapse and necessi tates a postponement of the Journey. Barnes Rets part of the mysterious not and receives letters which inform him that he is marked by the vendetta. He employs an American detective and plans to beat the vendetta at their own came. Kor tlie purpose of securing the safety of the women Barnes arranges to have I.ndy Chartrls lease a secluded villa at Nice to which the party is to be taken in a yacht. Suspicion is created that Marina Is in league with the Corsicans. A man. believed to be CorreRio Danella. is son passing the house and Marina is thought to have given him a sign. Ma rina refuses to explain to Barnes which fact adds to his latent suspicions. Barnes" plans for the safety of the party are learned by the Corsicans. The carriage carrying their party to the local landing is followed by two men. One of the horsemen Is supposed to le Corregio. They try to murder the American. The cook on the yacht a Frenchman is sus-p-cted of complicity in the plot. The party anchors at St. Tropcz. The yacht Is followed by a small boat. The cook is detected giving signals to the boat. Barnes attempts to throw him overboard, but is prevented by Marina and Enid. The cook is found to be innocent of the lo Lady Chart ris. Barnes and Enid make arrangements for their marriage. The net tightens about Barnes. He re tejves a note from Ia Belle Blackwood, the American adventuress. Barnes hears that Elijah Emory, his detective, has b-en murdered by the Corsicans. He learns that the man supposed to be Cor regio. who followed the party on their way to the boat, was Saliccti. a nephew of the count, and that Count Corregio had leen in Nice for some time prior to Hie party's arrival. The count warns Barnes not to marry Enid unless he would have her also Involved in the mur derous feud. Barnes and Enid are mar ried. Soon after their wedding Barnes' bride disappears. Barnes discovers she has been kidnaped and taken to Corsica. CHAPTER X. Continued. "Pish, while we talk I should be act ing! No one but me must go!" re marks Barnes shortly. "They hate you. Anstruther, for being English, as they do your wire. They won't believe that another English officer and not you killed Antonio in that duel. Be sides, it is my mission to save my bride, as it is your mission to protect and care for the dear wife in your arms. Don't fear, I will bring Enid back or or you won't see me again!" i The splash of oars interrupts him. Rimes strides out of the room and goes hurriedly down to the landing place. "Quick. Graham," he calls, "is that you?" "Yes." answers the mate, who js stepping from the boat; and he reports he has engaged a lateen-rigged fishing vessel, which, as soon as they have got tome provisions and water on board, will be over with its Italian crew, prob ably in half an hour. "Then leave every foreigner behind you," directs Barnes. "Pay them to stay on shore. You sail the craft with a few of your Scotch tars. The rest of your men we will leave hereto as sist Edwin in patroling these grounds and taking care of his wife, whom you know is threatened also." "Yes, by the cursed Corsican gang that is pursuing you." says the mate, adding a muttered oath. "I'll stand by you, sir, wi' my life." As he returns up the walk and en ters the house, to go up to the cham ber he had occupied, he passes the supper room. Noting that Danella, though he is bending over Lady Char tris with almost the effusiveness of a lover, has his eyes always upon the attractive Marina, who is in consulta tion with her husband, Barnes enters. To him, Edwin, springing up, says: "You've procured the craft to follow them?" "Yes. Graham did that for me," and Barnes hurriedly tells the young Eng lish officer the arrangements he has made, adding: "You stay here, old man, and trust me to bring your sister back." Again llarina. her face full of gen erous enthusiasm, cries: "Let me go to Corsica. You are a foreigner, dear Mr. Barnes. In my own island I can do what you could not do they all love me!" "What! When they've been hunting you like a wild beast and sending you letters that make you faint!" shudders her husband. "You're quite right. Lieut. An struther," returns Danella, "in not per mitting your wife to go. One unfor tunate, helpless woman in that wild land amid the passions of their bar baric feud is pitiable to think of. To subject another, whose life is already threatened by the dagger of the ven detta, to a similar risk, would be hideous." "I do not fear my kindred." answers Marina proudly. "My words, the rus tics of my commune will believe. I should go." "And have them murder you?" shud ders her husband. "Never! " His young wife's only response is a plaintive sigh. "Again you are right. Monsieur An struther. Of course, we know they loved Marina; still they might not be lieve," observes the count, his ardent eyes resting upon the excited girl, whose very enthusiasm renders her more lovely. "I am now returning to Nice, where Lady Chartris knows that I am at her command to do anything to aid her in this unfortunate matter. I shall drive out to-morrow. May you have good fortune. Signore Barnes, in your efforts. But remember one thing: In that barbaric island, they want your blood. You can only rescue your wife by risking it. but no suggestion from me is necessary to a brave and deter mined man!" Danella would bow himself out, but Marina says eagerly: "Two words in private with yea?" fESSktV'- .. ? . ff-tL2,r .i American! ASejueI-? MK5AR!IES OFlTOKK xry2sS7- ror ZDaODJ4EAZ?C0. ? "Certainly," answers the count, and Barnes notes as the beautiful woman whispers to him a look of astonish ment enters his mobile face. ' After he has answered her, the girl says curtly: "I thank you, Signore." "You may trust me. Madam," is the count's reply; and courteously kisses the trembling fingers of Anstruther's beautiful wife, his eves seemingly filled with a new and strange passion, f This is scarce noted by the Ameri can, whose misery distracts him. A few moments later. Burton selects for himself a rough shooting costume that he has fortunately with him. Then he hurriedly slings a field glass over his shoulder; puts one or two little trinkets, mementoes of his lost love, in his pocket; takes his va lise with the articles it happens to con tain, jamming, all open spaces full of cartridges for his revolvers, and brings it downstairs with him. Marina stands in the hallway with her husband. To Barnes, as he wrings her hand, she whispers: "Remember, a dead man cannot take Enid from that barbarous home of mine. There fore, guard your own life." They step out on the porch. Some moving lights are at the landing place and they hear the swash of sweeps and the cries of the Italian crew as they warp their fishing vessel up to the platform. "Here' I'll go down with you and see Jamming the Open Spaces Full of Cartridges. you -on board and your craft ship-t shape," remarks Anstruther. "Let me carry that rifle of yours." "Come!" says Barnes, to whom every minute seems an hour, and hur ries down the path; but as Edwin fol lows, Marina's white arms twine round him close, tight and clinging as if they couldn't let him go. "Don't fear for me, you trembling dear," whispers her husband, kissing the excited face. "I'll be back soon." At the landing, Barnes finds he has quite a little to do paying the Italian fishermen to remain, on shore as Gra ham is getting their stores and water properly arranged on the craft. Of this Anstruther now takes charge, but though he works with a will, it is al most half an hour before the young naval officer pronounces the fishing vessel shipshape in case of heavy weather. Then the young English officer leads the American aside and says, with the craft of a seaman: "Under this pres ent breeze, if those, devils you're in pursuit of want to make their island quickly, they'll be compelled to strike its northwest coast somewhere near Porto. Graham will know how to steer the course. I'd go with you, but" "But your first duty Is here to pro tect your wife." "You think these devils haven't all gone away; that there is still danger for her?" "Yes, keep a sharp eye on your loved one. That was my error," moans Burton. "I left Enid out of my sight for only a few minutes." "Then good-by," says the sailor hur riedly, and wringing Barnes hand, strides up the path to Lady Chartris' villa. Then Burton stepping on board the fishing lugger, which is big enough to make the run to Corsica, they would immediately throw off their moorings to the little landing stage, but the Italian padrone of the craft, noting Barnes' haste seems great and his need extreme, steps up and demands additional recompense from the Amer ican milord for his vessel, declaring he will not let her go until he has more money; that his ship may be wrecked at sea and he has no insur ance. "Pay him!" mutters Barnes impa- - i- -,. -W-.UH ' tiently. and hands his poefcetbook toy Graham. But payment takes some, time, the light of the lantern not being very good and the Italian inspecting every bill to see its value and again greedily imploring for more money, stating that his men will desert him if Jm gives them not speedy employment. "Give him what he asks," cries Bat ton again; then pauses and mutters: "Good God!" and springs on shsre! For a shout has rung out through the night air from Lady Chartris!, villa and there is terror in it, and he knows it is the voice of the stout-nerved, An struther, who would not give cry un less some sudden and uncanny despair had come upon him. The American rushes up the path .and a few steps from the door almost runs against Edwin. In the darkness the frenzied men seize each other, for Anstruther is now as frantic as him self. Recognizing him, Barnes asks: "What's the matter?" "By heaven! Another blow in the dark! My wife has gone also!" "Marina? Impossible! You have looked the grounds over? You have searched the house?" "Here's a note fronvher, left in her chamber, begging me to forgive her, saying it is to save my life." "My God, what horrible plot is it that has bereft us both in a moment?" asks Barnes. "If she had only told ycu the contents of that devilish let ter." The two are in the hall together, in their anguish, their voices ring out loudly. A frightened-eyed, short-skirted creature runs to them, and trem blingly asks: "Did you want Marina's knock-out letter very much, Barnsey? The last part of it?" "It was perhaps Enid's life, perhaps the life of Edwin's bride." "Well, then, 1 I oh, forgive me! I lied to you. I've got the letter the last part of it; I was going to sell it to you for marrons glaces I'll get it for you. It is tucked in my lucky stocking for fear ma'll see it. It said something about murder! I'll oh, don't look at me so awful!" Maud flies upstairs and a moment later dashes back bringing the portion of the epistle. As they try to decipher its cramped foreign hand. Lady Chartris, coming out wildly from her chamber, for now she fears she will be abducted herself, and is half crazy with fright, sud denly, looking over their shoulders, cries, half shrieking: "Oh, heavens, Cipriano's writing!" "You are sure?" "I fear, I fear! I've got "three love notes from him this looks quite like his hand." And the astounded and dismayed widow wrings her hands, her face pallid with jealous chagrin. "This is the most crafty, subtle and satanic plot against your married hap piness, Edwin," whispers Barnes. "As near as I can make oat, this devilish missive says that Marina must desert you, her accursed English husband; then they will spare your life. If she remains with you, your fate will be hers. Your safety from death is offer ed as a bribe to your young wife if she deserts your bed and leaves herself open to the stilletos of these devils. If she stays with you and clings to you, you will be assassinated, even in her arms." "Then the wife of my heart has left me fearing as the attack upon my sis ter's liberty has been successful their efforts against my life will be equally so," shudders Edwin; next cries out. almost angrily: "She was mad not to trust me." "Marina knew you wouldn't let her go if she did," suggests Burton more calmly. (TO BE CONTINUED.) , More Light Needed. People are now demanding more powerful lights, using 30 condlepower electric lamps where a few years back they would have been -content with eight. The reason appears to be that the pall over our towns Is increasing in general intensity, though actual fogs are fewer. Hence more and more lights are being fitted in dark cor ners. Limit to Achievement. Beyond their power the bravest can not fight Homer. - r-j w .luV.j.-AJtV .lJ&f>gfr?g 3& S THIRTY YEARS OF ITY A Fearfully Long Siege of Daily Fain and Misery. 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