The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-13
Mr.. Barnes, American.


been fed on spoon victuals for two
weeks!'' and he dashes into the farm
house.
Edwin, after slapping Barnes upon
the back, has carried his wife, half
swooning now with joy onto the YER
anda. when of a sudden, with a roar
like that of a hundred-ton gun, the
whole tower rises from it's base and
falls tumbling, mass of ruined ma
sorry. and on high there is flight of
rocks like fireworks. Fortunately the
explosion has been so strong that the
missiles nearly all fall into the sea,
with great splashing of the water
They can hear the cries of terror from
the Ministries in the boat as they hasti-
ly row away.
my last shot wasn't quick enough"
says the American dolefully. Hang
me. if Clip didn't get the torch to the
fuse before he died" Then Barnes
suddenly questions: where's my
my wife?"
she was not in that tower, anyway;
that we know" answers Edwin. 1--WE
examined every portion of it, trying to
escape"
your wife?" cries Marina. You
should know 1 left you going up the
stairs to her chamber in Bocognano.'
''She wasn't there mutters Burton.
Wasn't there? My Servant said she
was there. Who was the LADY,"
Barnes doesn't answer, but says
modify: Then I've got to find Enid
My horse is just on the other side of
the crevice."
But you are too tired
I'm never too tired to find my best
girl" says the poor WORKOUT fellow,
trying to be cheerful, and steps down
toward the bridge
But from a distance a pretty fem
mime voice is heard crying excitedly:
This is the way to the explosion,
young Signore Bellacoscia."
Then Barnes voice rings, really hap
by for the first time in twenty-four
hours: Enid, that you? This way,
little girl. Look out for the crevice,"
and his long-sought for bride comes
cantering across the bridge followed
by two young bandits, who announce
themselves as Conrad and Rodrigo Bo-
nelh. The next second Enid has been
lifted in Barnes arms from the saddle.
Where have you been all this timer"
he asks eagerly.
Following you ever since this morn
ing, when the great Bellacoscia sent me
on with these two gentlemen, his
nephews, charging them with their
lives to deliver me safe into your
hands l came from BocOgnano."
And where were you two nights ago
when 1 was seeking you there?"
IT was asleep at Saliceti's home un-
der the influence OF a narcotic. Oh,
mercy, don't look at me So" stammers
Enid. 'I was beneath the care of Sail
ceti's mother"
Asleep under a narcotic?'
Yes: when they were planning the
ambush for you. 1 struggled so that
Caliceu and his men forced an anodyne
down my throat. When I became con-
scious, they told me that when the
great Bellacoscia demanded my sur
render Bernardo was afraid to explain
to him, and some other woman was
substituted for me. But when Saliceti
learnt that Bonelli for his deceit had
declared against him a vendetta that
meant his certain death, he went to the
great bandit, confessed and surren-
dered to him. Whereupon with many
kind words Bonelli sent me to his dear
friend, Monsieur Barnes of New York,
the celebrated pistol shot"
"Oh. the most divine pistol shot upon
EARTH" calls Marina, running out and
embracing him. by his skill, Burton
has killed the man whose life forever
would have been menace to u.s." Then
gazing at Barnes, she laughs: And
supposed you happy for the last TWEEN
ty-four hours. You remember I left
you going up to your wife's chamber
in Bocognano."
"Going UP to my chamber in Bocog-
nano?" almost yells the young English
girl. 81 cannot understand; / was
asleep under opium in charge of Sail
ceti's mother"
"Oh, no, you were at my house. You
were waiting for Burton In the guest
chamber on the second floor. Mr..
Barnes went up to you Goodness
gracious, Edwin don't, Dio milo, what
are you squeezing my hand so for?"
"A word in private with you, Mr..
Barnes" whispers Enid in suppressed
tone.
3 Barnes, sheepishly muttering to HIM /
self, ''Our first row." follows his wife |
into the shrubbery of the veranda, |
where they are quite apart.
THE lady who was substituted for
me?" asks his bride. haughtily.
sally Blackwood." answers Burton, |
boldly.
La Belle Blackwood Good heav-
ensi What brought her there?" sudden |
tears springing up in Ends blue eyes |
"She said she came to Bocognano to |
save my life from the vendetta. You |
she had warned me before, |
the other evening in Nice"
Yes, I remember" she signs; then
adds more brightly. Il remember also,
that you told me-"
Never up TO this time has Barnes so
appreciated the latent no
bility of his sweet bride.
She gazes at him anxiously, but only |
for a moment-the awful lines about
her husbands face proclaiming his I'M
pursuit OF her for three mer-
CHESS days and nights, softens Ends
tender heart She slips one rounded
arm about his neck and whispers: Il
shall never question you about this. If
you feel you can kiss me, Burton, kiss
mel" and for this gets a kiss whose
longing ardor makes her blush.
'Ah, that was an honest husbands
kiss" she says rapturously. and for the
speech receives another that makes her
tremble with Joy.
Running to Marina. she cries: Fan
cy, it was that awful La Belle Black
wood who wanted TO save Burton's
life"
II am very glad she didn't want to
save my husbands life." laughs Ma
rina.
1.-The superb Madame Blackwood,"
cries Rodrigo Bonelli. who with excited
has with his brother been
examining Barnes shots, has received |