The silver messenger., 1908-12-29


There money enough in the pockets
of one or two of these people to carry
the feud to the ends of the earth A
few moments ago | told you about E--
wins bride following the man she
thought had killed her brother to
Egypt. Now when | walk down Broad.
way on pleasant evening from the
theater, I'm not going to be looking
over my shoulder for dagger in my
back. There's only one way TO settle
this affair"
"How's that?"
"Squelch it," says Barnes, savagely
by killing those who would murder
me and my kin"
But, the French government"
"The French government won't pre-
vent my defending myself. In Corsica
itself France has practically never in
terfered in yendettas. AS l wired, you
have obtained as far as you can, list
of all the relatives of Musso Danella.'
Barnes looks over the paper Emory
has given him and observes "All, ex
cept Corregio Cipriano Danella, Mus
SOS half brother, are practically
French"
Yes" says Emory, except there's
cousin-a kind of knock-about fel
| low, Enrico, who's Corsican also
didn't get him till the last. You'll find
his name at the bottom of the page"
Where Is he?" asks Barnes.
"Oh, Enricos about the Riviera
some place, reckon. They say he's
always near gaming table when he's
got any money in his pocket. When
he hasn't, Enrico don't care what he
does to get more" answers the detec-
tive.
But, from your report, Corregio, the
! brother, is now in Marseilles. Well
| take this Corregio first. He has a
and spends the balance of his time
chiefly in southern France; is intense
! ly Corsican," returns Barnes. Taking
! from his pocketbook the fragments of
the note Maud had given him-the one
that had produced Marina's nervous
stroke-he places them before the de-
tective, and asks: rs this Corregio
Danella's handwriting?"
Il can't tell, but I'll find out for
you," answers Elijah, then his eyes
begin to roll, as he mutters "Whew!
Judging from the part of it can read,
that's nasty document"
Yes, though / don't think we've got
the worst of it, it is as crafty as it is
! cruel. 1t was given to the bride not
]
of that horrible wedding night to so
shock her delicate and already over
taxed nerves that we cannot move
away from here. Some devil in Mar
seilles is trying to hold us here till
these bloodhounds arrive from Corsica
and have time to act. Here's another
note in the same handwriting that puts
me in," remarks Burton, moodily. Il
received it at my hotel half an hour
ago. It's the Corsican custom to give
a delicate hint to the doomed" He
reads:
Have a care of yourself! This is
thy warning. Remember death is on
you and your spouse and your Off
| spring, born and unborn"
Pleasant reading for a man with his
wedding day just ahead of him." snarls
the New Yorker. That's what makes
me as yindictive as they are"
do you think with this in your
hand" whispers Emory, impressively,
you should have a wedding day. I've
heard such monstrous reports about
them from Perrier, the French detec-
tive, who went over these once"
Not until this is finished" inter
jects Burton, with moan of disap-
pointment.
The detectives comment makes
even Barnes regular pulse beat slower,
We'll, what are your plans to meet
this?" asks the American criminolo.
gist.
My plans are very simple" says
Barnes, tersely. I'm going to get our
women in safe place and then-then
the hunted becomes the hunter"
But how are We to get the women
safe? Someone may be potting 'em
while you're rounding up the others
How are We going to fix that?"
CTO BE CONTINUEDD