Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-04-24

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the Seagull is an inferno.
The deck Of this vessel has be-
come" Edwin muttered gloomily TO
Barnes, nigh unto hell. Can't you
See" he whispers despairingly. that
every day Marina grows more anxious
and more nerrous9 My God. 1t is for
me-
This remark Is made to the Ameri-
can as the two men sit smoking be-
tween the main and the foremost late
the next evening
Ibid you notice. adds Anstruther.
with sigh, she had no appetizer
''you mean your sister, says the
American.
Certainly not; Marina, My wife
didn't eat mouthful.
Neither did Miss Anstfuther,"
"Nonseuse Enid was enthusiastic
over our parlez-vous cooks culinary
triumphsr
Yes, with her lips. but not with
her teeth" mutters Burton. grizzly
"WuManlike, she cried out about filet
migncn and omeleste soufle and af-
fected to eat~-~but--
But stored away no cargo sug.
gests Anstruther. So much the bet.
ter for you, old man. when girl gets
on her food she's hard hit in some
other part of her anatomy than her
stomach. My sisters a good sailor. SO
II isn't sea sickness affects her"
sea sickness jeers Barnes. saw.
agely. Cant YOU see that every hour
Enid grows more cold and more
naughty to me, Furnishing me because
| didn't wed her that day In MarseiIles.
when even Emory, the cold biooded
Yankee detective, shuddered and said
1t would be crime for me to marry
with this devlllsh threat | carry In my
pocket against any woman who In un.
fortunate enough 10 become my wife. :
1T concerns my sister: supposing
you show II to met" suggests Edwin.
Surprising you show 1t to met"
comes to them In clear voice from
the neighboring cutter
MY God, you overheard" barnes
faces his beautiful fianceo as she steps
from the large boat that. after the mer.
chant fashion, has now been slowed
on the deck smidship.
Certainly Hoping had done your
love an injustice. ] have been trying
TO overhear some such revelation as
this for the last few days The girls
eyes are beaming now, tender with
iove and hope
Then she breaks forth almost pas
sionately, "Yon owe this to my love
for you. Since you seemed reluctant
to wear me as your bride, to accept
my wifely devotion. my pride has suf.
fered SO much that you, Burton. can
not deny me the sight OF that letter so
that may again trust the ardency Of
your desire to make me yours"
BEST give II to her" remarks her
sailor brother, grirnly.
you advise II, Them
Eyes, she will never rest without II
now. II | know Enid OF old"
Barnes silently places the accuraed
threat against the woman whom he
dares to marry and her offspring In
the hand OF his hetrothed.
She carries 1t to the pinnacle light
and reads II carefully twice over.
Then she returns to them, her eyes
brilliant with determined devotion, yet
swimming with tenderest love. You
let such a chimera as this little piece
OF paper. the rawlings OF some maniac
on revenge, stand between you and my
love-
NO no; this threat-~yon have had
proof enough--is q menace NIL our
lives. desire to put its author whsrs
he can do no harm to you before
wed you"
Before? After you wed mel" criea
his fiancee, In exalted mood. Let us
together face and annihilate this
fend."
But remember this is an undying
feud. Think what my self-reproach
would be IL I let your love for me
bring miserable death TO you. my
adored.s whispers Barnes.
My death couldn't happen. sweet
heart, unless you died also. Burton"
she says simply
Il demand OF this gentleman" she
continued, who says he loves me, that
he weds me the moment we go on
shore at Nice even II It brings me into
the unhappy feud proclaimed against
him. No. no: don't refuse me, Bur-
ton she whispers, determlnedly, tbs
the last chance You wed me then or
never wed me! II you cannot trust
me with your woes. III not take part
OF your Joys"
More enamored than ever with the
charming girl who will risk death 70
be his bride, Barnes silently extends
his arms, and abe falling into them.
the yachts deck becomes a heaven to
these lovers.
The next day the sun again rises
bright over the Mediterranean. The
felucca IL never sighted. Monsieur
Leboeuf serves meals fit for a fairy
princess In the salon, and Enid and