Willmar tribune., 1908-05-06
SYNOPSIS.
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
SYNOPSIS.
Burton IT. Barnes, wealthy American
lish lieutenant, Edward Gerard Anstruth-
sr' and his Corsican bride, Marina.
',asa;, daughter ,.o Of the Paolis. from the muir
derous vendetta, understanding that his
reward is to be the hand of the girl he
loves Enid Anstruther, sister of the Eng
ss :a tn 1ieusenant The four fly from AjaG.
steamer Constantine. The vendetta pur-
board the train for London at Marseilles.
which causes her to collapse and necessi-
taes, tates postponement Of the journey.
that ne Is marked by the vendetta. He
employs an American detective and plans
to beat the vendetta at their own game
, Lady Chartris lease a secluded villa at
NJ Nice to >. Which VII the party is to be taken
arrangements for their marriage. The
net tishtens about Barnes. He re-
ceives note from La Belle Blackwood.
that Ejah Emory suasS his detective seeSs neSas has
been murdered by the Corsicans. He
learns that the man supposed to be Cor
way to the boa tsS Rafty on e1heM er
OF the count. and that Count Corregio
had been IN Nice for some time prior to
Rsrnpes party Hof tn arrival The count warns
would have her also involved in the muir
derous feud. Barnes and Enid are mar
rrd ried ;,S Soon after their wedding Barnes
pride disappears. Barnes discovers she
has been kidnapped and taken to Corsica.
the groom secures a fishing. vessel and
,ngl is about to- to start in pursuit Of his brides
captors when he hears a scream from
the villa and rushes back to hear that
:AnstrYther's Wife. Marina, is also miss
ing: Barnes is compelled to depart for
the search for Marina to her husband
while he goes to hunt for Enid. Just be-
fore Barnes boat, lands on Corsica's
corner of the vessel. She explains her
action by saying she has come to help
Barnes rescue his wife from the Corsi-
Enid informing him that the kidnapping
Is for the purpose of entrapping Barnes,
SO the vendetta may kill him. Barnes
and Marina have unusual adventures in
their search for Enid.
CHAPTER xII.-continued.
They dash up the gorge for half a
mile and she says sharply, 1T is
Aere," pointing to a steep ascent that.
numbered by ferns and wild flowers.
makes a most unpromising roadway.
Then she catches her breath and
Whispers: "YOu expect an ambush ?"
for the American has now his rifle on
the saddle in front of him, western
fashion, and his pistols ready in his
belt.
Il do" answered Barnes and relates
the words Of the shepherd.
"Quick!" cries the girl. This trail
will take you right up Del Orc, where
you can look down on Bocognano. BY
it, you will get between your enemies
and your destination"
My destination is my wife. She is
in this valley with those men,"
"Oh, I think not. Saliceti is too
crafty. He is still conveying Enid to
Bocognano and has left only some of
his followers to slay you. Come on"
Barnes follows his guide up the
steep little path, that covered with
vines and wild flowers is difficult to
discern, but after they had gone few
hundred yards, the rocks growing larg-
er, the trail more precipitous, Marina
says: Here we must leave our ponies
and climb on foot" So they pasture
the two hardy little brutes in vale
full Of soft grasses and leave them
munching contentedly, Barnes, sling
ing his haversack over his shoulder,
Marina having nothing to carry with
her.
Before her now strides the Ameri.
can, his alert eyes always glancing
down the steep declivities to their left,
for the almost unused trail they are
following is hundreds of feet above the
travelled bride path that keeps to the
torrent, dashing through the bottom of
the valley. After nearly an hour of
this, the noise of waterfall strikes
their ears, gradually growing louder.
Five minutes later, Barnes holds up
his hand cautiously. Marina's glance
follows his; far below them, conceal.
ed in the big rocks that skirt the
stream at the little bridge near the
waterfall, are several crouching.
armed men. A little farther down the
rapid, in the top of a big beech tree,
is perched another, his hand shading
, his eyes from the rays of the declining
sun that shines in his face as he looks
down the pathway coming from the
east
These gentlemen are waiting for
me-" remarks the American, in his
face the supreme joy of sportsman
who will bag not only one head. but a
battue. He puts his rifle on the ground,
loosens both revolvers in his belt and
asks: 'The way to descend the preci.
pice from here?"
"Why?" falters the girl.
why? Because / am now the hunt.
er," answers Barnes. do you think !
am going to spare the wretches who
have stolen my wife? None of them!
Quick, the path by which I can inter.
cept them and cut them off to the last
mani"
Marina looks at his fatal pistols and
shudders! 'Thank God, there is NO
path"
"Ah, then I will have to be con.
tent with the sentry, that fellow in the
beech tree there"
My God, if you kill any of them,
gasps Marina, "you will never get
Enid out of the island alive. You came
to save her, not to murder her." She
puts white imploring hand on
Barnes, who is already preparing his
rifle. Then she suddenly half cries:
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