Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-04-02

IUOSO D0oOY O0O0U0 - tue pOch6e
Of ~ - two q these people 10 earn
the fsu1 - re ends Of the earth. 4
few moments ago I told you about I'd
wins bride following the man she
thought had killed her brother TO
Egypt. Now. when ! walk down Broad.
way on a pleasant evening from the
fhoatcr. I'm not going To DO looking
over my shoulder for n dagger In my
back. There's only one way to settle
this AFFAIR"
"HOw's that"
"Squelch ~" says Parncs. ~savagely.
by killing those who would murder
me and my kin"
but. tho French government"
Tho French government won't pro
vent my defending myself. In Corsica
Itself France has practically never In.
tcrfcrcd In vcndettas. As wired. you
have obtained as far Az you can, . list
of all the relatives OF MussO Danella."
barnes looks Over the paper Emory
has given him and observes: All. OF.
cept Corregio Cipriano Danclia. Mus.
so's half brother. are practically
French"
yes" says Emory, except there's
a couain-a kind OF knock about fcl.
low. EnricO, who's Corsican ALSO
didn't get him IN tho last. YOu'll ind
his name at the bottom OF the page
where liz he?" asks Barnes.
"Oh. EnricO's about tho Riviera
some place. | reckon. They say he's
always near a gaming table when he's
got any money In his pocket. When
he hasn't. EnricO don't care what h8
does to get more" answers the dctec.
tive.
But. from your report. Corregio. the
brother. Ii now in M%arselllcs. Wen
take this COrrcgiO first. lie has q
country estate near Sierra In the island
and spends the balance Of his time
chiefly In southern France: IL intense.
~ Corsican.' returns Barnns. Taking
from his pOckctboOk the fragments OF
the note Maud had given him-the one
that had produced Marlna's nervous
strOkc-hc places them before the do
t%"ciivc. and asks: "Is this COrrcYiO
Dahclla's handwritinH?"
u can't tel. but III find out for
you" answers Elijah. then his eyes
begin to roll. m he muttcrs: "Whew!
Judging from tho part Of II I can read.
that's "a nasty document"
"Yca. though | don't think we'vo got
the worst OF II. II Is az crafty ns II In
cruel. IL was given to tho bride not
entirely recovered from the agitation
Of that horrible wedding night to 10
shock her delicate and already over.
taxed nerves that VIC cannot move
away from here. Some devil In Mar
settles IL trying TO hold us here TN
these ~bloodhonndH arrive from Corsica
and have" time to act. Here's another
note In tho same handwriting that puts
me in" remarks I%'urton. mOodily. Il
received II ut my hotel half an hour
ngo It's the Coraican custom to Civ"
n delicate hint 10 the doomed" He
reads:
"IIavs a care Of yourself! This II
thy warning. Remember death rs on
You and your HpOuso and your on
spring. born and UNBORN"
'"n"" i'h'iIbG W u IIhh WIN !
wedding day just ahead Of him" snarla
the New Yorker. "That'B what makcS
N" AZ vinhictivc M they are"
"Do yOm think with this In your
hand" Whispers Emory. impr"ssively
you should have n wedding day. Ivo
heard such mOnair0ua rcportB about
them from Pcrricr. the French dctcc.
tive. who went over these once"
mot until this In fnIghch." inter.
Icc's Burton. with n moa Of disap
pointmcnt,
Th" hct"ctivc'8 comment makes
even l'arn"a' regular pulBc beat slower.
well. what are your plans To meet
this?" asks the American criminolo.
giHi.
My plans arc very simple" gays
BARNES. t"rscly. I'm going To get our
nm In II safe place and then then
III" hunted becomes the hunter"
"I'ut how are yc TO get tho women
, cafe? Someone may be pottinY 'cm
while you're rounding mp the others,
How are yc going to TX thntf"
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