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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
SYNOPSIS.

Burton II. Barnes. a wealthy American
touring Corsica, rescues the young Eng
,ish lieutenant, Edward Gerard Anstruth-
Err and his Corsican bride, Marina.
derous vendetta, understanding that his
reward is to be the hand of the girl he
loves, Enid Anstrnther, sister OF the Eng
cio to Marseilles on board the French
steamer Constantine. The vendetta pur-
sues and as the quartet are about, to
Marina is handed a mysterious note
which causes her to collapse and necessi-
tates postponement of the journey.
Barnes and Enid are married. Soon
after their wedding Barnes bride dis
appears. Barnes discovers she has
been kidnapped and taken to Corsica:
The, groom secures a fishing, vessel and
captors when he hears scream from
the villa and PUSHES back to hear that
Anstruther's wife, Marina, is also miss
Corsica without delay. and so he leaves
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-
cans. When Barnes and Marina arrive
in Corsica he Is given note written by
Enid informing him that the kidnapping
is for the purpose of entrapplng Barnes
and Marina have unusual adventures IN
their search for Enid. They come In
sight of her and her captors In the Corsl-
can mountain wilds just as the night APP
proaches. In seeking shelter from q
storm the couple enter hermitage ana
there to their amazement they discover
Tomasso, the foster father OF Marina,
who was supposed to have been killed by
De Belloc's soldiers, and for whose death
Barnes had been vendettaed. Tomasso
learns that Marlna's husband did not
kill her brother. Many wrongs are right
ed. Barnes is surprised in the hermitage
by Rochni and Romano, the two detest-
ed bandits, who had been searching for
him to murder him for his money. The
bandits attempt to take away Marina.
Barnes darts out the door. The bandits
start to pursue but as they reach the
door both are laid low by Barnes reVol-
ver Members of the Bellacoscia enter
and Barnes is honored for his great serv-
ice to the community In killing the hated
Enid is promised. Barnes is conveyed In
triumph to Bocognano. Marina acquaints
the Bellacoscia with Salicetfs plot
against her husband and the people are
instructed to vote against him at the
coming election. Barnes is taken to the
mansion Of the Paolis to meet Enid.
Marina receives a telegram. She starts
for Bastia to meet her husband. Enter
ing the room to greet his wife Barnes is
bewildered to find the adventures La
Belle Blackwood, but not Enid. She mad
been substituted for the Americans bride
by q shrewd plot. Lieut.. Anstruther ar
riyes TO find Marina and learns that she
has been lured away by the telegram
which had been sent by another without
his knowledge. The two start in search OF
Marina Barnes and Edwin take different
roads in their search Edwin is trapped
in a tower where he is made prisoner. In
endeavoring to escape he opens a trap
door where he finds Emory, the detec-
tive who had been imprisoned there pre-
viz
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16

THE count has musicians in boat of
the shore"
The men have no sooner passed
than Barnes starts quickly down the
road. The lady" he guesses, means
either Marina or his own bride, though
Of the last he has slight hope. A sub.
dued light from the town guides him
In the darkness.
But when he is within less than a
hundred yards of the building, his
horse, with sudden snort of terror.
draws up right in the path, crouching
on his launches, and Barnes peering
over his steed's head, gazes into the
deep chasm that descends sheer to the
very sea. Springing from his trem-
bling horse, the American finds that
the bridge, which is a light, swinging
one not over 35 feet in length, has
been swung to the other side.
The scent of fresh cyclamen bloom
enters his nostrils. He looks at the
removed bridge and remarks acutely:
Its evident Cipriano has got on the
other side the person he wished to fol-
| low these flowers"
So Barnes gazes across the chasm
he cannot pass. The night being very
| still, hs hears over the soft murmur
Of the waves beneath him the sweet
romantic music of Corsica rising from
boat. 'Tis the playing of stringed in
struments accompanying sweet ma
tive love song, each stanza ending in
that curious prolonged note peculiar
to these island ditties.
What the deuce is that bizarre
crafty devils gamer" wonders the
American. Then he hears voices from
the low Corsican house. Beyond the
crevices he sees Marina In white robe
amid the lights and flowers of the
} veranda. Her sweet tones are scarce
! audible. Then Danella's voice reaches
him family in the soft night air.
He begins to understand and NUT
! tiers: Good Godi"
After little cry of love yet despai
rends the heavens from the tower /
is Anstruther's. 'Tis mingled with
. woman's Shrek foI mercy. my hus
) band!" in MAnna's voice.
Mkt Barnes hears Cipriano's suaye
triumphant laugh. and he mutters
MY God, for pistol it's fearful,
long shot. but it's the only way!"
81 CTO BE CO1ITINuEDD
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Trzxfb and
Quality

appeal to the Well Informed in every
walk Of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup Of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA is the only remedy of
known value, but one Of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
GIRL WAS DELiRloUS
With Fearful Eczema-Pain, Heat,
and Tingling Were Excruciating-
Cuticura Acted Like Magic.

can eruption broke out on my
daughters chest. took her to a
doctor, and he pronounced it to be
eczema of very bad form. He treated
her, but the disease spread to her back,
and then the whole of her head was
affected, and all her hair had to be cut
off. The pain she suffered was excru-
ciating, and with that and the heat
and tingling her life was almost I'M
fearable. Occasionally she was deliri-
BUS and she did not have properhour's
-;eep for many nights. The second
doctor we tried afforded her just as
little relief as the first. Then pur-
chased Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and
Pills, and before the Ointment was
hree-quarters finished every trace Of
The disease was gone. 1t really seemed
like magic. Mrs. T. W. Hyde, Brent
wood, Essex, England, Mar. s, 1907"
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,unch Of the wild f,owers. As he rides

bunch Of the wild flowers. As he rides
along examining 1t he calculates:
This is very extraordinary. This
branch, which supposed Marina drop
ped out of the carriage yesterday, was
certainly cut this very morning"
Suspicion flashes through him as he
questions: Can these flowers have
been strewn in the road by Ciprianos
agents to lead someone on?" and what
had been no warning to the easy-going
sailor becomes danger signal to the
man of the world.
Yet, twist it how he will, Barnes can
see no reason why Danella should
want anyone near him save Marina.
IL the Cursican's passion for that
young lady is what he thinks it is, he
will prefer free hand to deal with
her alone. "And yet it is evident some
body wanted somebody to follow this
cyclamen trail, and whether somebody
wants 1t or not, am here "---S,
thinks the A~AA------ss sunny. And
thanks to tbs divine Orezza water,
am rather fit for fighting" Then care.
fully examining his revolver, the pistol
shot remarks: And that's fit also,
thank God"
With this, resolutely but more cir.
cumspectly, Mr.. Barnes continues his
way over the path marked by the eye
lamen branches.
BY the time he has come out on the
hills looking down toward the Tuscan
sea, 1t is very dark. There is no moon
yet, but the light from the lone watch
tower attracts him. The cyclamen
flowers he occasionally picks UP make
him know this Is the road Anstruther
must have travelled.
Suddenly, but quietly, he turns his
horse from the path, and in the seclu-
sion of thicket of wild grapes, lis
tens. Some dozen men are coming
from the east; he hears one of them
growl: why, there's no Lucchese'
nearer than Pletra to fight, though the
count ordered every man about the
farm to go out and protect the vines
from them"
well, there's some good reason for
Maestro Cipriano's orders. Perchance
the Italian laborers in the Green Orez-
"a quarry have risen up" adds an.
other.
Perhaps with the lady he wishes
not to be disturbed" giggles a third.
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Bad Effects From Cold.

Mr.. M. J. Deutsch, Secretary Building
Material Trades Council, ISL Washing
ton St., Chicago, H., writes:
ST have found your medicine to be
unusually efficacious in getting rid of
bad effects from cold, and more espe-
cially in driving away all symptoms of
catarrh, with which l am frequently
troubled.
"The relief Peruna gives in catarrhal
troubles alone is well worth the price
per bottle. have used the remedy for
ocveral years now"
Spells of Coughing.
Mrs. c. E. Long, writes from Atwood,
Colorado, as follows:
"When 1 wrote you for advice my
little three-year-old girl had cough
that had been troubling her for four
months. She took cold easily, and
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
CHAPTER XVII.
Whiffs In the Air.

Some time after midday, Mr.. Barnes,
in pursuit Of Anstruther, reaches
Ponte-alla-L ecchia, where the people
are now crowding about the polling
house. He doesn't stop here and con-
tinues rapidly on, Notwithstanding the
sun is worry hot, the dust is very heavy.
AS he climbs the high hills toward Mo-
rosaglia, he commences to find cycla-
men flowers, quite faded now and hay-
ing but little perfume.
by Jove," he remarks, 81 gave Ed
win the right path. l should have
turned back and followed him last
night, not today"
This makes him hurry all the more
and his horse is quite exhausted when
he descends the hill past the convent
and pauses at the little inn near the
famous water of Orezza.
The American has heard Of theil
curious powers, and asks for some, a:
he gazes languidly on the communal
of the little village, around which the
men are still clustering.
The heat has been tremendous; hi
| speed has been quite great; the hill
have been precipitous. Barnes face i
again covered with lines Of fatigue.
This glorious Orezza water will
make you new man." chats the land
lord pleasantly; and never had tn
wondrous youth-giving chalybeate
better patient to work upon. for as tn
effervescent fluid. cold from tn
springs of the mountain, flies dow
the Americans throat, new power
new vigor seem to enter each nerve
each limb.
| 1t is now quite late In the Afternoon
Burton soon passes the chestnut land
Of La Castagniccia, still finding fe'
faded cyclamen blooms to guide hii
on his way. But now Title shoe
thrills him. He checks his morse al
ruptly. springs of and picks up
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4
Barnes about"
yes"
But Tomassos words make them
feel they have little time to lose. Be-
sides, Emory is always whispering
with white lips: This tower is
mined!" Together they go up the
stairs, carefully examining every orr
fee in the building, but find them all
loopholes too small to permit the exit
of man."
There is nothing but to get out Of
the upper chamber" says Edwin. I'm
sailor. With half chance, single
vine, with even the assistance of our
clothes torn into lengths, can scram.
BILE down. Some way I'll do it."
They have reached the upper room.
Anstruther has thrown off his coat
and vest, kicked off his shoes and
taken off his stockings. Toes will
cling to the rough stonework better
than boots. He picks up the letter
and the concluding sentences seem to
make him crazy. He springs to the
window and muttered oath parts his
white lips, for he encounters a grillage
of heavy iron so securely fastened on
the outside that it is impossible for
him to make exit.
But even as Edwin struggles with
the grating, he utters low cry, half
of longing, half of despair.
Upon the portico of the modern por-
ton of the farmhouse, pleasant with
vines and flowers, almost reclining in
hammock is Marina. ROBBED in
white, the young wife looks like a
dream of love to her despairing hus-
band. Her face is flushed, II not hap
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
B;{lSI ffiNK Cold on les rec n Car

Many persist in riding the street nsuenty protected by
perhaps and feel
the body ud When they board the
slightly When the this condition
chilled il
in
precautions, they catch cold.
in
advances they do not decrease During the Spring months no one should
cold the liable through the entire Summer
of Spring the liability of catching cold
during this
in
to
Do taking other remedies Begin
entirely disappeared
on.
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CHAPTER xvl.-continued.

ooh, hang it, what have they done
to you, smarty?" growls the detective
angrily. Then he cries: GLORY halle
lujah! Bully for you!" for Edwin has
run down the ladder and is busy try
ing to unloosen the irons from the
Americans legs.
They've got keys somewhere"
snarls Emory. Hang it. think of their
cheek, manacling a detective"
Edwin is up the ladder again. He
strikes another match and on the
ground story finds, after some little de-
lay, a bunch of keys hanging on the
wall.
After some trouble with the locks,
which are rusty, Elijah's legs are re-
leased and he ascends with Edwin, his
jaws almost swapping with rage as he
tells his wrongs.
81 was playing the fisherman at St.
Tropez," he says. Il had got onto
them, all right l knew the head devil,
the elder man, Cipriano, when, like a
fool, l went on board of that big,
cursed fishing felucca to them, pre-
tending to want to get job, thinking
l would find out what the devil they
were driving at. That was the end of
me. l hadn't more than got in the
forecastle than | was covered with two
long knives, and that scar-faced fell
low said to me: The first time, you
were warned to keep out of this affair.
This is the second time They were
savage enough to kill me, but they
simply corded me up and threw me in
the hold, and oh, what time had as
their internal vessel dashed about the
Mediterranean after you. When they
gave up chasing you they stopped
here and put me away carefully in
that hole down there"
Suddenly he cries: What are yor
| doing?" for Edwin has his hands in ar
iron ring and is trying to pull up an
other trap door in the flooring.
81 want tools by which we can breal
enough masonry from one of thes,
embrasures to get out!" says tn,
| sailor.
But pulling up the trap door, both h,
and the American gaze astounded int,
the other vault.
Two red flaming eyes encounte
theirs. 'If you come to kill me, I'll di
like a Corsican, my teeth in you
throat" cries low, hoarse voice.
Then as Anstruther lights anothe
match, shrek rises to them: 9Th
husband of Marina, Madre di Dio!"
"Tomasso" exclaims Edwin, ado
ing: I'm Gods name, where is m
wife?"
"Diavolo, Of course, you have com
here to find her. At the fork of tn
Bastia road, l thought the Lucches
captured my mistress and myself an
forced us to drive toward the cas-
Coming over the mountains, their la
guage told me they were not Lucl
cheese, but Corsicars. l would hay
, told lfarina, but when l got out
water the horses at the little founta
: up nesr Pietra, two Of them struck n
insensible and / awoke and found m
self here. But, Signore, ! beg you
note one thing. Your true wife al
my honored mistress believes she W,
rescued from the Lucchese' by Clip
ano Danella, and she is grateful
him. Get me to the light that l m;
aid you" The old Corsican has fail
ly staggered up; moment later he
pulled from the vault by the strol
hands OF Anstruther and the detectiN
This Is old Tomasso Monaldi." sa
Edwin shortly, who was supposed
be killed"
'Hols smoke. the fellow who W
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
NEW YORK FOR HUGHES.
Delegates Instructed to Vote for the
Governor.


New York, April 12.-Governor
Charles e. Hughes was Endorsed as
New York's republican candidate for
presidents by that party's state con-
vention held yesterday and the four
delegates It large, with their alter
mates, elected to the Chicago national
republican convention, were instruct
ed to use all honorable means &c
bring about his nomination.
The following were chosen dele
gates at large and alternates to thu
national convention:
Delegates-Gen. Stewart l.. Dood
ford of New York, former Mayor Set
Low of New York, Frederick K
Hazard of Syracuse, and Edward Ii
Butler Of Buffalo.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. John Raines
Thos. p. Peters of Brooklyn, Norma
]. Gould of Seneca Falls and Charles
w. Anderson of New York.
The resolutions favored revision
of the tariff and commended congress
for declining to revise 1t by piece
meal.
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would wheeze and have spells of cough
ing that would sometimes last for q
half hour.
NOW we can never thank you enough
for the change you have made in our
little ones health. Before she began
taking your Peruna she suffered every
thing in the way of cough, colds and
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Pe-ru-na for Colds.
Mr.. James Morrison, 6S East 10th St.,
Paterson, N. j., writes:
81 have given Peruna fair trial, and
find it to be just what you claim ii
to be. 1 cannot praise it too highly.
have used two bottles in my family for
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
q Counter Stroke

A stylishly-dressed woman entered
Chinese laundry and paid for a
Numbered shirt.
why do you wear those rats I
think you call them, in your hair?" in
quired the Chinaman, who had an in.
quisitive turn of mind.
flush, Mr.. John" replied his GUS.
toner. Il always thought it was Chi.
nese etiquette not to talk about the
things they like best"
The Oriental blinked his eyes as the
lady passed out.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
No Visible SIGNALS.

"Yessum," said Sandy Pixies, as he
devoured the wedge of pumpkin pie,
81 sternly object to the nefarious prac-
tice of clipping off de tails of dogs"
"Ah, am glad you are so tender
hearted, my poor man." sympathized
the good housewife.
"Well, it amt exactly dat, mum, but
when a dog hasn't any tail can't tell
by de ways If he is in a good humor
or not and it makes me skeery about
approaching de house"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16

PLY, at least excitedly. To her, speak
ing-the distance is too great for Ed
win to understand the words, but ap-
parently from the gestures they are
those of amity--is Count Cipriano Da-
nella, his eyes sparkling viyaciously,
his costume the romantic one of Cor
sica.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it Is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness Of the fabric is
hidden behind paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality Of the goods. This trou-
BILE can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
: er strength than other makes.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
Couldn't Snare o'conneII,

Daniel O'Connell had got man off
at one time for highway robbery and
at another for burglary; but on the
third occasion, for stealing a coasting
brig, the task of hoodwinking the jury
seemed too great for even his powers
of cajolery. However, he made out
that the crime was committed on the
high seas and obtained an acquittal.
The prisoner lifted up his hands and
eyes to heaven and exclaimed: MAY
the Lord long spare you, Mr.. O'Connell
Ito mel"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
The WRONG Tense.

Dorothea's father was sitting before
a window in his country house with
Dorothea on his knees. He was look
ing across the fields with unseeing
eyes, when the lassie broke in on his
reverie with, What are you looking
at, papa?"
81 was looking into the future, my
dear"
"The future, papal thought it was
Into the re!"-Harper's Weekly.
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Your Wife. Mother or Sister

Can make Lemon, Chocolate and Custard
pies better than the expert cook by using
"OUR-PHE," as all the ingredients are in
Each package, enough for two large pies.
40 cents. Order to-day from your grocer.
a.Put UP by D-Zerta Co. Rochester, NY"
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a Most peIioIous DESSERT

Is Coffee Jelly. Get 10 cent package of
Plymouth Rock Coffee Jelly Compound,
add pint of boiling water and serve with
sugar and cream. The Jelly Compound is
made from pure sugar, coffee and gelatine
"a delightful combination. III your grocer
cents and we will mail you box
Plymouth Rock Gelatine Co., Boston, Mass.
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TOO Polite to lnterrupt.

Police Justice-You saw that cock
fight? Why didn't you stop it and ar
rest the men?
Police Oficer-I did, Y'r Amer
afther tn fight was over.-Chicago
Tribune.
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Nautical Note.

"Well, my girl, that young man Of
yours established a record last even.
ing"
what do you mean, pa?"
Your mother reported him off the
hat rack at ten o'clock, and he hadn't
made the vestibule when your brother
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
THAT OFFICE YARN.

Mrs. Al think offices are horrid.
My husband is out all day and says
he is looking for an Office.
Mrs. Z.--How funny! Mine is out
late nights and says he is detained at
the office.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16

The printing-ink used on the Bank
of England notes gets It's deep-black
tint from naphtha smoke.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25
Lions and Fowl.

"There IS Il peculiar thing abou
Hons said a hunter who has trappe,
big game in Africa for mcHagcriez
They will not eat the flesh OF foW,
You might Tempt them with canvas
back duck ~ the daintiest SQUAD. bu
they would refuse it. remcln bei
,nce having Il swan which had broke!
It's wing. We killed it. dressed it care
FULLY and threw it into the cage Of tn,
Ions, but they would not touch it, ant
& finally had to be taken out ano
hrown away. l have repeatedly pu
igeons alive into the cage just to Sc.
What they would do. | have thrown
rain down among the lions and thu
dgeons have actually got down III
0pped around the big brutes. eve.
Opping on their backs. the lions max
n9Sno attempt to disturb them, even
eeming to enjoy their companionShip
here is something rather strange
b0nt this which it Is difficult to CT
13dn."