Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-09
SYNOPSIS.

Burton III. Barnes, wealthy American
touring Corsica rescues the young Eng
fish lieutenant, Edward Gerard Anstruth-
er, and his Corsican bride, Marina,
daughter of the Paolis from the muir
oerous vendetta, understanding that his
reward is to be the hand of the girl he
loves Enid Anstruther, sister of the Eng
fish lieutenant. The four fly from Ajac-
cit to Marseilles on board the French
steamer Constantine. The vendetta pur-
sues and as the quartet are about to
poard the train for London at Marseilles,
Marina is handed a mysterious note
Wnlch causes her to collapse and necessi-
Iates 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.
me groom secures fishing vessel and
is about to start in pursuit of his brides
captors when he hears a scream from
the villa and rushes back to hear that
Anstruther's wife, Marina, is also miss
Ing. Barnes is compelled to depart for
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 a note written by
Enid informing him that the kidnapping
is Tor the purpose of entrapping Barnes
so the vendetta may kill him. Barnes
and Marina have unusual adventures in
their search for Enid They come in
sight of her and her captors in the Corsi
can mountain wilds just as night APP
proaches In seeking shelter from
storm the couple enter a hermitage and
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 Marina's husband did not
kill her brother. Many wrongs are right
ed Barnes is surprised in the hermitage
by Rochini 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-
yer. 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 Saliceti's 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 had
been substituted for the Americans bride
by shrewd plot. Lieut.. Anstruther ar
rives 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.