Cushing Independent. (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 5, 1908 Page: 3 of 10
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Burton H. Barnes, a wealthy American
touring Corsica, rescues the young Eng-
lish lieutenant, Edward Gerard Anstruth-
er, and his Corsican bride, Marina,
daughter of the Paolis, from the mur-
derous vendetta, understanding that his
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reward is to*b© the hand of the girl he
loves. Enid Aw trutlier, sister of the Eng-
lish lieutenant. The four fly from AJac-
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steamer Com;tantine. The vendetta pur-
sues and as the quartet are about to
board the train for London at Marseilles,
Marina is handed a mysterious note
which causes her to collapse and necessi-
tates a postponement of the Journey.
Barnes gets part of the mysterious note
and receives letters which inform him
that he is marked by the vendetta. He
employs an American detective and plans
to beat the vendetta at their own game.
For the purpose of securing the safety
of the women Barnes arranges to have
L ady Chartris lease a secluded villa at
Nice to which the party is to be taken
In a yacht. Barnes and Enid make
arrangements for their marriage. The
net tightens about Barnes. He re- ,
ceives a note from La Belle Blackwood,
the American adventuress. Barnes hears
that Elijah Emory, his detective, lias
been murdered by the Corslcans. He
learns that the man supposed to be Cor-
reglo, who followed the party on their
way to the boat, was Sallcetl, a nephew
of the count, tad that Count Coireglo
had been In Nice for some time prior to
the party's arrival. The count warns
Barnes not to marry Enid unless he
would have her also involved In the mur-
derous feud. Barnes and Enid are mur-
rted. Soon after their wedding Barnes
bride disappears. Barnes discovers she
has been kidnaped and taken to Corsica.
The groom secures a fishing vessel and
Is about to start in pursuit of his bride s
captors when he hears a scream from
the villa and.rushes back to hear that
Anstruther's v lie, Marina, >s also miss-
Inc. Barnes U compelled to depart for
Corsica without delay, and ao he leaves
the search for Marina to her husband
while he goes t hunt for Enid. Just be-
fore Barnes' boat lands on Corsica s
shore Marina Is discovered hiding in a
corner of the vessel. She explains her
action by saying she ha* come to help
Barnes rescue hi* wLe from the Corsi-
cans.
CHAPTER XI.—Continued.
"How many were there?" interjects
Barnes hurriedly.
"About four. Monsieur. Only one
know how to sail ze ship. But ze night
is fine and aitaire bringing me to
make ze. breakfast during ze darkness,
ze one who knevr ze coast steered us
here. Zen . ley drop ze anchor aud
cry to me: 'Cook, stay on board. You
tell ze cursed Americano, Signore
Barnes of New York to come to Bocog-
nano if he would rescue his wife. We
have greeting for him zere vitch he
vill not forget!* Zay all take oft zaire
hats, as ze young cavalier bring upon
deck your beautiful lady, who looked
like a geddess, so haughty, so noble.
To him as he bowed before her, she
says: 'Monsieur Bernardo Salicetl,
you who were vere un gentilhomme a
few days ago and have now become a
kidnapper, tell your savages to keep
zalre hands off me and I vill go with
you.'
"To me she command as she stepped
into ze boat: 'Loboeuf, have a good
meal for Mr. Barnes, who vill be com-
ing soon;' Zen she look at me with
her eyes. I know she means I am not
to forget something. Ah, your mariee
vas vaire brave. Only once in ze long
night, as I listen with my ears, I hear
from ze cabin a short, quick sob."
"My wife's eyes told you to remem-
ber something? What was It?" asks
Barnes very eagerly, though his gaze
is dim.
"Oh, voila! Vhen ze ruffians were
preparing ze boat for her, Madame
whispered in my ear: 'Tell my hus-
band to look in ze third drawer of ze
cabin locker.'"
Before the last words have left the
Frenchman's lips, the American is
down the companlonway and has torn
open the drawer indicated. He hur-
riedly ' tosses aside the contents and
produces a note, the superscription of
which, in the dear hand he knows,
makes him falter. It is simply ad-
dressed : "Mr. Burton H. Barnes," and
reads:
My Barling Husband: I have little
tithe to write, for they are preparing to
take me on Bhore in a boat. We are
now anchored off Corsica somewhere.
Last evening, through some careless
message of Thompson misinterpreted by
my own eagerness, I came on board the
yacht alone, thinking you had gono there
before me to avoid some encounter with
Danella that might delay our wedding
trip. A boat was waiting for mo at the
landing place. In the darkness, during
the short hundred yards to the yacht,
X noticed nothing suspicious in the oars-
men, probably because my thoughts were
o entirely of you.
Flying into the cabin, expecting to
meet you, I heard the doors clos^ upon
me and a voice in Corsican French say:
"She is ours!" Then the slipping of
bolts outside told me I was a prisoner.
No cries of mine or commands were
heeded. The yacht got under way.
Ah, what a night I've passed here In
this cabin that should have been our
honeymoon home, thinking of your mis-
ery when you found you had lost mo.
But knowing by your love that you
will pursue and fln< me. I send you this
warning, which Is « • great Importance.
I have learned by some careless French
conversation that has drifted In to me
that I am to be made the lure to bring
rev *o the death of the vendetta in
Bocognano. To me Sallcetl has boasted
that they have notified you they take
me to Corsica. They are sure your af-
fection for me will make you follow me,
rash and careless in your agony. There
Sallcetl means to assassinate you, think-
ing by that to gain the votes of his pe-
culiar countrymen because he has nobly
fulfllled his diabolical oath of the hor-
rible vendetta that they worship. Ther«>-
fore, by your love for me, my husband,
I charge you not to risk your dear life
unduly, and to bring with you enough
friends to protect you from these as-
sassins. I hear the splash of the boat
put overboard; they will be coming for
me, so kiss the letter where I sign and
you'll meet the lips of, in life or death,
always. YOUR WIFE.
Barnes reads this letter carefully
twice. Once he gazes up; but the
sight of the cabin decorated for his
honeymoon, about which are scatter-
ed his wife's dainty belongings
brought on board for a nuptial voyage,
makes him close his misty eyes with
a shuduer.
Leboeuf is now calling down the
companlonway: "Monsieur, I have
obeyed your wife's commands. A good
meal Is served on deck for you and
Madame Anstruther."
He must eat to keep Ills strength up
for the work that is ahead of him. The
American steps alertly on deck and
cries the girl, and deftly puts a cock's
feather plucked from one of his bride's
bonnets in his hat. "Some soot, Felix,"
she commands the cook, "to make
Monsieur's eyebrows darker and his
moustache black."
"Yes, that's It!" she adds eagerly.
"And you?" asks Barnes placing his
eyes on* Marina's white Parisian fete
dress.
"Oh, ?'ve brought a Corsican peas-
ant's costume with me." and the lady
calls to Graham to bring on board a
little bundle she had left upon the
deck of the fishing smack.
Then Marina runs down the com-
panlonway and secludes herself in the
salon while Barnes gives b's direc-
tions to Graham. "You had better re-
turn that fishing boat to Villefranche
by two of your crew."
"Yes, even a land lubber can sail
her across in this fine weather without
any trouble." answers the mate.
"I pm sorry, my gallant fellgw, I
cannot take you with me," says the
American; "only Marina and I must
go."
"Hoot, man! not lone wl' that deli-
cate lassie."
"We are safer alone than with a
few," replies Barnes. "But have the
yacht ready to sail and a sharp look-
out kept for me. During the night have
a boat ashore there with a couple of
men in it, so that, if necessary, I may
immediately come on board of you."
"Aye, aye! Night and day I'll look
for you," answers the mate.
"Now, bring the boat alongside."
"Not yet, Monsieur," cries Leboeuf,
issuing from the galley, "not without
something to eat, to support you and
Madame," and he produces a big hav-
ersack filled with provisions.
"You're right. By evening we shall
be hungry, if not before," answers the
American, "and it will be best to avoid
Is fortunate, that they seed not excite
curiosity by passing tl rough the^ sea-
side village to reach the road to Vico,
by which they will strike east to reach
the vast glen between Monte Rotondo
and Monte Del Oro.
A little while along this road, roast-
ing beneath the hot sun and stifled
by the dust of early summer, when
Marina says, pointing to a farmer's
house: "Stay here and I'll bargain for
the use of two of the native ponies I
see in his barnyard."
A few minutes of apparently excited
gesticulation and talk with the peas
ant who is hoeing in tils field, and she
brings into the road 'two sturdy, shag-
gy brown ponies.
Mounting astride one of these, Cor-
sican fashion, Marina says almost
gaily : "We have the beasts for a week
at 30 francs apleee. Now I feel at
home again."
Upon the other Barnes would dash
forward, but some very serious words
from his companloh stop him. "It was
lucky I saw that farmer. He said: 'I
would give you a more gentle beast,
girl, had not four men three hours ago
engaged my gentle Mandallna for a
lady's use. Of cohrse, my best was at
Signore Sallcetl's order. I had heard
him speak up in the mountains at the
polling booth great words on the glory
of Corsica, which had given France
a Bonaparte and one day would give
her another.'"
Suddenly the girl calls: "But you
cannot overtake Enid in a second," for
the American's heels are beating a tat-
too on the sides of his sturdy little
cob, and he is hurrying forward mut-
tering: "Three hourB ahead of me.
Perhaps we can overtake my darling
before night!"
"Don't ride so fast," exclaims his
companion, galloping her pony to him.
Then her voice growing very solemn,
she says warningly: "From some hill-
top, should we get too near, they will
see us coming, and in a vendetta am-
bush, somv knife might reach not only
your heart but—Enid's. When you
have enemies in Corsica, beware the
path ahead of you!"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
MACHINE WAS ALL RIGHT.
Figured 80 Well Merchant Decided
That He Needed Two.
"Sir," said the man as he entered
the office, "I wish to exhibit to you
my universal calculating machine—
a thing that should be found in the
counting room of every business man.
It will add, {.abtraat, divide, multiply,
and there is no such thing as failure."
"I have heard of it," replied the mer
chant, "but I never understood it was
much of a success." "O, sir, but it is
perfection! Give me any example
you will, and I will guarantee a cor-
rect solution." "Very well. I bought
two dozen leghorn chickens at $3
each. I built a coop at an expense
of $30. In one year I bought $25
worth of feed. In the same year I
got six eggs. What was my profit or
loss for the year? "Why, you paid
out $127 and got back about 20 cents.
In actual figures, your loss was
$126.80." "I guess that's correct,"
sighed the merchant, "and you may
leave me two machines. I'll keep one
busy on my chickens and the other
figuring out how r uch profit I make
In raising my own celery and cu-
cumbers."
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HER GOOD FORTUNE.
After Years Spent in Vain Effort.
Mrs. Mary E. II. Rouse, of Cam-
bridge, N. Y., says: "Five years ago
1 had a bad fall and
it affected my kid-
neys. Severe pains
in my back and hips
became constant, and
sharp twinges fol-
lowed any exertion.
The kidney secre-
tions were badly dis-
colored. I lost flesh
and grew too weak to work. Though
constantly using medicine I despaired
of being cured until I began taking
Doan's Kidney Pills. Then relief camo
quickly, and in a short time I was
completely cured. I am now in ex-
cellent health."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Poster-MUbum Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Sunday School Lessons for the World.
A power greater than that of kings
seems to have been wielded by the
little group of thoughtful men who
gathered at the Fenway residence of
W. N. Hartshorn to select the les-
sons for the Sunday schools of the
world, says the Boston Herald. Every
year they gather to make this choice,
and when a decision has been reached
the lessons are handed out to the
printers and by them literally scat-
tered over the planet. The word thus
goes forth not in one but in scores
of languages. Europe and Africa, eaM
and west, north and south, get these
helps to religious study in the vernac-
ular. There la a supply for Hawaii.
Japan ind the islands of the sea. For
India alone 40 dialects have to be pro-
vided for. Some 500,000,000 Sunday
school leaflets are thus distributed
every year.
CURED HER CHILDREN.
Girls Suffered with Itching Ecxema-*
Baby Had a Tender Skin, Too-
Relied on Cuticura Remedies.
"Some years ago my three little
girls had a very bad form of eczema,
Itching eruptions formed on the backs
of their heads which were simply cov-
ered. I tried almost everything, but
failed. Then my mother recommended
the Cuticura Remedies. I washed my
children's heads with Cuticura Soap
and then applied the wonderful oint-
ment, Cuticura. I did this four or five
times and I can say that they have
been entirely cured. I have another
baby who is so plump that the folds of
skin on his neck were broken and even
bled. I used Cuticura Soap and Cuti-
cura Ointment and the next morning
the trouble had disappeared. Mme.
Napoleon Duceppe, 41 Duluth St.,
Montreal, Que., May 21, 1907."
QUITE A NEAT EVASION.
"We Have 'the Beasts for a Week at Thirty Francs Apiece."
tries to show his appreciation of the
French chef's art, but anguish is a bar
to appetite.
After a moment Barnes passes
Enid's letter over to Edwin's wife.
When she has read it, he says: "I
have been thinking if it wouldn't be
better to sail to AJacclo and get De
Belloc and some of his troopers to go
with, us to Bocognano."
"With De Belloc and his troopers
you would never find her," answers
Marina. "The sight of their cavalry
uniforms would be signalled up the
Valley of the Qravona; Enid would not
be in Bocognano. In the mountain fast-
nesses of Del Oro they would hide her
where you would never find her."
"The-i some honest countrymen,
from this neighborhood; they can be
hired?" suggests Barnes.
"But not by a foreigner to strike
against a Corsican," replies Marina,
almost proudly. "To have any hope of
finding your wife we must go alone.
I'll lead you by secret paths through
the mountains; on the main road did
they see you coming they would am-
bush and kill you." Her eyes look
eagerly upon the shore, she rises and
says, resolutely: "Come!"
Barnes, more eager than she, quick-
ly dresses himself in the simple hunt-
ing suit he ha brought with him.
"Oh vou must look more Corsican,
as much as possible native inns." He
calls: "Madame Anstruther, I am
ready!"
"And so am I." And Marina trips to
the deck, a peasant girl of her island
—her dark brown tresses shaded by
the graceful mandlle and a faldetta of
grey cloth draping her agile figure.
Her short skirts disclose her delicate
feet shod in strong country shoes fit
for use over the stones of mountain
paths.
L'oth are eager. Within five min-
utes ibey are In the boat, and pulled
by two Scotch tars, soon land upon the
rocky shore. As Marina's feet touch
the soil, she looks at it passionately
and juurmurs bitterly: "To think that
I come back to my native island with
the bandB of so many of the friends
of my childhood against me, with bo
many hearts that once turned toward
me turned away." Then she draws her-
self up and says desperately, yet
proudly: "But I will show to them my
bands are free of the blood of To-
masso Monaldi."
Clambering over the sea-washed
rocks, they reach the green woodland,
and soon through its soft foliage of
ilex, bdech and wild citron, tread a
romantic path that leads them to the
more dusty highway which skirts the
coast, slightly to the south of the lit-
tle quay of Sagone. This Marina says
Pastor Could Not Be Drawn Into
Giving Direct Testimony.
The wealthy parishioner had with
him his pastor, and miles of road were
thrown into clouds of dust by the
plunging automobile. "Halt!" com-
manded the officer, but no more at-
tention was given to him than to the
flitting telephone poles. Over those
poles, however, sped a message, and
at the next crossroads a barrier was
encountered and also another repre-
sentative of the law. "Not only did
he break the speed law," complained
the constable, when the party bad as-
sembled In court, but he also told me
to go to the devil." "Yod lie," thun-
dered the wealthy parishioner, "I never
used such language." "We must pro-
tect our officers from profanity," in-
toned the Justice. Then turning to
the clergyman. "Perhaps this gen-
"?man, who will not make a mis-
statement, will tell us whethe** or not
the devil waB mentioned In this con-
troversy." "Your honor," pleaded the
clergyman, "I and my brethren refer
to bis satanic majesty so frequently
that any additional allusion to him
would not impress itself upon me suf-
ficiently to remember the Incident."
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The Love Note in Fiction.
There Is something irritating and
at the same time fascinating in the
dominance of the note of love in west-
ern novels. Few have not felt at some
time in their lives the responsive echo
in their own natures even to the
crudest love story; passion in some de-
gree Is universal; wo are all Involved
und there Is no escape; hence the
novel, no matter of what materials it
is built up, pays tribute to the primary
law of man's nature by giving prece-
dence In finality to love— Parsl, Bora-
bay.
IMI
Champ (savagely)—Your dog hai
bitten a piece clean out of my dog.
Sharpe (ditto)—Confound it! I want
ed to bring him up as a vegetarian.
Lewis' Single Binder costs more than
other 5c cigars. Smokers know why.
Your dealer or Lewi*' Factory, Peoria, 111.
The average man's Idea of a good
sermon Is one that goes over his head
and hits one of his acquaintances.
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over to Cure a Cold In One Day. 25c.
Goethe: There Is nothing more
frightful than ignorance in action.
Clear white clothes are a sign that the
housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue.
Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents.
If wishes were coal heaps we'd none
of us freeze.—Detroit Free Press.
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