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Mr. Barnes,
American
By
Archibald Clavering Gunter
A Sequel to
Mr. Barnes of New York
&
AotJkor of "Mr. B«m«. of Now York."
"Mr. Potter of To«mo. M
*TV*I F ranch man," Etc.
I *
Copyright. 1807. Dodd Mood A Co.. N. Y.
8YNOP8I8.
Burton H. Barnea, a wealthy American
touring Coralca. rescues the young Eng
lish lieutenant. Edward Gerard Anstruth
er. and hla Corsican bride. Marina,
daughter of the Paolis. from the mur
derous vendetta, understanding that his
reward is to be the hand of the girl he
loves. Enid Anatruther. sister of the Eng-
Ish lieutenant. The four fly from Ajac
cio to Marseilles on board the French
steamer Constantine. The vendatta 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
Lady Chartris lease a secluded villa at
Nice to which the party is to be taken
in a yacht. Suspicion is created that
Marina is in league with the Corsicans.
A man. believed to be Correglo Danella,
is seen passing the house and Marina Is
thought to have given him a sign. Ma
rina refuses to explain to Barnes which
fact adds to his latent suspicions. Barnes’
fdans for the safety of the party are
earned by the Corsicans. The carriage
carrying their party to the local landing
is followed by two men. One of the
horsemen Is supposed to be Correglo.
They try to murder the American. The
cook on the yacht—a Frenchman— Is sus
pected of complicity In the plot. The
party anchors at St. Trope*. The yacht
is followed by a small boat. The cook Is
detected giving signals to the boat.
Barnes attempts to throw him overboard,
but is prevented by Marina and Enid.
CHAPTER VI.—Continued.
“And why, to-night, against the reg
ulations of my vessels,” adds An
struther, “he kept this galley fire un
banked so that the light shining
through his open porthole indicates to
the felucca what craft it is to pursue.”
Marina puts these questions to the
cook and translates the following an
swer. "The ice was necessary. After
I am on shore to get it, I sent a tele
gram, as I promised, to Monsieur Deu
pez, who had come to me in Marseilles
and said: ‘You go on the Seagull. The
Cafe Vefleur will want you as soon as
their grand chef Meudon goes to Paris.
To engage you, they must know where
you are. To miss your services would
be a blow for the great restaurant. So
they can communicate with you, tele
graph me Immediately on landing
from each port the yacht stops, that
they can get you the InBtant Meudon
leaves.’ He gave me money for this.
Therefore the moment I am on shore, I
telegraph simply: ‘St. Tropez. I am
here. Leboeuf.’ Soon I received a re
turn message: ‘Hold the yacht three
hours.’ I have vegetables to buy, also
flowers. That takes time, after the
market is closed. I don’t hurry. What
matters if a pleasure yacht leave a lit
tle later? From Marseilles I receive
no further answer. The chef of the
Vefleur has not yet gone, so I come on
board. This night, the morning watch
want coffee; Monsieur Graham say
give it to them, so I leave my fire un
banked. It was very hot; I open the
porthole of my galley. That’s all.
Void, what I have done is simply busi
ness. I am a great cook. The Cafe
Vefleur wishes to engage me; that is
all."
“Aha,” cries Enid generously; "you
see the chef simply expected to get a
good position in the kitchen of a lead
ing Marseilles restaurant.”
Listening to this, Edwin and Barnes
go into consultation. Probably the
memory of his magnificent cuisine
makes them lenient to the artist "I
believe the little beggar is innocent,"
says the sailor.
“Simply a matter of vanity,” re
marks Burton. “He thought they
wanted him very much for the Cafe
Vefleur."
"If we don’t put the little chap on
shore, vifi must trust him,"' remarks
the American. Then he says briefly to
Marina: “Please show Leboeuf what
danger he has placed upon us by his
telegram." x
And this being explained to him by
the beautiful women, both fair ones
almost speaking together. Leboeuf be
ginning to comprehend the plot against
even their lives, the little Frenchman
breaks out excitedly and gallantly in
a mixture of polyglot: "Mille. ton
nerres, murder you, angelB of mercy?
Nevalre! I. Felix Leboeuf. vill defend
you both vlth my life.” He seizes and
kisses their hands. "Zese assassins
shall answ’er to me for making me zeir
Instrument. No more telegrams while
1 am a Seagull. Zat I swear to you,”
and the little fellow’s eyes glow’ with
gratitude as they rest upon the gentle
creatures who, as they have stood be
tween him and marlinspike and pistol,
have seemed divine In mercy.
But despite the innocence and fealty
of Monsieur Leboeuf, Edw’ln and
Barnes leave his galley dismayed.
“We must settle exactly how we
proceed," whispers Barnes to Edwin,
the two ladies having retreated to the
stern. “What do you propose?”
“Why, as not only a sailor but a man
of common sense. I propose to get
away from these sneaky devils as far
as possible; crack on everything,
round Sardinia, drive for the Strait of
| Gibraltar and up the Atlantic and Bay
of Biscay to England.”
I Barnes glances over the stem —far
away In the gloom of the coming morn
ing is the felucca. "There's practical
proof that the vendetta is ever follow
ing us," he says, simply. “That cruel
craft Is sent to dog us to any port
where we may land. In England, you
will be too prominent, to escape notice.
Besides, do you or I want to live our
lives always looking over our shoul
ders for some enemy behind us? No,
there is one way—my original plan.
"Get the ladies concealed and guard
ed as carefully as possible with Lady
Chartrls at Villefranche, then you and
I turn about and meet these devils,
and. if necessary, destroy them; at all
events, destroy the man who has the
money, that permits these assassins to
follow us to the ends of the earth.”
“By heaven, you are right,” answers
Edwin.
"Now the best way to do it?”
Over this they hold consultation, and
the result is that next morning when
they are off Porto Ferrajo. still finding
the felucca In sight, they take the fol
lowing action: That day, sailing well
beyond the famed island of Monte
Cristo, the night coming on dark and
heavy, Anstruther put out every light
on the vessel and turns about, and the
next morning, piloted by Graham, who
knows this sea, they are alone at an
chor In a little cove, sheltered by the
sterile rocks of Gorgona.
Here the English officer changes the
appearance of the Seagull almost en
tirely. Paint pots are got out and she
soon has a black hull; Miss Anstru
ther. who is now interested In the
matter, painting a new name, the
Wildfowl, on a piece of canvas, that
Is tacked over the stern. Then both
topmasts of the vessel are sent down
on deck and a leg-of-mutton mainsail
that Graham reports in the vessel’s
sail loeker, is bent on the main boom,
the gaff being removed. In addition,
the rigging Is overhauled and made
Mist Anstruther Who Is Now Interest
ed in the Matter, Painting a New
Name, the Wildfowl on a Piece of
Canvas.
more slack and slouchy like that of
i some careless merchant trading
schooner.
> So the next day. beating out upon
> the sea between Elba and Corsica. Is a
» very different vessel to the brilliant
t pleasure craft that left Marseilles.
Upon its deck are people also changed.
» The intimacy of a yachting excur
> Blon to young men and young women
, who love each'other, generally makes
t the deck of the craft under soft suns
fanned by refreshing breezes, nigh
onto a heaven, but haunted by the sup
? posed deft letters of Clpriano Daneila,
the Seagull is an inferno.
"The deck of this vessel has be
> come,” Edwin muttered gloomily to
5 Barnes, "nigh unto hell. Can’t you
see," he whispers despairingly, "that
i every day Marina grows more anxious
i and more nervous? My God. It is for
me.”
This remark is made to the Arneri
-3 can as the two men sit smoking be
» tween the main and the foremast late
> the next evening.
[ ‘‘Did you notice,” adds Anstruther,
with a sigh, "she had no appetite?”
"You mean your sister?” says the
American.
‘‘Certainly not; Marina! My wife
? didn't eat a mouthful.”
"Neither did Miss Anstruther!"
[ "Nonsense! Enid was enthusiastic
3 over our parlez-vous cook’s culinary
) triumphs."
t, "Yes. with her lips, but not with
s her teeth.” mutters Burton, grimly.
‘‘Womanlike, she cried out about filet
mignon and omelette souffle and af
-3 fected to eat—but —”
“But stored away no cargo." sug
t gests Anstruther. "So much the bet
i ter for you, old man; when a girl gets
t off her food she's hard hit in some
other part of her anatomy than her
f stomach. My sister's a good sailor, so
[ it isn’t sea sickness affects her "
I "Sea sickness!" jeers Barnes, sav
j agely. ‘‘Can’t you see that every hour
- Enid grows more cold and more
» haughty to me. punishing me because
• I didn’t wed her that day in Marseilles,
i when even Emory, the cold-blooded
» Yankee detective, shuddered and said
It would be a crime for me to mkrry
with this devilish threat I carry in my
pocket against any woman who is un
fortunate enough to become my wife."
1 “It concerns my sister; supposing I
j you show It to me!" suggests Edwin, j
)| “Supposing you show it to me!"*
comes to them In a clear voice from
the neighboring cutter.
“My God, you overheard?” Barnes
faces his beautiful fiancee as she steps
from the large boat that, after the mer
chant fashion, has now been stowed
on the deck amldship.
“Certainly! Hoping I had done your
love an injustice, I have been trying
to overhear some such revelation as
this for the last few days.” The girl's
eyes are beaming now, tender with
love and hope.
Then she breaks forth almost pas
sionately, "You owe this to my love
for you. Since you seemed reluctant
to wear me as your bride, tc accept
roy wifely devotion, my pride has suf
fered so much that you, Burton, can
not deny me the sight of that letter so
that I may again trust the ardency of
your desire to make me yours."
"Best give it to her,” remarks her
sailor brother, grimly.
“You advise It, then?”
"Yes, she will never rest without it
now, if I know Enid of old.”
Barnes silently places the accursed
threat against the woman whom he
dares to marry and her offspring in
the hand of his betrothed.
She carries It to the binnacle light
and reads It carefully twice over.
Then she returns to them, her eyes
brilliant with determined devotion, yet
swimming with tenderest love. "You
let such a chimera a.s this little piece
of paper, the ravings of some maniac
on revenge, stand between you and my
love.”
“No, no; this threat —you have had
proof enough—is a menace all our
lives. I desire to put its author where
he can do no harm to you before I
wed you."
“Before? After you wed me!” cries
his fiancee, in exalted mood. "Let us
together face and annihilate this
fiend.”
"But remember this la an undying
feud. Think what my selt-reproach
would be if I let your love for me
bring miserable death to you, my
adored,” whispers Barnes.
“My death couldn’t happen, sweet
heart, unless you died also, Burton,”
she says simply.
‘‘l demand of this gentleman," she
continued, "who says he loves me, that
lie weds me the moment we go on
shore at Nice even If It brings me Into
the unhappy feud proclaimed against
him. No, no; don’t refuse me, Bur
ton,” she whispers, determinedly, “ 'tis
the last chance. You wed me then or
never wed me! If you cannot trust
me with your woes, I’ll not take part
of your joys."
More enamored than ever with the
charming girl who will risk death to
be his bride, Barnes silently extends
his arms, and she falling Into them,
the yacht's deck becomes a heaven to
these lovers.
The next day the sun again rises
bright over the Mediterranean. The
felucca is never sighted. Monsieur
Leboeuf serves meals fit for a ralry
princess in the salon, and Enid and
Barnes have such appetites the cook
is delighted.
A few days later the Seagull, unde*
the name of the Wildfowl, drops hei
anchor In the little bay at Villefranche j
coming in, not like a sprightly yacht, ;
but like a slow, lumbering, carelessly
sailed and inadequately handled mer
chant craft
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Couldn’t Stick Him Again.
A bishop accosted in Fifth avenue
by a neat but hungry stranger, took
the needy one to a hotel and shared
a gorgeous dinner with him, yet. hav
ing left his episcopal wallet In the
pocket of a different episcopal jacket,
suddenly faced the embarrassment of
not possessing the wherewithal to
pony up. "Never mind," exclaimed
the guest, "I have enjoyed dining with
you, and I shall be charmed to shoul
der the cost. Permit me." Where
upon the stranger paid for two. Thi»
worried the prelate, who insisted:
"Just let me call a cab and we'll run
up to my hotel, where I shall have the
pleasure of reimbursing you.” But
the stranger met the suggestion with:
"See here, old man! You've stuck me
for a bully good dinner, but hanged if
I’m going to let you stick me for car
fare.” —Rehoboth Sunday Herald.
What He Wanted.
An Italian recently entered the store
of a Portland street hardware and
paint dealer, says the Boston Record. 1
and In his broken English asked the !
clerk: "John—a, you got—a de ma
chine make—a hot —a cold?" The
clerk tried hard to understand w’hat
the customer wanted, but was unable
until he started taking him around the
, store and pointed out individually
every conceivable apparatus pertain
ing to heating in the store. Finally
, the Italian spied a small spring bal
ance suspended on an upper shelf
with the indicator displayed. "John —a,
see dis —a one." he said, "just de sam
—a kind, wid nummers; make—a hot
—a cold. You got one?" He wanted
a thermometer.
A Convincing Argument.
"Permit me, judge," said the grati
fied young attorney after the decision
in favor of his client had been handed
; down, "to thank you most sincerely. I
assure you 1 was highly gratified to
’ note the close attention you gave me
while l was making my argument.”
"Yes. I was deeply interested in
your talk You convinced me that It
1 is possible to be at once a fool and In
1 the right.’’—Chicago Record Herald.
A Killing Look.
Hyman—Miss Lennox is not a very
handsome girl, but I can tell you she
looked killing, for once, at the ball last
night.
Crawford —Did she?
| Hyman—Yes, you should have seen
j the look she gave me when I trod upon
! her train.
HOW INDOOR BALL
GAME ORIGINATED
PLAYER8 U8EO BOXING GLOVE
AND BROOM A8 TOOL8 IN
FIR8T CONTEST.
WAS INVENTED BY ACCIDENT
George W. Hancock, of Farragut Boat
Club of Chicago, Given Credit for
Pastime Which Now Interests Thou
sands—Rules Very 8imilar to Those
of Outdoor Sport.
The game of indoor baseball was
Invented as If by accident, on Thanks
giving day in 1887.
The members of the Farragut Boat
club, of Chicago, were lounging
around, with nothing particular to do,
when one of them picked up an old
boxing glove and started to sling it
around. One of the boys picked up a
broomstick and started to bat the
glove around. It proved to be great
fun, and at its conclusion George W.
Hancock said:
“Boys, I believe this game can be
turned into baseball." All the ‘‘boys’’
were of the same opinion, and Mr.
Hancock told them that if they would
be down the following Saturday night
he would have some rules and a bat
and ball suited for the game. The
following Saturday two teams were
chosen and the contest was one of
the most amusing exhibitions ever
seen.
From this beginning the game has
grown until now It furnishes enter
tainment for thousands.
Indoor baseball has developed from
a fad to a well-balanced sport. It Is
suitable to girls as well as men and
boys, and many girls have become pro
ficient at the game.
In the east the game has become so
popular that leagues have been
formed and the games are as hotly
contested as those played on the
greensward.
Besides being played Indoors, it Is
also played in the open, and thus lots
that are too small for the outdoor
game may be made use of by the
players of Indoor ball. When the
game is played In the open the dia
mond is enlarged. The rules of the
game are very similar to those of ,
baseball. The indoor diamond has
35-foot baselines, and the pitcher la
30 feet from the batter. The outdoor
diamond has 40-foot base lines, while
the pitcher Is the same distance as
Indoor. In case the hall is too small
for 35-foot lines, the diamond Is re
duced to 27 feet, while the pltoher Is
within 22 feet of the batter.
The pitcher's box Is 7x3 feet. The
bases are made of sacks filled with
sand and are 1% feet square. The
, home plate is made of rubber and is
one foot square. The batsman’s box,
one on eaoh side of the plate, must
be 4x8 feet.
The number of players used is nine,
' the same as In baseball. There is no
centsr fielder, but two shortstops are
used. The shortstops are placed one
on each side of the batter, about five
( feet from the plate.
The bat and ball are different than
those used outdoors. The bat is 2%
feet long and 1% Inches In diameter.
The ball is not less than 16% or
more than 17% Inches In circumfer
ence, and weighing not less than eight
or more than 8% ounces.
A man Is not allowed to steal a
base until the catcher has caught the
ball. If a man Is hit by a batted ball
while on base he is not out If he is
hit while running between the bases
be Is out.
The game is very popular with pro
fessionals both in the east and west. ,
INNOVATION FOR BOWLERS
High Man on Every Team Will Re
celve a $5 Bonus.
Through Its tournament committee
the Cincinnati Bowling association
will put In operation during the
American Bowling congress to be held
in Cincinnati next February an in
novation that is certain to meet with
the approval of bowlers all over the
( country. It will consist of a bonus
of |6 to the high man on every team
taking part in the tournament. This
will mean the return to each team
of 20 per cent of its entrance fee. or
of the full eritry to each man fortu
nate enough to lead his fellow play
ers.
The tournament Is expected to at
tract at least 400 five-man teams, so
that the action will cost the Cincin- '
nati association at least $2,000, but
It will be repaid by the better work j
that will result, as few of the players
will give up hope at any stage with
the chance ahead to win something.
Heretofore in A. B. C., tournaments
the trailing teams have played loose
ly with no prize In sight. It is intended
to present the money to each winner
as soon as his score Is approved by
the official score keeper and before
he leaves the alleys. The bonus will
make up, in away, for the extra
prizes that were promised, provided
the tournament was given to this city
and which the A. B. C. has ruled
against.
The tournament committee has also
decided. If possible, to admit certain
unafflliated clubs to the tournament.
Such a move will, of course, have to
be sanctioned by the parent body,
and It Is hoped that its consent can
be obtained. Various other prominent
bowling associations throughout the
country have been Invited to send
1 representatives to take part in a spe
j clal conference looking to the es
i tablishment of harmonious relations, i
FEMININITY
TO BRIGHTEN ROOM
PAPER AND FURNI8HING8 OF
MOMENT.
Writer’s Idea Which Is at Once Orig
inal and Harmonious—Inexpensive
8cheme for Pretty and Ap
propriate Decorations.
A letter from Mrs. S. J. D. asks my
advice in the matter of furnishing a
room, she says:
"Please tell me how I can change a
room which Is meant for a dining-room
into a cheerful waiting room, leading
into a physician’s office.
“The room at present is In dark red
tapestry paper, is paneled In brown
oak and has a shelf about three feet
from the ceiling.
“The office has a deep yellow
cartridge paper and mahogany stained
woodwork.
"There is another room papered in
light pink and cream color, which
shows from this old dining-room and I
suppose this should blend with the
other two rooms."
I will give you a scheme for this
room which may startle you by its
originality, but I assure you, you will
find It effective and thoroughly har
monious.
I would advise you to use blue —
dark rich blue—with your red walls.
Having covered my floor with crim
son wool terry at 50 cents a yard, I
laid on it two of these Indian rugs,
and hung my windows daringly with
blue and white Japanese crepe. The
clear, blue figures of the crepe on a
white ground showed delightfully
against the crimson walls.
Against one wall I placed a wooden
cot and mattress for which I paid
eight dollars. I covered this with dark
blue denim, making a box-pleated val
SLEEVES SAVE THE GOWN.
Change in Btyle Frequently Makee En
tirely Original Model.
; Much of the trouble in making a
gown look well lies in the sleeves.
Often one can change a dress, which
is old style or which one thinks not
becoming, into an entirely different
| style of dress by remodeling or putting
In entirely new sleeves. Luckily for
those who have to wear their evening
frocks two seasons, the sleeves can be
taken out and new ones put in, which
do not have to match the rest of the
gown except for color. The sleeve can
be literally made of nothing; it is not
necessary in the least that it be like
the frock; it can be different, so long
as it is more or less the same color as
the trimmings of the gown.
A net, voile, silk, or cashmere dress
can be remodeled with a sleeve made
entirely of lace and chiffon. The
foundation is cut smaller than the
usual dress sleeve at the top and this
upper portion is covered with eight
, rows of lace, about three-quarters or
an inch wide and the rows sewed
close on top of each other, the edging
of one just covering the top edge of
the row below it. The lower part of
the sleeve is a full circular piece which
is made of chiffon and is trimmed with
successive rows of the lace. The lace
in this case should be sewed on an
! inch or an inch and a half apart.
LAMPS MADE AT HOME.
Useful Articles Lend themselves to
Decoration of Room.
Making their own lamps is a fad
now with women who pretend to have
the decorative instinct.
Any kind of jar or vase one wishes
is chosen for the standard. It may be
porcelain or metal. Most stunning
shapes will be found in brass. A tank
to hold the oil and burner may be
bought at any lamp store, and as a
rule measures six inches across. This
TWO NEW COIFFURES.
Two pretty coiffures. The upper
-ne shows the use of hair puffs with
the coronet braid, and the lower one
consists of the Roman braid with
curls.
ance of the denim to just escape the
floor.
I paid an upholsterer a dollar each
for two huge pillows two and a half
feet square and six Inches thick, to set
flat against the wall at the back of
the couch; these pillows were stuffed
with excelsior and cotton wool, were
made with square edges and were cov
ered with the blue denim.
I could have made them myself for
a trifle less money, but I preferred to
economize In some other direction as
style and finish of this couch (which
could upon occasion be used as a bed)
depended upon Its cushions.
In front of these stiff and formal pil
lows I placed two small, soft ones,
covered with blue and white crepe.
The suggestion of this crepe was
beautifully carried out in some blue
and white china with which I deco
rated the wall.
At the end of the room facing the
windows I hung a china cabinet o!
simple dark wood, In fact I may con
fess that I manufactured this cabinet
from an old crate, rubbing it down
with sandpaper and painting it black.
From a row of small brass hooks I
hung some extremely effective delft
blue cups; there were also some plates
and saucers and some very pretty lit
tle windmill pitchers. This cabinet
was pronounced a great success
balanced the blue and white effect at
the other end of the room finely.
I also covered a large stqffed chair
T,, lth blue denim and placed it beside
the dark wood table which held a blue
and white vase, and a brass candel
brum (carrying white wax candles) as
well as books and magazines.
A large Chinese jardiniere of blue
and white porcelain which held a fern
by the window was my one extrava
gance. I hesitated about buying It
but it seemed so eminently fitted for
the place it filled that I have not re
gretted purchasing it.—Chicago Intet
Ocean.
Is important to remember in selecting
the Jar, for should the mouth be too
large the oil can will fall in. The
safest way is to buy the tank first
and have it to measure by when get
ting the jar.
As to the shades, the most effective
are those made from the type of Jap
anese that has paper set in frames
of black lacquered wood. The paper
may be punched out and the vacant
spaces left are then filled In any way
one chooses, bearing in mind, of
course, the color scheme of the room
In which it is to be used.
GIRDLE BELT.
A pretty girdle belt made of one and
two-thirds yards of soft figured rib
bon, tied in three loops.
Pretty Sewing Basket.
It Is lined and covered with suede
and narrow strips about half an inch
wide are threaded through the reeds
of the sides. An old basket
might be beautified this way, first
staining the reeds In some har
monious tint if they are discolored by
long usage.
Fancy Work Apron.
A most convenient apron and one
which is charmingly dainty and neat
is made of an oblong of white lawn.
Both ends of the apron are first
hemmed with a half an inch hem. to
which lace is sewed, slightly fulled.
One end is then turned up so as to
form a pocket. Both sides of the
apron are sewed to the sides of the
turned up portion. Three pockets are
made from this large one, by dividing
the width of the apron Into three equal
parts and stitching on the lines, from
the top to the lower edge of the
turned up part. These seams, as well
as the side seams, have a pretty fin
ished look if they are neatly cat
stitched or feather-stitched. Ribbon
a half inch wide is then run through
the top hem of the apron and through
the hem at the top of the turned-up
part. The ribbon which is run through
the top hem is used to tie around the
waist.
Becoming Coiffures.
The arrangement of the hair Is very
important, so as to make a good
facial-angle. A woman with a broad
face and heavy cheek bones, for in
stance, makes a fright of herself if she
attempts a Psyche knot, instead of a
graceful, high hair dressing well flap
ward on the head.