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ot tlio publishers, until ull arrearages aronald,but
lone continued credits nut not bo taven.
Alt papers sent out of tlio Htntoor to distant post
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Legal advertisements two dollars per 'Inch for
thiw insert lon nnd nt that rate for additional
Insertions without referenco to length. .
Kxecutors, Administrator find Auditor's no
tices three dollars.
Transient or Iiocol not Ices, ten cents a line, rcg.
ular adiertlsements half rates.
Cards In tho "lluslness Directory" column, on
ollarajearforcachllnc.
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sible poraon In Columbia county assumes to pay
uu auusuriiuuu uun on uemanu
JO R "PHINTING.
ThoJob Printing Kepartment of tlio Columbian
is very comiiieic. iiconmns tin1 latest, new typo
anl nutlitticry and Is tlio only onico Hint runs lob
3. S. ELWELL, lp,...i.
E 3ITEtSENDEB,;p0r,"c"
BLOOM SBURG, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1886.
THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XX.NO !J
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOL.XL1X, NO 49
presses by power. It vlnr us the best facilities. Ks-
innpien luniisncu un largo jous.
le dolurl!)iki. '
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LOMBIAN, Consolidated.)
I.unl Wf f Ulr, every I'rtilny .llornlnn, nt
lt.OOM3Ilimo,COLUMHIACOl,ft.
AT 11.50 tier roar. To subscribers out of thn rntin.
G
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c.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS,
r K. WALtiEU,
' ATTOKNISV-AT-LAW,
nioomsbura, Pa
omco over 1st. National Hank,
-vr U. VVXK, .
' ATTOItNHY-AT-LAW.
ULOOMSBtJHI, Pi.
O Ilea In Kit's Building.
J OlIN m7cLiA.H1C,
AT 1'OKNEY-AT-L A W.
iNO
JUdTIOB of the peace.
ULOOMSBCKO, l'i.
O.11C0 OTer Moyer llros. Drug Store,
p W. MILLER,
ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW
Offlco In urowcr-sbulldlng,8econdfloor,rooin No.t
lllooinsbum, l'a.
J fuank 7.nn,
' ATTOUNKY-AT-L AVv'.
IJloomsburg, o
omce corner ot Ccntro and Main Btrnots. Clark i
Uulldlng.
Can bo consulted In German. '
tEO. E. ELWELL,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
ULooMaiicna, 1'a.
Olllco on First Hour, front room ot Col
umbus IJulhlhm, Main struct,) below K.
clittugo Hotel.
pAUL E. WtUT,
Attornoy-at-Law.
onice In Colcmbun Boii.DiNo, Kootu No. 2, second
lloor' BLOQMsmino. rA.
8. INORlt. I" 8. W1NTKBSTKBN.
KNOBR & WINTEKSTEEN,
Attornoys-at-Law.
omco tu 1st National Bank building. "Scna., JS";
nrstdoortotholitt. Corner of Uiln and .Manet
streets Uloomsburg, Pa.
BSrPennon and Bouniks Collected.
J II. MAIZE,
ATTORNFY AT-LAW
jmco In Malo's bulldirf, overlilllmeyer'sgroceiy.
JOI1N cTyocUM. c- e- 0EY3K.
YOCUM & GEYEH,
Attorney B-at-Law,
CATAYVISSA, l'A.
(omce front suit of rooms on becond lloor or
nbwsItem building.)
IITCAN UK CONSULTED IN OF.llMA..i
Members ot Miarp and Alleman's Iwycra no
Hankers Directory and the American .Mercantile
and collection Association. M 111 gl I'" t d
careful attention to collection ot clulinsm any
part ot th" United Mates or Canada, as well as to
all other professional business cnliusted to them
A K. OSWALD,
ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW.
Jackson Building, Kooms 4 and C.
BEKWICK, fi
y. II. K II AWN.
ATTORNEY -AT-LAW.
Catawtssa, l'a.
Offlco.cornerof Third and Malnstreets.
JJ V. WHITE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
B L'O 0 M S B U R G , PA.
Ofllce In Ilrowcrs' Uulldlng, 2nd floor,
map 1-tf
E. SMITH,
Attornoy-at Law, Berwick. Pa.
Cn bo Consulted In German.
also fihst-class
FIBE AND LIFE'INSU BANC
COMPANIES l:Kl'HE9INTEI).
4sTOffico first, door below the post otllce.
MISCELLANEOUS
' B. McKELVY, M. D.,Surgeon and Phy
. nlclan, north Bide Main streei.below JlurKel
L. FKITZ, Attomey-at Law. Office
, in Columbian Uulldlng,
M. DlilNKEK, GUN & LOCKSMITH
Mining Machines and Machinery of all Sinus re
p tired, oritui llouus Ilutld ig, Uloonuburg, ra.
B. J. 0. BUTTER,
PHYSICIAN iSUKOKON,
omce, North Market strt it.
Hluonuluij,, l'a
DIt. WM. M. BEBEIt, Burgeon and
1'byslclau, ODlco corner ot ltock uud ilaiket
street.
JR. EVA frf, M. D., Burgeon and
.l'bysloma, O n;o and Heslciuucu on Third
street.
IEE INSURANCE.
CnitlSTIAN F. KNAPP, ULOOMSBUKQ.l'A.
HOME, OF N. Y.
MBltcltANTS', OF NEWARK, N, J.
fLINTON, N. Y.
PKOPLES' N. Y.
1I1SADLNU, l'A.
Thete u cohiokations nro well feas.oncd by
tai;e wo riKK testku una nave never ci nau a
lossuettled by any couu of law. Their asstls are
all Invested In solid anci'iuma are liable to the
hazard of kikb only.
Losses 1'iioimi.Y and iionkstlv adjusted and I
Jiaiu as boon as ueierminea uy uiikistiak t.
iNilT, Bl'lCUt. AOkNTiNU AUJCSIKK liLOOMSBl'llO,
The people of Columbia county should patron,
fxe the agency where loss's It uny u. a settled und
paid by oneol therown citlens.
I'ltOUII'NESb. LOUI'l'Y. t'A
AIII DGALINU.
F. HABTMAN
BBrUKSSKTS TUB FOLLOW IKI. I
AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPAN1I r
North American ot Philadelphia,
Frankiuj " "
Pennsylvania, " "
York, of l'tinnsylvanla.
Hanover, ot N. Y.
queens, of London.
North Urltlsh, ot London.
omco on Market stieot, No, s, BIoomBbttrg,
0Ct.4, 1"
ciraataa House,
,-0N THE EUnCI'JWN PLAN.
Viotor Koch, Proprietor,
ltooms ro heated by steam, well ventilated and
elegantly furnished. rineM liar and Lunch Coun
ter in he city.
Meals to order at all Sours Ladles and Gents
restaurant furnished with all delicacies of tho
season.
Location near D. LiW.It.lt. Depot, Scranton,
l'a. Mar Ju-tf
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
W. R. TDBBS, PROPRIETOR
EL00MSBUEO, FA,
OPPOSITE OOUUT IIOUSB.
Xifgetund convenient sample looms. Hath rooms
jaot and cold water and all modern com cnlcweu
AWAY!
Ten thousand babies are given
yearly to the grave- by not having
.Dr. J land's Teething Lotion on
their gums when teething.
SOMETHING NEW !
SOMETHING WONDERFUL !
SOMETHING MAGICAL !
To bathe the baby's gnnis while
teething, relieving all inllaninia
tion, swelling and pain.
LOST I
A gOTd many night's rest by
not having Dr. Hand's Colic Cure,
for it gives baby comfort and
sleep without stupefying or in
juring it. No opiates. No con
stipation. Hold tit Klcim's drug store,
general agent for Dr. "Hand's
remedies for children. Labora
tory at Scranton, Pa. mccicow.
4SOS! KXOL'WM"
Lamps am
' U filled .llrrct by
V. ithullt Lift
ing the Clin,
the lllllliKtllbu
ailjtltlng to
suit luilglith
of any Lamp.
lliU In thn
lncmt practical
FAMILY CAN
ever ofTered to
the public.
FAMILY OIL CAN.
EVERY FAMILY SHOULD HAVE ONE.
Infield fflaiMjariurinn Wo.,
Vv-.3in.iT. cii:o.
Nn Droppliii Dll mi llmKlnnrorTnlile; No
Fuucct to Leak or net kmiclteil open to wnsto
Contents or rniin Kxplnsinns. No Corks to
Lose, rlo.es Perfectly AlrT Iglit. No Leak
age No Kviipoiutlon- AImiIiiii'Iv Safe.
A Ilrlxirvil lli.n ibiili! V,Vflly.
FOIt HAI.C IN IlLOOMSDUim I1Y
I. W. IIAHTMAN & SON
AND
FARMERS' PRODUCE EXCHANGE.
oct-2113-t
ELY'S
Cream Balm
Catarrh
CleaiiHL-H tlic
Ilontl. AllnyH
Ilealrt the SorestER
KeHlnrcH tlic
sciihCB or;i'nHte
Hliicll llenrliig.
A ltlcli Iluller.
Al-osltUc- CurejAY-EEVER
A pjrtlclo Is applied Into each nostril and Is
ngree.ible to use. Pileo .11 cents by mall or at
dtuggMs. Send for circular.
DI,Ynltoi'lli:iS, druggists, Owego.N. Y.
Jans, 4w. d
CyAINWRIGlIT & CO.,
WHOLESALE OliOCERS,
Philadelphia
TEAS, SYKUP3, COPFKE, SUOAll, MOLiSSiS
HICK, SPICBS. BICABB 8JD1. tC, 4C
N. E. Corner Second and Arch streets.
sb-Orders will receive trcrnnt attent'oi
COURJEN, CLEMONS & CO.
Limited,
Impoiters and Wholesalo Dealers in
Ciockery. (Sl.issware, Table and Pocket Cutlery,
Window Oluss, and l'lated-warc,
The .'.ti candle-power marhh electric lamp.
'1 ho celebrated l'lnatoro liurner.
Iltrd Cnes, Fruit Jars.
4! Lackawanna Avenue. bCItANTON, l'a.
may My
our readers for la cents in postage stamps to
pay tor mailing and wrapping and nanesof
iwi book agents will receive FltKi: a Slecl
Finish l'anor I.ngrnMng ot nl. our PHKM
DCNTt', 1 eluding Cleveland, tUa s-ixss Inch,
woith f 1.00.
Address Eider Pub. Co.,Chicago, III.
July 17-ty
tEXi'i.llCiii.ii.'ii'J
Q!CC A MONTH AND IIOAKII TO AflKNTS for
$00 ftNKWandeompleto
The world's greatest soldier, and the nation's most
honored cltlen. Low price, itapld sales. F. V.
ZtKOUlK & CO., vis Arch street, Philadelphia.
oot-M 3m,
1 MIRfH Send lOeentspos'ai
A PtIVT 5" .rt'i'-aiojal, Vi
A Mil ut goo.U that will
Send 10 cents pos' ago and w o will mall
, vatuauic, sample uox
1 nut ! ou In the way
of uiakimr mure muntu nt once, than
anything elso In Aineilci Hot Ix sexesot ull uges
can llveut homo und woik In spare time, or all the
time. Capital not requlied. Uo win start you.
Immensoiiay suro for those who start at onco.
bl iNfON it CO., Portland, Me. novW ly
DVHVUl'HlA.-IlsNaturo Causes, Proven.
Uon and cure. llyJohu 11. Mc.Muln, liwell,
Mn.ss., u jers tax collector, sent freo to uny ad
dress. Jan. 8, 4w d
PLAID SHAWL GIVEN AWAY I
Through the latlura of Iirgt mtnu
fjctuier ft Caihmcra pAitem 1 tine
it. tneienat comt into out ntna
iifeo connifnment of
Shiwli. perfect goodi, wblcb w
frofiote to pre&ent to the UJiei in
ho following manner) SenJut:)
cent fur B mot. iulxcriptlon to
w nrin unu iiautruviut ii)e
SJ pMllluitrtedD4ner.devoteJ
to 1 arm and HouiehotJ loplct.
nones ina ecnerai muceinny,
inJ a will tend vou on of Ihet
LvkDllful tkkali FKEE bv mail
poitpaiJ, or we wtll lend j tbawls
, 5 tununptiont to one adJrcii fot
n. flatltfaotion aurint6od
oi money refunded, AJdteii
FJUUt AN II U0CflEUOLl, D4t 49. Hiftford.CoOD.
"JVfflS PHILADELPHIA SINGER
incltKtlni: Tuckt-r, Itnfinr,
T"Ti Ixit (il l llt'intiii'rK.utiii lllml-
!? lli1YS''.'.l'.' V!'!!
w ii v 1 if 11 r
lion bt'loii tnu puy
11 no rfiii. ttnr wiutt
, h ''it itfuVfirHtfrm i
It.iiliil Mnr 1 die J In nutia
Ih.m r.iTff Thuv nru tiitlitl.
iSi" .?niiiiiin ' Slmi it olhtr ctn
- zi pm:i cairgi mm o to
rurrhuni from im hki) -iivi- m (0. hhI ior
rirMilur .ml I c. A WOOD 4 CO.,
ltMimii)l.il4, f IT .N.Ti'iil'j U, lblUl'u. rk
1 1 iii luiuleat n ml tunai A
Ptt-ri lualy Hlii'lll
ne iifurii ironi una tu
twumil l.iact
ruriruijfu.
I good m
El
WM
0
i.. ui
rtv If
jiivkiu- v,"f 's' mil if&m-
kVVvF"' ' for a.l cent, lu
A0 iVF if "twin. Order ninr,
f.ia'Jiif lV'-V ind ; (,l,r iui.iUii. ot
Kwtitfitt I'wlllil. tc. Ail.lnn
alS- I'iilLAliLl.i'llIA, I'L.NN'A;
Sppt,-l-18t.
HUN;
KIDNEV6V-- i
mm
KEMEDYJ
Mi
iqTMiuyc
rrininnitm
30 YEARS
RECORD.
cuhes
ALL
EI8KAGE3
OF
Tns
KIDNETB
LIVER
ULADDETt
AND
tmnfAiir
OIIOAN9
crtorsr
OnAVEL
StABETCS
untairra
DISEASE
TAINS
IN
THE
BACK
Loran
on
SIDE
NEnvona
DISEASES
l'byslclana Testimony.
A. W. llrown, M.D., of Trovlilenco,
It. I., tayat "I have need Hunt's
Kidney and Liver ItiMSDTlnmy
practice for the past sixteen years,
and checrfnlly recommend It as
being a toft and rellablt remedy."
Another prominent doctor of
Proldcnco nays that "1 am fro-
nuciitly urged to use other prepara
tion a substitute for Hunt's Kid
ney and I.tirrl ltr-MEnr. IGndon
trying them Hint they are worthless
In coin parlton to It."
An Old I.udj.
"My mollicr, 70 years old, has
chronic kidney complaint and drop
sy. Nothing has cicr helped Iter
Ilko Hunt's Kidney and Llier
ltmciir. bhe has received great
benefit from 8 boltles and we think
It will cure her." W V. Sunder
land, llullder, Danbury, Conn.
A Minister's Wife.
Itcv. Anthony Atwood, of Phlla
deliihln, sny: "IIikt'b (Kidney
and Llier ItEur.nT has cured my
wife of Dropsy In its worst form.
All say that It la a miracle."
nETrimoN
III
NON.
DETENTION
or
tmiNE.
rmcE
1.25.
Bond for
Pamphlet
ot Tcatl
nioniala. linxT's
ItKMIIIY
Iteneral Cliace.
General Chnco of lttiodo Ialand
says: "I always keep Hunt's Kid
ney and LUcr IIemedt In my
house. Taken In small doses occa
Itinnllv nt. nlirlit. tt nm.nl. tiontt.
CO.,
rrnvlilrnce, j aclie, and regulates the kidneys.
I stomach and other organs." 10
"Disease soon shaken, by Hunt's IIemedt taken."
0. ". CItiriEMO!f. N. Y., (Itncral Agent.
SCOTT'S
OF PURE COD LIVER OIL
Almost as Paiatabloas Milk.
Tho only rircptratlnn of COD MVKII OIL that
can bo la'.cu reaui y aud tolerated tor n long tinid
hy dcllcato stiiiinuhs.
ami as t liK'trny KQ't rnsntPTinvT
SUMHUIIi ,'. I l.t llt)s. A.Mt.llM. f.lA.
Klltl, HKlTilln. tll'(llli AMI 'i tlHIH f .U'
IM IHIvs. nnd all UnI1MI IIIMlKIIM.-.s IIP
I Illl.'.iltl.S II U niirri llr,m m Its ri-sulls.
rrescrlbed and cn-lorscd by tho best Phydclans
In the countries of tho world.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS
oct-2'i-iy.
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
the riopntar favorite for dree
ing th hair, Kcstorin I hs c lor
wnengray,andircvenliiiB 1 t.nn
ilruff. It eleantey tlie s .lr,
ttons the hair fallinc. nnd ij
sure lo ple?ase. tjy . ana i. sizes at itucpm.
The Best Cough Cure you can uso
and the test known preventive of Consumption.
1'akker's Tonic kept in a home is a Fent :iel to
keep sickness out. Used discreetly it he? t e
bluod pure anl the Stomach, Liver and K ines
in working order. Coughs and Colds vain h be
fore it, It build up the healih.
If on suffer from J)eUlit Skin abruption,
CouKh, Athma, Djpcpsia, Kidney, L'rii ry cr
Female Compl .in is, or any disorder of the I.lde-.
Stomach, IIowcI, Illood or Keres, d n't v ut
till y iu arc itk in bed, but n-e IMi M-t''- I jmi
to-uay : it will nivc you nw life a.nl Mir.
HISCOX A: Ct N y;
Sold by Dru 'suts. I-are avins biij iaj $1 mzp.
ntig. M-ly
CONSTIPATION!
There to co medium through vliiea
diseaso co often attacks tho system
rs by Constipation, and thuro is no
other ill ilesh i3 heir to.moro apt to
lio neglected, froa tho fact material
incoavonience may not bo immediate
ly Colt from Irregular action of the
boveto. When there is not regular
action, tho rotontion of decayed and
offeto matter, with its poismoua
gases, soon poisons the whola system
by being absorbed into it, causing
piles, fistula, headache, impuro blood
and many other serious affections.
BUKDOCK BLOOD BITTE11S will
Immediately relieve, and ono bottle
positively cure or reliove any case
cf Constipation.
"Was troubled for a year with
torpid liver and indigestion, and after
trying everything imaginable, used
BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS. Tho
first bottle revived me and tho second
cured me entirely." J. S. Williamson.
Rochester, H. Y.
nug. 23-ly-nW.
Stir
PLUITE!
What h the uso of sulTcrtnff with r&caehe,
Fain I n the Eldeor Itlp.eclatlca, lUicu: alUm,
KUney PIecucs. Crick, etitolici, Cv. cUcn and
tri ed HuscltB, Chect and, Lune t rcutlcc, cr any
tortof pain orEcrenffis, cltbcr local crUocp.
eatcdTiheanlTcp Tlutcr V. IU clvo tnttant
relief? Trcparcd from rurcniudy Pitch, Ccjia
da Eala-mi, and tho rfl-linuff vlrtucj cf
Hop. Tho bcht ttrencthenii'3 planter ever
known. TUousanda tay bo. Cold by all dealers.
Mailed on receipt of price, Co., 0 DrCl 00,
HOPrLASTncOVrANr.r Mon.IToEI.
iUCAilllllCl DI US. (X, l'U
A
ML
a
oner to tlio Trailo tnelr Vino jirand or Cigars.
The Landres,
Henry Clay,
Normal
Samson, and
C:smop:Uta n
Fino Fruits atitl Fine Confectionery
on lintul. Fresh every week, lilootns
burg, l'a Feb. 27
ffl. C. SLOAN & BRO.,
1JLOOMSHUHG, PA.
Manufacturers ot
CARRIAGES BUGGIES, PHAETONS.
SLEIGHS, PLATFORM WAGONS, &C
First-class work always on Bind.
ltEl'AUUNO NEA 1LY DONE.
Prleei reduced to wit the timet.
ZATHUAIt IMSIEDIATELV
Mathias Sandorf.
JULES VERNE.
A TJT1IOK OF "JOUH.SXY to tub centhi
OP Tltn EAtiTH," "Tttir TO THE MOOS,"
"AltOUND THE tVOItLI) IN EIGHTY
DAYH," " MtCIIAEI, STItOOOFr,"
"TWT.XTY TItOt'MN'D LEAGUIM
UNDEIl THE SEA," ETC., ETC
tTR-VNSIVTIOV COl'VItlOHTED, 18S5.
CHAPTEIl III
COUNT SANDORF.
Tlio Slngj-ats settled in Httngnry tn
wiiiils tho end nt tlio nir.tli century of
tho Christian crn. They form atliitd of
Uio population morn tlmu flvo inillimiM
in imuiljer. 'Whcnco tlioy enme Bpnin,
Egypt or Ci;ntral Asia, wlioihor they are
descended from tho Huns of AttiLi or
tho Finns of tho North is a dispuUil
qucBtion, ntld is of littlo conhcqueiicn 1
One thing is very obvious, that they nro
neither Solaves nor Germaus, and have
no desire to become bo.
They still speak their own language
a language toft and musical, lending
itself to all thu charm of poetical ca
dence, less rich than tho German, but
moro concise, more energetic; alangtiano
which between tho fourteenth mid .six
teenth centuries took tho place of Latin
in the laws and edicts, und became the
national tonguo.
It was on the 21st of January, KW'.l,
that tho treaty of Carlowitz gavo Hun
gary and Transylvania to Austria. Twen
ty ears afterwards tho Pingmatio sane
Hon solemnly declared that tho States of
Austria-Hungary wero thenceforth indi
visible. In default of a son tho daughter
was to succeed to tho crown according
to tho rulo of primogeniture. And it
was in accordance with this new statute
that in 17-19 Maria Theresa ascended t'io
thronoofher father, Charles VI., the
last of tho mala lino of tho llotiso of
Austria.
Tho Hungarians had to yield to nt
perior force; but ISO years afterwards
pcoplo wero still to bo met with among
all ranks of society who refused to no
knowledge either tho Vragmatio sanction
or tho treaty ot Carlowitz.
At tho timo this story opens there wis
a Magyar of high birth whoso whole
life might bo summed up iu tlieso two
sentiments tho hatred of everythui
Geimm, and tho ; opo of giving his
country her ancient independence. AI-
though still young ho had know u Kn.
bu'li. and although his-lnrth and edu
cation kept ltun apart from him on im
portant political questions, ho could not
fail to adniiro tho patriot's nobility of
heart.
Count Mathias Sandorf lived in ono
of tho counties of Transylvania in the
district of l'agaras. His old castlo was
of feudal origin. Hut on ono of tho
northern spurs of tho Eastern Carpa
thians, which form tho frontier between
Tiniihvliania and Wallachia, tho castlo
rose amid tho rugged scenery in ull its
savage pi mo u stronghold that con
spirators could defend to tlio last.
the neighboring mines, rich in mm
nnd copper ore, and carefully worked,
yielded u ronsidetaolo income to tlio
owner of the Castlo of Artenak. Tho
1
estate comprised n part of tho district of
Filiating, ami tho population exceeded
70,000, who, all of them, townsfolk nnd
countryfolk, took pains to show that for
Count Sandorf they lelt mi untiring
levotion and un unbounded grati'inle
for tlio constant good ho liaddono in the
country. This castlo was the object of
p.uticular attention on the pint of I'm
1 liitiiceiy of Hungary at Vienna, lor tho
dens of the master of ArtennK were
known in high quarters, nnd anxiety
.w felt about them, although no anxiety
was betrayed about him.
S.uidoif was then in his thirty -.sixth
voar tie was rather ulioio tho middle
height nnd of great muscular strength,
A well shaped, noble looking head rose
uboio Ids broad, powerful shoulders.
(If intlier derk complexion and tquitro
in feature, Ins face was ot tlio pnro
Magyar type. The quickness of his
movements, tho decision of his speech,
the ill in, calm look of his eyes, tho con
s'a it smile on his lips, that uumistak
iil'io si'j;u of good nature, u certain play-
lull., s of ge.-.iuie and speech all went
to show un open, generous disposition.
It I us been saiil that there are many re
hi itiblaiices between tho French and
Mag) ur characters. Sandorf was n li
ing proof of tho tiuth of this observa
Hon, One of his most striking peculiarities
is worth nothing. Although Count H.iu
doif was ciueless onoiigh or what con-
i rued onb himself, and would pass
iditly I'ver uny injury which tillcetcd
ioiii alone, ho had never forgiven unit
never would foigivo un oll'enco of w hieh
h.s friemls wei' i tho victims. Ho had iu
the highest doj,l'eo tho spirit of justice
and hatred of perfidy, and lienco pos
sessed a sort of impersonal implacabil
ity, being by no means one of thoso who
leave nil punishment in this world to
Heaven.
Mathias H indorf had been highly cdtl-
c-i'i d Iin-teud of confining himself to
tn ' n of leisure his lortiino opened
oiii in him, ho had energetically fol
lowed hu tie ti s nnd been led to tho
ud.v ot medicine mi l tho physical sci
e ii'i s, lie would lane miido all excel
lens doctor had the necessities of life
1 fore d him to look after tbo sick,
HOSE TO GREET HIM.
was content to tie a cnemtsc in tiigu re
pute umong'tho learned. Tlio Univer
sity of I'esth, tho Academy of Sciences
at Presburg, tho Iloyal School of Mines
tit Cnemnitz and tho Normal School at
Tcmesoar had all counted him among
their most assiduous pupils. His studi
ous lifo had improved and Intensified
his natural gifts. In short, ho was n
man in tho fullest acceptation of tho
term. And ho was held to bo so by all
who know him, nnd moro especially by
his professors in tho different schools
nnd universities, who continued their
interest in him as his frionds.
Formerly tho castlo of Artenak, then.
! had been algayety, life and movement.
un tiiisruggeu migo ot tiio,(Janatnians
tno Transyivaniau hunters Had held
their meetings. Expeditions, many and
dangerous, wero organized, in which
Count S.tudorf sought employment for
thoso instincts of battlo whioU ho could
not gratify on the Held of politics. Ho
kept himself out of tho political stream,
watching o'osoly tho course of events.
Ho seemed only to caro about a lifo
spont between his studies and the in
dulgences that his fortune allowed him.
In those days tho Countess Rena San
dorf was still nlive. Sho was the soul of
, tlieso parties at Artenak. Fifteenmonths
before this history begins death had
I struck her in tho pride of her youth and
i icatit y, and nl I una was lett oi nor was
a little girl, who was now two years old.
Count Sandorf felt tho blow cruelly.
Hs wos incqnsolable. Tho castlo bo
oairo silent and deserted. From that
dav. under the shadow of nrofound
' grief, its master lived as in a cloister.
His wholo lifo was centred in his child,
and sho was confided to tho chargo of
Itoboua Lendeck, the wifo of the Count's
steward. This excellent woman, who
was still young, was entiroly devoted to
i tlio solo heiress of tho hantlorfs, and
ably acted towards her as n second
mother.
j During tho first months of his widow
hood, Sandorf never left his castlo of
Artenak. Ho thought over and bvod
nmoug tho remembrances of tho past.
Then tho idea of his country reduced to
an inliNjior position in Europe seized
upon him. For tlio Franco Italian war
of 1859 struck a terriblo blow at the
power of Austria. Seven years after
wards, in lyBO, tho blow w as followed by
ono still moro toiriblo, that of S.ulowa.
It was no longer Austria bereft of her
Italian possessions ; it was Austria con
quered on both sides and subordinated
to Germany ; and to Austria Hungary
felt sho was bound. Tho Hungarians
thoro is no reasoning about such a sontr
ment. for it is in their blood wero lin
miliated in their prido. For them the
victories ot uustozza ami latssa were uo
compensation ior tuo iteie.ii oi nuuowu.
I ioui!l fjlimiorj, inning, uio j c.u iiuiwi
t , i i, , i .i : .1... ..
followed, had carefully studied tho po
litical outlook, and recognized that a
separatist movement might bo succe's
ful. Tho moment for action had then
.come. On-tho lid of May of this voir,
18f7. he had embraced his littlo daugh-
' ter, whom hu had left to tho tender cares
of llosena Lendeck, and leaving his
castlo of Artennk had set out for I'esth,
w hero ho had put himself in oomimiut
cation with his friends und partisans,
nnd made certain nreliminary arrange
ments. Then n few hours later he had
gotio to Trieste to wait for ovonts.
There ho beoamo the chief centre of
tho conspiracy : thence radiated all its
threads collected in Sandorfs hands.
Iu this town tho chiefs of thocouspiraoy
could act with moro safety and more
freedom in bringing tho patriotic work
to an end.
At Trieste lived two of Sandorfs most
intimato friends. Animated by tho
bamo spirit thoy woro resolved to follow
tho enterprise to its conclusion. Count
Ljidislas Zuthmar and Professor Stephen
Hathorv wero Magyars of good birth.
ISoth wero a dozen years older than
Sandorf, but wero almost without for-
tuno. Ono draw bis slender revenues
from a small ostato in tho County of
Lipto, belonging to a circle beyond tho
Pannbo : the other was 1'iofessor of
Physical Scieuco nt Trieste, nnd his only
incomo oamo from tho fees from his
lectures.
Ltidislas Zathmar lived in tho houso
discovered on the Acquedotto by Sarciny
nnd Zirone an unpretending place,
which ho had put at the disposition
Mathias Sandorf during tho time ho was
nway from Artenak that is to say, till tho
end of tho projeotctl movement, wlieu
over it might be. A Hungarian, ll ir ;i
aged nlxiut ilfty-five, represented Hie
whole staff of tho house, Ilorik was its
much dovotod to his master us LeuuYoli
was to his.
Stophon Bathory occupied rt no less
unpretending dwelling on tho Uorsi
Ktndion, not far from Count Znthmnr,
Hero his whole life was wrapped up in
Ids wife and his son Feter, then eight
years old.
Stephen Ilathory belonged, distantly
but authentically, to thu lino of lhno
Magyar princes who in tho ttxteentl:
century occupied tho throuo of Tiim-
Hilviinia. Tho family had been divided
nud lost iu its numberless ramifications
since then, nnd people may perhaps
think it as'onishltig that one of its lu-sl
desceiulauts should exist as a simple
piotessor of tho Academy ut l'resiiurg,
Whatever, ho might lxi, Stephen Ilathory
was n scientist of the first ru ik ono
thoso who live in retirement, but whose
work renders them famous. " Iuclusitm
labor illustr.it," the motto ot the silk
worm, might have been his. Quo day
his political ulcus, which ho took uo
pains to conceal, rendered it necessary
for him to resign, and then he anno to
live ut Trieste ns professor unattached,
Ho '
It was iu Znthinar'u house that thu
threo lrleiuls had met slnoo tho arrival
of Count Sandorf although tho latter '
ostensibly occupied an apartment on the
alazzo Modello mi tho Piazzn Grnudo.
ho police had uo suspicion that the
house on tho Acquedotto was tho centre
of n conspiracy which countod numbers
of partisans in nil tho principal towns of
tho kingdom. ,
Zathmar and Ilathory wore Sandorf s
most dovoted auxiliaries. Like him,
they had seen Hint circumstances wero
favorable to n movement whioli might
restoro Hungary to tho placo she desired
in Ltuope. 'lhey risked their lives,
thoy knew, but that they cared little
Wmt Tim houso iu tho Acoiiedntlo
nad thus lieeomu tlio rendezvous of tne
chiefs of tlio conspiracy. Numbers of
partisans, summoned from dillcreut
points of the kingdom, camo there to
take their measures anil receive tlicir
orders. A servioo of earner pigeons was
organized, und established rapid nnd
sale communication between Trieste nnd
tho chief towns of Hungary and Tran
sylvania when it was necessary to send
hat could not well bo conliacd to tho
post, or tolegrapli. In short, every pre
caution had been taken, nnd thu con
spirators had not as yet raised tho least
breath of suspicion, IJcsidcs, as wo
know, tho corrcspondenco was carried
on in cipher, and on such a plan that
unless tho secret was known ubsoluto
Bccnrity was obtained.
Three days niter tho arrival ot tne
oarrior pigeon whoso messago had been
intercepted by Sarcauy, on tho 21st oi
May, about eight o'clock in tho evening,
Zathmar and Ilathory wero in tho study,
waiting tho return of Mathias Sandorf.
His privato affairs had recently com
pelled tho Count to return intoTransyl-
ania and to Artenak ; butlio had taken
tho opportunity of consulting with his
friemls at Klascnburj'i the o ipital of the
province, anil ho was to get back this
eiy day, after Bending tuem tiio de
spatch of which Sarcauy had taken tho
duplicate
During tho timo Sandorf was awav
other correspondence had been ex
changed between Trieste and JSiula, nud
many letters in cipher had arrived by
pigeon-post. And Zathmar was oven
now busy in working out tho real mean
ing of ono of these cryptograplno epis
tles by means of a "grating."
The despatches were devised on a very
simple plan that of the transposit
ion of the letters. In this system
every letter retained its alphabetical
value that is to say, b meant b, o meant
o, etc. Hut the letters are successively
transposed m accordance with the open
ings of n grating, which, laid on tho
message, only allowed such letters ta
appear as were to bo read, and hid nil
tho others.
Thcso gratings are an old invention.
but having been greatly improvod by
Colonol Flcissner they seem now to
offer the best and surest moans of ob
taining an in decipherable cryptogram.
In all tho other systems of inversion,
bo thoy systems with an invariable base
or ti simple koy in which each letter is
ulways represented by the same letter or
sign ; Ik they systems with a variable
baso or a double koy in which the alpha
bet varies with each letter, tho security
is incomplete. Experienced decipher
ers nro capablo of penorming perfect
prodigies in such investigations, either
witli the aid of the calculation of proba
bilities, or by merely trying und trying
tuitil thoy succeed. All that has to bo
dono is to find out the letters in tho or
der of their repetition in tho cryptogram
e being that most frequently employed
in English, German and French, u in
Spanish, a iu ltusslan and e and t iu
Italian and tho meaning of tho text is
soon made clear. And thero nro very
fow cryptograms based on theso methods
which defy investigation.
It would appear, therefore, that tho
best guarantee for ludecipherability is
nlTordod by theso gratin s, or by ciph
ered dictionaries codes, that is to say,
or vocabularies in which certain words
l eprenent fully formed sentences indi
cated by tho piigo number. Hut both
tlieso systems have ono grave draw back;
they requite absolute secrecy ou tho
part of those that uso them, and the
greatest care that tho liooks or apparatus
should nover get into undesirable hands.
Without the grating, or tho code, tho
message will remain uurentl ; but onco
theso arc obtained the in stery vanishes.
It was then by means of a grating
that is to say a pieco of card cut out iu
certain pluoes that the correspondence
between Sandorf and his accomplices
was carried on, but as an oxtra pre
caution, in case tho gmtiugs should bo
lost or stolen, eiery despatch after being
deciphered was destroyed. Thero thus
lcimiiued no trace of this conspiracy in
which tho greatest noblemen and mag
nates of Hungary wero risking their
lives iu conjunction with the representa
tive of tho middle class and the bulk of
the people.
Zathmar had just burned his last do
t-patch when there camo u quiet knock
ut the study door.
It was Jlorik introducing Count Ma
thias Sandorf, who hail walked up from
tlio nearest railway station.
Zathmar immediately rose to greet
him.
"lour journey, Mathias?" nsked ho
with the eagerness of u man who wished
fit tho outset to find that nil was well.
It .was n success, Zathmar," an
swered Sandort. "I have uo doubt of
my Traiisyhuniati friends, and wo nro
certain of their assistance.
You let them havo tho despatch
which camo lrouH'csth threo ilaysago:
iitlied Ilathory,
" lea," said Sandorf. "les, they
have ull been cautioned, and they nro
ull jeuily. Thoy will rise at the first
signal. Iu two hours wo shall bo mus
ters of Hilda nnd I'esth, in half a day wo
bliuii get the culcf commits on both
sides of tho Theiss, and Iwforo the dav
is out wo shall have Transylvania nnd
tho rest. And then eight millions of
Hungarians will havo regaiuod their in
dependence I"
"And tho Diet?" nsked Ilathory.
"Our btiuporters from tho majority,"
answered Sandorf. "They will ulso
form tho now Go eminent, to tuko tho
direction of nffairs. All will go regulnrly
and easily, for tlio coinitats, as far as
their administration, goes, depend very
little ou tho crown, and their chiefs hum
tho police with them."
"Hut tho Council of tho Lieutenancy
of the Kingdom that Hie palatine pro
Bides over at Hilda?" continued Zath
mar. '
"Tlio palatine ntnl tho council utliinla
will immediately bo so pluoeil as to bo
uunblo to do anything."
"And iiuablo to correspond with the
Hungarian chanoi'ry nt Vienna? '
"Yes, all our measures tiro taken for
our movements to be sbnultuueous, and
thus ensure success."
"Success 1" said Ilathory.
"Yes, success 1" answered Count San
dorf. " In the army all of our blood, of
Hungarian blood, are for us ! WliOo is
the descendant of the ancient Magyars
whobo heart will not beat nt tho sight of
the banner of lludolph and Corviuus ?"
And Sandorf uttered tho words in n
tono of the purest patriotism.
"Hut," continued h, "neglect noth
ing that will prevent susp-eioii I Hu
prttdout, we cannot lie too strong I You
have heard of nothing busiiciou-i nt
Trieste I"
. "No." replied Zathmar "No'hiua
is spoken of but the works nt l'olu, for
which the greater pail of tho workmen
Uavo been engaged.
I In fact for fifteen years tho Austrian
Government, with a viewof tho possible
loss of Venetin n loss now realized
had Ih-oii thinking of founding nt l'ola,
at the southern extremity of the Istrinn
peninsula, nn immense arsenal and dock
yard, so as to command nil Hint end of
tho Adriatic. In spite of the protests of
Trieste, wliosn maritime importance
would thereby bo lessened, tlio works
wero being pushed on with feverish
nrdor. Sandorf and his friends had
thus some justification for tlicir opinion
Hint Trieste would Join them in thn
event ot n separatist movement being
started in tho city.
Up to the present tho secret of tho
conspiracy in favor of Hungarian nuton
omy had been well kept. Nothing had
occurred to cause tho police to suspect
that tho chief couspiintors wero then na
Rcmblcd nt tho unpretending houso in
tho Acquedotto.
Everything seemed to havo been dono
lo make the enterprise n success j und
nil that remained was to wait for tho
moment of action. Tlio cipher corres
pondence between Trieste and tho prin
cipal cities of Hiiugary nl"! Transylvania
had almost ceased Thero wcio now
fow messages for tho pigeons to carry,
becauso tho last message had been
taken. As money is the soul of wur, so
it is of consiiinicics. It is important
that conspirators havo ample funds when
tho signal of uprising is given. And on
this occasion tho supply would not fail
them.
Wo aro nwaro that, although Znthmnr
nud Hathory couhl sacrifice their lives
for their country, they could not sacn
flco their fortunes, inasmuch as their
pecuniary resources wero but meagre.
Hut Count Sandorf was immensely rich,
and, in addition to his life, he had
brought his whole fortune to tho help of
tho cause. For many months, through
tho agency of his btoward, Lendeck, ho
had mortgaged his estates, nnd thereby
raised a considerable sum moro tlmu
2,000,000 of llorins.
Hut it was necessary that this money
should always be nt call, and that he
could draw it nt any moment. And so
ho had deposited it iu his own namo in
ono of tho banks of Trieste, w lioso char
acter was above suspicion. This bank
was Toroutlial s, of which harenny and
Zirono had been talking in the cemetery
on tho hill.
This circumstance was fraught with
tho gravest consequences, us will be
seen in Hie course of this history.
Something was said about this money at
Sandorf s last interview with Zothmar
and Hathory. Ho told them that it was
his intention to call on Toronth.il nud
give him notice that tho cash might bo
wanted immediately.
Events had so progressed that Sandorf
would soon bo able to give Hie expected
signal from Trieste moro especially as
tins very ovcning he discovered that
Zathmar's house was tho object of very
disquieting survoillnuco.
Aliout eight oolook, ns Sandorf nnd
Hathory went out, one to go homo to the
Corsn Stadion und tho other to his
hotel, they noticed two men watching
them in Hie shadows andfollowiiigthnm
tiL'iiu , ..u.ico und in such ii way as
o avoid detection.
Samloif and his companion, in order
o see what th.s might mean, boldly
'lurched straight on to theso suspicious
laracters, but before they could reach
lem they had taken llight and disap-ji-iued
iduud thocornerof Saint Anton
io's Ciiureh, ut tlio cud of tho canal
cnAPTEit rv.
TOltONTrtAls BANK.
At Trieste "society" is nearly non-
exi'teiit. Between ditl'erent races as
between castes, it is seldom found. Tho
Austrian officials ussutuo tho highest posi
tion, and take precedence according to
their respective ranks. Generally these
men are distinguished, well educated nnd
well meaning ; but their pay is swBmall
for their position that thoy nro unable
to enter inlo competition with tho trnd-
ingiind bunking classes. Theso latter, as
entertainments aro raro among tho rich,
and the parties given by tho officials aro
nearly all unambitious, havo tnken to
display most of their wealth in outsido
Bhow- -iu the streets by tlicir sumptuous
curing! s, and ut tho theatro by tho ox
travagance of their dress and jewelry.
Among these opulent fumillts that of
Silas Toronthal hold a distinguished
place.
Tho head of tho houso, whoso credit
extended fur boyond tho limits of
Atitro-Ilungaiy, was then in his thirty
seventh year. Witli Mmo. Toronthal,
who was several years his junior, ho
oeeujiied a mansion in the Acqtiodotto.
Ho was supposed to bo very rich and
ho should" have beon. Hold and fortuu
r.to speculations on tho Stock Ex
change, a largo business with tho Aus
trian Lloyds nud other oxtensivo com
panies and the issuing of several impor
tant loans had, or ought to have, brought
lingo Bums of money into his coffers,
lienco his household was conducted on
u scale of considerable splendor.
Nevet theless, as Sarcauy had said to
Zirotic, thero was a possibility that the
titl'airs of Silas Toronthal wero slightly
embarrassed -ut least for a time.
Seven years lieforo, when tho funds
wero shaken by tho Franco-Italian war,
he had received a severe blow, and more
ricently tho disastrous campaign which
ended at Sadown had sent down the
prices ou every Exchange in Europe,
inoie especially on thoso of Austria
Hungary, uud chicily those of Vienna,
Pesth and Trieste. Tho necessity of
providing the largo amounts then drawn
out on the current accounts not im
probably caused him serious incon
venience. Hut when tho crisis had
passed ho doubtless recovered himself,
and if what Sarciny had said was cor
lect it must havo been his recent specu
lations only which had led him into
difficulties.
During tho last few mouths a great
olmugo had come over Toronthal. His
whom look had nltored without his
kiiowledgo Ho was uot, as formerly,
master of himself. People had noticed
that ho no longer looked thorn ia the
laco, us had been his custom, but rather
eyed ihom nskunco. This had not es
caped Hie notice of Mmo. Torontlial, u
confirmed invalid, without energy, and
bubmissiieucss itself, who knew very
little about his business matters.
And if some disaster did menace
Torouthul, it must bo ndmitted thut he
would get very littlo sympathy. Ho
had many customers, but few friends.
Tiio high opinion he held about his posi
tion, his native vanity, tho airs hu
gave himself on nil occasions, had not
dono him uny good. Aud almvo nil the
people of Trieste looked upon him ns u
foieiguer because he waslioriiut Hugusa,
and hence was n Dalmatian. No family
ties attached him to the town to which
hu had como fifteen years lieforo to lay
tho foundation of his fortune.
Such, then, was the position of Tor
oiithais bank. Although Sarcauy hntl
his suspicions, nothing had occurred to
I'lio ii'e ton rumor that it was in diiu.
cullies. Its credit remuiued unshaken.
And Count Sandorf, utter realizing his
investments, hud deoositisl with it
consiacrnine sum on condition that it
should always lio mailable ut twenty
four hours' notice.
It may Bcem surprising that n con
nection of any sort should havn Ih-cii
formed between n bank of filch high
reputation and such n very dubious
character ns Sarcauy. It had existed,
nevertheless, for two or threo years.
Toronthal had had n good ileal of busi
ness with tho ltegeucy of Tripoli, nnd
Sarcauy hud been employed ns n hind of
broker nnd general confidential agent,
entrusted with tho disposal of certain
wine nnd other gifts tinder circum
stnncos iu which it wns not always de
Birablo that the Trieste bunker should
appear in person, lluving been cngngeu
in theso and other rather suspicious
schemes, Sarciny got his foot, or rather
his hand, into tho bank ; und continued
to carry on a sort of system of oxtoi tion
on Toronthal, who was not, however,
quite at his mercy ; inasmuch us no
material proof existed of their mutual
dealings. Hut n banker's position is
ono of extreme delicacy. A word may
min him. And Sarcnny knew how to
Like advantage of this.
Hut Toronthal knew what he wns
nbout. Ho had parted with certain
sums, which had been dissipated in the
gambling houses with the recklessness
of an adventurer who takes no thought
of tho future, and then Sarciny becom
ing too unfortunate, tho banker sud
denly drew his purse-striiigsnnd refused
further credit. Haicany threatened ;
Toronthal remained firm. And he was
safe in doing bo, nfter all, for Snrcany
had no proofs, and no ono would believe
him.
This was tho reason that Snrcany and
his comrade, Zirono, found themselves
nt tho end of their resources, nnd with
out even tho wherewithal to leave the
town and seek their fortnno elsewhere.
And wo know how Toronthal came to
their help with sufficient funds to enable
them to return to Sicily, where Zirone
belonged to ono of tho necret societies.
The banker thus hoped to fjet rid of the
Trijiolit.iii, and hoped never to Bee or
hear of him again. He was doomed to
disappointment in this, as iu most other
in utters.
It was on tho evening of the 18th of
May that the 200 llorins had reached the
adventurers ut their hotel.
Six days afterivaids, on the24tliof the
same month, Snrcany presented himself
nt tho bank and demanded to bee Silas
Toronthal, and so much did he insist
Hint ho was nt length received.
Tlio hanker was iu his privato office,
and Sarcauy carefully closed tho door
ns soon ns ho had been introduced.
"You again !" exclaimed Toronthal.
"What aro you doing hero? I Bent you,
and for tho last time, quite enough to
help you to leave Trieste 1 You w ill get
nothing moro from me, whatever you .
may say or do! Why have you not
gone? I'll tnko steps to put n stopper
on you for the f uturo I What do you
want ?"
Snrcany received tho broadside very
coolly. He was quite prepnred for it.
His attitude -was what it had always
been of late in his visits to tho banker
insolent and piovoking.
Not only was ho master of himself,
but ho was quitu serious. Ho had stepped
up ton chair, without being invited to
sit down, 111! waited until tho banker's
bad temper had evaporated before lie
replied.
"Well, why don't you speak?" con
tinued Torontlial, who, after hurriedly
shilling to and fro, had sat down.
"I'm waiting till you tiro calm," ro
plied Sarciny, very quietly ; " nud I'll
wait ns long as is necessary."
"Wii.tdoesit matter whether I am
calm ? For tho last time, what do you
want?"
"Silas Toronthal," auswered Sarcauy,
"I have a littlo business to propose to
you."
"I do not want to talk business to
you I" exclaimed tho banker. "Thero
is nothing in common bctwoeu you and
me, and I only expect to hear thut you
nro off from Trieste tu-dny forever."
"I expect to leavo Trieste," answered
Sarcauy, "but I do not like to go until
I havo repaid you what I owe !"
" You repay mo ? you ?"
"Yes, repay you interest, capital,
1 without saying nnything of tho"
Toronthal shrugged his shoulders nt
this unexpected proposition.
"The sums I have ndvnlieed," ho
said, "nre charged to profit and loss and
nro written oil' ! 1 consider w e aro clear.
1 wuut nothing from yon, mull amnbovn
such trilles."
" And if it pleases mo to remain your
debtor?"
"And if it pleases mo to remain your
creditor
Then Toronthal and Snrcany looked
nt each other, uud then Sarcauy with a
shrug of his shoulders continued :
"Theso aro only phrases, and thorn is
nothing in phrases. I repeat, I como
to bring you some very iniportnut busi
ness." "Aud suspicions business, too, I ihiro
Bay ? "
" Well, it is not tho first limo that you
havo come to mo "
" Words, nothing but words," said the
banker.
"Listen," said Sarciny. " I will Im
brief. "
"And you had better."
"If what I am going to toll yon does
not suit you, sav so, aud I'll go."
"From here or from Triestor"
"From hero and from Trieste."
"To-morrow ?"
"Tins evening I"
"Speak, then !"
"Well, then, this is it," said Saroany.
"Hut," added he, looking around,
"you nro sure no ono can hear us ?"
"You would like our interview to be
secret, then ?" usked tho liaiiker iroui
cally. " Yes, Silas Toronthal, for you and I
hold iu our hands tho lives of important
personages. "
" Y'ou do, perhaps. I do not I"
" Well, then, see. I am on tho frock
of a conspiracy. What its object is I do
not yet know. Hut after what has hap
pened on tho plains of Lombardy, after
the business at Sadown, all that is not
Austrian is against Austria, And I
have somo reason to think that u move
ment is on foot iu favor of Hungary by
which wo inn profit."
Toronthal, us his only reply, con
tented himself with saying :
"I have nothing to got out of your
conspiracy, "
" Perhaps not,"
" Hut how ?"
"Hy denouncing it I"
" Explain 1"
"Listen."
And Saicany told him of all that liad
hapjiencd in tho old cemetery, of tho
currier pigeon, of tho intercepted mes
sageof which ho had taken a fuo-simile
- and of how ho had found out tho bird's
destination. Ho added thut for five
days ho and Zirono had been watching
the houso j how the bamo peoplo met
thero every night, not without groat
precautions ; of other pigeons that hail
gone nway, und others that had come ;
of how tho houso wiis guardod by uu old
servant, who carefully inspected ull who
njiprouolied ; of how Sarcauy and his
companion had been obliged to not with
circumspection to eudo tlio atteutiou of
this old mull, uud ofjhow, during tho
last few duvs, he hud raised suspicions.
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