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Inrd Wrrklrt PTPr I'rlilnjr .Horning, nt nf.ooMsiiuita,coi,uMiiiAco.,i,n. atII.50 pcrvMr. Ti siilnerllicrs out ottlio coun ty tin t Timor" strl 'tlyln ndvnnco. . IT" l'.,1)'r mtliiuoil except nt the option nt tha publhiioM, until nil nrre.-irajjn nro paid, hut lonif continued cnsllta will nnt i,n ir ivpn. Ail papere iont out of tho stale or to distant post uiui-vjs lima ! tin u'l iiiituvuucet umi'ssn rcsnon lihlo imiti In Columbia county assumes to pay Mio subscription duo on demand. TOR P HINTING-. Thfl.lnh Prlnt'tv.' Ilirurtlnent of tho CoUJMRMN liverycon co. Itcont i!n llin Intest new typo ml nut III .pry nnd 1st. ion ly omeo llmt runs Job urc,s"s hy nun-, g vlnjr u tho beat rachitics. i:s llnnii'.lunilshed on Lirifo Jobs. BLOOMSBUKG, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1886. J X SITISJJBENDBr., I .... THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XX.NO 0 COLUMBIA DSMOOItAT, VOL.XL1V, NO 49 rr In the "Iiuslness Directory" column, 4k ollar a year for each line. fetklMMMUMlMMIlia F H A. .0 D B professional: CARDS. r B. WAIifiMI!, J ' ATTOUNK Y-AT-L AW, lUobmsburff, Va t 1st. National Hank. L. FUNIC, ATTOUNK Y-AT-L AW. llLDOUSBCRII, I'A. OTIcoln Stt's Ilulldlns. J OIIN 51. Cli.VltIC, AT 1'OIINH Y-AT-L AW, AND JIM TICK Or TUB l'HAOK. IiLooueBDiia, l'A, 0 1133 over Moycr ltros. Drug Storo. p W.MtLLEK, sTUITtNEY-AT-LAW OOl'ola lirovrcr'sbulldlng.sosondnoor.room Mo.i litoomsburs, l'a. " ' ATTOUNEY-AT-L AW. llloomsburg, n omno corner ot t rntro and Main streets. Clark j nutldlutr. C.in bo consulted In German. "1EO. B. KLWKIiL ATTORfJEY-AT-LAW, 1,00MS1U1I!(1, l'A. Olllef on First floor, front room ot Cot, vmiiias llitUiUna, -Main street, below K clinngc Hotel. V,TL B. WIltT. Attornoy-at-Law. OfJee n Coi.eanus huii.mnu, Itoom No. 1, second iloor. HL')OMSBUllG, PA. a. KNOUB I. 8. WIvrR9TKE. KNOW. & WINTEUSl'EEN, A ttornoyfut-Law. oni;o lii 1st national Hank bulKHm;, Besonrt floor, llrstdoor to 'he l It. Corner otMuu and jlarKi streets Uloomssurg, l'a. tarVnuo'M nnd Baurties Collccttd. J II. MAtSE, ATTORNEY AT-LAW amco in Maize's bulldiir cverlilllmeyer'sKrocery. JOHN C. YOCUM c- L OEYSlt. YOCUM & OBYBH, AUoi'iuys-at.-Lawi CATAW1SHA, l'A. (omeo front wilt of rooms on second floor of KS lTKM blllUllUR.) nrcAN im t.oNt-i-i.Ti:i)iNfii:iiMAX.ja: Jtcmbers ot Sharp and Allemnn's Lawyers .ml llanler'H Dli eetory and tliu American Mercantile ana I'oll" cllon Asocial Ion. V 111 cue prompt and careful attention to eolle.tlon of claims In any partorthe United Males or Canada, n cll asto ill other piotesblonal business tuliuitid to them K. OSWALD, ' A'l'TOHNEY-AT-LAW. JacUson BuiUUng, Booms -1 nnd 5. llSltWICK, l'A yr. II. 1UIAWN. ATTO 1 IN E Y-AT-L AW. Oatawlssa, l'a. omce.corfierot Third and Malnstreota. V. WHITE, ATTOIIN E Y-AT-L AAV, d:loomsburg, pa. Olllco in llrowers' Building, .2ml lloor. map 1-lf w. SJIITH, Attorncy-nt Law.Bcrwick. Pit. Csn bo (Jonsullcil in Uermn.n. AUSO nilST-Cf.ASS FIBB AND LIFE 1KSVBA N COMPANIES l'.Kl'ltKSENTED. iHTOfOco first iloor below the jiost ofllce. MISCELLANEOUS I) McKELVY, M. D,,Snrgeon ami I'hy v lan, uoi ta sld:i Main street.below MarKet L. FKITZ, Altnrney-nt Law. Oilico , in COLUMIllAM DUlldlLg, M. DP.INKER, GUN is LOCKBMITH b)inc Jmchlr.enand Machinery of nil blnJ3 ro ll ilrod. 01-kua lioraK Uulld c, Hlftomiburi;, l'a. B. J. 0. BUTTEE, rUYblCIAN CSUliOKON, Offloe. North lUrKev pin i t, itlcomai'i.i, , l'a B. VM. M. BBDEB, Burgton unit l'Sjaittau. oalco corner ot Kock and Jlurket f B iiVASS, M. D., Surgeon ami U .rhyslcan, Olloe and Itesldonco on Third jUBE IN81JBANCE. C'HIUSTIAN V. KNAl'I', ULOOMSllUHO, l'A, IIOMH, OP N. Y. MlIltCIIANTS', OP NKWAI'.K, N. J. r LINTON, N. Y. I'UOI'l.US'N. Y. ltKAPlMl. l'A. Thei-e lp c'om-oiuTiONs are well teasoned by aje and kiiik iF.UThiiaud havo neu- set hud u loss bettlcd by any court of law. 'I helr asM ls aro ullluvewedlnhouii BECt'iiiTits aio liable to tho hazard ot nun only. 1isses riiouiTLY nnd iiokkbtly adjusted and mild as soon a-i determined by ciikisiian k. iKkAl'P, HI'KCIAL AUhNT ANII AUJCSrKIl lJr)OSlSlll-UU, " Tlw people of Columbia county hhould natron. Cie the asency whero losseslt any MBbCtlled and ipald byoiicofllierownclllzens. v fii6mit.nks. i:ouity. faih ukalino. F. HABTMAN HirKISKNTB THK rOLI-OWIKO AMEB10AN INBUBANOE COMPANIES North American of 1'hlladelphla. Franklin, " " lVnnsylvanla, " " York, of I'uunsylvanln. llanoer, of N, Y. Queens, ot Iindon. North llrltlsh, ot London. .Olllcn on Market titled, No, r, lUoomebers. uct.Sl. 1- '3crantQji House, tr-ON THE UUUOl'KAN I'UK- ti Victor Koch, Proprietor. Uooma aro hinted by M?am. well ventilated and elegantly furnished. Plnesl liar and Lunch Coun ter In lioeuy. Meals to older at all hours. Ladles and nents testnuruiit furnished with all delicacies ot tho aeason. Location near 1). L. W. It. It. Depot, Scranton, l'a. Mar td-lf IXCHANGE HOTEL, W. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR BLO0MSBVHO, FA, OfPOSlTBCOUItT IIOUB B, La racsand convenient sample rooms. I lath rooms iiov and cold water and all modern comcnlenecB MI AWAY ! Egmmia m Ten thousand babies are given yearly totlio jrnivo by not having -On-Hand'H Teething Lotion on their gums when teething. SOMETHING NEW ! SOMETHING WONDERFUL ! SOMETHING MAGrCAL ! To bathe (lie baby's gums while teething, relieving all inflamma tion, swelling and pain. LOST I A good many night's rest by not having JJr. I land's Colic Cure, for it gives baby eoinfort. and sleep without stupefying or in juring it. No opiates. No con stipation. Hold at Kleim's drug store, general agent for Dv. "Hand's remedies for children. Labora tory at Hcranton, Pa. hMe0Wi Catarrh how tone WJiriHm Cream Balm Inco n nnrtlrlenr he b il'n lntoo.ich nos tril nnrl draw strong breaths through the mw. It will Iw ab sorbed and bettln Its work nt cleansing and healing the diseased embrane. It allays lnllamiiMilon and pre vents fiesh colds. Nol u I,!.,ul,l cr snufr, i7IIAVFEVER A few applications le lleve. A tlioroueli treatment win cure. MAY-FEVER & Wr! u1 uuiits bv mall nr nt (lruftghtH. KLY IUJO niHHS, Urut'Sfists, Owcgo, X. Y. febe, iw. a "ywiNwmoiiT a uo., WHO L ESAL K Qli 0 CEIiS, Philadelphia rsAS.sYKur, cokfkb, hhoak, mohssks rich, snrB3,m'ARB!onA.c..&e. N. TS. corner Swond and Arch streets Orders win reeelvo rroioit attention COURSEN, CLEMONS & CO. Limited, Importers and Wholesale Dealers in Crockery, (llasswaie, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Window Class, nnd 1'lated-ware. Tho 50 candle-power marsh lectrlc lamp. Tho celebrated I'lnaforo Jiurner. lilrd Ca8es, Fruit Jars. 4K Lackawanna Avenue. SCKANTON, l'a. may i-iy A PRESEN X ! Our readers for is cents In postage stamps to pay tor mailing and wrapping und nan cs of two book agents, will receive FHLi: a Meel Finish l'arior L'ngraMng of all our I'H11 DlI.NTt', 1' eluding Cleveland, sto stlxasincli, woith n.00. Address Eider Pub. Co.,Ghicao. III. July 17-iy m Hend 10 cents pos'ngo and wo will mall jou fvw a lojnl, .iluahle, sample box ot goods that will putjoulntho way 01 Piaklnir i.foiv uumtu at, once, than anything else In Aineitea Until se.xesot nil ages can lUoat homo and work In sparotlme, or all tho tlaio. Capital not lequlred. Wo will start you. Iinnien pay sur" for tho-i who start at once. b'tl.Nso.N & CO., 1'ortland, .Me. novaily Jjp. McTaggart Tills nolefl Specialist of Kcrnnlnn, Is tho only siieoinlWt ibis side ot New York.Plill udelpliln and IliilTulo who makes nil exclu sive specialty of treating chronic, long standing and lingering diseases to which man and womankind aro subject, such us Ciitisumplion, Ilionnlind nITcrtlons, Scrofu la, Suit Blieiiin, Loss of JIanliood.Skin dis eases, Blieiiioallsm, Ulcers, Old Sores, Epl lepey, Svpldlis, Deafness, Loss of Voice, Chronic Diaiilio'a.Clilllsiiiid Feer, Worms, Liver complaint, Cancels, Tumors, Paraly sis, Tape worm, ileal t disease, &c, &o, iJiTFemale diseases a specialty. No matter how lone you have been suf. feriug nor how many Doctors you linye em ployed in vain, you should apply to Dit. .MoTAOOAlir nt once, when he will tell di rectly without holding out falso hopes whether your disease is strictly curablo or can only he relieved. Hu owes Ills wide reputation for the sue-ce.-slul tie.itment of all lingering or chronic diseases to c,poilenco nnd close uppllcu tion for over 20 years, nnd to no miraculous povtr. What tiik Pai-eiss Siy 1 "Ha Is skillful honest, elllclent, upilght nnd re liable and well worthy of tho pcopl 's eonildenco ardesti'tm llo always says exactly what he nil am uml means exactly what he says." scran ton llrlin'tlU'Ut. "Ho is 100 useful a man to lose," Lackawanna lh'tmnrat. Cera;? Laiki-.var.r.i asd Vashiagtcn Avenues. SCBANTON, PA. Sept U-ly .-sa m tain obtained and all patent business attended to for moderate fees, our ollice Is opposlto the U. R Patent Oltlce, nnd weean obtain I'.uentsln less time than those re mote (rum Washington hem Model o drawls.;. We advlso as to pat entability fieeof charge, and we make no charge unless patent Is secured. Weieferhere, to tho Postmaster, the tsupt. ot Monev order Hlv , and to uftlclals of tho U.S. Palent OIHee. For circular, adtlce, terms and refeiencestonctualcllents in your own btatoor County, wilte to C. A. SNOW & CO., Opposlto Patent Ofllce, Washington, D C ang-tf n&m PrtlLllDELPHIA SIHG! ,1 IndnMnc Tuiber. Ilnfllir. -i.biJtof-1 )li'iimi4H4.uiullJii!ii- V..j vtf r Tli-y are tiaiut 1 i3JriftiiJiiMint1. fiunuiip, unn iikiip tVffTr vlf rtiniunA Simt n tthcr com mlit chtraa Iron S4Q la SiO. I'nrrliiittr from lis uml ni' K'tll, -tn.t lur rircnlitr tut t O. A. WOOD A. CO.. tfhtliiiunlaK I 1 7 N. l eu ll rt. rbI1ur I'n, MILE Sept.-l-lt. fS.WftVESiaSOII L 7?WmmG AGENTS Jlo J3jJUDELP!A t i lie anut uu-i rililh M, Itc '' Ailveni leinniia 1 y! a i Ta" 'r CCTIUITPI I irH.HM'milllilll.TS0 rnrr Li I IMA I LO at Lowoat Cnh Rates rfltt ".'ii.i'.'r-V'AYER & SON'S MANUAL Wt ' 5 L'flYS'lutes IW . i'V icrvli Immi!' ht'Iurp tu ia WiJ3 TVlf t,tt,i stLUt datfM tamk ,X (FX m Tim Imiiieiit anil ,t.rui H nleieiMl ''' ltlSM ha lizard Uuniuw lu 't !('! miu i,i ii 3.1 lull- -.r ,c RiSi)il !( runri.lia-. S .'BKr&K5u ,h4 "l SAi5 mail, for 'Si renin lu 4i$5 Mompi. Order now. tits "nd m I '"ir eaiultiauu u H I'Nfil I . A I. fON A- CO., PlIlt.Alll.H'IHA, I'l.NN'A Ourc Conffh,OoM, JI.w wnfd, Cronp, Arthml, Uronclilti'S hoor,r'l? Coi'ch, Incipient Coniump- iniiitiuiu Ji,ns tJurumi ill" lrnc s in fttKfi'ioctt rtajt j of I he diyiio, n lUrti, (Vi i,on.1llio 0inno Dr Full't tchtii tm . -r. pr.d brM onr rrrf .trntl T fMl.nrl. in wit A 'kIC Mil ft Virclf,aI;rU j l'PS'ffttM'ImUoiriTn'iturwof John i SALVATION OSL, "The Greatest Cure on trth for Pain," Will relievo rnoro quickly than any other knovn remedy. Rheumatism, Ucuralgia, Swelling, Driiiacs, Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Lumbano.Soros, Frost bites. Backache, Wounds, Head-ichc. Toothache, Sprains, &c. Sold by nil DruKRists. Price 25 Cent3 a Bottle. SCOTT'S OF PURE COD LIVER OIL hasp Almost as Paiatabloao IVJilk. Tlio only prpparatlon rf f 01) T.IVKU OIL thnt mi bn taken readily aud tolerated for a lung lima by tlellt'Ate sloLijrlis. i x' a ltniEnY yo't roxsr'trTtov, siTtoi I i,m s .my i (iio.xs. .iiu.au. i'uii, iit.in.nv.Vii mis a.m iiinoti1 .tv. lt(UOSn,l nil It AS l i 1 "iHsilltl 'Kl. P tlllLPllt "ll Is nrn-rUons In lis ri".al I . I'rrscrihed nnd rnilorai'il by luo best I'hyfilolans In the LouLtrn s cf tho woild. FOR SALE BY ALL DnilGGI'-.TS oct-53-ly. MAtR fir i.o the ti iptO.ir fiv i Id.; tnc liair, I' vlicm;rty,i!iilit e f r tii urtiii. it cicm i-tc stop- the hair (.til! ;, sure to please. i'ia m, sues at uni" The Best Cough Cure yoa can ut. and the beu known preventive of Consttm Parker's Tonic kept in a home is a sent keep lickness out, Used dUcreeily It kee hlood pure and the Stomach, Liver and K In working order. Coujrn and Coldi vani fore it. It builds up the health. If you suffer from Oebility Skin Trur Ccuslii Aithma, Dyipepsh, Kidney, Urin 1 1 nal-s Compljitita,or any disorder cf tV 1 Si m-'ch, UoweU, Illaod or Kcrvet, d-i I'M y t ore !.! l: hn hut ii-c Pa. hv' Ik-' y i It !l niv 4 ott n v h mh., r ir . 1 c & o . . tlci el to i the nej i le iom. V 1 aug. M-ly Read what the people say concerning the ability of Dr. 'Ihomai' Kclectric Oit to cure asthma, catarrh, croup, coidt, etc. Mrs. Dor Koch of Uuffato, says : ' K,or croup it is decid edly effieietoui." Mn, Jacob Mellisor of Marion. Ohio, says the lame thing. S. S. Graves, Akron, N. writes t "itadaiihma of the worst kind, took one dose of Thomas Kclectric Oil and wis relieved in a few minutes. Would walk five miles fortius medicine and pay $j a bottle for it Drur. gistC. K. Hall, Grayvtlle, III., says. " Cured an uf cerated throat for me in twenty-four hours." ' bat up in bed and coughed till the clothing wasuti with perspiration. My wife insisted that I urn Thomas' Eclectnc Oil. The first teaspoonful rblirved me." I:. II. I'erkins, Creek Centre, N. V., Thomas' Eclec tnc Oil 4s aUo a Tit Top eiternal applica tion for rheumatism, cuti.scaldburnStbites, bruises.etc. Whenvui ting the drugcist, ask him what he knows of Dr. Thomas' Eclectnc Oil; if he has been long i n the druft trade.be sure he will speak highly of it. Worked Wonder. "My daughter was very bad off on account of a cold and pain in her lungs. Dr, Thtrnas" Etltc trie OH turtd htr n twtnty-fjur hours. Oris of the boys was cured of sore throat. This medi cine has worked wonders in our family." Alvah I'tiiclney, Lake Mohopjc, S' V nug. 28-ly-ald. Best"! Kill pain, Bootho and atimu!ata the tired f muscles, and wonderfully etrcasVliea weak t rorta. All tho valuablo medicinal virtues of froi'i I ops, combined with Burgundy rite's and Canada Ealfun. Applied to SacJtaoiie, Ecutlca, Itheuaiat.im, Crick, 3titches, Bide- Athe, Kidney ACectlons, Soro Chiat or any of tho various pains and weaknessrs bo common. Instant rolief ta Etvcn. Cures Dyapepsla and r liver troubles without Intenifl dosing. Sold j ovcryvhem, C3e C fur $1. IJaUed for pt105. t HOI? rLAaTnCO.,rrop'rB,Iloaton,MaBs. AWonderfut STREIGTHENER Oiler to tho Trado their Fine liraud of Cigars. Tho Landros, Honry Clay, Normal Samson, and Cosmopolitan Fino Fruits and Fino Confccliotiery on hand, i' t'inli every week, IJIooras burg, l'a Feb. 27 111. C. SLOAN & BRO., 11L00MS15UHG, PA. laufacturcraof CARRIAGES BIIQQIES, PHAETONS SLEIGHS, PLATFORM WAGONS &C. Flrat-claBs work alwaya on band, HEFAMhVQ A'EA TL YDONh. Prlca reduced to mil the timet, II. IIOUBK, DENTIST, Hloojishuiki, Uot.uJtiiiA County, Pa Ml stylesot work dono In a superior manner, work wamnteda repnyentod, Turn Kxtkact id wiriioor 1'AiN by the use of Uas, and fruoof charge lien arttaclal teeth are Inserted, OQlco over Klclm's Drug titoro. 'Jo be open at all hourt during the (hi Noyji.Jr EIIUISbON ; MOP 1 Piasters I mi U1 iilcrlSi'os.(ICo., Alcxandci AJJDOBF SAW IHM TA83 lUSt, ALMOST Mathias Sandorf. JULES VERNE. AUTHOH OP "JOUUNEY TO TIIK CENTItl or ran iiAr.Tit," "tiui' to tub moos," "A110UNIJ TUU W011L11 IN EIGHTY; DAVH," "JIICHACfj STIlOaOFP," "TWENTl" TllllfSV.VD LEAatJES CNUElt THE BEA," ETC., ETC T1UN1I.A1II1X CorVIIIOIITSO, 1SS3. CIUlTRIl KiailT CONCLrDKn. Anil tlio.se mn tin- ihruscs they licnitl at diirorent inteivnls: .. "To-morrow nfli-r tlio excuutiou, j'ou will liu fno." . "And then Count Sandorf 'a goods we share " "Without mo you nnver would ImTe deciphered thnt ineisiifje." "And vithi)ut me if I lmd not taken it from tliu pigeon you never would huve got hold of it Well, no ouo would Mispeet that tho police owe " "Even the prisoners havo no sua pic on." "Neither relatives nor friends aro coming to see them." "To-morrow, Sarcany ." "To-morrow, Silas ToronthnL" . Then the voices wero silent, mid the sound ot a door being shut was heard. "Sarcan.y! Silas Toronthal!" ox claimed Sandoif. "That is whero it came from !" He looked nt his friends, und was quite pale. His heart stopped beating in the grip of the spasm. His eyes dilated, his neck stiffened, his head sank bnek to his shoulders everything showed that his energetic nature was in tho gr.isp nf terrilile anger, pus-lieu to its furthest extreme. "Those two ! The scoundrels! Those two !" he repeated with a sort of u roar. Then he eoneeted him-" ' looked round him, nnd xtrodo uem tho cell. "K-eapc! 1-sc.ipoI" ho exclaimed " Wo must escape!" And this man, who would havo walked bravely to death a few hours later, this man who hud never oven thought of making im effort for his lit, this man had now but one thought to live, nnd live to punish those two traitors, Snreany und Toronthal ! ' ' Yes I To be revenged ?" nxclaimod Bathory nnd Zathmar. "To bo revenged? No I To do jus tice. " All tho Count Suudorf vas in these woids. Cn.VPTKl! IX, Tin; uo.vjov or pisino. Tho fortress of 1'isino is one of tho most formidable buildings which nroso in tho middle nges. It has u lino feudal uspeet. It only wants the knights in its vaulted halls nnd the ladies in their long brocaded robes nnd pointed bonnets at its inched windows, and the nrchers nnd orossliowmou on its machicolations, its battlemented galleries, nt tho emlira suies of its fnangmals, its portcullis and its drawbridges, The stonework is still intact ; but the (lovoruor with his Aus trian uniform, the soldiers with their modern weapons, the warders nnd turn keys who no longer wear tho parti coloiod costume, half yellow and half red, of tho old days, strike n falso noto in tho midst of till this inagnillccuo of tho past. It was from tho donjon of this fortross that Count Sandoif was endeavoring to escape during tho last hours before his execution. A mad attempt, no doubt i for tho piisouers did not even know in what part of the donjon their prison lay, nor nny thing of the country across which they would havo to journey after their esoape. And perhaps it was fortunate that their ignorance wnseomplotoin the mat ter. Had they known more they might havo recoiled before tho diflleulties, to say nothing of tho impossibilities of such an enterprise. It is not that this province of Istria offers no favorable chances for mi escape, for no matter what direction tho fugi tives took they would reach the seacoast ill n few hours. It is not thnt too streets of 1'isino nro mi carefully gaurded that there is a risk of lieiug arrested ut tho veiy llrst step, Hut to eseapo from tho fortress, nnd particularly from the don jon occupied bv tho prisoners, had up to then been considered impossible. liven the idea had uover occurred to nny one. Tho situation and exterior nrrango ments of tho donjon in tho fortress of I'isiuo wero ns follows i Tho donjon occupies ouo side of tho tetraoo with which tho town hero oiids. Leaning over tho parapet of this torraoo tho oyo plmiKos into n largo, deep gulf, whoso rugged sides, oovtred with thick entan glements of creepers, nro out down per pendicularly. Nothing overhangs tlio wall i there is not u step to enable nny ouo to u'ceiid or descond j not a fcuoo to halt ut ; not u prominence to seize TOUOJIINO HIM WITH HIS ARMS WIDE OPEK. hold upon in nny part of it ; nothing but tho uncertain lines, smooth, rugged and irregular, which mark tho oblhpie clcarngo of the rocks.' In a word, it is an abyss which attracts, fassinntes mid never gives back anything that drops into it. Abovo tho abyss rises one of tho side walls of the donjon, pierced with it few windows giving lilit to tho cells on tho different floors. Wero n prisoner to lean out of ouo of these openings ho would recoil with terror, lest vertigo drag him into tit's void below. Aud if ho fell what would bo his fato? His body would bo dashed to pieces on tho rocks at tho bottom, or it would bo carried away by tho torrent whoso current dur ing flood is irresistible. Tho abyss is tho lirico, ns it is called in tho district. Through it runs a riwr known ns tho Foib.i. This river finds its only outlet in a cavern which it has gradually cut out of tho rocks, and into which it foils with tho impetuousity of a tide-raco or n whirlpool. Whero does it go as it passes under tho town ? No one knows. Whero does it reappear? Not ono knows of this cavern, or rather this canal, bored in tho schists and clays no ono knows the length, tho height or tho direction. Who can say what thous ands of angles, what forests of pillars supporting tho enormous substructure of tho fortress and entire city its waters nro dashed against in their course ? Many bold explorers, when tho water level has been neither too high nor too low, havo taken a light boat and endeavored to descend tho Foiba through tho gloomy tunnel, but tho niches have been too low nnd havo soon interposed an impracticable obstacle. In fact, nothing is kuown of this subterranean river. Perhaps it is lost in some still deeper cavern and enters tho Adriatia below tho tido matk. Such, then, was tho Brico, of which Count Sandorf did not evon know the existcuco ; aud as the only escape was by tho window of Ins cell, which opened above tho Urico, he would bo almost as certain to meet his death ns if ho stood in front of tho firing party on tho morn ing of his execution. Zathmar and liathory waited but for tho time to act, ready to remain liehiud, if necessary, and saciitico themselves to help Count Sandorf, or ready to follow him if their flight would not hamper his. "Wo'll all three go," said Sandorf. "Wait till wo get out before we soparato I" Eight o'clock then struck from the clock in tho town. Tho prisoners had only twelve hours to livo. Night began to closo in a night which promised to bo very dark. Thick, almost motionless clouds unrolled them selves eumbrously across tho sky. Tho atmosphere was heavy, almost unbreuth able, and saturated with electricity. A violent storm was coming on. Light ning had not yet passed between these tansses of v apor, heaped around like so many accumulators, but distant growl ings wero heard ulong the summits of the hills that cnciiclo I'isiuo. Under such circumstances offered tliero was some chance of success, if an unknown gulf had not gaped lieueath tho foot of tho fugitives. In u dark night they might not bo seen. In a noisy night they might not bo hoard. As Sandorf had instantly recognized, flight was only possible through tho window of tlio cell. To forco tho door, to out into its strong planks of oak, all bound and ironed, was not to be dreamed of. Besides, the step of n sentinel resounded on tho flags of tho corridor. Aud onco the door was cleared, how wore they to find their way through tho labyrinth of tho fortress? How wero thoy to pass the portcullis and draw bridges, at which thero were always bo tnuny men on guard ? On tho side of tho Ilrico thoro was no sentinel ; but the Ilrioo was a bettor defonoo to tho face of tho donjon than a cordon of sentries. Sandorf then went to tho window and examined it, to see if thoy could squeeze through it. This window was exactly three nnd a half feet wido und two feet high. The gap widened as it ran outwards through tho wall, which horeabouts was nearly four feet thick. A solid crossbar of iron guarded it. It was ilxed in tho side Hear the interior opening. Thero wero none of thoso wooden boards whioh allow the light only to enter from nbovo, for they would havo been useless, owing to tho position of tho opening. If, then, tho crossbar could bo removed or dis placed it would bo easy to got through tho wiudow, which was not unliko uu embrasure iu n fortress wall. , Hut onco tho passugo was free, how wero thoy to make tho descent dowu tho perpendicular side ? Hy a ladder ? Tlio prisoners had not ono nnd could not jnakoouo. Hy tho bod-clothes? Thoy had only tho heavy woolen oouuterpauos thrown on tho mattresses whioh lay on tho iron frames (lxed to tho wall. It would havo been impossible to havo escaped by the window if Count S.indorf had not noticed n chain, or rather an iron rope, hanging outside, which uiighi aid then) to escape. Tho cable was the lightning conductor fixed to tho crest of tho roof nbovo tho side of tho donjon, the wall of which roso straight from the lirico. "Do you seo that cable?" said Count Sandoif to his two frieuds. " Vou must havo tho couiugo to use it it you want to mnko your oscapo." "Thoooumgo wohnve,"snid Zathmari "but have wo tho strength ?" "What does it matter?' mulled Eath- ory i " If slrehgth fall us wo shall dlo an hour or two sooner, that is nil. "Tliero Is no need to die, Stephen," said Sandoif. "Listen tome, and you nlso, Ladislas ! do not miss any of my words. If wo possossed n lope, wo should not hesitate to hang ourselves outside tho window, so that wo might slip to tho ground. Now this cable is Detlet than a roio, because its rigidity will render its descent much cosier. Like nd lightning conductors, thero is no doubt but that it is fastened to tho wall with stuples. These staples will bo llxoil points on which onr feet may dud it rest. Them is no swinging to dread, because tho cable is ilxed to the wall. Thero is no vertigo to fear, because it is night nnd you will seo noth ng. Then, onco through tho window, wo have only to keep our coolness and oourago and wo nro free. That wo risk our lives is pos sible. Hut it gives us ten chances to ono; whereas if wo wait till tho morn ing, nnd our keepers Und us here, it is Hundreds upon hundreds to one thnt wo have to die!" "l!o it so," replied Zathmar. "Where does tho cablo end?" nskod liathory. "In n well probably," answered San dorf, "but certainly outside the donjon, and we'll t.kn advantage of it, I do not know. I only see one thing nt tho oml of it, and that is liberty perhaps 1" Count Sandorf was right iu his sup position that tho lightning conductor wns fastened to tho wall by staples at cipud distances. Tho descent would thus be easy, for tlio fugitives could use tho staples as stopping stones to keep them from sliding down too swiftly. Hut what they did not know was that when it left ttie orest of tho plateau o! which rose tho wall of tlio donjon tho iron cablo became free, plunged into tho waters of the Foiba, then swollen by recent rains. Whero thoy reckoned on uniting llrm ground nt tho bottom of tho gorgo was a foaming torront, leuping impetuously into the caverns of the Hrico. If thoy had known this, would they then have recoiled from their attempted escape? No. "Death for death," said Sandorf. " Wo may die after doing all wo can to escape death." Tho first thing was to clear tho pass ago through the window. Tho crossbar that obstructed it would havo to bo re moved. How was this to bo dono with out a pair of pinchers, a wrench or any other tool ? The prisoners had not even u knife. "Tho rest will not bo difficult," said Sandorf, "but that may prove impossi ble! To work!" And ho climlied up to the window, seized tho crossbar vigorously with his hand, nnd felt thnt it would not lequiro such a very great effort t pull it down. The iron bars which formed it wero loose iu their sockets. Tlio stone, split away at the edges, did not oiler very much resistence. Trobably tho light ning conductor, before it was repaired, had been in inferior condition for its purpose, and electrio sparks had been attracted by the iron of the crossbar, nnd had acted on tho wall, and how powerful such influence wonld bo we are well aware. This may have been the causo of the breakages round tho sock ets into which the ends of tho bars were thrust, and of the decomposition of the stone, which was reduced to a sort of spongy strrte, as if it had been pierced by millions of electrio points. This explanation was given by Stephen Bathory as soon as he noticed tho phenomenon. But it wns not explanation, but work that was wanted, and that without losing a moment. If thev could mmuira fl clear tho extremity of the bars, after forcing tliem baokwards and forwards in their sookota, so as to knook off tho angles of tho stone, it might lie easy to push tho iron wyrk out of tho embrasure. which widened as it went outwards. Tho noise of tho fall was not likely to be heard amid tho long rollings of the thunder whioh wero going on almost continuously in the lower strata of tho clonus. "But wo shall nover get that iron work out with our hands," said Zath mar. " No!" answered Sandorf. "Wo ought to havo apieco of iron, a blado " Something of the sort was nocessary, there could bo no doubt Frinblo ns tho wall might bo round the sockets, tho nails would bo broken, ond tho (Jngers worn till they bled in trying to reduoe it to powder. It could nover bo done without some hard point or other. Sandorf looked around the cell, whioh was feebly lighted from tho corridor by tho small fanlight over tho door. Thon he felt tho walls on tho chance of a nail having been left iu them, no found nothing. Then it occurred to him that it would not be impossible to take off ono of the legs of tho iron lwdsteads, which wero fixed tothowall. The thrco set to work, and soon Bathory culled to his companions in a whisper. Tho rivet of ono of the metal laths forming tho lattieo-work of the boil had given way. All that was necessary was to siezo hold of this by the free ond nnd twist it b.iekwards and forowards until it broke oil, This was soon done. Sandorf thus ob tained a thin pieooof iron, about an ineh wido aud ilvo inches long, which ho wrapped around tho end with his silk cravat, and with it ho began to clear away the foursockets. This could not bo dono without soma noise. Fortunately the rumbling of tho thunder prevented tho noiso from being heard. During tho intervals of Bileuco Sandorf stopped, to resume his tusk as soon ns tho Btorm began again. Tlio work ad vouced rapidly. Bathory and Zathmar took up their positions near tho door and listened, so as to stop him when tho sentry went by. Suddenly a " Sh sh sh " osoapod from Zathmar'slips. Tiio work instantly stopped. "What's tho matter?" nsked Bathory, "Listen," answered Zathmar, His ear wns again at tho foous of the ellipsoidal curve, nnd again there wm evident tho ooousticul phenomenon which had told thu prisoners the secret of tho treachery, Theso aro 'tho frngments of speech which wero caught at short intorvals: "To-morrow liberty-" set ' Yes liooks closed nnd- " After the execution I shall j' in my comrade, Zirone, who is waiting for men in Sicily," . "Your has been i short visit to tho donjon of is Evidently S.irojny nnd a. waulor wero engaged in conversation. Further Sari oiuy had proiiounciss the name of aeor. tain Zirone, who was mixed up in tho whole nlV.iir, Huudorf made a oureful noto of the now name. Unfortunately tho last word, which would havo been so useful for the pris oners to know, did not reach them. At the end of the last sentence) a vio lent clap of thunder took place, and whild the electricity followed tho light ning conductor u shower of spaiks es coped from tlio str.Jp yf metal that Count Sand uf held in his hand, mid it not been for the silk with which he hold it ho would probably havo boon nffecled by tho discharge. And so tho last word, tho name of the donjon, was lost in a loud peal of thunder. Tho prisoners could not hear it. Hnd they known in what fortress they wero confined nnd through whnt district thev had to make their wny, how much greater would have been tho elinnccs of escape attempted under such dilllcult circumstances. CIIAPTEH X nowN the nnico. Count Sindorf resumed his task at tho window, Thrco out of tho four sockets wore already scraped away sutllciently to allow tho ends of tho crossbar to ha movod out of them. Tho fourth was then attacked by tho light of tho dazzling Hashes which constantly illumined the sky. At half-past ten o'clock the work was done. Tho crossbar was clear of tho walls, and could bo slipped out of tlio embrasure. It only had to bo pushed forward and dropped on tho outside of the wnll. And thi.s win done as soon ns Zathmar heard that tho sentry had reached tho far end of tho corridor. The crossbar was moved nlong tlio em brasure. It fell ovor and vanished. At tho moment there was a lull iu tho stoim. Sandorf listened to hear when the heavy frame struck the ground. Hu heard not n sound ! " The donjon is built on n hieh rock which rises lrom tho valley," remarked Bathory. "Iho height does not matter 1" no. sworod iSaudoif. "Thero cm bo no doubt that tho lightning conductor ronehes tho ground, becauso that is necessary for it to be of any use. And so we shall reach tho ground without thu risk of a fell." The reasoning was richt. as a rule, but it was wrong iu this instivnce. for (Im end of tho conductor was plunged in tlio waters oi tiie i-oilio. Tho window boiujrelour. tho moment for escape hnd come. 'Jly friends." said Sandorf. " this la what we had better do. I am the voiuifr. est, and, I thin.i, the s1 longest. It is my place, therefore, to bo tho first to go down this iron ropo. In cato of borne obstacle, which is impossible for us to foresee, preventing my reaching the ground, 1 may have strength enough to olimb back to tho w iudow. Two min utes after I havo gono, Stephen, you get out of tho window and follow mo. Two miuntos after him, Ladislas, you come tho same way. When wo three havo readied tho foot of the donjon wo will not according to circumstances." "Wo will obey you, JIathias," an- sworcd Bathory. " We will do what you tell us to do; wo will go where yoa tell ns to go. But wo do not liko your biking the greatest share of tho danger on yourself " "Our lives aro not worth as much as yours,"uddcd Zathmar. "They are worth nuitoas much in tho face of nn act of justice whioh has to bo dono," answered Count Sandorf. "And tf one of us alone survives ho will be tho ono to perforin that act Shako htinds my friends." And then whilo Zathmar went to watch at tlio door of tho cell Sandorf climbed into tho ombrnsuro. A mo ment afterwards ho was hanging in tho air. Then whilo his knees gripped tho iron rope, ho slid dowu. nana under hand, feeling with his feet for the staples on which to rest. The storm burst forth again with ex traordinary violence. It did not rain. but tho wiud was t.'rritlc. Flash over lapped flash. Tho zigzags crossed and crossed above tho donjon, attracted by its isolated jiosition and its towering height Tho point of tho lightning rod gleamed with pallid brilliancy us tho electricity streamed off iu a long spear point of iLune, and the c.tblo shook and swung witli tho furious lashing of tlio storm. Tho risk that was mn in hanging on to this conductor, through which the electricity was traveling, to lose itself in ttie waters of the Bnoo, was terrible. Had tho apnirntns been in iwrfect con dition ther o w ould havo been no danger of a stroke, for the extreme conduct! bility of tho metal compared to that of tho human body, which is very much loss, would havo preserved tho daring man who was suspended from it. But if tho point of the conductor was hluutod or there wero any solution of continuity in tlio cablo or nrupturooccurrcd at nny spot below a stroke was quite possible duo to the meeting of the positive and tlio negative; and this without it light ning flash, owing to tho tonsion of the accumulation in the defective apparatus. Count Sandorf was fully aware of the dauger to which hu was exposed. A sentiment more powerful than that of tho instinct of preservation made him bravo it Ho slipied down slowly, cautiously through ti e electrio emana tions which onvolopod him us in a mint His foot taught each staple down tlio wall, and for an iiishint ho paused, and ns a blinding flash illumined tho abyss beneath him hu tried, but in vain, to discover its depth. When Mathias hnd doscouded about Fixty feet from the window ho found n llrm resting pluoo, It wns a sort oi ledge a few inches wido which marked tho lH'glnnhig of the baso of the wall. Tho lightning oouductor did not eiu'l here; itwentdown lower, nnd unknown to tho lugitive from this point down- ward it was unfastened and floated free, sometimes skirting the rooky wall, sometimes swinging iu mid-air, some times scraping against tho rocks thnt overhung tho abyss. Count Sandoif stopped to recover his breath. His foot rested on tho lodco. ,.! , ... . . . ins mums graspeu mo iron oable. Ho saw that ho had reached tho llrst course of tho musonry of tho donjon. But how far ho wivs alwvo tho vullo- ho could not estimate, "That must bo vcrv deon." hr, thought, lu fiot a few largo birds, dazed with tho blinding brilliancy of tho lightning, wero flying round him with heavily Happing wings, nnd instead of rising sank out of sight beneiith his foot. Heiico ho must bo on tho brink of a precipice which fel,l away, deep down below him. As tho birds disappeared ho heard a noiso nbovo nnd by the light of a vivid flash ho baw a confused mass detach itself from tho wall. It was Stephen Bathorvescaiilnir from the window. Ho had grasped the con ductoruudwus slowly slipping down to join Qount Sandorf. Mathias waited for him, his feut flrmlv ulanted on th,, narrow ledgo. There Stephen could wan wiiiiii nu continued to divseond. In n few minutes lmth were s.iiiidim. on tho narrow stoiio woik, As soon as tho thunder ooasoil for an instant thoy could speak nnd hear each other. "An Lulisliis?" asked Sandorf. "Ho will Ikj hero in u luinuto," "Nothing wrong aloft ?" "Nothing," " (lood I I will maliHiviom fm-T..l,'a. Ias,nndyou, Stoplieu, wait till heruiohoa yoiu , 'Agreed." A tremeiidiloiis Hash seemed to enTI opo them in flame. It seemed as though tho electricity coursing tho cablo had penetrated their nerves. They thought they hnd leen struck. "Mathias! Mathias I" oxolaim! Bnthory, under nu impression of terror that ho could not master. " Bo cool I I am going down I Yo will follow I" was Sandorf's roply. And already ho had seized tho cablo with the intention of slipping to th first staplo below, whero ho intendod to wnit for his companions. Suddenly tliero wero shouts froa above. Thoy seemed to oomo from the window of tho cell. Then these words rang out : "Savo yourselves I" It was Znthmar's voice. Immediately a bright light shot from tho wall, followed by a sharp report. This timo it was not tho cable broken br ti lightning flash which lit up tho gloom; it was not the roar of tho thunder which lounded in tho air. A gun hud been fired J u ehanco shot probably from ono of tho embrasures of the donjon. It was just ns much a signal to the rrunrd ius if a bullet hnd lceu aimed at the fugitives. The escape had bson discovered. Iho sentry had heard some noiso. lis had called live or six of tho warders and entered tho. cell. The absence of two of tho prisoners had been immediately discovered, the shite of tho window showed how they had escaped. And Zathmar rushiug to the window had given the alarm. "1'oor fellow!" exclaimed Bathory. "To desert him! Mathias! To desert him I" A second time there enmo thodischarc of a gun. Tho report mingled with the roll of thunder. "Heaven havo nitv on him I said Sandorf. "But wo must escape we must avenge him ! Como Stephen, " come I It was time. Other windows in the lower story of the donjon wero being , opened. New discharges lighted them np. Shouts wero heard. Perhaps the warders could run round the Imo of tho wall and cut off tho retreat of tho fugi tives ! Perhaps they might bo shot ! "Como!" exclaimed Saudorf for the last timo. And ho slid down tho iron cable, which ' Bathory grasped immediately after him. 1 Then they saw that tho ropo huug '" loosely over the abyss. Hosting places, staples, there wero none. They were swinging wildly nt the end of tho rope, ' which cut their hands ns it slipjied through them. Down they went with , their knees chafing and bleeding, without tho power to stop themselves as the bull, ets whistled past. Foraminuto, for eighty feet aud more, they glided down down asking them selves if tho abyss iu which they were engulfed were really bottomless. Already tho roar of the raging waters below thefii could bo heard. Then they understood that tho lightning conductor led down into tho torrent What was to bo dono t To climb back to tho baso of tho donjon they could not ; their strength was un equal to tho task. And death, for death was better to ehanco that which waited for them in tho depths bolow. Suddenly thoro enmo an fearful clap ol thunder and on intense electrio glarp. Although tho conductor wns not struck, yet tho tension of the electricity was such that tho iron ropo grow white as a plati num thread beneath tho discharge of a battery or a pile. Bathory utteiod a ory of despair and let go. Sandorf saw him pass him, almost touching him with his arms wide open. And then ho let go the iron ropo which, glowed in his hands ; and ho fell mora tlian forty feet into tho torrent of Foil, which foamed along at the foot of tho unknown Hrico. CHAPTER XI. ALONO THE FOI11A. It M,m iilmnf fl,v,', rtVIi,!' Tlu clouds had begun to disolvo in drench ing showers mingled with rnm. Then fell llllL'it hniUtonns wliiid, Mlmt. ttif, waters of the Foiba nnd rattled over tho no's nowu its sides liko tho stream of lend from n miliMillt.ii.. rrii .;,.:, from the embrasures had ceased. Wh? waste aniuiiition oil tho futritivos? Tho Foil).! W'Olllll Olllv ,-iv,, tltnm na corpses if evon it did that. As soon as Count Sandorf fell into the toironl he found himself swept help lessly into the liuoo. In a few momoiim ho msscd flso.n the int,.tiv., li,.l,f ...I. I. which the electricity filled tho ruvino into iiioproioiiii.u st Harmless. Tho war of the waters had taken the liken nf flu. loll of thunder. For into that impen etrable invent tliero entered none of thu outside light or sounds. "Help!" Thero wns u cry. It was Stephen B.ithorv. Tim old of it,., ,t i. I. ...i called him bnok to life, but ho could not l.i op luinsoll niloat, and ho would huve b"ou drowned had not a vigorous ana seized him ns he was sinking. "I inn here Stun linn ' n,m't 1... nf i n id !" Count S.llldoi'f WAS ll Ill's si, l,i liid.lli.n him with uuo baud while he sunm with ho other. The liosition wns itritloil Dili.., eo'i Id hardly move his limbs. They had boon halt paralyzed by tho stroke. .uuiougu too puiu ol ins Uiiruotl bauds had been sensibly lessoned by their plungo into tho cold, tho state of inertia into which thev allow of his using them. Had Hmdorf uliaiutoiuHl him for a moment ho would hau lieon drowned : nnd v.j. 1,,,,i,,,f had enough to do to savo himself. inert) was n, complete uncertainty na to tho directum which this torrent took, the plnco it ended, tho river or sea iuto which it flowed, Ilud even Sandorf knowu that the river was the Foiba the poaitiou could not have boon more dospenito than if ho knew whnt become of its impetuous waters. Bottles thrown iuto the en truuoo of tho cavern had nover oomo to. sight again iu any stream of tho Istrian peninsula; perhaps from their havine boon broken ngainst tho rocks in their course, perhaps from having betn swept lielow iu fcomo mysterious rift in the oaith's crust. The fugitives wero onm'iMl along with extreme rapidity, and thus fouud it twsy to keep on tho surface. Bathory hud be come uuoojisoions. Ho was qiiito hel lossi nd motionless in tho lmtids of Saudorf, who fought well for both, but folt that all would soon end iuliis sinking from sheer exhaustion. To tho dangor of being dashed ngninst some projecting; rock or tho side of tho cavern or tho hanging prominences of tho wot them was udded that of being sucked dowu in one of tho whirlpools which foamed in mauy a corner where tho ,harp nnglo of tho bank gave tho current a sudden curve. Twenty times were Sandorf and his friend seized in ono of those liquid suckers mid itresistibly drawn ta Its. centre iu the manner of thu MnoUtorni, Tnon they would bo spun ivaind by tho gyrutury movement tviiittlien thrown otF fioni the odgo Uko n stoi.0 from a eling; asthooddy luoKo, Half, iui hour went by undor suet ciroiimstanooh with death iminiuwit ouch minute and each secouiL SiUiilort' p.. l ,Tjt, Kinwrhiininu eimttv, hail TO UE CONTINIKV '
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