Vle doltiitl)ikr.
COLOMBIA t)EltOClUT,STAn OF THE NORTH, Hnd CO
LUMBIAN, Consolidated.
Inril HVt-lily, rxetj I'rlilnr .Horning, nt
UL()OMSIIl'llO,C'OI.U.MIItACO.,l,a.
atJI.50 purs-par. Tosubscrltiersout of tho coun
ty tln terms nro strictly In nilKinco.
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ss no so bo 40 00 mi
.luuii'i-i mi -uimiiiicti nt ino option
or tlio publishers, until all nrrenratfos nro paid, but
ItinC .KlIlMnilnil ,itfi,llt will tint lid rrltrnn
yearly BaTcrtiscmemspujauip iiunreiii. -Blent
advertisements must bo paid for befors In
serted except where parties have accounts.
Ufral advertisements two dollars per Inch Ur
three insertions, and at tint rato for atldltl.Bil
All paper? sont out of tlio stalo or lo distant post
ofllooiiiiiisttio paid for liiadnnncc, unless a respon
llblo person In Columbia civnty assumes to nay
Mio subscription tluo on demand. '
.rOH P III NTING-.
Tlie.loli I'rlnt njf liepartment otlho Columbian
livery com, .oio. 11 contains ttm latest new typo
anl tnn lilnery and Is tho only onico Hint runs lob
prowi by piwor. g vlng us tlio best facilities. Ks
llmHcs furnished on largo Job.
insertions wi.uuuv iciuivuu ,u
I'.nn.inr'i ArimlnUtrntor's. and AUdltOr'l
tlces three dollars.
q.n.iant n. Trwui nndne. ten cents a line, ftfi
ular advertisements halt rates.
BLOOMSBTJ'RG, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1886.
THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XX.NO 7
COLOMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOL.XtlX, KO M
r In tlio "Iiuslncss Directory" column,
ollar ft ear for each line.
E BITTSHBENDBB, I
N.
8,
J
A
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D
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B
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
1" K. WALLKlt,
' ' ATTOI WTBY-AT -LAW,
Uloomsburs, l'a
O.TIco over 1st. National Dank,
U. FUNIC,
ATTO I IN Ii Y-AT-LAW.
lILOOiiSBCRCl, TA,
O nco In Nut's Ilultdlne.
J OIINM. ULAltlC,
ATTOUN E Y-AT-LAW,
AND
jus nor, of the peaue.
IIloousbuko, I'a.
o llje over Moycr llroi. Drug Store.
p W.MILLER,
ATTOItNKY-AT-LAW
omcotn Urowcr'sbul'.dlng.secondnoor.room No.l
Moooisburir, I'a.
PKANK ZVUR,
ATTO UNK Y-AT-L AW.
Bloomsbwg, a
omco corner of Centra and Main strsets. Clark s
Uulldlng.
Can bo consulted In German.
Q.KO. E. ELWE LL
-ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Hloomsiiuko, Pa.
Olllco on First floor, frontlroom of Col
umhian lliilldiiiB, Main street, below L.
change Hotel.
pAUL E. WIHT,
Attorney-at-Law.
onioe In Columbian DouniKa, Hoom No. t, second
U'jr' iJLOOMSIJUIlQ, PA.
3. KNOUB. L. 8. W1NTKBSTBKN.
KN'ORU & WINTEIISTEEN,
A ttoviioy sutaw.
Olll' 'ii 1st N'atlonai Dank building, second floor,
firstrtMrto'lial'ft. Corner of Main and Mark .
ulreeta lllomusuurg, l'a,
tsiy I'enmns and IlouG'.ies Collecttd.
J 11 MAIZE,
ATTORNFY AT-LAW
Sfflco In Maize's bulldjiff ever milmc er's grocery.
JOHN C. YOCUM. C. V. GEYEIt.
YOOUM & OEYEH,
Attovnoys-at-LaWi
CATAW1SSA, I'A.
(Onico front suit of rooms on second floor of
j-ews Item bulldlns.)
IITCAN Hi: CONhULTED IN CKllMAN.lJ
Members of Minrp and Alleman's Lawjera nd
Ila ivci's lilrcc oiyuud tho Ameilean Mercantile
and llecllon Aviation l?1?,. !l SSy
careful attention to collection of claims in any
iiart of tl o V ilted Males or Canada, as well as to
all other piolSSaoiial buMneisenliusted to them
A K. OSWALD,
ATTO I? N E Y-AT-LAW .
Jackson Buililtug, Rooms 4 anil C.
DKHWICK.PA
y. II. RHAWN.
ATTOllNEY-AT-LAW.
Catawlasa, l'a,
onco, cornorot Third and Matn streets.
JJ V. WHITE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
B'LOOMSBURG, PA.
0ce in Ilrowers' Uulldlng, 2nd floor,
mnp 1-tt
E. SMITH,
Allorney-nt Law.Berwicl;. Pa.
C in be Consulted in German.
ALSO FlltSl -CLASS
EIRE AND LIFE 1NSU RAN
COMPANIES ltKl'KESKXIED.
-"Ofllce first door below the post ofllcc.
MISCELLANEOUS
r. McKELVY, M. D.,8urgton and Phy
.biclan, north Bldo Main Btreei.balow Market
L. FRITZ, Attorney -nt-Law. Ollice
, in Columbian uulldlng,
1 M. DKIKICER, GUN & LOCKSMITH
p urea. UMR4 IXoubk Build lilooumDurtf, I
W. J. C. K UTTER,
I'UYSICIAN SUKQEON,
oace, North Marfcet strf el,
llloorasbLi.
ir.w VM. M. lfEHEli. Sureeon and
'! ) I'hyslcljn. o Jlce vurLvr ut Kucl; and Murket
troel.
T XI. EVAN'-i .i D., Surgeon and
f .Physio an, i' io
Ilesldencii on Third
strtrtt.
IRE INBUKAN
i'llHISTIAN V KNAl-f.DLOOMSlinRail'A.
MuaANlV,ot'NEWAI!K,N.J.
IM.IN1XI.V, N, Y.
PEOPLES' N. Y.
K BAD I Ml. PA.
Jheso Li) coiu okatiovs are well seasoned by
oti wid riitK TtsrF.li unci hao nccr jet nan a
iSSm1?- and -.onesilv
1 Tho people of Columbia county should patron.
l7.etho agency where losses If any u;a bottled and
paid byouoof lUerownclllzons. .,,..
1 PKOMITNKSS. EQUITY. J-AIlt DEALING.
F. HARTMAN
UBPKKSBNTS TUB C0LL0WIN0
J.IER1CAN INSURANCE COilPANlEB
North American of Philadelphia.
WraakUu, "
a'ennsrliAnla, "
York, of fuunsylvanla.
Hanover, of N. Y.
oueesK, of LinJon.
North BrtUuiL of wndon.
voice oa Markut utroet, No. c, isioomsburg.
oct. ti,
Scrantoa House,
:-ON THE i:UU0PE.N I'L.N.- .
"Victor Koch, Proprietor,
llooms
eleg.ua Ii
ns aro lieatod by steam, well ventilated and
l ly furnished. Finest liar and Lunch Coun-
ter in no cuy. M .
.MeaU to order nt all hours. Ladles and flenta
restaurant furnished with all delicacies of tho
season.
Location near D. L. V. It. It Itenot, Kcraoton,
,Pa. MarW-tt
-EXCHANGE IIOTEC,
V. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR
BLOOUSBUnO, FA.
OPPOSITBCOUItT nousff,
Iji rcesand convenient samplo rooms. Bath room
jot ttud cold water and all modern conveniences
Catarrh
HOW TO USE
Cream Balm
Place a particle of
the balm Intocach nos
tril and 'draw strong
breaths through tho
now. It will 1 ab
sorbed and begin Its
work nt cleaning and
healing tho diseased
n embrane. It allays
Inflammation and pre
vents fresh colds.
Not a Liquid er Knaff,
A few applications re
Hove. A thorough
treatment will euro.
UlVa I7F F D Agreeablo to us send
w & l for circular. I'rlcoM
cents by mall or nt druggists.
ELY 1IIIO rilEltH, druggists, Owego, N. Y.
febs, 4v. d
1 H fftra Send 10 eentspnstnge and wo will mall
A lil r 0,1 rree a royal, valuable, samplo box
ii nil I 01 goods that will put you In tlio way
of making j.iorc tutiney at once, than
titiythliigelse in Ainetlea. llotli bcvesof all ages
can live at homo nnd work In spare time, or all the
lime. Capital not required. We will start sou.
Immenie pay sum for thovo who start at once.
BTINbON & CO., Portlan-d, Me. novsoiy
yAIN WRIGHT &"lJO, "
WHOLESALE OJiOCEES,
Philadelphia
rr AS, SYUOI'S, COVFEK, BUOAK, MOHSStb
R1CB, SriCXS, BICARB BOPA.&C, &0.
N. E. corner Second and Arch streets,
swordcrs wiilrecelvo prompt attention
COURSEN, CLEMONS & CO.
Limited,
Importers nnd Wholesale Dealers in
Crockery, (llassware, Table and Pocket Cutlery,
inuow tiiass, ana I'laieu-warc.
Tho 60 candle-power marsh eleclrlc lamp.
1 he celebrated l'lnaforo llurner.
lllrd Cases, Fruit Jars.
433 Lackawanna Avenue. SC1IANTON, Pa .
may l-iy
A PRESENT!
our readers for 12 cents In postnire stamns to
pay for mailing and wrapping and nauesof
two book agents. wlllrcceUe FHEE a Mcel
rinlsh Parlor EngtnMng of all our PHESI
DENTe, Deluding t'leeiand, slie !s.'x38 Inch,
worth f 1.00.
Address Eider Fub, Go.,Glu'cago, III.
July 17-ly
tsgxEui:
H. HOUSE,
DENTIST,
lIl.OOMSllUUO, UOLUMMA COUNTY, Pa
Allstylesot wotptdonoln a superior manner, work
warrantee as representea. 'i kbtu uztract
bd without Pain by tho uso of Oas, and
tree of charge when artificial teoth
aro Inserted.
Ofllcc over Klelm's Drue Store.
7o be nnrr. nl all hours during tht da
nov as -jj
PATENTS,
Obtalneil and all patent business attended to tor
moderate fees,
our olllee Is opposlto tho U. S. Patent Ofllcc, and
wecanoutain ratenisin less time man tuose re
mote from Washington
sen 1 model o" rtrawlnir. Wo advlso ns to pat
entability tree of charge, and wo mako no charge
unless patent Is secured.
Wo refer here, to tho Postmaster, tho supt. of
Money o.-der Dlv., nnd to otllclals of the U. s.
J itlUllV MHlll. rill I.IIV.UI.II, UU.Il-l, ILllllS uuu
references to actual clients In your own state or
county, wiuo 10
C. A. SNOW & CO.,
Opposite Patent Oftlce, Washington, D C
an-ii
Offer to the Trado their Flno Urand of cigars.
Ths Landres,
Henry Clay,
Normal
Samson, and.
Cosmopolitan
Fine 1'rnits ami Fino Confectionery
on lianil. "p'resh every week. Hlooius-
burg, l'a Feb. 27
Dr. McTaggart
This noted Specialist of Scranton, is the
only specialist tins sine oi imw iuis.i mi.
n.l..l..l.l.. nn.l II.ilTnlr. .flirt mntn, nil I, vnlll.
sivo specially of truntinp; chronic, long
n.n...u..n n...l iln..rl,n il.cn.iGi., In wbleli
Sllllllllll illlH MU-...lfe ...c..-
man ami womankind iiro subject, such ns
Consumplioii, llioncluid nftections, Scrolu
la, Salt Rlioum, Loss of Manhood, Skin dis
eases, Rheumatism, Ulcers, uiu nores, epi
lepsy, Syphilis, Deafness, Loss of Voice,
n.-tn iY.....lw..tt rMllanml Kr.ui'r.Wnmis.
Jll UIIIO lilllinniu.un.il....... F " "
Liver complaint, Cancers, Tumors, Paraly
sis. Tape worm, Heart disease, &c, &c,
kv i' t'inaie diseases u specumy.
No mailer limv lone you Iiave been stif
r...i..n. nnr limv mini i' llnptnrs voti have em-
plovul in vain, you should apply to Dn.
,t . .it mir.fi ivlwin lir will tell .11
JlUIMIIIdbt 11. uni.ll -
.i l.t. .mi li,ililln. mil fiilai-i lirmpa
111 H) IIIIIIVMIL 1.1..1....K i....
wliellier your disease Is strictly curable or
can tuny ue leucveu.
II.. ......... I.Il, ii'I.l,. i.r.tmtntlnn fnr tlin Rlin-
jiu iiii-s iin .....v. , -....... ......
cesslul treatment of all lingering or chronic
ilioenses to experience and close applica
tion for over 20 years, and to no miracutoui
nouer.
U'llll- Till' P.ll'KlH SAV !
Iltl IS SKllillll IlUllLl. uiunttv
liable anil well woilhynfllio peopl 'a conndeuco
llnnl.IHl C1IU OV inllF Wllfll HP
aiHI I SI l"l 111. HUttll.UJO ' ,. .
imans and meant exactly wuai iib sajs. otiuu-
llo is too useful a man to lose,"-Lackawanna
Jiitiocritt.
Corner Lactawanna and Washington Avenues.
SCRANTON, PA.
Bcpt 11-1 j'
ER
Fivo Cold nnd Two Silver Mednln,
awarded i" 1835 nt tlio Eiposltlons of
New Orleans nnd Houisvllle, and tlio In
ventlous Exposition of London.
mt ........Inrllt- rt PnrnllnA nuer linni
or wlnjleliono lias now been demonstrated
liv over five year experience, insimno
.-.t.t . .... .ilUlilr. mnrn rnMifnrt nlile.
Uiiraiue, nu pin.uiV, miviuw-..... i
Avoid cheap Imitation fii-vlo of various
klmla of cord. Nono nro gcouit-. unless
"Dx jyAjiNmi'a Coi.ali.vb" is printed
onlnsWeiOf teel cover.
ron SALE BY Alt 1E&PIN0 MERCHAHT6.
WARNER BROTHERS.
353 Broadway, New York City-.
itu.r.r.iui,
rtLYB
Alexander Bros. & Co.,
ff
'Ths OretMt Cure on Earth far I tin." Will
reT mora quickly Uan any other ki.own rrm-i
tv cuy i uhoumMurri) rioiiraiio, 1
rwcning", nun nrcKt iimisca,
turns PcfUd Cut, Lotnlia-
K, l'lctirliy. POTTB, IYoct-bitrn,
ckaclio, QalnpT.boro Thront,
Hctntlco, Wounds ipaufwhp, 1
Tootliahe. Prfttln". etc lrico
Mrt. n lK.ttln.HoM by all
rnutrtata. t !n littnn. Tlirt trpn
JiJ5Tf.' ulr, biiifirron ifi ncari our
re-fIml1 elrnfltiiro. A. p.,Mcjrr K Co., (Sole
ITOprletorn, miumorp, iuu., u. b. a. n
- j
DR. BULL'S COUGH SYS1UP
For the cure of Coughg, Colds, Hoarse
ness, Croup, Asthma, tironcniti3,
Vhooping Couh, Incipient Con
sumption, nnd for the relief of con
sumptive person3 in advanced stages
ol tr.e Disease. or uaio cy uiu
glst3. Price, SS cents.
SOOTT'S
OF PURE GOD LIVER OIL
Almost as Pnlatabloas Milk.
Tha onlr urcrantlon of l'"l) l.lVKIt OIL ttiot
ran bo taki'ti ri'.ullly and tokntcil for a l'jaj time
liv ui'llnue siiiwi.ii n.
AM) a4 t nn:r,iv ro". rnmiT'nx,
MIlOMIllI, t Ht IIO. A"U:'IU. r..
HHIi lit 1111,11 1. (1)1 (i. - .1 ! 1 1' .U'-
HHIIliS nnil nil liAMlMriNO;illlls"fii
i III I, llllt N il I, ni-iwllniH In tin nMilu.
lTm ri livil' and 'vnrt jrspil by lUo Coat I'b f sl a
la tho CQUlitriirt of tho wot Id.
FOR fiALu BY ALL timicnf Tr.
oct-JM-ly.
PAR.tCR'G
al-ft'M llic roiujUrfi -ritefur t'r
Ift Wrfliii?thehur, lit nin'?i.i'' r
!- r rSfl whenr iy,andi- - mj; 1 i
jSW, f t&AJlrutT, It c' . i - t1 e , ,.,
.1nT't''. ltp t'-e h ur f ;, ni J it
jurc to iMease.
a nil ?t. tUel at "
SKS-L3
Tho Best Coucjh Care yoa can u:o
and the bet known preventive of L mut:iitior.,
I'akkpr's Tiimc kept i'i a Iiume hits :nti cl to
keep sickness out. Used discreetly it kfp tlie
llood pure and the Stomach, l.ier and 1st ttc s
in workintr order. Coughs and Colds vanish bc-
B (ore it. It lmildi tip the health.
If ou miner Irom ict)iiity, riMn jmp' on.
ICoii-h, Asthma, lypcpnU, Kidney, I rum y-r
Female Compbints, or a.iy disorder of the 1- n".
Stomii-h, lU-wcls, lllood or Nenc. dii't w -U
till y u are s. ' in bed, but xi- t i -t's ToMc
to-day i it will give you iimv hie and ;or.
Sold by Dri -ist . L tre svin; uj Ct
.nig. 14-1 y
CONSTIPATION!
Tlioro ia no mediuni thronsh which
disease eo often attack.! tho system
as by Constipation, and thero is no
other ill tleah i3 heir to.rcoro apt to
be neglected, iron tho fact raatorial
inconvonionco may not bo immediate
ly felt from Irregular action of the
boweb. When thero i3 not recrular
action, tho retention of decayed and
ofi'olo matter, with it3 poisonous
gases, soon poisons the wholo system
by being absorbed into it, causing
piles, fistula, headacho, impura blood
and many other serious affections.
BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS will
Immediately relieve, and one bottlo
positively euro cr relievo any casa
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 mo entirely." J. S. Williamson.
EochBster, N. Y.
nug. 28-ly-ald.
get the Best"!
P
PLASTERS
Kill pain, soothe and stimulate the tirod
musolea, and wonderfully strengthen weak
parts. All the valuable medicinal virtues of
froriU Heps, combined with Burgundy Pitch
and Canada Balaam, Applied to Backache,
Bclatica, Rheumatism, Crick, Btitches, Bide
Ache, Kidney Affections, Bore Chut or any ol
k.-.nnnlnnnrl wMlf nK U) COmiUOIl.
ineUntreUefis given. Cures Pyi.pepeia and
Liver troubles wtmout mienm uuiu oww
everywhere, 25o. 6 for $1 Mailed for prioa.
HOP rLAWTEItCO., rrop'rs, Boston, Mass.
AWonderful i
STRENGTH ENER
rrr.,t- -S3sa
Invalids Hotel and Sur&igal Institute
JG5 Main Street, Buffalo, N, V,
Staff of 18 Physicians and Surgeons,
Kxiiorlciici'il NpoulnlUU forocry
clam! ol uuviikcu iri'iiijia ; iiUo,
iruliieil, exporUnii'il and uullifliiK
N II THV H
l.lulil, well vciiltlnloil, clt'Kniillj
fiirnUlicil prlvnto roiimx, lor ln-
llt'lltN, '
lloimn liiriillic.I Willi Klovnjor,
GI..U1.1.I..1III. S.lllIlUI.II-alllltH. I.llH'a
Irln Hell-, mill all iiiodurii Ini-
..III. Iltn li.iht ur ftiml.
l not a llnxpltiil, lint n i.Iejifciiit
Ilnuiudlul Homo. Open du uud
"all chronic diseases,
lrlii'tlicr rcqiilrluir fur llrolr ''"re
iiuiiKiil or kiircii'Hi uiui uiiiMifi)
Til IS INSTITUTION u fciippllcd
.'itit Tiiukiuli ItailiH. Amurlt'uil
niDienu nt Trviiiiiinii!, or .tK-cliuii.
Hut Mu;i' ?lurliliivrv, Vlliill
,ii. I Vfii'iiiim Trfnllllllllt
i:li!crlcal Mudilnrx und llatlcr.
I, y, Iiiliiil.Kloii Apparnma, nnd nil
llio mit vulnalilu ronifilliil iippll-
fincilM Itlintl'll til llivillcul ftt'lt'lU'O.
Cull, or ond 10 I'diiu lu mil in pi
lor our Invallilk' tiulde-IIooli; (ICS
pimik), ivlilt'li Klvi'k nil parllcu
lurk. Addrvki. u ubuvo.
IVorlJ'. Ubiienur) Mnllcal JUoelttlou, l'roii'k.
Crstliour. Tlio broad road tolortuiw opens
prat uour. 'ino uroau iuw iu iwu
loro thu workem, absolutely sure.
Ureas, tbck t Co., Auifusta, Jlalno.
fra
iiyniON
head tlx rents (or post
I IMA inn asp, nnd iccelio froo.arost-
I I ) I ) I U 'V Lox of i! oda wlilcli will
I I ll I I. II la'IJ1 you 1 1'ioru money
II I lllJn, ilKM auy than unjllilim
XI. X fDlfJIJl fjj,, thu noild. All. ol
A uomckx ArrnmvAiiiis iiatiiohv was seized ut ti Aim,
YIOLHNT KWOllT IIOISTT.D ONTO THE TRUNK.
Mathias Sandorf.
JULES VERNE.
AUTHOR OP "jonilSEV TO TIIK CESTUI
OP TOE EABTn," "Tlllr TO TUE MOON."
"ABOUND TnE WOULD IN EIGHT!
DAYS, " " MICHAEL STItOOOFF,"
"TWENTY THOnS.VND LEAOUES
XJNDEB THE SEA," ETC., ETO.
TRANSLATION CorvUIQIITKD, 1833.1
CHAITER ELEVEN CONCLUDED.
not yet yit'iiK'd in ilospair. ilo rejoiced
tli.it his coinpnnion was almost tenso-
lcss. Had hu retaiued tlio iiistinct of
Self preseivntiou lie would stniRKle, nud
then Handovf would be obliged to leavo
linn to his f.ue, or both would bo oer-
v helmed.
NeMTtlieless tho stnto of afTairs could
not conlmuo very long. Sandorf s
R.rength bcR.m to fail him. Ever)' now
and then ns hu Bupnoited Hathory's
lu ail his own (Hild Milk buck into tho
liquid pillow. Suddenly respiration
l)een"io ilillluult. Ho gasped for brenth.
ho was choking, ho was wrehtling with
ft'-phyxia. Often ho had to leavo go of
his companion Uios-o head sank instant
ly, I in invariably ho managed to grip
1 in again, and that umidtho wild racing
of i ho naters which shouldered back and
piled on each other by ho occasional
narimuug of tho cliannol thundered
along in foam.
At last Count Sandorf thought thatall
wnslost. Hntho. y slipped from his grasp.
lie tried to rescue him. Ho could not.
He had lo.st him; and ho himself was
ilingg 1 down to tho torrent's bed.
violent shock nearly broke his
hhoulder. Ho stretched out his hand
instinctively. His lingers closed in a
clnmpof roots which were swimming by.
iho roots wero thou1 of a treo trunk
being brought down by tho torrent.
Sandorf fastened on to this raft nnd
diagged 'linu-elf back to tlio surface of
tl.oroiba. Then, uhilo ho grasped tho
root with ono hand ho fought for his
companion with tho other.
A moment nftcr arils ll.uhory was
seized by tho arm, and after a iolent
I'lfurt hoisted on to tho trunk, whero
H.milorf took his plaea beside him.
llotli ero for a time saved from tho
danger of drowning, but they had
bound up their destiny with that of
their rait, and given themselves over to
tho caprices of the rapids of tho Brico.
Sandorf had lut lost his consciousness
for a moment Ho made it his first care
to nuiko suro that Uathory could not
slip from tho tree, lly excess of pre
caution ho placed himself behind him,
fo ns to hold him in his arms. In this
position ho kept watch for the ond. At
the Hint glimpse of light that penetrated
the cavern ho would seo what tho waters
were like as they emerged. Hut thero
was nothing as yet to show that they
wero near tho cud of this wonderful
btreum
However, tho position of tho fugitives
had improved. Tho treo was about
twelve feet long, and the spreading
toots were now and then struck against
the projections. It it wero not h.io-
jeett'd to n very violont shock its stability.
in spito ol the the irregularities ol tlie
stream, seemed to bo assured. Its speed,
oould not bo less than nine miles an
hour, being equal to that of tho torrent
that tioru it.
Sandorf hadrecovered bis coolness. He
tried to rovivo his companion, whoso
head rested on hit knees. Ho found
that his heart btill beat, but that his
breathing was dilllculL Ho bent over
nnd tried to breathe a little air into his
lungs. Would that tho preliminaries of
asphyxia had not injured lum without
hope of rebel I
Soon Uathory mnito a slight move
ment. Jloro marked respirations came
from his parting lips. At last a few
uonls ehcapnil his mouth.
"Wife! My boy! Mathias "
His whole life was in thoso three
words.
" Stephen, do yon know mo f do yon
know mo;" nskod Sandorf, who had to
elumt to mako himself heard nbovo the
wild tumult with which the torrent tlllod
tho vaults of tho IHioo.
"Yes! Yes! I know you. Speak I
Speak 1 Your hand in mine I"
"Wo are no longer in iromodiato
danger," answered Sandorf. " A raft is
carrying us. Where? I cannot aay,
but it will not leavo us I"
"Mathias, and tho doujouf"
" We aro faraway from it now I Thoy
will think wo found our death in tho
torrent, and assuredly thoy will never
dream of pursuing us. Wherever this
torrent Hows out, into sea or river, wo
shall go i und wo shall got thero alive I
Keep your courage up, Stephen I I will
look nfter you. Ho quiet for a. little,
and recover tliu strength yqil will sooi)
want. Jn a low hours wo slal pp savooj. .
Wo shall bufroor
" And Ladislas ?" murmured Uathory.
Sandorf ga o no iuisw or. What imuld
ho say? Zatlunar, after giving tho iihirin
from tho window, must havobeeu teized,
bo that llight was impossible, und now
under strict guard could in no way be
helped by his friends.
Stephen's head again foil baok. Ha
had not tho physical onorgy to master
his torpor. Hut Saudorf wutched over
him, ready for anything, even to abandon
tho raft if it huppoiiod to crush up
against tho rocks which in tho midst of
tho profound darkness it was impossible
to avoid,
J-
It was neiulv.two o'clock in tho morn.
AND AITEIt A
before the speed of (lie current, and
uiM-quently that of the tree, begau
s nsibly to slacken. Evidontly the
channel was getting wider and the
waters, finding a freer passago bttween
tho walls, wero traveling at a more mod
erate pace. And it was not unreasonable
to expect that tho end of tho subter
ranean pass was close at hand.
Hut if tho walls wero widening the
loot was closing dowu on them, lly
uiimg his hand Count Sandorf oould
kim tho surface of tho irregular schists
which stretched abovo his head. Wo
quently thero came a grating noiso us
the roots of tho treo ground against tho
roof. Then tho trunk would stagger as
it lecoil d from Rome violent collision
nnd swing off in a new direction. And
then it would drift across the stream,
and twist and writho till the fugitives
feared they would bo wrenched away.
That danger over after it had been exjx
rieneed several times thero remained
another, of which Saudjrf coolly calcu
lated tho consequences. What was to
happen if the roof continued to oloe
down ? Already his only way of escape
wns to fall backwards tho instant his
hand felt a projecting rock Would he
have to take to tho stream ? As fnr on
ho was concerned ho might attempt it ;
but how oould his companion keep afloat
And if the channel kept low forn long
distance how were they to como out of
it alivo ? How indeed and was death
to be tho end after so many escapes
from death ?
Saudorf, energetic as ho was, felt his
heart wrung with anguish. He saw that
the supremo moment was approaching.
The tree roots ground ngaiust the over
hanging rocks more violently, and at
times tlio top of tho trunk was driven so
deeply into tho current that tho witter
completely covered it.
"lint," said Sandorf, "the outlet can
not bo far oil',"
And then ho looked to fco if some
vagno streak of light did not filter into
the daikuess ahead, lly this timo was
tho night advanced enough for tho dark
ness outside to have lifted? Was tho
lightning still Hashing beyond tlio Hrico ?
If so, a little light perhaps would show
itself in this channel, which threatened
to get too small to hold tho Foiba, Hut
thero was nothing, Nothing but abso
lute darkness and roaring waters, of
which even tho foam remained black 1
Suddenly thero was a terrific shock.
At its forward end tho treo had dashed
against an enormous pendant from the
roof. As it struck it completely turned
over. Hut Sandorf did not let go of it.
With one hand ho desperately cluug to
tho roots, with the other ho held his
companion. And tho tree sank, und
with it the men sank into tho mass of
waters which then tilled the channel to
tho roof.
This lasted for nearly a minute. San
dorf felt that ho was lost. Instinctively
ho stopped breathing so as to economize
the little air that remained in his lungs.
Suddenly through tho liquid moss,
although his eyes wero closed, he
felt tho impression of a vivid light.
A lightning Hash, it was, followed by tho
noiso of thunder,
It was tho light, at last 1
Tho Foiba had emerged from the sub
terranean channel and was (lowing in
tho open. Hut whither was it Uowmg?
On what sea coast was its mouth ? That
wns still tho insoluble question a ques
tion in ino or ucuiu.
Tho trunk of tho treo had floated to
thosuifaco again. Uathory by a stromr
elVort was dragged up and took his plaoo
nt the end. Then Saudorf looked before
lum, around him, abovo him.
Up stream a daik mass was beincr left
behind. This was tho huge olifl'of the
Ilrioo in which the underground channel
opened which gave passago to tho wnten
of tho roib.i Day was already showmg
itself by tho scattered streaks of light
overhead, vaguo no tho iiebuho which
the eye can only j'ust seo on n winter's
night. From time to time n few palo
lightning flushoi lighted up tho back
ground amid tho dull roll of occasional
thunder. Tho storm was slowly going
or else dying awny.
To the right, to the left, bandorf threw
a glance of keen anxiety. Ho saw that
tho river flowed between two high cliffs
and that its speed was terrific.
They wero in n rapid whioh w as taking
them along amid nil its racos and eddies.
Hut nlsive thoir head now was the infin
ite, and no longer the narrowing vault
with its ledges threatening each instaut
to crush them. Hut there was no tiank
on which they could set foot, no slope
on whioh they oould disembark. Two
steep high walls shut in tho narrow
Foiba, and it was roally tho old ohnunel
with its vertical walls hut without its
roof of Ftono.
Tho last immersion hail greatly revivod
Uathory. His hand had sought Sandoif 's,
who clasped it as hu whispciod i
"Saved."
Hut had ho aright to uso tho word?
saved, when ho did not een know
wherp tho river ended or what country
it traversed or whon thoy would bo ablo
to abandon their raft? Such, howevor,
was his euorgy that ho tut upright on
tho treo and three times shouted aloud :
"Saved! Saved! Saved 1"
Who could hoar him? No one on
thoso rocky clilfs whoso liouldors and
schists hud not mold enough to bear
oven n liramblo. The country hidden
hy tho high banks would bo sought by
no hvminn being- n desolate country
through which tho Foiba ruus imprisoned
like mi artificial canal between its rocky
walls. ISot u brook Hows in to feed lu
Not u bird skims its surface, not oven a
fish ventures into its too rapid waters.
Hero and thoio huge rocks rise in it
lied, and their parched summits show
that tho watcrcoursowith all Hi Uoloueo
is nothing but a sudden overflowing duo
to heavy rain. At ordinary times tlio
bod of the Foiba is simply a deop ravine.
Tho only danger now was lost tho treo
should lie hurled on the rocks. It
avoided them of itself as it kept in tho
middle of tho currents which swept
round them. Hut it was impossible to
cheek its speed to get to slioro in oaso a
suitable landing plaoo was noticed.
An hour passod nnd no immcdiato
danger nppenred. Tho final Mashes hnd
died out iu tho distance, and tho storm
only manifested itself by the heavy
thundoring which reverlioratod among
tho lofty clouds whoso long narrow
bands streaked tho horizon. Day was
breaking nnd the gray was rising over
tho sky that had lioen cleared by tho
tumult of tho night It was nbotit four
o'clock in the morning.
Stephen lay in Saudorf's nrms.
A distant rejiort was heard towards
tho southwest.
"What is that?" nskod Sandorf, who
wns still on thu lookout. "Is that a
gun announcing that n harbor is open ?
If so wo cannot lie far from tho sen.
What port can it bo? Trieste? No, for
there is tlio cut, where tho sun is rising,
Can it Ikj Pola at the oxtremo south of
Islria? Hut then "
A scoud report was now heard, and
this was nlmost immediately followed
by n third.
"Three cannon shots?" said Saudorf.
"That is the signal for an embargo
placed upon ships that nre anxious to
sail ? Has that nuylhing to do with our
escape ?"
Ho might fear so. Assurodly the
authorities would neglect nothing to
keep the fugitives from getting away
from the coast
"Heaven helpus 1" murmured Saudorf.
And now the lofty cliffs which shut in
tho Foiba began to shorten. Nothing
could bo seen of tho country. Sudden
bends marked tho horizon and bounded
tho views u hundred feet nwuy. To
tnko tlie boanngs was impossible.
Tlio much widened liver bed, silent
and deserted, allowed the current to flow
moro slowly. A few trocs brought down
by the stream were floating near them.
Tho June morning was quito chilL In
their wot clothes the fugitives shook till
their teeth chattered.
Toward fivo o'clock tho cliffs had givon
place to long low banks, and tho country
on each side was flat and naked. Tho
Foiba had widened to nbout half a milo.
and become n stretch of stagnant water
which might be called a lagoon, if not a
lake In tho distance towards tho west
there wore a few vessels. Some at
anchor, some with their canvas set wait-'
lug for the breeze, and theso seemed to
fchow that the lagoon was a haven cut
well back into tho coast The sea then
was not far off, and there would be no
difficulty in finding it. But it would
not be prudent to seek shelter with the
fishermen. To trust themselves intheir
power, supposing they had heard of the
escape, would 1m to ohanoe being handed
over to the Austrian gendarmes, who
were probably now scouring the country.
Sundorf knew not what to do, when
the tree struck a stump on the left side
of tho lagoon and stopped dead. Tho
roots got entangled with a clump of
brushwood and the tree swung round
parallel with tho bank as it it had been
a boat under tho control of a steersman.
Sandorf got ashore and looked around.
He wished to make sure that no one saw
him.
As for as ho could see there was no
ono, fisherman or otherwise, within
sight on the lagoon.
And yet within a hundied yards of
him thero was a man strotohed at full
length on the sand who could see both
him and his companion.
CHAPTER XH.
THE HUIN FABK.
Sandorf thinking all was safe went
back to tlie tree, lifted his companion in
his arms and laid him on the bank. Ho
knew nothing of where he was or where
he was to go.
Iu reality this sheet of water, which
serves as tlio mouth of the Foiba, ia
neither a lagoon nor a lake, but an
estuary. It bears tho name of Lome
Canal Mid it communicates with the
Adriatia by a narrow creek between
Orsera and Bovigno on tho webtern side
of the Istrian peninsula. But it was
not known before this voyage that its
waters como from the Foiba and were
brought throught the gorge of tho Brico
during heavy rains.
A few paces from the bank there was a
deserted hut and Sandorf and Bithory
alter n short rest took shelter in it
There they stripped and waited while
the suu dried their clothes. Tlie fishing
vessels wero leaving the Lemo Canal nnd
as far as they could seo the placo was
deserted.
The man who hnd been watching them
since thoy lauded now got up and caro-
tully noted tlio position of the hut.
And then ho disnppenrod around n knoll
and made oil towards thu south.
Three hours afterwards Saudorf and
his companion resumed their clothes.
lhey wero still damp, but it was neces.
sary to movo on.
we must not stay too long in this
nut,' said Uathory.
Do you feel yourself strong enough
to start ?" nskod Sandorf.
" I am almost exhausted with hunger I"
"lict us try to reach the coast!
There we may perhaps procure some.
thing to eat and something to take us to
boo. Coma Htophen I
And they left the hut evidontly suffer.
ing more irom hunger than fatigue.
Mandorrs intention was to follow the
southern bank of tho Lemo Canal until
ho reached the sea. Tho country was
deserted, it is true, but quite n number
of streams intersooted it on tholr way to
tho estuary. This watery network along
tho banks is nothing moro nor loss than
a vast sponge, and tho mud is Impas
sable, bo that the fugitives had to stiiko
southwnrd obliquely, easily keeping
their ouurso by tho sun, which hnd now
nsou. i or two hours they kept on with.
out meeting a human being, and with'
out finding anything to satisfy tho huu
ger that was devouring them.
lhen the country liecauie less arid.
Thoy found u road running cast nud
west, which boasted u nulo-stonu that
gave uo indication us to tho region
across which thoy wero feeling their way
lino tlio ullniL There were, however,
some hedges of mulberry trees, and
farther on a field of sorghuiu, which
enabled them to alloy thvir huuger
rather to oheat tho wants of their
stomaohs. Tho sorghum chewed nud
even eateu, nud tho refreshing mill
berries, might perhaps bo enough to
keep them from exhaustion before thoy
reuoiiott tlio coast.
Hut if the country was inhabited, if
few fields showed that the hand of man
was employed about them, tho fugitiw
had to bo culeful how they met tho
inhabitants.
About noon fivo or six foot passengers
appealed on the nnd. As u mutter t
caution bandorf thought ho und Huthor
had better get out of sight. Fortunntulv
an enclosure around au old ruined farm.
IllV ftnilllt iUtv Vilf.lu f lliu lri TIliw
boforo thoy had been noticed, he uud his,
companion took refuge in a kind of dark
cellar, whfro in tho ovont of any onu
stopping nt the farm they ran little rik
of discovery if thoy waited till tho night
Tho loot passengers wero peasants
nnd salt marsh workers. Some wero
riving n flock of geese, doubtless to
market nt some town or village which
could not l)o very far from tho cannL
Men nnd women wero clothed in Istrinn
tyle, with tho jewels, medals, earrings,
breast crosses and filigree pendnutH
hich ornament the ordinary costumo ol
both sexes. Tlio salt marsh workers
ero more simply drcssod, ns with sack
on back nud stick in hand thoy marched
long to tho salterns in tho neighbor
hood, or perhaps even to the important
establishments at Stngnono or i'lrauo in
tho west of the province.
Some of them stopped when they
reached tho farm nnd rested for n little
on tho doorstep. Thoy talked in n loud
voice, not without a curtain animation,
but only of things concerning their
trade.
Tlio fugitives leant against tho cor-
nor nnd listened. Perhaps these people
hnd already heard of the escape nud
wero talking nbout it ? Perhaps they
were saying something which might re
veal in what part of iRtria thej' then
were.
Not a word passed on tho subject
Thoy could only continue to guess.
If tlio country ix-oplo soy nothing
about our escape it is n fair inference,"
said Sandorf, "that they have not yet
heard of it
That," said Bathory, "would go to
prove that we are some distance from
tho fortress. Considering tho rapidity
of tho torrent which kept us under
ground for more than six hours I am not
mrprised nt that
"That must bo it, said Sandorf.
A couplo of hours passed, and then
some snlt-worKcrs as tliey passed tlio
farm without stopping wero heard to
speak ubout tho gendarmes they hnd met
at tho gate of the town.
What town? They gave it no nnnio.
This was not veiy reassuring. If
gendarmos were nbout it was probable
that they wero scouring the country in
search of the fugitives.
"But said Bathory, "considering
how we escaped, they might well beliove
us dead and never think of pursuit
They will believe wo nre dead when
thoy find our bodies," answered Sau
dorf.
There being no doubt that the police
were nfoot and iu search of them, they
decided to stay till it was night. Al
though thoy were tortured with hunger
tlioy dared not leave their retreat; und
thoy wero wise.
About five o clock tho tramp of n small
troop of horse was heard along the rood.
bandorf, who had been out to tho gate
of the enclosure, hurriedly rejoined his
companion and dragged him into tho
darkest corner of the cellar. There they
lud themselves under a heap ol brush
wood and remained motionless.
Half a dozen genii rmes headed liv r.
ergoant were coming nlcng tho load
towards the east. Would they stop at
tho farm? Sandorf anxiously askod. If
they searched the placo thoy conld not
fail to find them.
Thoy halted. Tlie sergeant and two of
tho men dismounted, while the others
remained in the saddle and received or
ders to search the country along tho
canal and then return to the farm,
whero the rest would meet then at seven
o'clock.
Tho four gendarmes moved off inime
diately. Tho sergeant und the two other i
picketed their horses und Kit down to
talk. From tho corner of the collar tho
fngitives could hear all that passed.
"Yes," wo shall go back to the town
mis evening nnd get tho orders for to
night" said the sergeant in reply to ono
of tho men. "Tho telegraph may bring
us fresh instructions from Trieste.
Tho town in question was not Trieste
that was one point of which Count San
dorf made a note.
" Aro you not afraid," said the second
gendarme, " that while wo are looking
about hero that the fugitives may havo
got down tlie Quarnero Canal ?
"Yes, that is possible, said the lirst
gendarme, "for they might think it
safer than here
If thoy do," said tho sergoaut, they
none tlie less risk being found, for tho
whole coast is being looked after from
ono end to the other.
Second fact worth noting. Saudorf
and his companion wero on tho west
coast of lstna, that is to say, near the
Adriatic shore, and not on tho banks of
tho opposite canal which runs out nt
Fmme.
I think they nre having a look round
tho salt works at Pirauo nnd Capo
d'lstria," said the sergeant. "They
might hulo there easily and get on board
a vessel crossing the Allriatiuaud bound
for liinuui or Venice.
They had much better have waited
patiently in their cell, bald one of tho
gendarmes philosophically.
1 lcs, added the other, "noouer or
later they'll ba caught, if they havo Hot
fished them upout of tho Iluco ! Hint
would finish it, though, uud wo shoul
not havo to trot aliout tho countrv i
all tills heat."
And who says it hasn't finished it ?"
replied tho sergeant. "Perhaps tl
I'oina nas been tho oxocutiouer, am
wmio it is in flood, thu wretched men
could uot have chosen a worse road out
of the donjon of 1'i.siuo."
I he r oi bu then wns tho uamo of the
nver which had carried off Count San
dorf and his companion. It was the
fortress of Pisiuo to which thoy hail
liecn laken after their arrest, uud thero
they hail beei imprisoned, tried nut
sentenced. It was from its donjon thov
had escaped. Count Sandorf knew this
town of Pisino well. Ho had at lust
fixed on this point which was so junior
tint for linn to kuow, mill it would no
longer leby olmuee that ho would cross
tho Istrian peninsula, if llight was still
possible.
Tho conversation of tho gendnrme
did not stop here; but in theso few word:
tho fngitives had learned nil thoy wished
to Know except, perhups, tho namo
of the town by tho canal on tho Adriatic
coast.
Soon tho sergeant got up nnd wnlktu
alxmt tho enclosure, watching if his men
wero returning to tho farm. Twice
tlinco, no euteroit tlio mined house an
looked into tho rooms, rnther from pn
lessionai iiniut than suspicion, iloeu
came to tho door of tho cellar, und tho
fiiuitives would oertninly have been
discovered if the darkness hail not bee
so great Ho oven entered it, nnd tosse
iinoui ino iirusiiwiKMt in tno ooruer
with his scabbard, but without reaohin
thoso benentlu At this moment Sau
dorf and Uathory passed through nlmost
the whole, gamut of anguish. They hnd
resolved to sell their lies dearly it' tho
sergeant reached them. To throw
theuiBelvcs on him, profit by his sur
prise to deprive him of his arms, to at
tack him two to one, to kill him or
make him kill himself, thoy had fully
mndo up their uiiiiiK
At this moment tho sergeant wivj
called out, und ho left tho cellar without
noticing anything smpieioiiR. The four
gendarmes sent off to sonivh, had just
returned to tho fuuii. Despite nil they
could dn they did uot come across any
truces ol the fiie,itlus lu the district bo-
tween tho const nnd tho canal. Hat
they hnd not como back alone a man
accompanied them.
Ho was a Spaniard employed in thu
salt works in tho neighborhood. Ho
was returning to tho town when tho
gendarmes met him. As ho told them
that ho had been nil over tho country
lictwccii tho town nud tho snlt work
they resolved to bring him to tho stir-
gennt forhim to interrogate him. Tlia
mnn had no objection to go with them.
Tho sergoaut asked him if lie had
noticed ntiy strangers in tho salt works.
o, Borgoant, said tho mnn: "but
this morning, nbout nu hour nfter I
left tho town, I saw two men who had
just landed nttho point along tho canal."
"Two men, .do you say? nsued the
sergeant
lOH, butns in theso parts wo thought
Iho execution ut llisiuo took placo this
morning, nud hnd heard nothing nbout
tho escape, 1 did not pay much attention
to tho men. Now I know what has oc
curred I (.htmld not bo surprised if
they were the twoyimwiint.
From tho corner of tho cellar bandorf
and Bathory could hear nery word of
this conversation which affected tnem
so nearly. Then when they landed on
tho bank they had been seen.
hat ts your namo t asked tlio ser
geant.
Cariicua, and I am employed nt tlie
salt works."
' Could you recognizo theso two men
you saw this morning?
lea, probably 1
Well, von can como nnd mako n de
claration, nud put yourself ut the dis
posal of tho police.
I nm nt your orders.
Do you know there is a five thou
sand florins reward for the discovery of
the fngitives?"
'Five thousand florins 1
''And the hulks to him who harbors
them 1"
"You don't say so!"
"Oo," said tho sergeant.
The Spaniard's news had tho effect of
sending off the gendarmes. Tho ser
geant ordered his men to mount, nnd ns
night hnd fallen he started for thu
own, nfter having thoroughly searched
id batiks of tho cnnnl. C.irpena at thu
same timo pet out, congratulating him
self that tho capture of tho fugitive
ould bo worth so mrnjhto him.
Saudorf nnd llnthory remained in hid
ing for some timo lioforo they loft the
cellar which had served them for ti
i :e. Their thoughts van ns follows :
hegendannorio wereon their tin ceF.as
tliey had been seen and wero nkely to be
ecognized, tho Istrian provinces were
no longer Mifo for them, and they must
leave tlio country ni soon as possible,
either for Italy, on the other sido of tho
Adriutic, or ncro-s Dalmntia nud the
military frontii r.
Tlio first plan offered thu best chance
f success, prou'ding they could posseis
themselves of n vessel, or prevail on
sonio llslierman to lanil them on tno
Italian coast. And this plan they
adopted.
Hence about half-iiast eight oelock.
as soon as the night was dark enough,
Sandorf and his companion, nfter lear-
thn ruined farm, started off towards
tho southwest, so us to vouch tho Adrintio
const. And at first they wero obliged to
keep to tho road to avoid being lost in
the marshes of tho Lome.
But did not this unknown rood lead t
tho town which it put into communica
tion with tho heart of Istria ? Wero
thov- not running into great danger?
Undoubtedly, but what else coirld thoy
do?
About half-past nino tho vaguo ont-
lino of a town appended nbout a quarter
of a milo ahead iu tho darknesi ; und it
wns not easy to recognize it.
It was n collection of houses clumsily
built in terraces on nu enormous mass of
rock which toweVed over tho sea above
tho harbor cut back into tho re-entering
nnglo on ono of its sides. Tho wholo
was surmounted by n high campanile,
whoso proportions wero much exagger
ated iu tho gloom.
Sandorf had quite decided not to enter
tho town whero tho presence of two
visitors would soon bo known. Ho tried,
therefore, to pass round tho walls so us
to reach ono of tho points on tho coast u
possible.
Hut this they did not do without being
followed for como distance by tho snmo
man who had already seen them on the
ijomo unnai tho same Uarpeii.i mih.io
iuforination they had hoard given to tho
sergeant of gendarmerie. In fact as hu
went homo and thought over tlio reward
that had been oft'bi-ed, thu Spaniard left
tho mid so as to watch it better, nnd
chance, luckily for him but unluckily
for them, ngam put lum on tho track of
tho fngitives.
Almost nt tho snmo niomoiitnf-qnad.nti
of jiolico eumo out from ono of the galot
of tho town nnd threatened to bar tho
way. They had only just time to scram
bio out of sight, and then to hurry nt full
spood towards tho shore by thu side of
ono of tho walls of the port.
Hero they Itmnd n lisherinans hut,
with its little window lighted up and ita
door ojion. If they could not tlnil n
refugo here, if tho tHherman ionised tt
receivo them, they were lost. To seolc
refugo wns to risk everything, but tho
timo had gone by for hesitation. San
dorf and Iuh companion ran towards tho
door of tho hut nud stopped on tho
threshold. Inside was u man mending
his nets by tho light of u ship's lantern.
"My friend," asked Count Sandorf,
" ran yoivtoll mo tho uamo of this town ?"
" Ilovingo."
" And w o nro speakiug to ? '
"Andrea Ferrnto, tho fisherman."
"Will Andrea Ferrnto consent to give
us n night's lodgiug ?"
Autlrea Ferrnto looked nt thorn,
advanced towards tho door, caught sight
of tho squadron iff nlicti nt tho end of
tho wall, diwuing doubtless who thoy
worn Hint asked his hospitality nnd
understood that they were lost if he
hesitated to reply.
"Como iu," ho to, id.
But tho two fugitives did not move.
"My friend;" said Sandorf, "there
nro live thousand fiorius reward forwho
over will givo tip thu prisoners wh
escaped from tho donjon of Pisino."
"1 know it."
"Thero nro hulks," added' Sandorf,
" for him who harbors thorn."
" I know it."
"You could not deliver"
"I told you lo come in J come in,
then," answered tho fisherman.
And Audren rerrato shut the door in
tho hquadrou of police omuo tramping
past tho hut.
CHAPTER XIII.
the risiiEitMAN's iiirr.
Andrea Ferrnto was a Corsican, a
nutho of Santa M.itizn, r littlo port in
tho urromiisM'nuuit of rlirtono, situated
ut the back of the nnutlit ni point of tho
island. This pott mid llastin nud Porto
Veochio niw tho only ouos that open on
to that monotonous eastern coast of
whioh tho sen linn gradually destroyed
the eupos, filled up tlio gulfs, efiJicod tho
bays und destroyed tho crooks.
It wns nt S.iutu Miur.:t on that luirronr
portion of tho uu between Corsica uml
tho Italian maiulaud, and often iunon;r
tho rocks of tho straits of Bonifacio Uiuf.
Andrea Ferrnto f illowod his trade in u
'TO III eoilTlSVUP.'