THE SEASON'S PEniL.
New the neat anil direful housewife,
As she o'.tcn did before,
Rises lu the morning early,
8wccps the sidewalk nt her door,
Fours upon It palls of water
Just as hot ns hot enn he,
Then admires thnt shining sidewalk,
All fo clean and fair to sec.
EfftrcelIs the Job completed.
When the water, warm and nice,
Tartlns with Its hent directly,
Soon converttd Into Ice,
Tonnvafllm.inioa the sidewalk
Thin and cold a charity,
And a slide Is them established
By tlto urchins speedily.
Then the Rood man, outward going,
Somewhat old and short of sight,
Strides that sidewalk nnd discovers
AH tho stars that shine nt night.
Harsh nnd wild the words he utters,
Notn bit like songs of praise,
As he rubs himself nud wonders,
Wonders at u woman's ways.
Seu York World.
iias Sandorf.
nr
JULES VERNE.
Avmon of "jouiwkv to this cuntuk
cv -run KAiiTir," "Titir to tub moon."
" AnotjND thk would in mount
PATS," "MIOHAr.L BTI10U0FF,"
' TWENTY THOUSAND LUAOUES
CKDKIl THE SUA," KM., Ifl'tt
(TBAHBLATION COrVIUOlITRD, 1885.)
"Eseapo? Tcs. Anil tlicy aro safo
ma tho other fiitlo of tho Adriatic."
From this conversation, which look
jplnco nm'ong a group of peasants,
mrkiugmon nud bhopkecpers who were
tandiug in front of ono of tho placards,
it seemed that public opinion wus rather
in favor of tho fugitives at least among
it people of Istrin, who aro cither
Bclaves or Italians by birth. The Aus
irian officials could hardly count on
tlioir being betrayed to them.
But thoy were doing all they could to
recover tho fugitives. All the squadrons
f polico nnd companies of gendarmerie
lind boon afoot since tho evening, nud nn
incessant oxclmngo of despatches was
taking place between Bovigno, Pisiuo
ond Trieste.
Whon Andrea returned homo about
eleven o'clock ho brought back tho nows,'
'which was thus rather favorable than
otherwise.
Sandorf nnd Bathory had had their
fcrcakfnat taken them into their room
by Mnriu, nnd wero llnishing it as ho
appeared. Tho few hours' sleep, tho
good food and tho careful attention had
ontiroly reoovored them from their
fatiguos.
" Well, my good friend ?" asked Count
Sandorf us soon us Andrea closed tho
door.
'Gentlemen, I do not think you lurrs
anything to 1m afraid of at present. "
"Hut what do thoy say in tho town?"
sited Butliory.
"They aro talking a good deal nlxmt
two si rangers who wero seen yesterday
morning when they landed on tho bank
of tho Lome Canal and that concerns
you."
"It does concern u," answered
Bathory. "A man, a salt worker in the
neighborhood has seen and reported us."
And Andrea Ferrato was told of what
lind passed at tho ruined faun whilo they
wore in hiding.
" And you do not know who this in
former was? "asked tho llshorman.
" Wo did not ton him,' roplied San
dorf; "wo could only hear him."
"That is a pity," (.aid Ferrato. "But
tho important thing is that they have
lost trnco of you, anil if it is supposed
that you have taken refuge in my house
1 do hot think any ono would betray
3011. The promise of ono is binding on
all in theso parts."
"Yes," answered Sandorf, "nnd I am
not surprised nt that. A lino lot of fel
lows nro tho people of Uioso provinces!
But wo havo to do with tho Austrian
officials, and they will not leave u stouo
unturned to retal.o us."
"Thoroisono thing in your favor,"
raid tho fisherman, "im.l that is tho
pretty general opinion that you havo
lrendy crossed tho Adriatic"
"And would to heaven thoy hadl"
ddod Maria, who had joined her bauds
a if iu prayer.
"That wo shall do, my dear child,"
aid Sandorf, in a tone of ontiro oonfl
donee, "that wo bhall do with heaven's
Lolp-"
"And mine, Count," roplied Andrea.
"Now I nin going on with my work ns
usual. People aro accustomed to see us
getting our nets ready on tho beaoh, or
cleaning tip thob.ilancello, and wo must
not niter that. Besides 1 must go and
atudy tho weather boforo I decide what
to do. You remain in tins' room. Do
not leave it on any protest. If necessary
jrou cau open tho window on to tho
yard, but remain at tho kick of tho
loom nud do not lot yourselves bo seen.
I will como buok iu an hour or two."
Audrea then left the houso accompan
ied by Luigi, nnd Maria busied heisolf
with tlio hoiiBOwork as usual.
A few fishermen were on tho bench.
As a matter of precaution ho went nud
xohnngod a fow words with them bo
foro beginning on his nets.
"Tho wind is pretty steady now,"
said ono of them.
"Yos," answered Andre, "that last
atorm cleared tho weather for us."
"Hunil" added auother, "tho brcczo
will frcshon towards evening nnd turn
to a storm if tho bom joins in with it."
" Good Then tho wind will blow oft
the Lind, nnd the sea will uot bo w lively
Among tho rocks."
"Woalmll see V
'Aro you going fishing to-night,
Andrea t"
"CMnlnly if tho woatfior will let
mo."
"Bat tha embargo r
"Tho embargo is only on big ship,
sot eu ooastois boats."
la
"All tho better; for wo havo got i re
port thnt shonls of tunnies are coming
up from tho south, nnd thero'isno' timo
to loso iu pelting out the madrngues."
"Good," said Andrea. "But wo
shall lose nothing."
"Eli? Perhaps not."
"No, I tell you, if 1 go out to-night I
shall go after bonicous, out Orsem or
Parenzo way."
"As you like. But wo will set to
work to get tho madragucs out at tho
foot of the rocks,"
"Alrig'.it."
Andrea 'and Luigi then went- after
their xic'.r stottou awjr in tho outhouse,
and stretched them out on tho sand so
as to dry them in the sun. Then, two
hours later, tho fisherman enmo beck,
having told Luigi to get ready tho
hooks for the bonicous, which aro a sort
of fish witli brownish red ileslt belong
ing to the Hiimo genus as the tunnies
nud tho same species as tbeanxides.
CHAPTER XIV.
cauphka's oftkh.
Ten minutes later nftcr a smoke at his
door Andrea rejoined his guests In tlio
room, while Maria continued her work
nbout the liputc. -
"Count," said tho fisliermnn, "tho
wind is oil' the land, and I do not think
tho sea will be rough to-night. Tho
simplest way and consequently tho best
way to avoid observation is tor you to
como with me. If you think so it would
bo belter to get away to-night about ten
o'clock. You can then get down be
tween tho rocks to tho Maters edgo. No
one will Bee you. My boat will take you
off to the balancello, and wc can at onco
put to sen without attracting attention
for they know I am going out to-night.
If the breeze freshens too much I will
run down the coast so as to set you
ashore beyond tho Austrian frontier at
tho mouths of the Cattaro."
"And if it does not freshen, what aro
you going to do?" asked Sandorf.
"Wo will go out to sea," answered tho
fisherman, "and I will land you on tho
coast of Rimini or at tho mouth of the
Po."
" Is your boat big enough for a voy
age like Hint ?" asked Balhory.
" Yes; it is a good boat, half-decked,
nnd my sou and 1 havo been out iu her
in very bad weather. Besides, wo must
run noir.o risk."
"We must run somo risk," paid Count
Sandorf; "our lives nro nt stake, and
nothing is more natural. But for you,
my friend, to risk your life"
"That is my business; Count," an
swered Andrea, "and I am only doiug
my du j in wishing to save you."
"Your duty?"
"Yes."
And Andrea Ferrato related that opin
ode iu his life on account of which ho
had left Santa Munza, and told how tho
good ho was about to do would bo a just
compensation for the ovil ho had dono.
"You aro a splendid fellow 1" exclaim
ed Sandorf, much affected by tlio re
cital. Then continuing
"But if wo go to tho mouths of tho
Catraro or the Italian ooast that will
necessitate a long absence, which on
your part Mill astonish tho people of
Bovigno. After you have put us in
safety there is no need for you to return
and be arrested"
"Never fear," answered Andrea.
"Somo hues I am llvo or six days at
sea. Besides I tell you that is my busi
ness. It is what must bo done, and what
shall bo done."
So that the only thing to do Mas to
discuss tho scheme, which was evidently
11 good one and easy of execution
for the balancello Mas quite equal to tho
voyage. Care Mould havo to bo taken
in getting 011 board; but tho night Mas
sure to bo dark and moonless, and prob
ably with tho evening ono of thoso thick
niihts would come up along the coast
which do not extend far out to am. Tho
beach -would then bo deserted. Tho
other llshermen. Ferrato's noighbois,
would bo busy, as they had said, ninong
their uiailragiies on the rooks two or
three miles below llovigno. When thoy
sighted the balancello, if they did sight
her. sho would bo far out at sea with tho
fugitives under the deck.
"And what is the distance in a direct
line between ltavigno and the nearest
point of tho Italian coast?" asked
Butliory.
"About fifty miles."
'"And how long Mill ittako you to do
that?"
" With a favorable M ind wo ought to
cross iu twelve hours. But you have no
money. You Mill Mailt some. Take
this bVlt, it has tlnvo hundred tlorius in
it, and buoklo it around you."
"My fiumd ' said Sandorf.
"You can return it later 011," replied
the fisherman, when you are in safety.
And now wait hero tilll come hauls."
Matters being thus arranged Ferrato
M'cnt to resume his usual occupation,
sometimes on tlio beach and sometimes
about his house. Luigi, without bciir,
noticed, took on board in a spare sail
provisions lor several nays more
seemed 110 possibility of suspicion that
might al or Fentitos plans. Ho was
oven so careful in his precautions as not
to soo his guests again during tho day.
Sandorf and Butliory remained iu hiding
at the back of the room iu whioli the
window remained open. Tho fisherman
Mas to call them when it Mas timu for
them to go.
Many of tho neighbors camo in to
have a chat during tho afternoon about
tho appearance o.' the tunnies and the
tUliing. Andrea received them iu the
front room and offered them something
to diiuk as usual.
The greater p.irt of tlio day thus passed
in going laokward-t and forowards and
in talk. Many times tho subject of the
prisoners cropped up. Thero was n
rumor that they had been caught neat
the Quarucro Canal 011 tho opposite side
of Istriu a rumor which w;u soon after
wardft contradicted.
All seemed winking far tlio luwt.
That the coast was more closel Matched
thuu usiud bv tho Custom Houso men.
tho police and tho gendarme Mas cor.
toiu 1 but thero would probably bo uo
difficulty In evading tlio guard when
night camo on.
Tlio embargo, as we know, had only
been put on tho long voyage ships nud
tho Mediterranean coastcra and not on
the local fishing boats. Tho b.illencello
would thus be oblo to got under sail
without suspicion.
But aiidrea Ferrato had not reckoned
on a visit ho received in the evening.
'Plu vicif rna n atirnvlqit nt t.lu firaf find
niado him anxious, althougn ho did not
understand tho meaning of tho threat
until after his visitor's departure,
ht. o'clock- Mas on tho point of
striking, nnd Maria was preparing tho
supper and had already laid the table in
tho largo room when thero camo two
kuocks at tho door, Andrea did noth"si
ato to go nnd open it. Much surprised
ho found himself in tho presence of tho
Spaniard, Carpena.
This Carpena was a nntivo of Almaya'i,
litflo town in tho province of Malaga.
As Ferrato had loft Corsica so had ho
left Spun to sottle in Istria. Thero ho
found employment in the salt works and
iu carrying t to products of tho M-cstern
const into the interior a thankless occu
pation that barely brought him enough
to live upon.
Ho Avas a strong fellow, still young,
being not more than live and twenty,
short of sUnuo, but brood of ui.oulder(
with ft largo head covered with cuily,
coarso black hair, nnd ono of thoso bull
dog faces thnt look as forbidding on n
man nn on a dog. Carpena Mas unsoci
able, spiteful, vindictive, and a good
deal of a scoundrel, nnd M-as anything
"but popular. It was not known why ho
had left bin country. Several quarrels
with his fellow workmeu, a good deal
of threatening with one and tho other,
followed by lights and scufilcs, had not
added to his reputation. Peoplo liked
Carpena best nt a distance.
He, however, lrid a sufficiently good
opinion of himself and his person as
mo shall Rco and Mas ambitious of
becoming Ferrato's son-in-law. Tho
fisherman, it must be confessed, did not
givo his overtures a cordial reception.
And that Mill bo understood better when
tho man's pretensions havo been dis
closed in tho conversation that followed.
Carpena had hardly set foot iu tho
room than Andrea stopped hiin short
with
"What havo you como hero for?"
"I was passing, nnd as 1 saw a light
iu your window I camo in."
"And why?"
"To visit you, neighbor. "
"But your visits aro not wanted, you
know 1"
" Not usually," answered tho Spaniard ;
"but tfMiight ft may be different."
Ferrato did not understand and could
not guess what such enigmatic words
meant iu Carpeua's mouth. But ho
could not repress a sudden start, which
did not eseapo his visitor, who shut the
door behind him.
" I want to speak to you !" said he.
" No. You havo nothing to say to me."
"Yes I must speak to you in pri
vate," added the Spaniard, lowering his
voice.
"Como, then," answered tho fislier
mnn, who during this day bad his
reasons lor not refusing anyone admit
tance. Carpena, at a sign from Ferrato,
crossed the room and entered his bed
room, which was separated only by a
thin partition from that occupied by
Sandorf and his companion. One room
opened on to tho front, tho other on to
the back of the hoube. As soon as thoy
were alone
" What do you want with mo?" asked
tho fisherman.
"Neighbor," answered Carpono, "I
again como to appeal to your kindness."
"What for?"
"About your daughter."
"Not another word."
"Listen then! You know that I love
Maria, and that my dearest wish is to
make her my wifc'V -
And in fact Carpena had for several
months been pursuing the girl w ith his
attentions. As may bo imagined, these
M'eroduo moro to interest than to love.
Ferrato was well off for a fisherman and,
compared to the Spaniard, who possessed
nothing, ho was noli. Nothing could bo
more natural than that Carpena dhnjild
wish to become his son-in-law, and on
the other hand nothing could he moro
natural tl.au that the fisherman invari
ably showed him the door.
"Carpena," answered Ferrato, "you
have already spoken to my daughter
and sho has told you 110. You have
already asked 1110 and I havo told you
no. You again como here to-day and I
toll you 110 for tho last tune."
Tho Spaniard's face grew livid, nis
lips opi-ned and showed his teeth. His
eyes darted a ferocious look at tlio lislior
ir,an. But the badly lighted room pre
vented Form to from seeing that threaten
ing physiognomy.
"That is your last M-ord ?" asked
Carpena,
"That is my last word, if it is tho last
timo you ask me. Hut if you renew tho
request you shall hnve the same reply."
"I shall renew it! Yes! I shall
renew it," repeated Carpena "if Maria
tells 1110 to do so."
"Sho do sol" exclaimed Andrea.
"Sho 1 You liiioMshelias neither friend
ship nor ofateein for you 1"
" Her sentiments may change when I
havo had uti interview with her,"
answered Carpena.
"An interview?"
"Yes, Ferrato. I wish to speak to
her."
" When r
- "Howl Yon understand I must
speak to her T must this very night !"
"On her Indialf 1 refuse."
"Tuko earo what you are doing," said
Carpena, raising his voice. "Tuko care!"
"Take care?"
"1 will bo avenged."
" Ou I Take your revenge if you like,
or if you ilsrol" answered Ferrato, who
Mas getting angry in turn, "All your
threats won't frighten mul And now
get out or I'll throw you out!"
Tho blood mounted to the Spaniard's
oyes. Poilmps ho thought. of attacking
the fisherman I But ho rostraiiird him
self, and making a snatch nt tlio door he
dushwl out of the room and out of the
homo wi iioiit kuyiug auother word
S A DISCIIAItQE OF BULLETS KAIN'ED AttOU.M) HIM, C07NT SANDOUF TJiKCIP
1TATCD HIMSELF IX TO THE gr.Y.
He had scarcely gono before the door
of the other room opened and Count.
Sandorf, who had los,t 110110 of the foro
goiug conversation, appeared on tho
threshold. Stepping up to Andrea ho
said to him in a low voice :
"That is tho man that gave the inform
ation to tlio sergeant of gendarmerie.
Ho knows us. Ho saw us when we landed
on the bunk of the Lemo Cannl. Ho
followed us to Bovigno. He evidently
knows that you havo sheltered us in your
house. So let us be off at onco or m-o
shall bo lost and you too 1"
CHAPTER XV.
nrx riNAii iu'foi:t orirnr. fin atj stuuc g le.
Andrea Ferrato remained silent. Ho
paid nothing iu answer to Count Sandorf.
His Corsican blood boiled Mithin him.
Ho had forgotten tho fugitives for whom
up to then, ho had risked so much. Ho
thought only of tlio Spaniard, he saw
only Carpena !
"Tho scoundrel! Tlio scoundrel!"
ho murmured, at length. "Yesl He
known all! Wo 1110 at his mercy! I
ought to havo understood."
Sandorf and Butliory looked anxiously
nt the fisherman. They M'nited for what
ho was going to say, M'hat he M-as going
to do. There was not an instant to loso.
The informer had, perhaps, already done
his work.
"Count," said Andrea, "tho polico
may enter my house at any moment.
That beggar knows or supposes that you
are here. Ho came to bargain Avith mo.
My daughter M-as to bo the prico of his
silence. Ho Mould ruin you to bo
lovenged on me. If the police come you
cannot escape, andyou will be discovered.
Yes ; you must go at once"."
"You are right, Ferrato," answered
Count Sandorf, "but boforo wo separate
let me thank you for'-all you havo dono
and all you intended to do"
"What I intended to do I shall still
do," answered Andrea seriously.
" Wu refute," said BathoV
"Yu. M-e reruse," added Sandorf.
"You aro already too deeply compro
mised us it is. If they find us in your
house thoy will send you to the hulks.
Come, Stephen, let us leave ibis houso
before wo brjng ruin aud misfortune on
it. Escape, but eseapo alone."
Ferrato seized S.indorf's hand.
" Whore will you go ?" said lie. " The
country is all watched by the authorities,
the police aro patrolling it night and
day; there is not a spot on tho coast that
you can get off from, not a footbath
across the frontier that is freo. To go
without me is to go to your death."
"Follow my father," added Maria.
" Whutovor happens ho will do his
duty and try to save yon."
"That is it, daughter," said Ferrato.
" It is only my duty. Your brother cau
wait for us iu tho boat. Tho night is
dark. Before we can bo seen wo shall
bent sea. Goodbye, Miria. Good-bye!"
But Sandorf and liathory would not
let him move. They refused to profit
by his devotion. To leave his houso so
as not to compromise tho fisherman,
yes! But to embark under his chargo
ou4.uid him tu.tLo hulk", not
" Conic, " said Sandorf, "onco out of
tho house wo bhall only hao to fear for
ourselves."
And by tho open window thoy began
to get down into the yard to oross it aud
escape, when Luigi rushed in.
"The police !" ho said.
"Adieu!" said Sandorf.
And followed by Bathory ho leaped to
the ground. At the same moment tho
police camo running iuto tlio front
room.
Carpena wiw at tlioir head.
"Scoundrel 1" said Ferrato.
"That is my ai. swor to your refusal,"
roplied the Spaniard.
Tfie fisherman was seized and garot
ted. lu a moment the police had
Beized nnd vislfod every room in tho
house. Uo yrimlow oeuhy; on to the
yard showed tho mid taken by tho
iugitivos. Thoy started-in pursuit.
Sandorf nud his companion had
reached tho hedge which ran along the
etream. Sandorf leaped it at a Ivound
nud turned to help over Stephen M-hen
tho ropoit of a gnu rang out somo fifty
paooi off.
Bathory mtis hit by tho bullet, Mliich
only grazed his shoulder, it is trno;
but his arm remained paralyzed and he
oould not let his companion beizo it to
help him.
"E-capo MoihiSSi h esolaimed.
"Escape."
"No, Stephen, no. "Wo will dio to
gether," replied Sandn-f, alter trying
for tho last timo to lift Ins wounded
companion in his arms.
"Escape, Mathias!" repeated Bathory.
"And live to punish tho traitors !"
Bathory 'h last Mords were, as it Mere,
a command to Sandorf. To him thero
fell tho work of the three to him alone.
Tho magnate of Transylvania, tho con
spirator of Trieste, tho companion of
Stephen Bathory and Ladislas Zuthmnr
must givo place to tho messenger of
justice.
At this moment the polico lind reached
tlio end of tho yard and thrown them
selves on tho M-onnded man. Sandorf
would fall into their bauds if he hesi
tated smother second.
"Adieu, Sterilien, adieu?" ho ox
clnimed. With a leap ho cleared tho brook
which ran along by tho hedgo and dis
appeared. Five or six shots were fired after him,
but the bullets missed, and turniug aside
ho ran quickly to urds tho sea.
I The police, however, wero on his
track. Not being ablo to see him in tho
darkness they did not try to run straight
after him. They dispersed so ns to cut
him oil' not only from tho interior, but
from tho town and from tho promon
tory which shelters the Bay of Bovigno.
A brigade of gendarmes reinforced
them, and wero so manoeuvred as to pre
vent him from taking any other route
than that towards the sea. But what
could ho do there ? Could ho possess
himself of a boat and put out to tho open
sea ? Ho Mould not have timo and be
fore ho could get her clear he would bo
nhot. From tlio first ho saw that his re
treat to the east M-as cut off. The noiso
of the guns, the shouts of the polico and
the genital mes as they approached told
him that he w.s hedged in on the beach.
His only chance of eseapo M-as to tho sea
and by the sea. It was doubtless to
rush to certain death; but better to find
it among tlio waves than before tho fir
ing party iu tho courtyard of tho fortress
of Pisino.
Sandorf then mn towards tho beach.
In a few bounds ho had reached the first
small waves that licked the sands. Ho
already felt the polico behind him, nud
the bullets fired at random whistled past
his head.
All down tho Istrian coast thero is n
reef of isolated rocks just a littlo M-ay
out from tlio bhorc. Buiweeu lliiwo
rocks there nro pools filling tho depres
sions in the sand somo of them several
feet deep, somo of tiioni (luite shallow.
It M-as tlto last road that was open,
nnd although Sandorf thought death
mus at the end ho did not hesitate to
tako it.
Behold, him then clearing the pools,
jumping from rock to rock ; but his pro
file thus became more visibie against
tlio less douse darkness of tho horizon.
And immediately tho shouts gave tho
alarm and the polico dashed out after
him.
Ho had resolved not to bo taken alive.
If tho soa gave him up it would givo up
a corpse.
Tho difficult clioso over tho shaking
and slippery rocks, over the viscous
wincks and" Meeds, through tho pools
where every stop might mean a fall,
lasted for moro than a quarter of an
hour. Tlto fugitivo M-as still ahead, but
tho solid grotiud mus soon to fail him.
Ho reached tho last rooks of tho reef.
Two or three polico were not moro than
ten yards away, tho others wero about
double 11s far bclrind.
Count Sandorf stopped. A last cry
escaped him-a cry of farewell thrown
to Heaven. Thou, as a discharge of
bullets ruined around him, ho precipi
tated himself into the sea.
The polico came to tho very edgo of
tho rook, nud saw nothing but the head
of the fugitive, like a black point, turned
toward tlio offing.
Another volley pattern! into tho water
round tho Count. And doubtless one
or two bullets reached him, for he sunk
under tho waves and disappeared.
Till day broke the polico kept M-atch
along the reef and tho beach, from tho
promontory to beyond the fort of
Bovigno. It was useless. Nothing
showed that Sandorf had again set foot
on shore. It remained undoubted then
tliat it he had uot been shot ho had been
drowned.
Bnt though a'carefnl senroh wns made
no body Mas ever found among tho
breakers nor on the sands for moro than
a couplo of leagues along the coast.
But as the wind Mas off shoro nnd tho
current running to tho southwest, ther
could be 110 doubt that lie corpse of tho
fugitivo had been swept out to the open
sen.
Count Sandorf, tho Magyar nobleman,
had then found his grave in tho waves of
the Adriatic.
After a minute investigation this wns
the verdict, a very natural one, to which
Uio Austrian Government came.
Stephen Bathory, captured as wo havo
scon, Mas taken under escort during tho
night to the donjon of Pisino, thero for a
fow hours to join Ladislas Z.ithmar.
Tho execution wus fixed for tho 30th
of Juno.
Doubtless at this supremo moment
Stephen would havo a last interview
with his Mifo and child ; Ladislas Mould
sco his servant for the last time, for per
mission had borui given tondmit them to
tho donjou. But Mine. Bathory and
her son, aud Boriek, who had been let
out of prison, had left Trieste Not
knowing where tho prisoners had been
taken, for their arrest had been a secret
one, they had searched for them oven in
Hungary, even in Austria, and after tho
sentence was announced thay could not
reach them in time.
Bathory had not the last consolation
of seeing his M-ifo and son. Ho could
not tell them the names of thoso who had
betray d him.
Stephen Bathory aud Ladislas Zath
mar at five o'clock in the evening were
shot in tho courtyard of tho fortress.
They died like men who had give'n their
lives for their country. (
Toionthal and Sareany could now
bolievo that they wero beyond all chance
of repisnl. In fn"t tho secret oF their
treachery was only known to tliomso.vcs
nnd to tho Governor of Trieste. Their
reward was half the possessions of Count
Snndorf, the other half, by special favor,
being reserved for his heiress when sho
attained her eighteenth year.
Toionthal and Sareany, iusensiblo to
all remorse, could enjoy iu penco tho
wealth obtained by their nbomiuablo
treachery.
Another traitor seemed to havo noth
ing to fear. This Mas the Spaniar I Car
pena to whow had been paid the reward
of fi.OOO florins.
But if tho banker and his accomplice
could remain and hold their heads up at
Trieste, Carpena under tho weight of
public reprobation had to leave Bovigno
to live no ono knew where. What did it
matter? Ho had nothing to fear; not
oven tli vengeance of Ferrato.
For the fisherman had been arrested,
found guilty and sentenced to imprison
ment for lifo for having sheltered tho
fugitives. Maria and her younger bro
ther, Luigi, were now left ulono tolh-o in
misery in tho house from which tho
father had been taken never to return.
And so three scoundrels for mere
greed, without n sentiment of hatred
against their victims Carpena excepted
perhaps ono to restore his cmburussed
affairs, the others to gain money, had
carried through this odious scheme.
Was such infamy to remain unpun
ished in this world ? Count Sandorf,
Count Zuthmnr, Stephen Bathory theso
three patriots and Andrea Form to, tho
honest fisherman, wero they not to be
avenged ?
the end.
The Old Lady's Eyesight.
W. W. Herod made a speech to a jury,
the other day, in which he referred to'a
witness who, while he testified to see
ing a number of things that favored tho
other side, could not remember things
nearer and greater that would have
helped Mr. Herod's client, "Tho M'it
uess," said Mr. Herod, "reminds 1110 of
an old lady down in Bartholomew
county. .She was nearly eighty years
old, and much to the dismay of her sons
ami daughters, contemplated matri
mony with a farni-huud, who was uliout
twenty-two years old. The old lady, had
considerable property, and tho fact was
additional reason for opposition 011 tho
part of her children. She was remon
strated with, and finally ono of her sons
said: 'Why, mother, you nro too old to
marry; your eyesight is almost gone;
you couldn't sue William if hu was put
out there on the barn.'
"The old lady thought sho could, and
finally agreed t'hat if she could not she
would forego the marriage and nass tho
rt niainder of her days iu single blessed
ness. "Tho sons M'cnt and got tho young
man, a ladder was placed against tho
barn, and ho mounted to tho roof.
Shading her eyes with her hand, tho old
ladv looked long and anxiously and
lina'lly broke out with: 'Well, it is
cur'us; I can't see tho barn, but I can
see William.' " Indianapolis Journal.
The Book-Makers Overlooked
Him.
What is human greatness? Hero was
William II. Vunderbilt, tho richest man
on the American continent; ho dies sud
denly and tho obituary editor i.s told to
write him up. Where nro tho data to
bo had? Neither the "American Ency
clopedia" nor "Appluton'3 Annual" nor
"Men of Our Times'' nor tho "Hio
graphical Dictionary" uor tho "Do
mestic Encyclopedia" nor tho "Dic
tionary of 'Universal Biography" nor
"Famous Americans," by Partou, nor
Harper's publications for tho lust ton
years none of these works contains u
lino about William II. Vunderbilt I Yet
what a hold this man had on the rail
way system Iu this country! How vast
was liis influence hi business circles!
Hut, cruel iconoclasts that they are, tho .
oook-mnkcrs aud biogrrphy-writors nev- 1
tr sum- him. His millions couldn't get
(lini a place between the cover of a cy
jlopcdia Ci icago
At Soda liar, Shasta county, Csl., la a claim
that had been worked ami reworks, thu owu
re struck gravel under what wa supp usil to
e bedrock, and aro taking out an outiw and a
ialf jicrday to the man.
A new method of lUuiulontlon was sjioU'n of
ta a ktxry published last week. The author
ieplctt-d a "long, low room, made checui bj a
rldow at each cud."
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