The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-08-02

known. As for him, he is fifty, and
there is no fool like an old fool.
IF we only knew where the Countess
de Surzy was.
81 can tell you that, too; she is at
Cairo. If we keep watch upon her. we
are sure to catch him sooner or later.
Have you communicated with the police
YETI"
"No, / hesitated If he is pursued
criminally, may not be able to recover
what he has taken; and if I do, the pub
licity will shake all confidence in the Of
fee"
True; but we must risk that. How
ever, We vii, endeavor to use the police
as earth-stoppers while we hunt the old
fox ourselves"
Trelawny showed himself born de-
tective. His knowledge of the missing
mans ill-placed attachment was indeed
sheer chance He, too, had once felt the
fascination of the siren, and, though he
successfully resisted it, could not help
taking an interest in her goings and COM
ings, her successes and the calamities she
caused. But he now proved to poss IS
remarkable aptitude for promptly dis
tinguishing the useful from the useless
threads of search.
Judicious inquiry, which it would be
tedious to particularize, brought to light
that Demetrius was a native of Arta,
where his relatives cultivated orange and
citron groves to a considerable extent,
and that he frequently corresponded
with them. A sallow but handsome
brother, with dropping moustache, had
been his guest during visit to England
two years before.
/" He will 90 to Arta," said Trelawny,
quiet place to lie hid for awhile, and not
too difficult of access from Egypt His
enchantress can join him there whenever
she chooses, That is their plan, for a
million, if we do not thwarl il. p
"Wherc is Arta?"
"In a corner of the Epirus, close to
where the battle of Actium was fought.
Near Pervisa,
Remember the moment when Pervisa fell,
you know"
"a think / have faint notion. IN
Turkish territory; is it not?"
Yes; but you can slip into Greece
power presently" said Trelawny. 81
know every yard of that ground, from
yachting about it. He must make for
Corfu first, and then cross over to the
mainland. We will go now to Scotland
Yard and direct inquiries to be made in
other directions, not TO throw away a
chance, then start tonight, if possible,
for Trieste, where the Kate is waiting for
us, and set sail for the Ionian sea at once.
| have friends all along the coasts in that
part, and can jabber Romaic with any of
them. Cheer up, man; FL be bound
we'll catch the fellow.
The temperature was that Of May in
England, rs English Mays are in poetry
and used to be in reality. The atmos-
phere was almost as clear as III some pre-
Raphaelite pictures, where you can dis
tinguish q birds eye half mile off
The sky and sea were blue; really blue
and not washed out, like northern seas
and skies. Suppose you were to take a
Cambridge necktie to Naples or Athens,
and tell the people that was sky-blue !!
they would not think much of your eye
for color A few miles off in front, Just
where the pictures require break were
an island and an islet In the distance,
to the right, dim picturesque mountains
could be distinguished. These marked
the position of Corfu; the little island
and its satellite close at hand were Paxo
and Ante-Paxo.
This scene was heheld from hook in
the rocks which rise abruptly above
Parga-a lookout familiar to many and
many pirate in the good old days when
Venetian argosies were worth watching
for. But the two young men in butcher
boots and jumpers who occupied the mast
at present were prosaic Englishmen-
I Trelawny and Hillcat. in fact,
Although the romance OF mysterious
crime did not attach to them, they kept
a keen lookout on the horizon as ever
Conrad or Repro did; and one Of them,
Hillcoat namely, was quite as impatient
as those unpOwder-and-b brandy gentle
men are generally represented as being.
And you think he is certain of COM
ing to-day" he asked.
Certainties do not exist, even on the
turf" replied the other, adjusting his
favor of it. We know that the felucca
is hired to bring him from Corfu, and
that ponies have been engaged here to
take him on to Arta. He knows that
the Trieste steamer is due tomorrow,
with possible policeman on board.
The wind is as favorable as wind can
be; Judge for yourself whether he will
come"
Do | mean to say that they had traced
Demetrius to Corfu, and had not had
him arrested? | do. 1t seemed to them
so highly probable that he had connec-
tions in the island who would take care
of some portion at least of the stolen
goods during his stay, and that the most
damnatory portion, if found upon hin,
(the title deeds or diamonds), were
lodged in their hands in case of accident,
and would be irrevocably lost by precipi-
fancy, that they thought it best to wait
till they got him alone on the mountain
side, far from confederatcs. They would
also avoid an immensely of fuss and
publicity by thus biding their time
This may seem like over-fnesse, told in
this manner; but there We're many little
circumstances which influenced Trelaw-
ney, whose Judgment, as rule, was
very sound, and his friend gave way to
him.
"But," the latter now said, 'if the
fellow does not come to-day, | shall
imagine that he has got an inkling of
the ownership OF the cutter, and will
not bolt. And then we really must risk
all and nab him where he is"
agreed" replied Trelawny; but if
| do not mistake, he has started. This
breeze only sprang up a couple of hours
ago, remember-and a lateen sail is
plainly distinguishable yonder."
And he handed the glass to his COM
panion, who presently cried, You are
right; | see it,.
On came the bird-Hke craft, flying
down the wind, long tapering sail
spread on each side" wing and wing"
as it is called In a short time she was
visible to the naked eye; then the little
hull could be clearly distinguished.
Straight as dart she sped toward the
rock where the watchers lay; and in a
couple of hours OF less from the time
they had first sighted her she glided
through the narrow entrance of little
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