Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-01
CHAPTER /.
THE MEDITERRANEAN

"The Mediterranean Is beautiful above
all Ia two spects-barmon.Ous setting
and transparency OF lgntaud atmosphere
Such as it is, is is an amirable temperer
Of man. II gives MIN a hard, unyielding
strength; it produces the most substantial
races
Michelet has said THE, and said truly,
but it Is fortunate for humanity that
nature, ia place OF Hercules, has separ-
ated the rock OF Calpe from the I0ck II
Abyla 10 form the STRAIT OF G 5rAitar. 1t
must even be admitted, IN spite OF the as
sertions Of moet biologists, that this
strait has always existed. Without IL, no
Mediterranean. For, IN truth, eVapora
tiOL carries on from this sea three times
ss much " ,.ter IS Is urnlsued IL by trihU-
TarY rivers, ana in default OF thls Atlantic
Inflow. which diirslog through the strait
Tegenerates it. % would have been, these
many conturi as back. no more than kind
OF Dead sea. i1ste d OF the Living Sea
par excellence.
Il was ia ore Of the deepest retreats
and least known OF this vast Medlte
ranean sea thai Count Matthias Sandorf
until The wisned-iOr hour, until the
entire fu iilment OF his work, be should
remain Dr.. Antekirtt-had secluded him
self in order TO profit by all the
benefits which his supposed death had
given him.
There ara two MediteTraneans on the
terrestrial globe in the Old would, the
other in the new. The American Mediter-
ranean IS the Gulf OF Mexico; II covers
not less thau four million aud a hall
Kilometres. II the Latin Mediterranean
having but an area Of two million eight
hundred and eighty-fi O. thousand i've hun
bred and twenty Two square Kilometres,
be but the half OF the other, it is more
varied in general design, richer in har-
Dor and distinct gulis, in large hydrogrSph-
lcal SUBDIVISIONS which have merited
the name Of seas, such as the Greek
archipelago; the Sea OF Crete ABOVE the
island OF that name; the Iibyan sea be-
low; the AdrIatic, between Italy. Austria,
Turkey and Greece; the lOnian. which
washes Corfu. Zante, CephalOnia and
other isles; the TyTrhenian, in the west Of
Italy, the Eolenne around the Liparis,
the Gull OF Lyons following out Provence,
the Gull OF Genoa indentng the LiQurIas.
the Gulfof Gabes following out the Tun-
isian shores, the two Svrtes Of such pro.
found depth between Cyrene ana Tripoh,
IN the African continent.
What secret place in Or'about this sea,
Of whioh many a landing is still but little
known, had Or. Antekirtt chosen as a
dwelling placer There are islands by
hundreds, islets by thousands on the
periplus OF this immense basin. One
would seek in vain to count its capes ana
c0ves. How many people of different
race, customs and political state thTong
forward to this seaboard, where The
story Of humanity has left its imprint Tor
more than twenty centuries past--French-
men, Italians, SDaniards. Austriaus. OF
tomane, Greeks, Arabians Egyptians
Tripolitans, Tunisians, Algerians, Moroc-
coans, even Euglishmen at Gibraltar
Malta and Cyprus. Three great con-
tinents embrace IL with their shores
Europe, Asia and Africa. Where. then,
had Count Matthias SaHdorf, become Dr.
lands-sOught the remote dwelling place,
in which The programme OF MS life
should work itself out? This was what
Pierre Bathory was bound to learn ere
long.
After opening his eyes for an instant
he had fallen back completely exhausted.
as insensinle as when the doctor had left
him tor dead IN the house of Ragusa. 1t
was then that the doctor had succeeded
in one Of those physiOlogic experiment.
IN which the Will plays so important a
part, aud OF which the Phenomena are no
longer open 10 doubt. Gifted with a sim
gular power Of magnetism, be hau been
able, without the aid OF magnesium light
or even brilliant point OF metal. simply
by the penetration OF his look, TO cast the
dying man INTO hypnotic state, ana 81 b.
stitute his own will for Pierre's. Pierre,
enieebled by the loss OF blood, had lost
the very look OF life, and had fallen asleep
70 wake when the doctor wished. But his
lie was wellnign spent. and now IL had 10
be revived. IL was a difficult task. and
required the most minute care and all the
resources OF the medical art. The doctor
must not fail.
she will live. l must have him live"
he repeated. "Ah, why az Cattaro did I
not act on nv hrstidea? Why did the ar
rival OF sarcany 81 Ragusa prevent my
matching him from that accursed town ?
But I'll save him. In the time TO come
Pierre Bathory will be Matthias Sandorrs
right maud"
And FOR fifteen years 10 punish aud re-
ward mad been the constant thought OF
DIR. Antekrtt. He had never forgotten
what H. owed 10 bis companions. Stephen
Bath0Ty and Ladislss Zathmar. The
time has come now TO act, and that
was why the sayarena had gone 10 RIA
gusa.
During these long years the doctor had
30 altered In appearance that IL Was im-
possible 10 recognize him. His hair, worn
short, had become white, and his COM
plexion had turned deadly pale. He Was
one OF those men Of 90 VINO nave keDt the
strength OF their youth and acquired the
GOODNESS and calm u rue old axe. The
oushy hair,fuli complexion, ana Nenitian
AVAHAANhH va Nut FOMhk kNMNb CANNNfA
would never recur 10 those who looked at
Or. Aniekirtt. But more rigidly refined
and more highly tempered, he remained
one OF those natures OF iron Of whom 10
can be said that with them the magnet
swings only as they near II. Oh stephen
bathOry's con he wished to make what be
had made Of himself.
For a long time Dr.. Antekirtt had been
the sole represrntive Of the great family
81 sand0rfs. 10 will be- remembered that
ne mad a child, daughter, who aftar his
arrest haf been intrusted 70 the care OF
ne wife of Landrck, the steward Of the
castle " Artenak. This little daughter,
thea only years ola, bad been the Counts
sole helress. To her when she was rs was
70 come the bait 0f Der father's goods, in
accoraanoe With the sentence which en-
joined tne connscation and the death PEN
ATTY. Ire steward Landeck had been re-
famed as manager Of that part Of the
AfaneyVanian domain pui us'I seou =.
uation, END 9la wife ana he remained a,