Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-02


Count sandorf felt the blow cruelty. He
was ine0nsolable. The castle became
silent and deserted. From that day, un-
der the shadow of profound grief. its mas
ter lived as II in a clOister. His whole life
was centered in his child. and she WAS
cOhtided to the charge of R0sena Lendeck,
the wife Of the Counts steward. This ex-
cellent woman, who was still young, was
entirely devoted to the sole heiress OF the
Sandorfs, and ably acted towards her as
second mother.
During the Grst months Of his widow
hood, SandOrf never left his castle Of
Arteuak. He thought over and lived
amongst the remembrances of the past.
Then the idea of his country reduced to an
interior position in Europe seized upon
HIM. For the Franco-Italian war of
1859 struck a terrible blow at the power
Of Austria. Seven years afterwards, IN
1866, the blow was followed by one still
more terrible, that of Sadowa. 1t was no
longer Austria bereft OF her Italian possess
stOns; 1t was Austria conquered on both
sides, and suhordmated to Germany; and
to Austria, Hungary felt she was bound.
The Hungarans--there is no reasoning
about such a sentiment, for IL is in their
blOOd-were Inundated in their pride.
For them the victories of Custozza and
LISA were no compensation for the defeat
of Sad0wa.
Count sandorf. during the year which
followed, bad carefully studied the politi-
cal outlook. and recognized that u sep
aratist movement might be successful.
The moment for action had then come.
On the 3D. of May of this year, 1867, be
had embraced his little daughter, whom
he had lott to the tender cares of Rosena
Lendeck, and, leaving his castle of Arte-
max, had set out for Pesth, where be had
put himself in communication with bis
friends and partisane, and made certain
preliminary arrangements. Then few
hours later be had gone to Trieste to wait
for events.
There he became the chief centre of the
conspiracy; thence radiated allits threads
collected in Sandorfs hands. In this town
the chiefs of the conspiracy could act
with more safety and more freedom in
bringing the patriotic work to an end.
At Trieste lived two Of Sand0rfs most
intimate friends. Animated by the same
spirit, they were resolved to follow the
enterprise TO its conclusion. Count Ladis-
las Zathmar and Prof. Stephen BathOrY
were Magyars OF good birth. Both were
a dozen years older than SandOrf, but
were almost without fortune. One drew
his slender revenues from small estate
in the county Of Lipto, belonging to a
circle beyond the Danube; the other was
Professor of Physical Science at Trieste,
and bis only income came from the fees
from his lectures.
Ladislas Zathmar lived in the house
discovered on the Acquedotto by Sarcany
and Zlrone-an unpretending place, which
he had put at the disposition Of Matthias
SandOrf during the time that he was
away from Artenak, that is to say, till the
end Of the projected movement whenever
it might be. A Hungarian, Borik, aged
about 90, represented the whole stan OF
the house. B0rik was as much devoted
to his master as Lendeck was to his.
Stephen Bathory occupied no less UNI
pretending dwelling on the Corso Station,
not far from Count ZathmRr. Here his
whole life was wrapped up in his wife
and his son Peter, then eight years old.
Stephen Bathory belonged, distantly but
authenticity, to the line Of those Magyar
princes who in the sixteenth century oc-
cupied the throne of Transylyania. The
family had been divided and lost in Its
numberless qualifications since then, and
people may perhaps think IL astonishing
that one OF its last descendants should
exist as a simple professor of the academy
at Presburg. Whatever he might De,
Stephen Bathory was scientist of the
first rank-one of those who live in re-
tirement, but whose work renders them
famous. InclusuD1 labor ItUStrdt, the
motto Of the silkworm, might have been
bis. One day his political ideas, which
he took no pains TO conceal, rendered II
necessary for him to resign, and then be
came to live at Trieste as professor unat-
tached.
ID was in Zathmar's house that the
three friends had met since the arrival OF
Count SandOrf-although the latter Osten-
QngFfmHnt
PalazZo Modello on the Piazza Grande.
The police had no suspicion that the
house on the AcquedottO was the centre
Of conspiracy which counted numbers
OF partisans in all the principal towns OF
the kingdom.
Zathmar and BathOry were Sandorf's
most devoted auxIlliaries, Like him, they
bad seen that circumstances were favor
able 10 a movement which might restore
Hungary to the place she desired In
Europe. They risked their lives, they
knew, but that they cared little about. The
house in the Acquedotto had thus become
the rendezvous Of the chiefs Of the con-
spiracy. Numbers Of partisans, sum-
mOned from different points of the king
dom, came their to take their measures
and receive their orders. A service OF
carrier pigeons was organized, and es-
tablished rapid and safe communication
between Trieste and the chief towns OF
Hungary and Pennsylvania when it was
necessary to send what could not well be
cOniided 10 the post or telegraph. In
short. every pfeeautiOn had been taken.
and the conspirators had not as yet raised
the least breath Of suspicion. Besides, as
we know, the correspondence was car
ried on in cipher, and on such plan that
unless the secret was known, absolute
security was obtained. 3eiiue