St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-15

were 50 happy In une happiness oI oCnerS
that they lived in a state of perpetual en-
chantment with everything.
Il can hardly believe itH' repeated Point
Pescape.
''What can you hardly believer" asked
Cape Matifou.
That you are to become big fat an
nuitant, my Cape! must think of marry
ing you"
Marrying me?"
Eyes, with some nice little woman!"
why lttle?"
''That would be only just! A large one
would never do. Eth! We should have to
look for Mrs. Cape Matifou among the
Patagonans!"
But pending the marriage of Cape Matt
fou, which might end satisfactory if he
could find only a companion worthy of him,
Point PeScade busted himself about the
marriage OF Pierre and Sava. With the
doctors permission he was thinking of Or
ganlzing a public festival, with foreign
games, songs and dances, discharges of al
tillery, grand banquet in the open air, a
serenade and torchlight procession and
fireworks. That just suited him! He was
III his element! 1t would be splendid! They
would talk of it for long afterwards! They
would talk of it forever!
All this excitement was nipped in the
bud.
During the night of the Sd and 4th of De-
cember-a calm night, but very cloudy
one-an electric bell sounded in DR.. Ante
kirtt's room in the StadthauS.
1t was 10 o'clock.
At the call the doctor and Pierre left the
saloon in which they mad passed the even
ing with Madame Bathory and Saya. On
entering the room they saw that the call
was from the lookout on the central cone,
Questions and answers Immediately passed
by means OF the telephone.
The lookouts signalled the approach of a
fotllla to the southwest OF the islands, the
vessels appearing very confusedly IN the
thick mist.
1--WE must summon the council" said the
doctor.
In less than ten minutes afterwards the
doctor, Pierre. Luigi, Captain Narsos and
kOstriX and the chiefs of the militia were
at the Stadthans, considering the infocma-
ton sent down from the cone. A quarter
OF an hour afterwards they were all at the
harbor at the end of the main jetty, on
which the bright light was burning.
From this point, which was very little
above sea-level, it would be impossible to
distinguish the tiOtilla that the loOkOutS on
the central cone could clearly see. But in
brightly illuminating the horizon towards
southwest it would doubtless be possible to
| make out the number Of the ships and their
plan of attack.
Was it not unwise to thus disclose the
position OF the island? The doctor did not
think SO. Ii it was the enemy expected
that enemy was not coming as blind man.
He knew the position OF Antekirtta, and
nothing could keep him away from it.
The machinery was put into action, and
with the aid of the two electric beams pro-
jected into the offing, the horizon was sud-
denly Illuminated over vast sector.
The lookouts were not mistaken. Two
hundred boats, at the least, were advancing
in line, xebecs, polaccas, trabacolos, sac
colevas and others of less importance.
There was no doubt that this was the
flc lila of the Senousists, recruited by the
pirates in every port along the coast. The
wind failing, they had had recourse to their
sweeps. The passage between AnUekirtta
and the Cyrenalc was not long one. The
calm night even helped them, for it would
allow of landing taking place under favor
able conditions.
At the moment the fotilla was about four
or five miles off. in the southwest. 1t could
not reach the coast before sunrise.