Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-27
CHAPTER v.


throughout the province Of Dalmatia. The
newspapers, after announcing the 5chOon'
/ er's arrival, had swOOped down on the
/ prey which promised 20 yield such a series
OF sensational articles. The owner OF the
SaYarsna could not escape the honors
and drawbacks Of celebrity. His person
ality was the order OF the day. Legend
had seized upon him for ita own. No one
knew who he was, whence ne came, or
whittier be was going. This was just the
/ thing to piQuo public curiosity. And
! naturally where nothing is known the
! field is more open and imagination haa
more scope.
The reporters. anxious to crafty their
! readers, had hurried 10 GrayOsa-some OF
/ them even went out 70 the schooner. But
| the parsonage about whom rumOr WAS 50
/ busy was not 10 be seen. the orders were
| precise. The doctor would not receive
| such visitors. Aud the answers given to
the visitors were always the same.
/ "Where does the doctor come frOmW
"Where he pleases."
"Where Is he goingF
NV Where he likes"
"But who is hep
/ "No one knows, and perhaps he does
not know any more than you dOV
| Not much to be gained for their readers
/ from such replies as these! And 30 they
gave the reins to their imagination, DR..
Antekirtt became all they pleased. He
/ became all that these interviewers at bay
thought MT to Invent. To some he was a
| pirate chief. To others he WAS an Afri-
! mixing cruising incOgnitO in quest of
knowledge some affirmed that he was a
| pOliticalNeXile, others that revolution
/ had driven him from his country, and that
! he vas travelling Tor purposes Of science
aud art. The readers could Jake their
choice. As to his title of doctor there
seemed to be two opinions; in the opinion
Of some be was great physician who had
effected wonderful cures in desperate
| cases; in the opinion of others he was a
! great Quack who would lind it difficult to
| produce his diplomas!
Under any circumstances the phYsi-
clans of GraYosa and Ragusa would have
no chance OF prosecuting him for the lille
( gal practice OF medicine. DR.. Antekirtt
maintained constant reserve, and when
/ ever a patient would have done MIN
the honor to consult him he invariably de-
I clined.
/ The owner of the Savarena took no
/ apartments on shore. lie did not even
enter any OF the hotels in the to wn. During
/ the first two days after his arrival at Ora
vosa he hardly got as far as Ragusa. He
cOntented himself with few walks in the
neighborhOOd, and two or three times he
ural intelligence he appreciated
| But if he did not 20 TO Ragusa one day
| Pescade went there for him. He had been
/ sent on some confidential errand, and
| these were his replies to the questions
asked MIN when he returned:
"And so he lives in the Stradone"
| Eyes, doctor; that is to say, in the best
street of the town. He has house not
/ far from the place where they show Wis
] oIap Of ba oil
/ nifcent house with servants and car
riages. Quite in the style of million
aire."
"And the otherw
"The other, or rather the othersf" an.
swered Pescade. "They live in the same
neighborhood, but their house is in a mar
row, winding, hilly street that takes you
to houses that are very second rate"
"And their h0useW
Their house is humble, small, dismal.
! looking outside, but l should think it was
| all right inside. 1t looks as though the
people that lived there were poor and
proud"
The lady?"
/ 81 did not see her, and l heard that
she hardly ever went out of the Rue Mari
nella."
'sAnd her SOM"
~ saw him, doctor. as he came back tC
his mother"
Nv hat was he likep
"He seemed thoughtful aud anxious
They say that the young fellow has seer
| sorrowl And he looks like it,;
"But, Pescade, you have seen sorrow
and vet You do not look like it,"
physical suffering is not moral suffer
ing, doctor! That is why have always
hidden mlne-and even laughed over it,
After this the doctor stopped his walks
/ Il 10 20, h., .
for something that he had not desired u
provoke by going to Ragusa, where tbs
news OF his arrival IN the Savarena was
Of course, known. He remained OF
board, and what he was waiting for hap
pened.
ON May %, about II O'Clock In the morn
ing. the doctor was examining the Quayi
of GravOsa through his telescope, when n,
suddenly gave orders for the whaleboa
to be launched, entered it, and landed a
the mole where man seemed 10 be watch
ing for him.
at is hep said the doctor. ''lt il
really! ] recognize him, though he is 81
changed"
The man was old and broken down will
age and, although he was not more thai
20, his hair was white and his head wa
bowed. Ills expression was sad ant
weary, and his face received but littll
]
had often hidden. He remained motion
less on the quay, never having los
sight Of the boat since 1t left tn
schooner.
The doctor looked as though be did no
see the old man, still less recognize him
lie took no notice Of his presence. Bu
before he had taken many steps he ad
yanced towards him and humbly uncoy
cred.
"Dr. Antekirttr ne asked.
yes" answered the doctor. looking a
the old man whose eyes rs they LOOKED
AZ his gave not the slightest sign OF recog
milton.
Then he added;
'Who are you, nv friend. and what d.
you want with mew
"My name Is BOrlk," answered the oil,
mar. "and / am IN the service of Nine
Bathory, and have been sent by her 4
ask YOU TO make an appointment Tor he
20 sac YOU"
"Mme. Bathory?" repeated tho doctor
'ls she the widow Of the Hungarian VIII
paid for his patriotism with his ufey
1.-THE same" answered the old man
"And rs you have nevor seen her 1t woul,
be impossible for you 10 know her, seeinI
you are Or. Antekirtt.'
The doctor listened attentiyely 70 IN
old man, who kept his eyes on the ground
lie seemed % ask N the words cOntaine,
some hidden meaning.
Then he resumed:
"What does Mime. BathorY want will