St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-09
trict situated about twenty miles south Of

Muggia.
As soon as the horses were put-to. the
lieutenant spoke few words to the postilTl
lion in a low tone, and the chase set off at
a gallop.
About $50 o'clock the day began IN
dawn. An hour later, by the position of
the sun, would have shown them the d.
rection in which they were travelling, but
the police shut down the shutters, and the
interior of the carriage was plunged into
darkness.
Neither Count Sandorf nor his friend
made the least observation. It would not
have been replied to, that was quite GER
tain. The best thing to do was to submit
and wait
An hour or two afterwards was diff
cult to reckon how the time went-ths
pOst-chaise stopped for the last time. and
the change of horses was very quickly per-
formed at ViSinada.
AS they left here, all that could be no
ticed was that the road had become very
hard. The shouts of the postillion. the
cracking of his whip, necessarily urged the
horses forward and the shoes ratified on
the hard, stony ground of a mountainous
region. A few hills with little clumps of
greyiSh trees could be made out on the
horizon. Two or three times the prisoners
heard the sounds of a flute. They came
from the young shepherds who were PLAYING
their curious tunes as they gathered to-
gether their tiOckS of black goats. but this
afforded no sufficient Indication of the
country they were passing through; that
had to be found out without seeing it.
About o'clock the chaise went off in
quite a different direction. Unless they
were mistaken, they were descending
rapidly, after having reached the highest
point of their journey. The speed was much
increased, and occasionally the wheels had
to be Skidded.
In fact, after leading through the billy
country commanded by Mont Majeur, the
road drops down obliquely as it approaches
Plslno. Although the town is very much
ABOVE sea-level, it seems to be in deep
valley, to judge from the neighborng hills.
Some distance before it is reached the cam
panile above the houses, picturesouely
grouped on the hillside, becomes visible.
PlSlno IS the chief place of the district,
ana contains about "a, 900 inhabitants 1t
, is situated almost in the center of the De-
ninsula, and, particularly at fair time,
large business is done among the mixed
population of MOrlaques, Sclaves OF differ
ent types, and even Triganes, who flourish
there.
, The capital of Istria is an old CITY. and
has retained its feudal character This
strikingly appears in the ancient castle,
which towers above several more modern
military establishments where the admin
iStratiOn of the government is carried on
1t was in the courtyard of this castle
, that the post-chaise stopped on the 9th OF
June, about 10 o'clock in the morning, after
a journey of fifteen hours. Count Sandorf.
his two companions, and Sarcany left the
vehicle, and a few minutes afterwards were
shown into separate vaulted cells
Although they had no communication
with each other and had not been able to
, exchange ideas in any way, yet Sandorf,
Zathmar and Bathory were all engaged in
bordering over the same subject. How had
the secret of the plot been discovered? Had
the police come on the track by chancef
: There had recently been no correspondence
between Trieste and Hungarian and Tran
sylvanian towns. Was there traitor in the
| camp? But who could be the traitor? Con-
tidence had been placed i'll none. There
were no papers to fall into spy's hands.
Ali the documents had been DESTROYED.
, Had they rummaged the most secret corners
OF the Acquedotto they would have found
not single suspicious note! And that is
what had happened. The police had dis
covered nOthing-eXcept the grating which
Zathmar had not destroyed, in case he
= wanted it for future use. But unhappily
the grating was serious evidence, for it was
impossible to explain its use except as a
means of ciphered correspondence.
In fact, everything rested on the copy OF
the message that Sarcany, with TOronthal's
cOnnivance, had handed over to the gov
ernOr of Trieste after having made out it's
real meaning. But unfortunately that was
quite enough to make good the accusation
of cOnspiring against the state; and it had
been decided to bring Count SandOrf and
his friends before special tribunal, a mili-
tary tribunal, which would proceed in
military fashion.
Sarcany's game was deep one, and he
played it with the GOODNESS and deliberation
that distinguished him. He had allowed
) himself to be arrested, to be convicted, if
need be- ON the understanding that he
should receive pardon; and in this way he
hoped to disarm suspicion.
SandOrf was completely deceived by him
and who would not have been?-and re-
solved to do his utmost to clear him of the
charge. 1t would not be difficult, he
thought, to show that Sarcany had taken
no part in the conspiracy, that he was
merely an accountant only recently intro
duced into Zathmar'S house to arrange GER
tain private matters which in no way had
reference to the plot. If needful, he would
call SilaS TOronthal to testify to the young
mans innocence. There could be no doubt,
therefore, that Sarcany would be found in
nocent of having been either principal or
accessory, in the event of the prosecution
| being persisted III.
The Austrian government knew nothing
of the conspiracy beyond what they heard
at Trieste. The. cOnspirators in Hungary
and Pennsylvania remained absolutely I'M
known. There was no trace in existence
of their completely in the plot. Sandorf,
BathOry and Zathmar need have felt no
anxiety on this head. As far as they were
concerned they had made up their minds to
deny everything until some material evil
dence was produced. In that case they
knew that their lives were forfeit. Others
would one day take up the movement that
had now proved abOrtive. The cause of in
dependence would find new leaders If
they were convicted they would avOw what
had been their hopes. They would show
the object at which they had aimed. and
which one day or the other would be at
tanned.
1t was not without some reason that
Count SandOrf and his two friends thought
! that the action of the police had been
much restricted in the matter. At Buda,
; at Pesth, at Klausenburg, in all the towns
in which the rising was to take place at the
signal from Trieste, inquiries had been
made in vain. That was why the govern
ment had arrested the chiefs so secretly at
Trieste. They had sent them to Pislno,
and desired that nothing should be known
something would happen to betray
the senders of the cipher message. The
hope was not realized. The expected sig
nal was not given. The movement was
stopped for a time at least. The govern