Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-08

may be his impudence he Will not dare
! deny it. You remind me that had con-
sented to this marriage, aud my reply is
easy. Yes, [ would have sacrificed my
self, when l thought my fathers honor
was AT stake; but my father, you know
| wen, is in no way concerned with this
hateful scheme, II you wish to enrich
Mr.. Sarcany give him your fortune. That
is all he wants"
The girl rose and walked towards the
door.
"Sara," said Toronthal, barring the
way, There is in your words such inco-
herence that do not understand them
that YOU probably do not understand
them yourself. Has the death OF your
mother--Y
"My mother? Yes, she was my mother
my mother in her feeling towards mew
"lf grief has not deprived you OF rea-
son." continued Toronthal, who heard
only himself, Eyes, If you are not mad"
"Madg"
'But what l have resolved on shall
take place, and before six months have
elapsed YOU shall be Sarcany's Wife,"
"NeverW
IL know how to compel YOU"
"And by what rightw answered the
girl, Indignantly.
"rhe right given me by my paternal au-
thority."
"You-sirl You are not my father, and
my name is not Sara TOronthal."
AT these words the banker stepped back
speeehless, and the girl, without even
turning her head walked out of the room.
Sarcany, who had been carefully watch
ing Sara during tina interview, was not
| surprised at the way II ended. He had
suspected 1t. What he feared had taken
| place. Sara knew that she was bound by
| no tie to the TOrOnthals
The banker was overwhelmed at the
unexpected blow. He was hardly mas
! ter OF himself Saroany therefore began
/ to sum up the case as it stood, While he
| simply listened. Besides be could have
nothing but approval for what his old
accomplice proposed with so much indIs-
| putable logic.
ave can no longer reckon on Sara vol
unfairly oOnsenting to his marriage" he
said. But for reasons we know IL is
| more than ever necessary that the mar
! riage should take place. WHAT does she
know of our past lifeS Nothing. For
she told you nothing, What she knows
IS that she is not your daughter, that is
all. Does she know her fatherp Not
! likely His would have been the first
name she would have thrown in your face
has she known our position for long?
| No, probably since the moment of Mad
anne TorOnthaPs death. Aud what APP
! pears to me the less certain is that when
she died she did not tell her that she had
the right of refusing TO obey the man who
was not her father"
| T0rOnthal nodded his approval of Sar-
| caDy's argument. He was right, as we
know, in his suspicious as 10 how the
girl had gained her information, as to
how long she had known 1t, and as to
what she had learned Of the secret OF her
birth.
snow to conclude" continued Sarcany.
''Little as she knows OF what concerns
| her, and although she Is ignorant OF our
| proceedings in the past, we are both OF us
in danger-you In the position you hold
at Ragusa, / in what | should gain by the
marriage and which have no intention
| of giving up. What we must do then ia
this, and we must do it as soon as posi-
| ble.LeaVe Ragusa, you and and take Sara
| with us without word to any one either
to-day or tomorrow, then return here
only when the marriage is over, and when
she is my wife sara will have to keep her
mouth shut. Once we get her away she
will be so removed from outside Influences
that we shall have nothing to fear from
her. 1t will be my business TO make her
consent to this marriage which will bring
me IN so much, and If l don't succeed,
why then"
Toronthal agreed; the position was the
same as it had been with the cryptOgram.
de did not see how to resist. He was in
his accOmplice's power, and could not do
otherwise. Aud why should her
That evening 10 was agreed that the
plan should be put into execution before
Sara could leave the house. Then TOron.
thai and Sarcany separated, and in haste
they set to work, AS we shall soon see.
The next day but one Madame BathOry,
accompanied by Borik, had left tho vii,
lage OF Vinticello TO return to her house
in the Rue Marinella for the first time
since her sons death. She had resolved
to leave Ragusa for ever, and had come 10
prepare for her departure.
When BOrik opened the door, he found
a letter which had been slipped into the
letter-bOx.
1t was the letter Madame Toronthal
had posted the day before her death.
Madame Batbory took the letter, opened
| 1t, looked first at the signature aud then
read the few lines that had been traced by
the dying hand and revealed the secret Of
Sara's birth.
What sudden connection was there be-
tween the names of Sara and Pierre In
Madame Bathory's mind?
"Shel Hep she exclaimed.
] And without adding word-she could
not had she wisbed-wthout answering
her old servant, whom she thrust aside as
he tried 10 hold her, she rushed out, ran
down the Rue Marinella into the StTad0ne
and did not stop till she reached Toron-
thaPs house.
Did she know what she was dOingS Did
she know that in Sara's interest IL would
be better for her TO act with less pre-
cipitation and more prudencei No! she
was irresstibly urged towards the girl
as If her husband and her son had come
from the grave and sent her to the
rescue.
/ She knocked at the door. The door
/ opened. A domestic inquired her busl.
/ ness.
| Madame Bathory wished 20 sec Sara.
Miss TOronthal WAS not In the house.
Madame Bathory would speak with Mr..
| Toronthal.
The banker had gone away the
/ day before without saying where be was
/ going; and he had taken his daughter
/ with him.
Madame Bathory staggered and fell into
the arms Of Borik, who mad just come up
/ TO her.
And when the old man had taken her
! back 10 the house In the Rue Marinella,-
Tomorrow, BOrik," she said, "to-mOr-
row, we will 20 together 10 the wedding
OF Sara and PierreV
Madame BathOry was mad.
lTo BIZ Continued
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