Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-04
CHAPTER VI.
ON BOARD THE sAvARENA

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/ the mother he resolved to try and help the
son. II up TO then Pierre Bathory mad
not found the post for which his brilliant
I Announcements fitted him he would proba-
/ bly, rot refuse the DOCTORS offers. To put
/ him In O position worthy Of his talents,
worthy OF the name he bore, was not an
act OF charity, it was only an act Of jus
tice 10 the young man.
But as B0rik had said Pierre BathOry
had gone to cara on business.
The doctor wrote to him without delay
He wrote that same day. The letter stated
that he would be glad to receive Pierre
Bathory on board the Savarena, having a
proposition to make that might interest
him.
The letter was posted at Gravosa, and
all that could be done then was to wait
for the young engineers return. Mean
while the doctor continued TO live more
retired than ever on board the schooner.
The SaYarena, mO0red in the centre Of
the harbOr with her crew never coming
ashore, was as isolated as if she were In
the centre Of the Mediterranean or the
Atlantic.
This was popularity that much eXer-
cised the minds Of the curious, reporters
and others, who had never given up all
hope Of interviewing the legendary own
er, although they had not yet been allowed
on board the yacht which was almost as
legendary as himself. As Point Pescade
and Cape MatifOu occasionally had shore
leave they often found themselves quite
an attraction TO the reporters DESTROYS Of
obtaining particle or two Of information
that might bear working up.
We know that with Point Pescade r
certain amount Of fun had been introduce
ed on board the schooner. and il Cape
Matifou remained as serious as the cap
stan of which he had the strength, Pes
cade laughing and singing all day long,
was as lively as man-o'-war. pennant.
When, active as seaman and agile as
cabin.boy, he was not clamberIng about
the spars TO the delight of tue crew TO
whom he was d -liyering series OF les
sons on ground aud lofty tumbling,he was
amusing them by his intermina5.e Jokes.
DR.. Antekirtt had recommended him to
retain his cheerful spiritsI And he kept
them and yet parted with them TO
others.
We have said above that he and Cape
Matifou often had shore-leave. They in
TACT were free 10 come and go as they
pleased. The rest of the crew remained
on board, they could go ashore when they
pleased. And hence the very natural
propensity Of the curious to follow them
aud attempt to draw them into converse
ton. But they could get nothing out Of
Point Pescade. whether he wished to be
silent or TO speak, for he mad really moth
ing to tell.
"Who is your DR.. Antekirtt?"
GA famous physician! He can cure all
your cOmplMnts-eYe those you are 60
ing to take with you to the other
world"
''Is be rich?'
Hasn't got a halfpenny. lend him
something to go on with every Sun
dayl"
"But where does he come fromp'
"Why, from no one knows where"
"And where is thatW
"All / can tell you about 1t is that IL is
bordered on the north by something big,
and on the south by nothing at ALL"
Evidently there was not much to be got
out OF the laughing companion of Cape
Matifou, who for his part remained as
dumb as lump of granite.
But although they said nothing to
strangers, the two friends, between
themselves, often had talk about their
new master. They liked him already,
and they liked him very much. Between
them and the doctor there was a sort of
chemical affinity, cohesion which from
day TO day bound them more firmly to-
gether.
And each morning they waited to be
called into the cabin to hear him say:
My friends, have need Of you"
But nothing came--to their vexation.
els this sort OF thing going on much
longerY' asked Point Pescade. at is
rather hard 10 remain doing nothing when
YOU have not been brought up TO it, Ell,
Cape"
Eyes, your arms gets rusty" an
swered Hercules, looking at his enormous
biceps motionless as the rods OF an engine
ut rest.
"shan tell you something, Cape Matt
fouY''
Tell me what you like"
DO you know what think about DIR.
AntekirttY'
mo, but tell me, and that Will help me
TO answer you"
~ ell, that in his past life there have
been things-thingsl Look at his eyes
which every now and then give a glance
that almost blinds YOU ike the lightning
And when the thunder rolls
ut makes Noise"
Exactly, Cape Matifou, "a noise =
aud iancy we snail come in useful at
that gamew
1t was not without reason that Point
Pescade spoke In this way. Although
tue most complete calm reigned ON board
the schooner, the intelligent little fellow
could not help noticing certain things
which set him thinking. Nothing could
be more evident than that the doctor was
not simple tourist on yacht cruise in
the Mediterranean. The Savarena was
the centre OF a web of many threads whose
ends were held In the hands Of her mystic
rlous owner.
Letters and dispatches seemed to ar
rive from every corner OF the mighty sea
whose waters battle the shores of so many
different countries. They came from the
French coast, the Spanish coast, the
coast of Morocco, OF Algiers, and Tripoll.
Who sent theml Evidently CORES pom
dents occupied on certain matters the
gravity OF which could not be mistaken
UNLESS they were patients consulting
the celebrated doctor by correspondence,
which did not seem 20 be probable.
In the telegraph Office at Ragusa the
meaning OF THESE messages was N.Y.
stery, for they were in an unknown
tongue of which the doctor alone seemed
to know the secret. And even when
the language was intelligihle what
sense could be made out OF such phrases
as
"Almeira. They thought they were on
the track Of n. Il. False trail now
abandoned"
"Recoyered the correspondent OF II. V.
5---Connected with troop X. 3 be-
tween Catania and Syracuse. To fol.
low"
''In the Manderagglo, La Valetta
Malta, have verified the passage T. Il.
T."
"Cyrene. Wait fresh orders. Flotllla
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