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

l.s.,.}le sum I became the owner of an
es'.O.....tant island, rich, fertile and suita-
~ IN every way for small colony-this
1o nj Antekirtta. Here, Pierre, am
i.geralgn. absolute master, King without
ebjscts but with a people devoted to me
s"5, and soul, with means OF defense that
,, be- very formidable When l have
fnjsbed them, with means of communi-
nn"t,on that link me H. different points Of
,bs Mediterranean border, with hotilla
- anon speed that | may almost say |
I've made this sea my dominlonV
.,(Vbere is Anteklrtta situatedp asked
Pierre.
,,.,ior which has had an evil reputation
CON Inc remOtest antiquity, in the south
~ the sea which the north wind makes 50
generous even to modern ships, in the
Toa6esf bend of the Gulf or Sidra which
cHfs back into the African coast between
Trpoli and Barca."
There at the north Of the group OF the
svrtic islands is the island Of Antekirtta.
4 faw ears before the doctor had tray
e1ad through the TripOlitan coasts, and
visited Souza the old port Of Cyrene, the
Barca country, the towns that have re-
laced the old PtOlemais, Berenice,
aJrianopolis, and in word that old
pentapoiis, formerly Greek, Macedonian,
Roman. Persian, Saracenic, and now
Arabic and belonging to the Pachalik of
Trip0i. The chances of his VOyage-tor
he went to a certain extent where he was
ceIlad-toOk him among the numerous
arcbipelagoes off the Lybian sea-bOard,
Pbar0s and AnthlrOda, the Plinthine
twins. Enesipte, and the Tyndaric rocks,
PyrQos. Platea, Hos, the Hyphales, the
Pontans, the White islands, and last of
all the Syrucs.
In the Cult of Sidra about thirty miles
southwest of the Vilayet of Ben Ghazi,
the nearest point on the mainland, he
found the isle of Antekirtta. 1t was
large enough-eighteen miles in circum-
ference-to accommodate all those he
thought necessary for his plans; suti-
GENTLY elevated, consisting chiefly of a
conical hill, towering up some eight hun
dred feet from the sea, and commanding
the whole sweep of the gulf; and suti-
GENTLY varied in its productions, and
watered by rs streams, to satisfy the
wants Of several thousand inhabitants.
Besides it was in that sea, terrible on ac-
count of its storms, which in prehistoric
times had been fatal to the ArgOnauts,
whose perils were sung by ApollOnius of
Rhodes, Horace, Virgil, Propertius, VAL
erius Flaccus, Lucan, and by so many
others who were more geographers than
poets, such as POlybius, Sallust, StrabO,
Mela, Plny and PrOcOpius.
The doctor was the islands absolute
owner. He had obtained the freehold
for a considerable sum, clear of every
feudal and other Obligation; and the deed
OF cessiOn which made him sovereign
proprietor had been fully ratified by the
Sultan,
For three years the doctor had lived in
this island. About 300 European and
Arabic families attracted by his offers and
the guarantee of a happy life, formed a
small colony OF some 1000 souls. They
were not slaves, nor were they subjects 4;
they were companions devoted to their
chief, and none the less so because that
small corner of the terrestrial globe had
become their new home.
Gradually regular administration had
beed organized with militia for the de
fence Of the island, and a magistrate
chosen from among the nOtables, who
very seldom found his services required.
Then according to plans sent by the doc
tor to the leading builders of England,
France and America, he had had con-
structed his wonderful fleet Of steamers,
schOOners. and "Electrics'' for his rapid
passages across the Mediterranean. At
the same time Notifications began to be
thrown up round Antekirtta, but they
were not yet finished, although the doctor
for serious reasons was urging on the
works,
Had then Antekirtta some enemy TO fear
in the vicinity of the Gulf of Sidra? Yes.
formidable sect, or rather society of
pirates, who had not seen without envy
and hatred foreigner founding a colony
OF the Lybian coast.
This sect was the Mussulman Brother
hood Of Sidi Mohammed Ben All Es
senoussi. In this year 800 OF the
Hegira) IL had become much more men,
aclng than formerly, and its geographical
dominion embraced some 100000 of ad-
herents. His zaoulyas. his Vilayets, his
centres Of activity established in Egypt,
in the Turkish Empire, N Europe and
ASIA, in Eastern Nigritia, Tunis, Algeria,
Morocco and the independent Sahara up
10 the frontiers of Western Nigritia.
existed IN still greater numbers in Barca
ana Trlpoll. They were q source of
serious danger TO the European establish
ments Of Northern Africa, including
Algeria destined TO become hereafter the
richest country IN the world, land specially
10 Antekirtta, and hence the doctor was
only acting with ordinary prudence in
'Nllng himself Of every modern means OF
protection and defence.
SO Pierre learnt from the conversation
which followed aud which taught him
many other things as well. 1t was to the
lole0t Antekirtta that he had been brought
I'd the oyrtic Sea, as to one Of the most
lorsdken corners OF the Ancient World,
many hundred miles from Ragusa, where
ne had lett behind two whose memory
would never leave him-his mother and
sara Torouthal.
, In few words the doctor completed
we details concerning the second half OF
MS existence. While he was making his ar
ieuse ments Tor assuring the security Of
MS island, while he was developing the
IcAes OF the soil, and providing for the
N"leIial and mental wants Of the little
voiuY, he had kept himself acquainted
WIN All that was going on respecting his
l'l lher friends of whom he had never lost
Ep'slt and among whom were Madame
D4.hory, her son and Borik.
Lierre then learnt why She S3varena
nau arrived at Grayosa under conditions
.lat 50 greatly excited the curiosity of
te pubic, why the doctor mad visited
nauame Bathory, how and why her son
noa not been Informed OF his visit, how
tue money put at his mothers disposal
1au oeen refused by her, and how the
uoctor had arrived In time 10
,natch Pierre from the tomb TO which be
s.eeD.
You, my son." he added. "Yesl You
s ,.se your head entirely and did not recoil
AZ this word Pierre in moment
"" WI anger found strength enough 10 sit
ssufofdo 80 h., o...r.t---. IN, -- 81, 49,