Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-12-18

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This time Sarcany threw the grating
on the table with an oath.
In curious contrast, Toronthal kept
quite cool He was carefully studying
the words hitherto obtained, and re-
NAMED deep III thought.
Contound all gratings and all who
use them !" exclaimed Sarcany. rising.
"Sit down, said Toronthal.
"Sit down 2
"Yes and go on"
Sarcany gave Toronthal look. Then
he sat down, took the grating, and
applied il TO the last SIX words of the
message, as he had done to the others.
He did it mechanically, us though he
took no interest IN what he was doing.
And the words given by the four appli.
cations Of the grating were:
uonsuoveu
glangisre
imerpuate
rptsetuot
That was all. The words were az
meaningless rs the others.
Sarcany, engaged beyond al bounds,
took the paper on which he had written
the llrbarous words which the grating
had yielded. and was about to tear it
into tatterS, when Toronthal stopped
him.
dc not get excited he said.
Eth! exclaimed Sarcany. what can
you do with an insoluble logograph like
that 7"
Writ all those words in n line, ono
after the other, said the banker.
"And why ?"
"To see
Sarcany obeyed and he obtained the
following
hozrretgnohdiedsenednepednRrVopsSamn
Observation-Disclosures errsc.tstgHsu0geuqidn
gisrelHisJpUotcrptsetuot
The letters had scarcely been written
before Toronthal snatched the paper
from Sarcany and read II and gave
shout 1t was the banker who now lost
his head Sarcany thought he had gone
mad.
Read !" said Toronthal, holding ont
the paper to Sarcany. Read :"
Read :"
"Yes don't You see that, before they
used the grating, Count Sandorf's cor
respondents wrote the letter backwards ?"
Sarcany took the paper, and this is
what he read, proceeding from the last
10 the first:
Tout est pref Au premier signal
que vous nous eIiVerrez de Trieste, tous
Sc leyeront Ell masse pour lIndepend-
ence lie la HoEgrie. Xrzah.
And the four last letters Z" ho asked.
IAN agreed-upon signature, or some
thing to I'LL up. said Toronthal
"Oh, then All is ready At the
first signal YOU send us from Trieste, ali
of us will rise together for the independ-
ence OF Hungary! That is 1t, Is 1t? Well.
We have got them ut last
" But the police have not got them !"
THAT is my business.
You will act with great secrecy?"
THAT is my business" said Sarcany.
1.-THE Governor of Trieste shall he the
only person to know the names of the
two honest patriots vino have nipped in
its bud this conspiracy against the en-
pire of Austria -
And as he spoke, the mockery of each
tone and gesture betrayed the true feel
ing with which he uttered the words.
And now l have nothing else to do, ="
said the banker.
" Nothing" answered Sarcany, Tex
cept to take your share OF the profit. ."
When p
when the three heads fall which
are worth million apiece.
Toronthal and Sarcany bid each other
adieu. II they wished to gain anything
out of the secret that chance had handed
over to them they must be quick and
denounce the conspirators before the
plot broke out.
Sarcany returned to Zathmar's house rs
II nothing had occurred, and went on
with the accounts. His work was nearly
finished. Count Sandorf, in thanking
him for the zeal he had shown. told him
that he should not require his services
after the next eighteen days.
ITO Sarcanys mind this meant that
about that time the signal was tc be
given from Trieste to the chief of Hun
garian towns.
ilc COutlHuctl lltItloTt, 10 WHICH, Nlll
the greatest care, but SO rs to give rise
to no suspicion. all that took place in
Zathmar's house. And he played his
part so well, he seemed so imbued with
liberal ideas. and had taken so little
pains to hide the invincible repulsion
he said he felt for the Germans, that
Sandorf thought of giving him a post
later on, when the rising should have
made Hungary free country. 1t was
not so with Borik, who had never got
over the first feeling of dislike with
which the young man had inspired
him.
Sarcany neared his triumph
II was on the 9th of June that Count
Sandorf had agreed with his friends 10
give the signal, and the sth had come.
But the informer had been ut work.
In the evening, about eight o'clock,
the police suddenly entered Zathmars
house. Resistance was impossible.
Count Sandorf, Count Zathmar. pro-
fessor Bathory, Sarcany himself who
made no protest, aud Borik were secretly
arrested.