Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-12-25

gan to dawn. An hour later the posi-
ton of the rising sun would have shown
them the direction in which they were
going, but the police shut down the
shutters, and the interior OF the car
riage was plunged into complete dark
ness.
Neither Count Sandorf nor his friends
made the least observation. IL wonld
not have been replied to; that was GER
tain. The best thing to do was to sub
nit and wait.
An hour or two afterwards lit was
difficult 10 reckon how the time went
the post-chaise stopped for the last time,
and the change of horses VIZ very
quickly performed at Visinada.
AS they left here all that could be
noticed 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
mountainous region. A few hills with
little clumps of erayish trees could be
made out on the horizon. Two or three
times the prisoners heard the sounds OF
n flute. They came from the young
shepherds who were playing their curl
Gus tunes as they gathered together
their flocks Of black goats, but this
afforded no sufficient indication of the
country the prisoners were passing
through That had TO be found out
without seeing IT,
About nine o'clock the chaise went off
in quite different direction. Unless
afolr tl.. Il
ing rapidly after having reached the
highest point of their journey. The
speed was much increased, and occa-
sionally the wheels had TO be skidded.
In fact, after leading through the hilly
country commanded by Mont Maleur,
the road drops down obliquely SIS it APP
proaches Pisino Although the town is
very much above sea level il seems TO
be in n deep valley TO Judge from the
neighhoring hills. Some distance be-
fore it J. reached the campanile above
the houses picturesquely grouped on
the hillside becomes visible.
Pisino is the chief place of the dis
trict, and contains about "a, 900 inhabi-
tants. II is situated almost in the cen
tire of the peninsula, and particularly at
fair time large business is done among
the mixed population CT Morlaques,
Scaves of different tribes, and even
Tsiganes. who flourish there
The capital of Istria is an old city, and
has retained it's feudal character. This
strikingly appears in the ancient castle,
which towers above several more mod
ern military establishments where the
4 Il
carried on.
1t WAS in the courtyard of this castle
that the post-chaise stopped on the 9th
of June. about ten o'clock in the morn
ing, after Journey OF fifteen hours
Count Sandorf his two companions and
Sarcany left the vehicle, and few min
utes afterwards were shown into separ-
ate vaulted cells.
Although they had had no commune
cation with each other, and had not been
able 10 exchange ideas in any way, yet
Sandorf Zathmar and Bathorv 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 chance? There
had recently been no correspondence
between Trieste and the Hungarian and
Transylvanian towns Was there a
traitor in the camp: But who could be
the traitor Confidence had been
placed in none. There were no papers
to fall into spys hands. All the docu-
ments had been destroyed. Had they
rummaged the most secret corners vi
the Acquedotta they would not have
that is what had happened. The police
had discovered nothing except the
grating. which Zathmar had not de-
stroved incase he wanted ii for further
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 Tor
onthal's connivance. had handed over to
the Governor of Trieste after having
made out its real meaning. But. I'M
fortunately, that was quite enough to
make good the accusation of conspiring
against the state; and il has been de-
cided to bring Count Sandorf and his
friends before special tribunal, mil
itary tribunal, which would proceed in
military fashion.
Sarcany's game was deep one, and
he played il with the GOODNESS and de-
liberation that distinguished him. He
had allowed himself to be arrested. to be
convicted, if need be- on the under.
standing that he should receive par
don; and in this way he hoped to disarm
suspicion.
Sandorf was completely deceived by
him-and who would not have been?
and resolved to do his utmost TO clear
him of the charge 1t would not be
difficult. he thought, to show that Sar-
cany had taken no part III the conspir-
acy. that he was merely an accountant
only recently introduced into Zathmar's
house to arrange certain private matters
which III no way had reference TO the
plot II needful, he could call Silas
Toront thai to testify to the young mans
innocence. There could be no doubt.
therefore, that Sarcany would be found
innocent of having been either aprinci-
pal of accessory, in the event of the
prosecution being persisted in.
The Austrian Government knew
nothing of the conspiracy beyond what
they heard at Trieste The conspirators
of Hungary and Pennsylvania remained
absolutely unknown. There was no
trace in existence of their completely in