Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-13

I at which my marriage with sara must
( take place is approaching. 1 must nave a
! voluntary consent on her part, and II she
/ refuses
II will compel her to submitw replied
I Namir. eyes, / viii tear her con-
sent from her! You can trust me, sar-
/ csnyr'
| And it would be difficult to imagine a
more savage, determined-looklng face
than that OF the Moor as she thus eX-
pressed herself
Good. Namir." answered Sarcany.
Continue to keep good watch over her,
and l will soon be with you"
lis it in your plans for us TO soon leave
TetuanY asked the Moor.
"NO, not till am obliged, for no one
there knows. or can know, sara. ii
events Oblige me 10 send you away, you
will get notice in time"
"And now. Sarcany." continued Namir.
"tell me whyyou nave sent for me TO Gil
braltarY
Because l have certain things to
say to you that are better said than
written
"say on, then, Sarcany, and it is an
order / will obey it."
This is now the position" answered
Sarcany. "Nadame Bathory has disap-
peared, and her son is dead. From that
family have nothing further to fear.
Madame TorOnthal is dead, and Sara Is in
my power. On that side l am also safe.
OF the others who know my secret, one.
silas Toronthal, my accomplish, is IN
der my thumb; the other, Zlrone,
died in Sicily. OF all those / have
mentioned none can speak, and none will
speak"
"What are YOU afraid of, then"'
81 am afraid only Of the interference OF
two individuals; one knows a part Of my
past lie, and the other seems to mix him
self up with my present more than is
convenient"
Zone is Carpenap' asked Namir.
Yes" answered Sarcany; land the
other is that DR.. Antekirtt, whose COM
munications with the Bathory family at
Ragusa always seemed to me TO be very
suspicious. Besides l have heard from
BenitO, the innkeeper at Santa Grotta,
that this parsonage, who IS a millionaire,
laid trap for Zirone by introducing a
certain PescadOr into his service. IL that
is so, ii was certainly TO get possession OF
HMM default ofme-and get the secrets
out Of himv
Nothing can be clearer" answered
Namir. "More than ever you should be-
ware OF DR.. Antekirtt."
"And as much as possible we should
know what he is doing, and above all
things where be is"
"That is not easy, Sarcany," answered
Namr; "for when ! was at Ragusa, for
instance, heard that one day he would
be al one end Of the Mediterranean, ana
the next at the other"
"Yes. The man seems to have the
gift of ubiqulty," said Sarcany. "But it
snail not be said that let him interfere
with my game without making a
dght for Il, and when l 90 to seek him at
home in his island of Antekirtta, know
we'll"
THAT the wedding will have taken
place." answered Namir, "and you will
have nothing to fear from him or any
one"
That is so, Namir, and till then"
"Iill then we must mind what we are
about. One way we shall always have
the best OF it, for we shall know where he
is without his knowing where we are
Now about Carpena, Sarcany; what have
you to fear from himW
"Carpena knows my connection with
ZlrOne. For many years he took part in
expeditions in which l had hand, and
be might talk"
agreed; but Carpena is now imprison-
ed for life at Ceuta."
'And that is what makes me anxious,
Namir. Csrpena, to improve his posi-
ton, may say something. five know he
has been sent to Ceuta, others know it as
well; others know him personally. There
Is that Peseador who found him out at
Malta. And through that man DR.. Ante
kirtt may be able to get at him. He can
buy his secrets from him. He may even
try to help him escape. In fact, Namir,
it is all so very obvious that l wonder
why it has not yet happened"
Sarcany, wide awake and keen-sighted,
had thus guessed at the Doctors plans
with regard to the Spaniard, and recog-
nized the danger. Namir agreed that,
placed as Carpena was, he did give con-
siderable cause for anxiety.
''Why," said Sareany, "why did we
not lose him instead OF ZirOne?''
"But what did not happen in Sicily
might happen in Ceuta," said Namir,
coOlly.
That, in short, was what the interview
meant. Namir then explained to Sarcany
that nothing could be easier than for her
to go from Tetuan TO Ceuta as often as
she liked. 1t was only twenty miles from
one town to The other. Tetuan was a lit
tie TO the south of the penitentiary
colony. As the convicts worked on the
roads leading TO the town, it would be
easy to enter into communication with
Carpena, whom she knew, to make him
think that Sarcany was anxious for MIN
to escape, 10 give MIN little money, or
even a little extra food. And if il did
h appen that one of the pieces Of bread or
fruit was poisoned, who would trou-
bic himself about the death of the con-
Wet Csrpena! Who would make any in
quiries?
One scoundrel the less would not seri-
ously inconvenience the Governor Of
Ceuta. And Sarcany would have nothing
further to fear from the Spaniard, nor
from the attempts of DIR. Antekirtt to
iathOm his secrets.
And from this interview it resulted that
while one side was busy scheming the es-
cape OF Carpena, the other was endeaV-
Oring TO render it impossible by sending
him prematurely to the penal colony
In the other world from which there is no
escape.
Having agreed on their plans, Sarcany
and Namir returned TO the town and sep
arated. That evening Sarcany left Spain
TO join Silas TorOnthal, and the next
morning Namir. after crossing the Bay
of Gibraltar. embarked at AlQesiras on
the steamer that runs regularly between
Europe and Africa. AS she left the har-
Dor the steamer ran past a yacht which
was steaming into the bay.
IL was the FerratO. Namir, who had
seen her while she lay at Catania, recog-
niZed her Immediately.
"Dr. Antekirtt here!" she muttered.
"Saroany was right. There is danger,
and the danger is near"
A few hours afterwards the Moor land
ed at Ceuta. But before returning to