Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-01

carriages before the hotel OF cIradone,
the exhumatiOn IN the Ragusa GENE
terry, all these had deeply affected TINS
good being, and the more so because be tel'
himself associated, without understand
ing their purpose, with the designs OF Dr.
Antekrtt.
II follows then that Point Pescade &C
| cepted eagerly the task OF nursing the In
valid. IL had been recommended that he.
at the same time divert MIN as much as
possible by cheerful humOr. he did not
| fail in this. Besides, since the fete OF
| Gravosa, be considered Pierre BathOry a.
i creditor, aud on that occasion he had
| resolved 20, in one way or another, dis
charge the Indebtedness.
This, then, is why Point Pescade, in
stall at the side OF the cOnvalescent,
made the attempt to divert his thoughts,
and by chatting and jabbering not to al
low him time for reelection.
1t was under these circumstances that
one day, by direct demand OF Pierre, be
was led to tell how he made the acQuaint-
| ance Of DR.. Antekrtt.
1t was the trabacola affair, Mr..
! PIERRE" be replied. You ought to re-
I member. The trsbaeola affair, which so
easily made hero Of Cape Mattou."
Pierre had by no means forgotten the
grave event which had marked the fete of
/ GravOsa Oil the arrival OF the pleasure
! yacht; but he was unaware that at the
/ Doctors proposing it the two acro0ats
/ had abandoned their calling 10 90 over to
! his service.
Yes, Mr.. Bathory." said Point Pes
! CAGE. yes, that is it, and the devotion
/ Of Cape Matifou has been a stroke of for
tune for US. But what we owe TO the
doctor should not cause us to forget what
We owe to YOU"
"To meY"
''To you. Mr.. Pierre; to you, who that
| day Just missed becoming our public;
that is, to mention a sum OF two forms
we had not earned, since our public was
missing-weh, as he had paid for his
place"
And Point Pescade recalled to Pierre
Bathory now, at the moment for entering
the Provencal arena, he had suddenly dis
appeared.
The young man had lost recollection of
this incident, but be answered Point Pes
cade with smile. A sad smile. for be
also remembered that he had only mingled
with the crowd in order to once again
meet Sara ToroDthal.
His eyes closed once more. He reflected
upon all that had occurred since that day.
In thinking of sara, whom he believed,
whom be had 10 believe married, a bitter
anguish seized hin, and he was tempted
TO curse those who had snatched MIN from
death.
Point Pescade saw quickly that this
fete Of GravOsa recalled sad memories.
he did not, therefore; persistc he even re-
manned sill Mt, saying to himself, "a half.
teaspoonful of good humOr, u be admin
lstered every five minutes to my patient;
yes, very good DOCTORS prescription.
but not easy 10 70 low"
II was Pierre who, opening his eyes
again, some moments later, re-began con
versatiOn.
And so, Point Pescade," he said "be-
fore the trabaeola affair you did not know
DR.. Antekirtu"
I'VE never had seen him, Mr.. Pierre"
replied Point Pescade, "and were igno-
raut even OF his name."
'Since that day you have never left
himf"
''Never, unless upon errands with
which be has charged me-"
And in what country are we row +?
| Could you tell me that, Point Pescade p;
~ have reason to believe, Mr.. Pierre.
that we are on an island, for the sea sur
rounds u.s."
Undoubtedly. But in what part of the
Mediterraneanp
"Ah, thaSs 1t. South, north, east.
or west" said Point Pescade. .sthat is
just what ] do not know at all. After
that, 1t matters little. What Ia certain
is, that we are at DR.. Antekirtt's home,
and that one is well fed, we'll clothed, we'll
sheltened here, without counting the con-
sideratiOn-"
"But. at least, you know the nsme OF
this island, whose situation you do not
knOw? Pierre questioned.
The name Of it? Oh, certainly,v an
swered Point Pescade. 'The name OF It
is Anteklrtta."
Pierre BathOry sought vainly to remem-
Der any island of the Mediterranean
with such a name, and he looked at Point
Pescade.
ayes, Mr.. Pierre, yes,'' responded the
honest fellow. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES at
all Of longitude and still less latitude; the
Mediterranean. 1t is to this address that
my uncle would write to me, if had an
uncle, but this far heaven has denied
me that blessing. After all, Il is not sur
prising that this island should be called
Antekirtta, for it belongs to DR.. Ante
ktrtt However, for me to tell YOU
whether the doctor took this name from
the island, or the island from the doctor,
would be impossible, even if l were
general secretary Of the. geographical
society"
Nevertheless Pierre's oonvalescence
pursued It's due course. None of the com.
| plications, one might have feared, made
an appearance. With substantial, vet
/ judici0Us, diet the invalid recovered his
strength perceptibly from day to day.
/ The doctor visited him often and con-
/ Yersed with him loon all subjects save
] those In which he was most interested.
/ And Pierre, not wishing to provoke pre-
mature condolences, waited until IL should
please him 10 give them.
Point Pescade had always faithfully re-
ported TO the doctor the fragments OF con.
Versation exchanged by himself and his
patient. Evidently the incOgnito which
covered not only Matthias Sandorf, but
even the island he Inhabited, quite en-.
crossed Pierre Bathory. IL was equally
evident that he constantly thought OF Sara
! TOronth2l, now so far away from him.
since al communication between Ante.
kirtta and che rest Of the European con.
tinent seemed broken of. But the time
approached when he should be strone
enough 20 hear all.
Yes, 70 hear all. aud that day, like the
surgeon who operates, the doctor
would be insensible to the cries OF the
/ patient.
Several days slipped by. The young
mans wound was completely healed.
/ Already he could rise and scat himself nj
the window OF his chamber. The Medi.
! terrancan sunshine came to caress him
/ there, the qulckening sea-breeze filled me-
/ lungs and gave him health and viCOr. In
/ spite Ot all, he lelt himself renewed
| Then mis- eyes would fasten oDstinately on
the limitless horizon, beyond which he
/ would have gladly pierced, and reason
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