Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-03-19

81 WILL GO" SAID PIERRE, CLAsPlNG TIL
finish the studies had begun in HIM
gary. But shortly afterwards Professor |
Stephen Bathory sacrificed his position
for the sake of ideas he believed TO be |.
noble and Just, and no private interest
could stop him in his path OF duty. 1t
was then that he left Presburg to take
up his residence III Trieste. Your
mother had sustained him with her
advice and encompassed hum with her
thoughtfulness during that time of
anxiety. She possessed all the virtues
OF woman rs your father had all the
virtues of man. You will forgive me
for awakening your sad recollections
and if have done so 1t is only because
YOU are Tot one Of those that can forget
them !!
NO sir, no, replied the young man
with the enthusiasm of his age; mo
more than Hungary can forget the three
men who were sacrificed for her-Ladis-
las Zathmar, Stephen Bathory, and the
boldest of the three, Matthias Sandorf y
IF he was the boldest, answered
the Doctor. do not think that his two
companions were inferior to him in devo-
ton, in sacrifices or in courage The
three are worthy of the same respect
The three have the same right TO be
evenged.
The Doctor paused and then as ked il
Madame Bathory had told him the cir
cumstances under which the chiefs OF
the conspiracy had been delivered up, II
she had told him that treason had been
at work But the young engineer had
not heard anything.
In fact Madame Bathory had been
silent on the subject. She shrunk from
instilling hatred into her sons life and
perhaps sending him on false track
for no one knew the names Of the traitors.
And the Doctor thought that for the
present he had better maintain the same
reserve.
What he did not hesitate TO say was
that without the odious deed OF the
Spaniard who had betrayed the fugitives
in the house of Ferrato the fisherman,
Count Sandorf and Stephen Bathory
would probably have escaped. And
once beyond the Austrian frontier, nc
matter in what country, every door
would he opened to receive them.
with me" he concluded, " they
would have found refuge which nevel
would have failed them
In what country slr?
ain Cephalonia, where | then lived. D"
ayes, in the Ionian Islands under th'
protection of the Greek flag they woult
have been safe, and my father would b
still alive.
For minute or two the conversation
was broken off with this return 10 til
past. The Doctor broke the silence.
"Our recollections have taken us In
, from tho present Shall we now tai
about it, and especially of the future
have been thinking of for YOU
T Il am ready, answered Pierre. Il
: your letter you gave me to understan
that it might be to my interest
= I'm short Mr.. Bathory. rs am awaT
!. Of your mothers devotion during til
. childhood of her son | am also awar
a that you are worthy of her and ait'
the bitter experience you have become
7 man"
"A man." said Pierre bitterly, g
man who has not enough to keep himsel
4 nor TO give his mother return for VIII
? she has done for him.
That is so - answered the Doctor
!. "but the fault is not yours. kno
!. how difficult it is for any one to obtain
:. position with so many rivals struggli
. against you You are an engineer:
. Il passed out of the schools with Il
: title, but / am an engineer unattache
and have no employment from the Stat
have been seeking an appointing
90 with some manufacturing company, al
- - up to the present have foun nothil
to suit meat least at Ragusa.
" And elsewhereI
- Elsewhere ?" replied Pierre. wi
!, some hesitation.
:. Eyes Was it not about some bu
- ness of the sort that you went to Ears
"a few days ago Z"
~ =" had heard of n situation which
:, metallurgicai company had vacant
10 And this situation ?
1T was Offered to me"
=. "And you did not accept 1t ?"
II had TO refuse it because L shot
:, have had to settle permanently
Herzegovina.
-, ." In Herzegovina Wouldnot Madai
,ot Bathory have gone with your"
-, My mother would go wherever !
a interests required.
on And why did you not take the place
persisted the Doctor.
,e- Sir, said the young man, las /
situated / have strong reasons for
10 leaving Ragusa.
~ And as he made the remark the Doc
'or noticed that he seemed embarrass
al His voice trembled as he expressed
desire-more than his desire-his re
~, luton not to leave Ragusa- What '
~ the reason for his refusing the offer {
by had been nader
-, That will make what i was going
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