Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-17

himself who was talking with Sarcany;
the other was Antehrtta, when was
mentioned several times during the con-
yets3tiou.
THAT is strange" thought Pescade.
Nv lF are they talking about AnIeklrtIaT
Are Sidl Hazam. Sarcauy, and all the pl-
rates OF fripOl thinking Of campaign
against an island; ConfOund it, And
no. TO know the lingo those two rascals
are using"
And Point Pescade tried hard to catch
another suspicious word, keeping him
self well hid behind the flOweT-pots when
Sarcany and SiGi Hazam came near.
But the night was too dark for them 10
see him.
And yet" said he 10 himself, 'if Ssr-
cany was alone in this courtyard might
nave jumped at his throat and put il out
OF bis power for him to damage US. But
THAI would not help sara Sandori, and il
was toT her l made that risky jump. Pa
uence. Sarcany's turn VIII come some
day"
The conversation between sidi Hazam
and Sarcsuy lasted about twenty min
Stea. The name OF sara was mentioned
Several times, with the qualification 'ai-
rouen," and Point Pescade remembered
that ne had already heard the word, and
that ii meant "betrUthedN in Ara bic
Evidently the m0qa0dem knew OF Sar-
cany's projects. and was assisting him.
rhan the two men retired through one
Of THE doors IN the angle OF the courtyard
which put this gallery in communication
with the other parts OF the house.
As soon as they had disappeared Point
Iescadc glided along the gallery aud
stopped 90 this door. He had only to push
D. - ind himself tn n narrow corridor
" hose Wall he felt his way along. At It's
end was double arcade supported BY a
n q no.
second courtyard. A few bright lights
from between the bays by which the skifa
Oh gained IT.. light from the court were
thrown in luminous sectors on the soil,
and at the moment II would not be pru-
dolt TO cross them, Tor a noise OF many
voices was heard behind the door or this
room.
I'uut Pescade hesitated. What he
sought was the room IN which sara was
ii ne, and be could only truss to chance
to ind II.
~uOdeuly a light appeared at the other
end OF The courtyard. a woman carry
ing an Arab lantern mad just come out Of
tine room la tle lar angle ana turned aiang
tue gallery on TO which the door Of the
ia opened.
Point Pescade recognized her as Namir.
rs 10 was possible Jnat the Moor was
gong 10 the girls room II was neCessary
order 20 follow her TO let her go By with
out her seeing him. The moment was
decisive Uf the aud0ciOus attempt OF Point
Pe-cade aud the fate OF sara Sandorf.
Aamir came on. Her lantern swinging
almost on the ground left the upper part
Of he gallery III as deep q gloom as the
lower part was brightly lighted. And
as sne passed along the arcade Point
Pescsde did not know what to do.
A ray from the lantern, however, showed
him that the upper part Of the arcade was
0rnamented with open arabesques IN
Moorish fashion.
TO climb the central column, seize hold
OF one of these araOesques, draw himself
up bS main force, and crouch IN the CEN
trail oval, where he remaned as motion
less 3 a saint in a niche, was the work OF
a second.
Nanlr passed along the arcade without
seeing MIN, and crossed to the opposite
Size Of the gallery. When she reached
the door of the sklta she opened il. A
pug ht light shot across the courtyard,
and WAS instantly eXtinguished as the
door was smut.
Point Pescade set himself to reflect, and
wnere could lie find better position for
rede ctionl
That is Namir who has just gone into
that ROOM he said 10 himself sit is
evident she is not going to sara SandOri!
BIJ perhaps she came from her, and
in that case her room Will be the one In
the angle over there will 90 and seeW
lie waited 3 few minutes before ne left
his post. The light inside the skiia seem
ed 10 grow less, and the voices died out to
nearly murmur. Doubtless the hour
h2si come when Sidi Hazams household
retired 20 rest. The circumstances were
therefore more favorable for bin, for
that part OF the haNtatIon would be
plunged in silence when the last light had
gone out. And that was exactly what
happened.
Pescade glided along the columns Of the
arcade, crept across tue flags OF tue gal
lery, passed The door OF the skifa, went
round the end OF the courtyard, and reach
ed the angle near the room from which
| Namir mad come. He opened the door,
which was unlocked, and then by the
light Of IN Arab lamp, placed like night
light beneath its shade, gave rapid
glance 70 md The room.
A few haugings suspended from the
walls, here and there stool Of Moorish
pattern, cushions piled in the angles, a
double carpet on the mosaic 10or, low
| table with the fragments of meal, a
dIVan covered with linen clOth-that was
what be first saw.
He entered, and shut the door.
A woman, doing rather tnan sleeping,
was reclining on the ulNaO, hdll-cof-
cred in one OF those burnouses with which
the Arabs wrap themselves from head to
feet.
1t was Sara sandorf.
Point Pescade nad no hesitation in re-
cogniZing The yOuRg lady he had met so
many times in the streets of Ragusa. How
changed she seemed TO be- Pale as she
had been when IN her wedding carriage
sue had met the funeral procession OF
Pierre BathOry, her attitude, and the eX-
preston OF her face all told what she had
had TO suffer.
There WAS not an instant to lose.
And IN fact, As the door had not been
locked, WAS not Namir coming back
Perhaps the Moor guarded her night ana
dayY And II the girl could leave her room
how could she escape without help from
the outsider Sidi Hazam's house was
walled like 4 prison.
Point PescaGe bent over the diVan.
/ What was his astOh lshment at a resem-
| blauce which had never struck him before
/ the resem blance between Sara SandOrf
i and Ia. Antekirttl
/ The girl Ope ned her eyes.
At seeing stranger standing near her
in the fantastic dress Of an acrobat, with
bis finger on his lips and an appealing
look 10 his eyes, she was bewildered
/ rather than frightened. But she arose,
and had sufficient GOODNESS 10 make no