The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-01-29

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whose population is almost entirely
employed in the salt works at he
mouths of the Risano and Corna-I -Imuga;
Pnrenzo, the headquarters of the Istrinn
Diet and the residence of the Bishop
Rivgno rich in its olive trees. and Poa,
where tourists find interest n the su-
perb monuments of Roman origin, and
which is destined to become the most
important military port in the Adriatic.
But neither OF these towns have the
right to call itself the capital of Istria,
The place that bears that title is Pisino.
situated almost in the centre of the tri-
angle, and thither, unknown to them,
the prisoners were about to be taken
after their secret arrest.
At the door of Zathmar's house post
cllaise was waiting. The four prisoners
entered it, and two of the Austrian
police, who were put in charge during
the Journey, took their places beside
them. They were thus prevented from
exchanging word which might in any
way compromise them or lead to
mutual understanding before their
appearance in the dock.
An escort of twelve mounted gend-
armes, commanded by lieutentant
took mp their positions in front, behind
and at the doors Of the carriage, and
ten minutes afterwards they were out
of the town. Borik was taken direct to
the prison at Trieste, and there put into
solitary confinement
Where were the prisoners going2 In
what fortress OF the Austrian Govern
ment we're they to be lodged, since the
castle at Trieste was not to receive themp
Count Sandorf and his friends would
have been glad to know, but they tried
to discover in vain.
The night was dark. By the light Of
the carriage lamps only the first rank
of the mounted escort could be seen.
The pace was rapid. Sandorf, Bathory
and Zathmar remained motionless and
silent i'll their corners. Sarcany did
not seek to break the silence, either to
protest against lis arrest or to ask why
the arrest had been made.
After leaving Trieste the post chaise
made bend which took it obliquely
towards the coast Count Sandford,
amid the noise of the trotting horses
and the jingling sabres, could hear the
distant murmur of the surf on the rocks
along the shore. For a moment few
lights shone out in the night, and almost
Immediately disappeared. This was
,he small town of Muggia, which the
post chase had just passed without halt
/ ing, Then Sandorf noticed that the
| road lay into the interior
At eleven o'clock the chase stopped
to change horses 1t was only at farm,
where the horses were waiting ready to
be harnessed. 1t was not a post-station.
The escort resumed its journey. The
carriage passed along road among the
vineyards where the vines interlsoed
| themselves in festoons to the branches
of the mulberry trees. The road was
fiat and the carriage made rapid pro-
! gress. The darkness now grew more
profound, for heavy Clouds brought up
/ by violent sirocco from the southeast,
covered the sky and although the win
dows were let down from time to time
: to admit little fresh air-for the nights
are warm in Istria-it was impossible to
distinguish anything even close at
hand. Although Sandorf and his
friends noted every incident on the
road, the direction of the wind and the
time elapsed since their departure they
could not discover the direction IN
which the carriage was travelling. The
object was doubtless to keep it as secret
as possible, so that their place of CON
finement should not be known to the
public.
About two o'clock in the morning
they again changed horses, As ut the
first change, the halt did not last tiTe
| minutes.
Count Sandorf thought he could make
out in the gloom few houses at the
end of road, as though on the extreme
outskirt Of a town,
This was Buje, tie chief place of a
district situated about twenty miles
south of Muggia.
As soon as the horses We're put to the
carriage lieutenant spoke II few words tn
the postillion in low tone, and the chaise
set off at gallop.
At half-past three o'clock tho day be-
gan to dawn. An hour later the posi-
tion 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. 1t would
not have been replied to; that was GER
tain. The best thing to do was to sub
nit and wait
An hour or two afterwarls-it was
difficult to reckon how the time went -
the post-chaise stopped for the last time
and the change of horses was yer,
quickly performed at Visinada.
As they left here all that could h,
noticed was that the road had become
very hard. Theshouts of the postilion
the cracking Of his whip, incessantl,
urged the horses forward and the shoe
ratified on the hard, stony ground of
mountainous region. A few hills will
little clumps Of grayish trees could b
made out on the horizon. Two or tire
} times the prisoners heard the sounds q
I u flute, They came from the youn
shepherds who were playing their cur
Gus tunes as they gathered togethe
4 their hocks of black goats, but thil
+ afforded no sufficient indication of tn,
D country the prisoners We're passin
a through. That had to be found on
+ without seeing it,
About nine o'clock the chnise went o
n in quite different direction, Unles
g they were mistaken they were deseend
}, ing rapidly after having reached tn