Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-09-17
base of the walls Of sidi Hazsm's house.


Point Pescade had given tremendous
leap. Us Matifou held the pole up at
arms length, and fallen on the parapet
OF one of the terraces Mt the foot of the
minaret which commanded the different
courtyards of the house.
On that dark night no one within or
without had noticed him. He was not
even observed from the skifa in the
Second courtyard, and in which were u
few Khouans, some OF whom were
asleep, and some on the watch, 10y order
of The moqaddem.
Point Pescade, he it understood, had
really no definite plan. The interior
arrangement of the house was unknown
TO him, and he did not know in what
part the girl was detained, if she was
alone or kept out of sight, or if he had
sufficient strength to help her escape.
Hence he must act little at q venture !;
and this is what he thought
Anyhow. by force or stratagem, L
must reach Sava Sandorf. If she cannot
come with me Immediately, if | cannot get
her away tonight, she must be told that
Pierre Bathory is alive, that he is here
Mt the foot of these walls. that Doctor
Antekirtt and his companions are ready
to help her, and that If her escape must
be delayed, she must not yield to any
threats / may of course be found out
before / reach her But then / must
take care of that.
Pescade's first care was to unwind q
slender-knotted cord that he had hidden
under his clowns dress then he tied
one end of this round the angle of one
of the battlements and then over the
other, SO that it hung down to tho
ground. This was only measure OF
precaution, good one, nevertheless.
That done, Pescade, before going far,
then lay down on his stomach. In this
attitude, which prudence demanded he
waited without moving. If he had been
seen, the terrace would soon be invaded
by Sid Hazams people, and then he
would have TO use the cord on his own
account, instead of that of Sava Sandorf,
as he intended.
Complete silence reigned III the
moQaddem's house. As neither Sidi
Hazam nor Sarcany. nor any of their
people, had taken part in the feast Of
the storks, the door of the zaouya had
not been opened since sunrise.
After waiting some minutes Point
Pescade moved toward the angle from
which arose the minaret The stairway
which led to the upper part of this
minaret evidently ran down TO the
ground in the first courtyard. In fact, u
door opening on to the terrace gave
admission TO the stairs leading TO the
rooms below.
This door was shut from the inside.
not with key, but with bolt that it
would be impossible to slip back from
tho outside unless n hole were made
through tho wood. This labor Point
Pescade would have attempted, for he
had in his pocket many-bladed knife.
precious present from the Doctor, Of
which he could make good use. But that
would be long, and perhaps noisy, task.
Il was unnecessary. Three feet above
the terrace n window in the form OF n
loophole, opened i'll the minaret wall
II the window was small, Point Pescade
was not large Besides, was he not like
cat who can elongate herself to pass
through where there seems to be no
passage? And so he tried, and after
some squeezing of the shoulders he
found himself in the minaret
Cape Matifou could not have done
that" he thought.
Then feeling his way round. he
returned to the door, and unboltcd it,
so that it remained unfasteued in case
lie had to return by the same road.
TO BE CONTINUED.