Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-07-30

advantage OF tho occasion to favor them
with infallible lodges considera-
tion-had they seemed more accessible.
The banker, with n wild look in his
eyes. did not seem to notice what was
passing around him. Sarcany was cooler
and firmer than ever. Both shrank for
time from trying their last stake.
Among the people who was watching
them with that special curiosity accorded
chiefly to patients or convicts. there was
one stranger who seemed resolved never
to lose sight of them. He was know
ing-looking young man of about three
and-twenty, with thin face and pointed
noee-one of those noses that seem TO
look at you. His eyes, of singular
viyacity, were sheltered behind spec
tacles merely of preserved glass As if
he had live money in his veins, he kept
his hands in his coat pocket TO prevent
their gesticulating, and he kept his feet
close together in the first position. to
make sure of remaining in his place.
He was fashionably dressed, without
any sacrifices TO the latest exigencies of
dandyism, and he gave himself no airs
but probably felt very i'll at ease in his
well-ftting clothes. For the young man
there could be no doubt about twas
nobody else but Point Pescade
Outside, in the gardens, Cape Matt
fou was i'll attendance. The person on
whose behalf these two had come on
special mission to this heaven or hell Of
Monte Carlo was Doctor Antekirtt.
The vessel that had dropped them the
night before at Monte Carlo point was
Electric No. of tho flotila of Antekirtta,
and this was their object:
Two days after the kidnapping on
board the Ferrato, Carpeua had been
brought ashore, and in spite of his pro-
tests imprisoned in one Of the easements
on the island. There he found that he
had only changed one prison for another.
Instead of being in the penitentiary of
Ceuta, he was, although he knew it not,
in the power of Doctor Antellirtt.
Where was he? He could not tell.
Had lie gained by the change? He
wondered much, and not without
anxiety. He resolved, at any rate, to
DO all he could to improve his position.
And to the first question propounded
by the Doctor, he replied with the
utmost frankness.
Did he know Silas Toronthal and
Sarcany!
Toronthal, no; Sarcany, yes-but he
had only seen him at rare intervals.
Had Sarcany been in communication
with Zirone and his band while they
were in the neighborhood of Catania?
Yes, Sarcany was expected in Sicily
and he would certainly have come, if it
had not been for the unfortunate expe-
dition which ended in the death Of
| Zirone
Where was he nowY
At Monte Carlo at least, unless he had
left that town, where he had been living
for somo time, and very likely with Silas
! Toronthal.
Carpena knew no moro. But what he
had just told the Doctor was sufficient
information for fresh campaign.
OF course the Spaniard did not know
what object the Doctor had in helping
him to escape from Ceuta and carrying
him of; he did not know that his
treachery to Andrea Ferrato was known
to him who Intercepted him and he
did not know that Luigi was the son of
the fisherman of Rovigno. In his case
ment he was rs strictly guarded as he
had been in the penitentiary of Ceuta,
without being able TO communicate with
any one until his fate had been decided.
TO BE CONTINUED.