The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-01-22
Matthias Sandorf.
JULES VERNE.
AUTHOR OF JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE
OF THE EARTH, "TRIP TO THE MOON"
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY
DAYS, " MICHAEL sTRoGoFF"
TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES
UNDER THE SEA-, ETC, ETC.
TRANSLATION COPYRIGHTED, 1851

Torontlihl began to listen more atten.
lively to what Sarcany told him. He
asked himself if it were true, and what
gain he could get out of it. When the
story was told, when Sarcany for the
last time affirmed that there was a con.
spiracy against the State and that some
thing could be made out of revealing its
existence, the banker asked the follow
ing questions;
Where is the house ?"
mo 50 Avenue de Acguedotta."
"To whom does it belong?"
"To Il Hungarian gentleman.
"What is the Hungarian gentleman's
name?"
Count Ladislas Zathmar."
And who are the people that visit
him?"
"Two chiefly; two of Hungarian
birth"
Zone is---?"
"a professor of this town, His name
is Stephen Bathory."
"The other is-?"
"Count Matthias Sandorf"
Toronthal made start of surprise,
which did not escape Sarcany. He had
easily found the three names by follow
ing Bathory to the Corsa Stadion and
Sandorf to the Hotel Delorme.
You see, Toronthal, continued Sar-
cany, "these are the names | have no
hesitation in giving you. You see l am
not playing with you.
''All that is very vague ~ replied the
banker, who evidently wished to know
more before committing himself.
Wagner said Sarcany.
"Yes! To begin with, you have no
material proof"
"And what's this then 2"
The copy of the message was placed in
Toronthals hands. The banker ex.
amined it, not without curiosity. But
its cryptographic words gave no sign OF
sense to him, and there was nothing to
prove that they were of the Importance
that Sarcany asserted. If he had any
interest III the affair it was merely so far
as it affected his customer, Count San
dorf, and with him nothing could occur
to make him uneasy, unless it came to
pass that he desired to draw out at short
notice the funds deposited in the bank.
We'll" said he at length, my
opinion still that it is very vague.
Nothing seems clearer to me, on the
contrary, answered Sarcany, whom the
bankers attitude in no way d smnyed.
Have you been able to decipher this
letter 2"
"No, but | know how to do so when
the time comes"
And how ?"
Il have had something to do with
such matters before" said Sarcauy,
land good many ciphered dispatches
have passed through my hands. From
q careful examination of that one | see
that its key does not depend on Il num-
Der or q conventional alphabet which
attributes to letter different mean-
ing to its real meaning. In this letter
an is an $, a p is p; but the letters
are arranged in certain order, which
order can be discovered by a grating,
Sarcany, rs We know, was right. That
was the system that had been used for
the correspondence. We also know that
it was the most indecipherable one that
could be found.
BE it so, said the banker, ~ dc
not deny but what you are right but
without the grating you cannot read the
message"
Evidently"
"And ow will you get the grating p
81 do not know yet, answered Sar'
cany; "but rest assured l shall get it.
Really Well, if l were in youi
place, Sarcany, / should give myself G
good deal of trouble to do so !"
II shall take the trouble that is nee
essary. ~
To what end l should content
myself with going to the police and
handing them The message. "
Twill do so, replied Sarcany, coldly,
"hut not with these simple presump
tions, What | want before | speak art