Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-04-09
lroaslation copyrighted By G. ". Hpua, 1855
CHAPTER TX
COMPLICATIONS


Fourteen years had elapsed since Silas
Toronthal had left Trieste to take up
residence at Ragusa Being of Dalma-
tian birth nothing could be more natural
than that when he retired from business
he should return 70 his native land.
The traitors kept their secret well.
The price of their treachery had been
duly paid And thereby IA handsome
fortune fell to the banker and his old
Tripolitan correspondent.
After the execution of the prisoners
in the fortress of Pisino after the flight
of Count Matthias Sandorf. who had
found his death in the waves c; the
AdIiatic, the sentences had heei Nom-
pletcd 10y the seizure of their posses
sions. OF the house and estate veiong-
ing 10 Ladislas Zathmar nothing
remained NOT even enough 10 weld
li,u To las old servant. OF Stephen
B5ihpr possessions nothing remained.
for he had no fortune and the lessons
he gave produced his only income But
the castle OF Artenak and g., rich
dependencies, the neighboriug mines
and the for sts ON tie northerlv slopes
of the CTuathiuus We're of considerable
value They were divided into two
parts one Of which was sold TO ply the
mrorucrs and the other was placed
muicr sequt-.;.tion 10 be restored - the
Counts a,'rc-7 when she had atiuiued
her co sh'tratu year, III the child died
before i!.t.. Irr share was to revert to
the estate
Ihc Two quarters given to the ioE)rm-
crs announced to little over | $40. 900
forms ani with this huge sum they
could do rs they pleased
At the outset the accomplices made
ny their minds to separate Sprcany
did not care 10 remain with Torcnthal
and the banker had no wish to continue
lis business relations with him. aud SO
Sarcany icf. Trieste with Zrone- who
not having left him in adv, rsitv, was
not the man to leave him in prosperity
Both disappeared and the banker heard
nothing about them for some time.
W ere had they gone? Probably 70
some large European city. where people
do rot bother themselves about mans
origin, providing he was rich. and
cared nothing of how man had gained
his wealth, Tro,iding he spent it among
;heEi.
Tie banker breathed more freely when
they left him. He thought he had no
more fear from man who TO certain
extent held him IL his power Never
thele,s, although Sarcany was rich it
" never safe TO trust t. prodigals of
IN species. and if he ran through his
money what was 10 prevent him coming
hGcl, 10 his old accomplicc;
Six months afterwards Toronthal,
having cleared off his difficulties, sold
his husinc~. and defnatey abandoned
Trieste for Ragusa. Although there
was nothing 10 fear from the indiScre-
tion Of the governor, who was the only
person that knew the pat he had played
IN the discovery Of the conspiracy, this
seemed the safest course for "a man who
did not wish 10 lose reputation, and
whom an ample fortune assured an easy
life wherever he went
This resolution to leave Trieste was
probably further encouraged by pecu-
liar rcumstance-wh which will be mem
toned later ON. This circumstance was
known only to himself and his wife,
and had bat one occasion only brought
him into connection with Namrr, whom
we have seen as acquainted with Sar-
cauv
II was az Ragusa that the banker had
settled down. He had left it very
young without friends or relatives. He
hal quito dropped out of recollection,
aud IL was as a stranger that he returned
g. the town which he had not revisited
for forty years.
To a rich man appearing under s1ch
circumstances Ragusan society gave
hearty welcome. Only one thing VAS
known about him and that was that he
had held high position at Trieste.
TIE banker sought and found Il mansion
in the most aristocratic quarter of the
town. He started large establishment,
and engaged fresh staff VI servants to
what he had at Trieste. He visited and
vas visited. As no one knew anything Of
his past life, was he not one OF those
privileged beings who in this world are
called happy?
!. Toronthal did not suffer much from
~xrse Had it not been for the fear
a. sse day his abominable treachery
would ho Uncovered, there would appar-
eo,Iv b,yo NJ nothing 10 trouble his
eristonco IN his wife who remained
a silent but ivinpNproach to him.
For that unhappy<'nan nones. mo .,pl
straightforward as she\as Knew OF 'ile
hateful scheme that hadht ','e tilree
patriots to their deaths 8aru escapeu
from her husband when his aNIS We .i
~ jeopardy, hope impr on'iy
expressed that some of Sandorf's n&ey
might help him out of his difficultieSA