Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-03


it mattered not where, provided 1t was
tar away from that accursed place. A
few days afterwards, he took Madafae
BathOry on board one OF the steamers tnat
trade with the Mediterranean coast, ana
arrived at Tunis, or rather La Goulette.
There he resolved to stop.
Ard then, in this deserted marabout, he
devoted himself entirely to the care Of
Madame Bathory, who seemed to have
lost her speech as well as her senses.
But his resources were so slight
that he could see the time coming wnen
they would both be reduced to the last
misery.
1t was then that the old servant thought
! OF DR.. Antekirtt, OF the interest he had al
ways taken in the Bathory family. But
/ BOrik did not know bis usual residence.
lie, however, wrote, and the letter he
trusted, in despair, TO Providence, ana II
appeared that Providence had brought the
letter into the DOCTORS hands.
There could be no doubt what was next
to be done. Madame Bathory, without
any resistance on her part, was placed in
the carriage with Borik and Pierre and
Maria, who was ordered to be constantly
with her. And then the doctor and Luigi
walked back by way Of the beach, while
the carriage returned along the road to
La GOulette.
An hour afterwards they all embarked
on the yacht, which was under steam.
The anchor was Immediately weighed,
and as soon as she had doubled Cape Bon
the FerratO steered so as TO sight the
lights of PdntelaniOn. The day after the
next. ia the early morning, she ran into
harbor at Antekrtta.
Madame Bathory at once was taken
ashore, led to Artenak, and installed in
| one Of the rooms at the Stadthaus.
Another sorrow for Pierre Bathory.
His mother deprived of reason, become
mad under circumstances which would
probably remain ineXDlicable. II the
cause of this madness could be ascertain
ed, some salutary reaction might have
been provoked, but nothing about 1t was
known and nothing could be known.
''She must be cured. Yes, she mustW
sad the doctor, who entirely devoted him.
self TO the task
And the task was a difficult one,
for Madame Bathory remained quite un-
conscious Of her actions, and not re-
memDrance of ner past life did she dis
play.
Gould the power of suggestion that the
doctor possessed in so high degree, as
had already been frequently shown, be
employed to change the mental state OF
the patientI Could she by magnetic in
nuence be recalled to reason aud kept in
that state until the reaction took place?
Pierre adjured the doctor to try even
the impossible to cure his mother.
mo" answered the doctor. "That
would not do. Mad people are the most
refractory subjects for the purpose. For
tue influence to act, your mother must
have a will of her own, for which | can.
substitute mine. And | assure you |
should have no influence over her."
'No, / will not admit it," said Pierre,
who would not be convinced. Il will not
admit that we shall not see the day when
my mother will recognize me-her son
she believes to be dead.
Eyes. That she believes to be dead"
answered the doctor. "But perhaps if
she believed you to be alive, or if she saw
you coming out OF the grave, il she saw
you appear"
The doctor paused at the thought. Why
should not sudden shock, provoked un-
der favorable conditions, have some effect
on Madame BathOry.
~ will try it," he exclaimed,
And when he explained the experiment
on which he based his hope of curing his
mother, Pierre threw himselfintO the doc
tors arms.
From that day the scenery and sur
rOundings to bring about the success of
the attempt were the object of anxious
care. The idea WAS to revive in Madame
Bathory the effects of memory, OF which
her arrangement had deprived her, and
to revivei it under such striking circum-
stances that reaction would be caused
in her brain.
TGe doctor appealed to B0rik. to Point
Pescade. was to reproduce with sufficient
eXactness the appearance OF the cemetery
at Ragusa and the monument which
served as the tomb OF the BlthOry family.
And in the cemetery OF the island, about
mile from Artenak, under group of
trees they built small chapel as much
as possible like that at Ragusa. Every
thing was done to produce the most strik-
ing resemblance between the two monu-
ments; and on the wall there was placed
a slab of black marble bearing the name
of stephen BathOry, with the date of his
death. 1867.
On Nov. 13 the time seemed come to be-
gin the preparatory trial to revive Mad
anne Bathory's reason. The attempt was
gradual one.
About o'clock in the evening, Maria
and BOrlk took the widows arm. and lead
| ing her from the Stadthaus, walked out 10
! the cemetery. Then. before the threshold
of the little chapel, Madame BathOry re-
NAMED mOtiOnless and silent as she al
wayswas, although by the light Of the lamp
which burnt within, she could read the
name OF stephen BathOry engraved on the
marble slab. Only when Maria and the
old man knelt As they went along did she
have faint look OF intelligence in her
eyes which almost instantly vanished
An hour afterwards she was taken back
TO the Stadthaus followed by a crowd who
had come 20 Join the procession AZ the
first experiment.
The next and succeeding mornings the
| experiments were continued, but without
result. Pierre looked on with poignant
emotion and despaired Of their success,
although the doctor told him that
the time would be- his most useful
auxiliary. He did not intend 20 strike
his last blow until Madame Bathory
mad been sufficiently prepared TO feel its
fun force.
Each time she visited the cemetery a
slight but unmistakable change took
place in her; and one evening when
B0rik and Maria were kneeling at the
chapel door she had slowly come for
ward, put her hand in the iron grating,
looked at the wall beyond brightly illu-
minated by the lamp, and hurriedly run
back.
Maria, returning 10 her, heard her MUIR
muir a name several times.
IL was the first time for months that
her lips had opened to speak.
But what was the observation-disclosures
than the astOnishment-the stupefactiOn
OF those who heard her.
The name was not that OF her son, OF
aet . no ~