Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-03-12

Letters and dispatches seemed to
arrive from every corner of the mighty
sea whose waters haihe thu shores OF
so many different countries They came
from the French coast, the Spanish
coast, the coast OF Morocco, OF Algier5
and Tripol. Who sent them Evil
IDENTITY correspondents occupied on GER
tain matters the gravity of which could
not be mistaken unless they were
patients consulting the celebrated Doc
tor 10y correspondence, which did not
seem to be probable.
In the telegraph Office NJ Ragusa the
meaning OF these messages was mvs-
terry, for they were III an unknown
tongue OF which the Doctor alone
seemed 10 know the secret. And even
when the language was Ineligible what
sense could he made ont of such phrases
as I:
"Almcira They thought they were on
the track of L. T. False trial now
abandoned.
Recovered the correspondent of
II. v ). - Connected with troop X.
3 between Catania and Syracuse To
follow
"In the Mandepggio, La Valetta,
Malta, have verified the passage L. h :"
"Cyrene. Wait fresh orders. Flotilla
of Antek ready. Electric No 3 under
pressure day aud night
"R. O. ). Since death. Both disap-
peared
And this other telegram containing
some special news by means of an agreed
upon number
"2,117. Sarc. Formerly a broker.
Service Toronth Ceased connection
Tripoli of Africa.
And to nearly all these dispatches
there was sent from the Savarena
Let the search proceed Spare
neither trouble nor money. Send new
papers.
Here was an exchange of incompre-
hensible correspondence thar seemed
TO embrace the whole circui: of the Med
iterranean. The Doctor WIS not as much
at leisure rs he wished TO appear. Not
withstanding the professional secrecy, it
was difficult 10 prevent the fact of this
interchange of mysterious kilograms
from becoming known to the public
and hence n rebuilding Of the curiosis,
about this euigmatic individual
In the upper circles of Ragusa, Silas
Toronthal was perhaps the most per-
picked of men. On the quay ut Gravosa
he had met the Doctor few minutes
after the Savarena had arrived. Duribg
this meeting he had experienced i'll the
first place 4 strong feeling OF repulsion.
and in the second an equally strong
feeling of curiosity, which mp to the
present circumstances had not allowed
the banker TO CRAFTY.
To tell the truth, the Doctors presence
had had disturbing influence on Tor
onthal which ne could not explain.
BY preserving the incognito at Ragusa.
and continuing the difficulty Of access
!. the bankers desire To see him again
had been greatly increased and several
times he had gone to Gravosa There
he had stood on the quay, looking ut the
schooner and burning with envy to &c.
on board One day even he had been
rowed ont to her, and received tho
invariable reply
Doctor Antekirtt does not see any,
body"
- The result OF all this was that Toron-
thai felt sort Of chronic irritation in
face of an obstacle he could not over
come. And SO, ut his own expense, he
set detective to watch. if the mysteri-
Gus stranger made any visits in Gravoss
the neighborhood.
We may judge, therefore Of the
uneasiness with which the banker heV
that Borik had had an interview with
the Doctor, and that the day following
visit had been made 10 Madame Bath
DRY.
!. "Who is that man = he asked him
self
But what had he to fear i'm his present
= position? For fifteen years nothing
had transpired of his former machina-
tons. And vet anything referring TO
the family of those he had betrayed and
sold rendered him uneasy. If remorse
never troubled his COZ science, fear occa-