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the bank they had been seen.
=" What is your name 2" asked the SER
geant
"Carpena, and am employed at the
salt works"
Gould you recognize these two men
you saw this morningy"
" Yes, probably !"
well, you can come and make a de-
claration, and put yourself at the dis
posal of the police
II am at your orders"
"Do You know there is n five thou
sand forms reward for the discovery of
the fugitives? ?"
Five thousand fiorinsl"
"And the hulks to him who harbors
them %
You don't say SOL"
$50, said the sergeant.
The Spaniard's news had the effect of
sending off the gendarmes The ser.
geant ordered his men to mount, and as
night had fallen he started for the
town, after having thoroughly searched
the banks of the canal. Carpena at the
same time set out. congratulating him
self that the capture of the fugitives
would be worth so much to him.
Sandorf and Bathory remained in hid
ing for some time before they left the
cellar which had served them for IA
refuge. Their thoughts ran as follows
AS the gendarmerie were on THEN traces, as
they had been seen and were likely TO be
recognized, the Istrian provinces We're
no longer safe for them, and they must
leave the country rs soon as possible,
either for Italy, on the other side of the
Adriatic, or across Dalmatia and the
military frontier.
The first plan offered the best chances
Of success, providing they could possess
themselves of vessel, on prevail on
some fisherman TO land them on the
Italian coast. And this plan they
adopted
Hence about half-past eight o'clock,
IA soon rs the night was dark enough,
Sandorf and his companions after leay-
ing the ruined farm, started of towards
the southwest SO as TO reach the Adriatic
coast, And at first they were obliged TO
keep to the road to avoid being lost in
the marshes of the Leme.
But did not this unknown road lead TO
the town which il put into communica-
ton with the heart of Istria We're
they not running into great danger?
Undoubtedly, but what else could they
do?
About half-past nine the vague out
line of town appeared about a quarter
of a mile ahead in the darkness and it
was not easy TO recognize it.
1t was a collection OF houses clumsily
built in terraces on an enormous mass Of
rock which lowered over the sea above
the harbor cut back into the re-entering
angle on one of Its sides. The whole
was surmounted 10y high campanile,
whose kropoltlons were much exagger-
ated in the gloom.
Sandorf had quite decided not TO enter
the town where the presence of two
visitors would soon be known. He tried,
therefore to pass round the walls so as
to reach one of the points on the coast if
possible.
But this they did not DO without being
for some distance 10y the same
man who had already seen them on the
Leme Canal the same Carpena whose
information they had heard given to the
sergeant of gendarmcrie. In fact as he
went home and thought over the reward
that had been offered, the Spaniard left
the road SO as TO watch it better, and
chance, luckily for him but unluckily
for them. again put him on the track OF
the fugitives.
Almost at the same moment squadron
of police came out from one Of the gates
of the town and threatened to bar the
way They had only just time TO scram-
bic out of sight, and then TO hurry at full
speed towards the shore 10y the side Of
one of the walls of the port.
Here they found fisherman's hut
with Its little windows lighted up and its
door open. If they could not find a
refuge here If the fisherman refused to
receive them, they were lost. To seek
refuge was to risk everything, but the
time had gone 10y for hesitation. San
dorf and his companion ran towards the
door of the hut and stopped on the
Inside was a man mending
his nets by the light of n ships lantern.
My friend. asked Count Sandorf,
" can You tell me the name of this town."
"Rovingo."
And We are speaking to
Andrea Ferrato, the fisherman.
"Will Andrea Ferrato consent to give
us a nights lodging; 2"
Andrea Fcrrato looked at them,
advanced towards the door, caught sight
Of the squadron of police at the end of
the wall, divining doubtless who they
we're that asked his hospitality ana
understood that they were lost If he
hesitated to reply.
Come in, he said
But the two fugitiyes did not move.
MY friend, said Sandorf there
are five thousand florins reward for who |
aver will give up the prisoners who
escaped from the doujon OF Plslno. "
Il know il.
"There are hulks, added Sandorf,
u for him who harbors them.
Il know 1t.
"You could not deliver"
II told You to come in come in,
hen, answered the fisherman.
And andrea Fcrnto shut the door "a
he squadron of police came tramping
past tho bnt
CHAPTER XIII.
THE FIsIfERNANs HIT