Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-07-16
CHAPTER XIII-CONTINUTD.

Nothing can he clearer, answered
Namir than that you should be more
careful than ever of Doctor Antekirtt"
And as much as possible we should
know what he is doing, and above all
things where he is.
That is not easy. Sarcany. answered
Namir; "for when was at Ragusa, for
instance, heard that to-day he would
be at one end of the Mediterranean, and
tomorrow at the other.
Yes The man seems to have the
gift of ubiquity," growled Sarcany;
but 1t shall not be said that / let him
interfere with my game without making
a fight for 1t, and when | go to his home
IN husband of Antekirtta, Iknow we'll"
That the wedding will have taken
place, answered Namir, land you will
have nothing to fear from him or any
one"
THAT is So Namir, and till then"
It'll then we must mind what we are
about One way we shall always have
the best of it, for we shall know where
he is without his knowing where we are!
Now about Carpena Sarcany what
have you to fear from him 2"
"Carpena knows my connection with
Zirone! For many years he took part
in expeditions in which l had hand,
and he might talk"
Agreed but Carpena is imprisoned
for life ut Ceuta-"
And that Is what makes me anxious.
Namir Carpena, to improve his posi-
ton, may say something. If we know
he has been sent TO Ceuta. others know
it as we'll others know him personally.
There is that Pescador who found him
out ut Malta. And through that man
Doctor Anteklrtt may be able to get at
him. He can buy his secrets from him!
He may even try to help him escape.
In fact, Namir it is all so very obvious
that l wonder why it has not yet hap
pened.
Sarcany, wide awake and keen sighted,
had thus guessed at the Doctors plans
with regard to the Spaniard, and per-
ceived the danger. Namir agreed that
there was considerable cause for anxiety.
why, said Sarcany, why did We
not lose him instead of Zirone 2"
But what did not happen in Sicily
might happen in Ceuta, SAID Namir,
coolly.
That, in short. was what the interview
meant Namir then explained TO Sar-
cany that nothing could be easier thar
for her to go from Tetuan TO Ccuta AZ
often as she liked 1t was only twenty
miles from one town to the other.
Tetuan was little to the south of tho
penitentiary colony. As the convicts
worked on the roads leading to the town,
it would be easy to enter into communi-
cation with Carpena, whom she knew,
to make him think that Sarcany was
anxious for him TO escape, and TO give
him little money, or even n little extra
food. And if it did happen that one of
the pieces of bread or fruit was poisoned,
who would trouble himself about the
death OF the convict Carpena who
would make any inquiries
One scoundrel less would not seriously
inconvenience the Governor of Ceuta
And Sarcany would have nothing further
TO fear from the Spaniard, nor from the
attempts of Doctor Antekirtt to fathom
his secrets.
And from this interview it resulted
that, while one side was busy scheming
the escape OF Carpena, the other was
endeavoring TO render it impossible, by
sending him prematurely to the penal
colony in the other world, from which
there is no escape
Having agreed on their plans, Sarcany
and Namir returned to the town, and
separated. That evening, Sarcany left
Spain to join Silas Toronthal, and the
next morning Namir. after crossing the
Bay of Gibraltar, embarked at Algesiras
on the steamer that runs regularly
between Europe and Africa As she
left the harbor, the steamer ran past
yacht which was steaming into the bay.
II was the Ferrato Namir, who had
seen her while she lay at Catania, recog-
nized her Immediately.
doctor Antekirtt here I" she NUT
tered "Sarcany was right. There is
danger. and the danger is close at handp
A few hours afterwards the Moor
landed at Ccuta- But before returning