Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-07-30

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way in which he had dealt with the
Spaniard. and then his immediate dis-
appearance.
Having read the letter, Sarcany
opened the window Leaning on the
balcony he looked out into space and
set himself to think
"Carpena dead? Nothing could be
more opportune! Now his secrets are
drowned with him (! On that side l am
at ease ! Nothing more to fear there J"
Then coming to the second passage OF
his letter. LAS to the appearance OF
Doctor Antekirtt Mt Ceuta, that is moro
serious! Who is this man? 1t would
not matter much after all, if l had not
found him for some time more or less
mixed up in my concerns AT Ragusa
his interviews with the Bathory family;
Mt Catania, the trap he laid for
Zirone Mt Ceuta, this interference
which has cost the life of Carpena !
Then he is very near Tetuan, but 1t does
not seem that he has gone there, nor
that he has discovered Savas retreat.
That would be the most terrible blow,
and it may yet come We shall see If
we cannot keep him of, not only III tho
future but in the present The Senous-
lists will soon be masters OF the Cyrenaic,
and there is only an arm of the sea to
cross to get Mt Antekirtta Ii they must
be urged on know well"
1t was evident that Sarcany's horizon
was not without its black spots. In tho
dark schemes whick he followed out
step by step in face of the object he had
set himself and which he had almost
attained, he might stumble over the
very smallest stone in his path and per-
haps never get up again. Not only was
this invention of Doctor Anteklrtt
enough to unsettle him, but the posi-
ton of Toronthal was also beginning to
cause him anxiety.
Yes" he said to himself, "we are in
a corner Tomorrow we must stake
everything! Either the bank goes, or
we go! II am ruined by his ruin l
know how to recoup myself But for
Silas it is different He may become
dangerous, he may talk, he may let out
the secret on which all my future rests
| have been his master up to now, but
he may become my master :!
The position was exactly as Sarcany
had described it. He was under no
mistake rs to the moral courage of his
accomplice. He had his lesson before.
Silas Toronthal, when he had moth
ING to lose, would only use him to make
money out of him.
Sarcany pondered over what was best
TO be done. Absorbed in his reflections,
he did not see what was happening at
the entrance 10 the harbor nj Monaco q
few hundred feet beneath him.
About half cable-length away long
hull without mast or funnel came
gliding through the waves. Altogether,
il did not show for more than three feet
above the wa.er-level Soon after, grad
ually nearing Point Focinana, 1t slipped
into smoother water near the beach.
Then there shot of rom ii n little boat,
which had appeared like an incrustation
on the side Of the almost invisible hull.
Three men we're in the boat In few
strokes of the SOULS they reached the
shore; two Of them landed, and the
third took back the boat A few min
uLeS fllCINulQS itlt osSAAO1o NAs>A't
which had not betrayed its presence,
either by light or sound, was lost In the
darkness and had left no trace of its
passage.
The two men ms soon as they had left
the beach went along by the edge OF the
rocks towards the railway station, and
then went UP the Avenue DIES Spelu-
CUES. which runs round the gardens OF
Monte Carlo.
Sarcany had seen nothing of this
His thoughts were far away from Mon
aco-at Tetuan. But he would not go
there alone, lie would compel his accom-
plicc to 60 with him.
"Silas, my master :" he repeated.
"Silas being able to checkmate me with
word! Never If tomorrow the
game does not give US back what it has
taken away from us, l shall be obliged
to make him follow me Yes! To fol-
low me to Tetuan, and then on the coast
of Morocco, if Silas Toronthol gives
trouble, Silas Toronthal will disap-
pear!
AS we know, Sarcany was not the man
to recoil at one crime, more particularly
when circumstances, the distance of the
country; the wildness of the inhabitants,
and the impossibility of seeking and
finding the criminal. rendered its accom-
plishment so easy.
Having decided on his plans, Sar-
cany shut the window, went to bed, and
was soon asleep without being III the
least troubled by his conscience.
1t was not so with Toronthal. He
passed horrible night. OF his former
fortune what had he left? Hardly 200,
600 francs-and these were to be squan-
dered in play. 1t was the last throw
So his accomplice wished, and so he
himself wished. His enfeebled brain,
6lled with chimerical calculations, was
no longer able to reason coolly nor
justly. He was even incapable-at this
moment at least-of understanding his
real position with regard to Sarcany.
He could not see that the parts had
shifted, and that he VINO held him in his
power was now in his power. He only
eaw tho present with Ire it,onoa al lotto