Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-01-04
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CHAPTER l.
TIE CARRIER PIGEON.

'aists Of two towns of widely dissimiliar
aspect One OF them heresienstadt
lis modern and woll-to- do. and squarely
built along the shore Of the bay from
which tho land IL occupies has been re-
lclaimed; the other is old and poor and
irregular, struggling from the Corso, up
the slopes OF the Karst, whose summit
II crowded by the picturesque citadel.
The harbor is guarded by the mole Of
San Carlo, with tho merchant shipping
berthed along side. On this mole there
may Mt most times be seen-and very
often IN somewhat disquieting numbers
many groop of those houselesS and
and homeless BohemiRns whose clothes
might we'll be destitute of pockets, con-
sidering that their owners never had,
and 10 all appearance never will have
the wherewithal 10 put into them.
To-day. however-it is tho 18th OF
May. 1SG7-two personages slightly
better dressed than the rest are notice
able among the crowd. That they havo
over suffered from q superabundance Of
forms or kreutzers is improbable unless
some lucky chance has favored them
and they certainly look as though they
would stick at nothing that might in
duce that chance TO come
One of them calls himself Sarcnny,
and says he halls from Tripoli. The
other is n Sicilian, Zirone by name.
Together they have strolled up and
down the mole at least a dozen times,
ond now they have halted at its farthest
end and are gazing away 20 the horizon,
70 the west of the Gulf of Trieste, as if
they hoped 10 sight tho ship which is
bringing from home their fortune
"What time is il p asked Zirone in
italian, which his comrade spoke as
he did oil the other tongues Of the
Mediterranean.
Sarcany made no reply.
"What fool am :" exclaimed the
Bicilian. ut Is the time you are
hungry after you have had no break
fast r.
There is such n mixture Of rnccs in
this part Of AUSTRIA Hungary that the
presence Of these two men, although
they were obviously strangers TO the
place, provoked no attention. And be-
s!dOs, If their pockets were empty, no
one had reason 90 think so, thanks TO
their long brown capcs, which reached
oven 30 their boots
Sarcany. tho youngest Of the two,
wns about five and twenty, and Of
middle height well set up. aud of
elegant manners and address, Sarcany,
however. was not his baptisimnl name,
md probably ne had mover been bap-
tied, being of Tripolitan or Tunisian
origin but though his complexion was
very dark his regular features pro-
claimed him 90 be more OF the white
than tho negro.
AZ ever physiognomy was deceptive,
II was 40 IN Sarc1ny's case. Ii required
n singularly keen observer 90 discover
his cOusummato astutcncss in that hand
some. plausible fuce, with its large dark
eyes, fine straight nose, and well-cut
mouth shaded 10y the slight moustache.
That almost impossible face BETRAYED
none of the sigus of contempt and
hatred engendercd bv constant state
OF revolt against 'ociety. IT, as physi-
ognomists pretcud--and they are not
unfrequently right--every rascal bears
witness against himself in spite OF all
his cleverness Sarcany could give the
association the lie direct To look mt
him one would suspect what no was and
what he had been. He provoked none
of that irresistible aversion we feel
towards cheats and scoundrels; and, in
consequence, he was all tho more
dangerous.
Where had Sarcany spent his child
hood No one know. How had he
been brought up and 10y whomp In
what corner Of Tripoli had he nestled
during his early years To what pro-
lection did he owe his escape from tho
many chances of destruction in that
terrible cliinate2 No one could say
maybe not even himself born by
chance. helped on by chance, destined
90 live by chance Nevertheless, during
his boyhood he had picked up certain
amount Of practical instruction, thanks
10 his having to knock about the world.
mixing with people Of all kinds, trust
ing to expedient after expedient to
secure his daily bread II was owing TO
this and other circumstances that he
had come to have business relations with
one of the richest houses in Trieste,
that Of the banker, Silas Torocthal,
whose name is intimately connected
with the development Of this history.
Sarcanys companion, the Italian,
Zirone. was a man faithless and lawless
"A Thoroughbred adventurer, ever
ready ut the call of him who could pay
him well. until he met with him who
could pay him better, to undertake any
task whatever. OF Sicilian birth and in
kl.t-Nt.NI H..
suggesting q villainy as of carrying il
into effect He might have told people
where he had been born had he known
but he never willingly said where no
lived or il he lived anywhere. II was in
Sicily that the chances Of Bohemien life
had made him acquainted with Sarcany.
And hcnceforth they had gone through
the world, trying per- JIs q nSas 10 make
a living by their wits. Zirone was q
large. bearded man, brown in complex
ION and black Of hair, taking much
pains 10 hide the look of the scoundrel
which would persist in revealing itself
IN spite Of all ms efforts. In vain he
tried to conceal his real character be-
meath his exuberant volubihty, and,
being Of rather a cheerful temperament
he was Just as laxative about himself az
his younger companion was reserved.
To-day. however. Zirone was very
moderate in what no had to say He
was obviously anxious about his dinner.
The night before fortune had been I'M
kind TO them at the gaming table. and
the resources OF --Sarcany had been
exhausted. What they were 10 DO nexi
neither knew. They could only reckon
on chance. and as that Providence Of
the Beggnrs did not seek them out OF
the mole Of San Carlo. they decided tc
so in search Of it along the treets OF
the new town.
There up aud down the squares
quays and promenades on both sides OF
the harbor leading to the grand canal
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