Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-01-18
CHAPTER V.

1T is iudcod necessary"

Two days afterwards Sarcany was
Installed in the house OF Lndislas Faith
mar. He had been introduced by Silas
Toronthnl ond on his introduction had
been received 10y Count Saudorf. The
banker and his agent had become ac-
complies, the object of their schemes
being the discovery Of secret which
might cost the chiefs Of the conspiracy
their lives, and the result, rs the price
Of their information, n fortune falling
into the pocket Of an adveuiurer, that IL
might find its way into The strong box Of
q banker who hal reached the point of
being unable Co honor his engagements.
A formal agreement Ind been drawn
MP between Torouthnl and Sarcauy. ac-
cording TO which the expected profit
was 10 be shared equally. Sarcany was
Co have sufficient TO enable him and his
companion, Zirone. TO live comfortably
nj Trieste. and to meet all out8oings and
expenses. In exchange and rs n guar
antee he had handed over to the banker
the fac-simile of the message which con-
Timed there could be no doubt the
secret Of the conspiracy.
II may, perhaps, bc said that Sapdorf
was impruient in acting thus. Under
such circumstances To introduce a
stranger into tho house whore such i'm
portant matters were in hand, on tho
very eve of a rising. of which the signal
might be sent az any moment, might
seem an act Of strange imprudence.
But the Count had not acted thus with
ont being obliged.
IL was necessary that his personal af-
fairs should be put in order now that he
was about to enter on a perilous ndven-
/ ture in which ne risllrd his life. or mt
/ least exile. II he was obliged Co liy in the
I event OF failure. Resides the introduce
| ton Of n stranger into Zathmars house
/ appeared to him calculated TO prevent
suspicion. He fancied that for some
days-aud we know that he was not
/ mistaken-the had been snies in the
/ AcquedOtta; spies 10 other than Sarcany
I and Zirone. We're the police of Trieste
keeping their eyes on his friends and
him and thoir proceedings? Sandori
! might well think so and fear so. II the
meeting place of tho conspirators,
/ hitherto so ohstinately kept hidden,
I seemed 10 him 70 be suspected, what
better means of battling suspicion could
/ DO devised than TO admit within il an
accountant merely husying himself with
accounts?
! Sarcany was past-master in duplic-
ity. and took full advantage of the
/ gifts he possessed his open face, his
frank, clear expression, and his honest.
straightforward look. Count Sandorf
and his two companions could not but
/ be taken with him-and they were
taken with him. In no way did he show
OF learn that he was IN the presence of
the chiefs of a conspiracy to raise the
Hungarian race in revolt against tho
Germans Matthias Sandorf, Stephen
Bathory and Ladislas Zathmar seemed
at their meetings 80 he only occupied
with discussions on art and science.
There was no secret correspondence;
there were no mysterious comings and
goings about the house. But Sarcnny
knew what he wanted. The chance he
wanted was sure TO come AZ turn, and he
waited for it.
In entering Zathmar's house Sarcanv
had but one object in view-to possess
himself Of the grating that would enable
him 10 decipher the cryptogram; and as
no ciphered despatch arrived at Trieste,
he began to ask himself if, for pruden-
tial reasons. tho grating had been de-
stroyed9 This would be rather annoy
ing for him. as all the scaffolding Of has
scheme Vas based on his being able to
read tho letter brought by the pigeon.
Thus, as no worked at putting IN or.
der the accounts Of Matthias Sandorf, he
kept his eyes open; lie watched. he
! sDied Admission p kha room where