The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-07-22

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When the Marquise was left alone she
covered her partly dnbraided hair with
little lace cap and hurried to the clock.
This was skilful imitation such as are
produced in Venice. with a very large.
nicely carved frame of the Jean Jouvence
style.
The Marouise opened the door of the
clock case with little steel key and then
began to laugh
This was answered by the laugh Of an
other. and man stepped through the
door which the Marquise had opened. II
was Benjamin Vajdar. The antique clock
was only the covering of secret passage.
Its striking was the sign that somebody
who desired admittance was near, and
the melody of the music-box was the sig
nal for him to enter.
Have you come at last. little fooi?'
II am hero for the second time today.
! have received the key to the letters.
The sleepy eyes of the beautiful lady
suddenly began to glistcn
That Ii joyful tidings."
The lady was completely changed Put
ting her arm In his, she conducted Benta-
min to the divan, before which was a
small table inlaid with mother-of-pearl.
and containing the correspondence men
toned above.
"Ah.; have you kept the letters in
readiness7' asked BENJAMIN.
Rosina laughed roguishly.
Il have just driven Jupiter away by the
aid of them"
when these two were alone they called
the Prince Jupiter"
LET us see what is hidden in these let
ters.'
The fatiguging labor of deciphering the
letters progressed so slowly that the lady
became feverish with excitement. The
words had to be deciphered one after the
other by the aid of the cryptography key
The first leaf related all about the vic
Tins of Zalathna, and the dreadful
slaughter on the meadow of Presnak. by
which the inhabitants of beautiful,
fourishing mountain city were extirpated.
All were miners and their families. The
document gave the names of all the
Don't read that any more" said the
Marquise impatiently. 'sTt does not In
terest me enough. When this happened
they were still in Rome"
The second report followed. In 1t the
dreadful day of Sadz. according to the
account of a rescued widow. was de-
scTibed. Then followed the catastrophies
of Borband, Kisfaiud and Kis-Enyed.
In the meantime, the beautiful Cyrene
marked the strategic points of the awful
campaign on the map by sticking little
red flags into them. A terrible campaign!
The ages of the fallen ones were also
given in every instance. The men were
all above 40 years old, and the boys. all
under 10.
vajdar himself knew the destroyed viii
lagos He had been befriended by many
blood; he had visited their homes, had
kissed the hands of the hostesses and had
danced with the daughters.
And now all these were at the bottom OF
the well.
Upon hearing these things vajdar shud-
dered. even when sitting opposite the
beautiful Cyrene.
fare you cold? Is your throat dry?'
The lady brought him greenish spark
ling chartreuse In a crystal glass. and,
in order that he might relish the beverage
still more, she slipped some of It herself.
Another report follows This begins
Klausenburg. and that divis.on detached
by him had advanced as far as Torda.
The newspapers reported Nothing of this.
Ha! A name which they sought is now
being dsciphered'
.i:anasseh?" asked the Marquise with
There is no.,Ghristian name given
= Eiaks-a-fest. Take little ,glassSsof
liquer. But to think that her sweet Ma
donna face is also among those who have
dyed the snow with their blood! What a
delightful dream! Well my little fool,
there. Is one more letter. Are you not
sleepy yet, my little puppy
BENJAMIN considered a little as to
whether he ought not really TO become
the lap dog of the beautiful Cyrene. She
sat reclining upon the sofa, and, with her
head resting upon her arms, and her eye
lids opening and closing. she presented
such a charming picture that the man
almost forgot the entire campaign, to-
gether with its terrible scenes. BENJAMIN
was inclined to throw the last letter I'M
der the table.
But her bloodthirsty curiosity must be
satisfied "-Af aaic'
LET us see what the last letter conr
tains. ,-t'A
This was written from the headquarters
on the Monasteria mountain.
The first lines engaged the warmest in
terest of the lady. They concerned the
Adorjans.
''One Adorjan went to the insurgents
TO plead for peace They seized him and
bound him with chains. Another Adorjan
followed to beg for the deliverance of his
captive brother. Him, too, they threw
into prison. Then came third. Adorjan,
Manasseh."
'Ah, Manasseh. at last!"
'He had come from Italy in the COM
pany of a lovely lady, who is his be-
trothed. The day upon which the Hun
garian troops left Klausenburg these two
followed the path over the mountains. At
, night they stopped at the house of Clip
rianu, one of the leaders of the insurg-
ents, and, sworn friend of the house
of Adorjan." q.
And he took them captive" said the
lady, fastening to solve the riddle of the
line which was not yet deciphered
No" answered Benjamin. continuing
to read; che saved them and had them