The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-11

day after that fearful night went back. weak as was from my wounds and tried to dig up what I had buried. It was not therel The man who tsabbed me had possibly taken it away and perhaps alive"
 The Kings attorney buried his face in his hands, while the Baroness ex- claimed: "Oh, Gerard! I hope so, in spite of all. Alive? My son alive?"
 Although the Baron d'Eptnay was engaged to the gentle and beautiful Valentine, Villefort's daughter by his first wife. Franz did not hurry him self about. returning to Paris. When he did come. everybody asked him what he knew of the Count of Monte Cristo All the information Franz would vouchsafe was that he had dis covered that in Italy he sometimes did charitable deeds under the name oi Sindbad the Sailor. The fact was that when Franz had asked his mysterious host on the island of Monte Cristo tc whom he was indebted for such hos pitality, his host-had replied: Well call me Sindbad: you have just said that this cave is out of the Arabian Nights"
 no one except Maximihan Morei. ar oficer of Saphis, who had distin' guished himself in Algiers and whe was now on leave in Paris. Thi; young officer flew at once to the house of Monte Cristo.
 "Oh, sir" cried he. why did you SC long permit my family to remain 1T ' Ignorance of It's benefactor."
 Explain yourself" said the Count.
 well, know that my father. a mer' chant of Marseilles, was financially ruined and was about to take his owr haIn him hV person who signed himself Sindbac the Sailor. I have, just learned tha you are sometimes so called"
 ."Your father was an old friend ol mine. I was indebted to him for man! kindnesses. What more natural thar that I should have helped him in hii troubles?" said the Count
 From that day Morel worshipped thu Count and confided In him. It wal not long before he told him of hlI love for-Valentine de Viliefort, low which was returned, but which neither dared avow publicly.
 About this time there appeared fl Paris the Count Cacalcanti. an Italian youth whom Monte Cristo introduced but refused to vouch for. Cavalcant was a tall. dashing man. and he no only had generous letters of credit or Danglars, but rumor made him i'm
 
 Prince, as people insisted on callini him--at once paid court to Eugenie the daughter of the Banker Barol Danglars She was engaged to Alber l de Morcerf. 1t Is true. but Danglar l coveted the supposed wealth of Cav | alcanti. Alhert's would be but a mod | est fortune. even after his father | death.
 Things had been going wrong witt the Baron lately. He was continuall i oashing drafts drawn by foriegl houses which failed before he coul realize. One day, after Monte Crist l had Investigated the working of tn telegraph. the Baron lost heavily O | thk bourse through a piece of fals | news. And then. in regard to Morcer a paragraph had recently appeared | | tbs papers saying that it had jus leaked out that a certain French of | hner named Fernand had betrayed A | Trepeline for a good round sum to tn
 Turks. Decidedly the Baron woul
 hreak of the match with Albert an
 marry his daughter to Cavalcanti
 q have made my way in the worl 1 air" said Danglars to Monte CristC
 q began as a supercargo, speculate
 on my own behalf. got an army cor
 tract-and lock ct me ncyI cenne