nances of the officers.

"The Prince Caramitzo, I am sure!" she exclaimed.

"Prince! Count Zappa, the pirate, you mean!" cried the colonel,
stamping in a passion.

"It's all discovered then. Seize them my lads!" cried the master,
rushing forward to aid in executing his own order.

"Ah! is it treachery you mean me?" exclaimed the seeming Austrian
officer, dealing the poor master a violent blow. "It is Zappa you see,
and whom you will soon learn to know."

And before any one had time to rush forward and seize him, he, with his
companion, leaped into the boat which, at the same instant, shoved off;
and, with rapid strokes, began to pull away.

"Give them a dose of the carronades!" exclaimed the master; but, before
the guns could be brought to bear, and could be fired, the stranger was
a long way from the ship, and not a shot told. There was thus no longer
any disguise--nor could they, should they be conquered, expect any mercy
at the hands of the pirate.

CHAPTER TWELVE.

We must now go back to the day on which our story commences, or rather,
at an early hour on the following morning, when the young Greek, Argiri
Caramitzo, and his Italian companion, Paolo Montifalcone, left the
ball-room of the Auberge de Provence.

Highly satisfied with the adventures of the evening, Caramitzo took his
way to the abode of the Jew, Aaron Bannech, not deeming it prudent to
sleep under any other roof; perhaps he would not have trusted himself
under that of the Israelite, had he not felt assured that the
preservation of his life and liberty was of very considerable importance
to his host. As he reached the door of the house, he encountered the
beggar Giacomo, who had concealed himself, till his approach, beneath a
neighbouring archway.

"Hist, signor," said the beggar, hobbling up. "I'm glad you are at
length come. I have long waited for you, to give you some important
information regarding your safety. But who is the person with you? May
I speak before him?"

"He is a friend--say on," replied the Greek.

"Well, signor, what I have to say is, that before long you will find
this city too hot for you," answered Giacomo. "As you directed me, I
watched the three Greeks you left at the _caffe_. For a long time they
remained inside, and at last when they came out I followed them for some
distance, and heard them making inquiries for the office of the police.
They went to the wrong one first, and then I followed them t