The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-05-23

the royal guard and and four regiments oil
Proobajuski were about to defile along the
quay of the Court. When the second
battalion of This fine regiment OF infantry
appeared in the sight on the bridge OF
1'roist. the princess leaned cn the balcony,
and her eyes seemed TO be wandering in
search of some one; then either designedlv
or by accident. she let fall one OF her
gloves. A young officer whose eyes had
been fixed in the direction of the palace,
saw the glove drop from the princess hand
aud without accelerating his pace. or brea-
king from the ranks, adroitly received it on
the point of his sword, pressed it TO his
lips, srealthily hid it beneat, the buttons Of
his uniform.
The princess blushed, Potemkin leaned
toward her.
THAT officer" said he, in hollow voice
..has become enriched by one of your
gloves. 10 whom pray do you destine
the other2"
ITO you Count, if you are gallant e.
nough 10 attach the least value to such
trifle," was the reply.
"Give ii me, then"
So saying Potemkin retired.
On the evening of the same day, field
lager and a couple of Cossacks made
their appearance in GalerEais, at Mai or
Teheghelowski's The officer turned pale
on beholdlng them, for such visits BODIED
no good.
Follow me!' said feldjager.
Nv hither!"
That's secret"
"By whose order?"
"Look."
"WilI The Journey be long?"
"PerhaI Sc"
ALLOW me TO take bag of roubles and
some papers"
''Neliher roubles nor papers-noihIng!
"Fery well, Sir, | will follow you,
said The ma or. pale with emotion. ''but
permit me, at least, To give a last embrace
10 my mother, who is sleeping just by, i'll
conscious security, and who will wake in
tears and sorrow. For mercy sake grant
me but one single moment
'll is impossible! The orders are pos
tive. Get inr'
And the iron feldjager pointed Ia one
of those little covered carts, called "telea-
gues," which stand very high from the
ground, and are provided with only one
wooden seat. All resistance was vain,
and would have been punished with the
utmost severity.
The major stepped into the tealeage in
silence, and the horses: of the true Ukra-
nian breed-light as the wind-had pres
emily borne them past vasili Ortroh, and
left the watchlowers, the blue dOmes, and
the golden spires of the citadel far behind
them. The snow was falling IN heavy
flakes, and drifting round the silent trav-
ellers. For moment the major felt half
tempted to s,rangle his morose companion
when he should happen to fall asleep; but
the iron eye-lids of the feldjager were
never once closed during the whole of the
night They now reached Pochezeroki.
The major ventlIred to ask whether they
had come to the end of their journey.
mot yet" replied The feldjager.
They changed horses and went on
Nystarka and Pounenskoe were left be-
hind, as at each place the major, whose
anxiety waxed more and more intense IN
proportion to the distance, questioned his
cond uctor laconically, and still received,
as his only answer, that terrible reply,
IN OF yet"
On crossing the forest Of Vologsa. the
tealeague was surrounded by band of
famished wolves, that escorted 1t during
forty worsts, but without exciting the
slightest notice on the part Of the feIdJager
such episodes being of frequent occur
renee in Journeys of this kind, where the
traveller has an even chance of being de-
voured by wild beasts, frozen alive, or
buried in tomb of SNOW, that closes for
ever above its victims. Nothing can be
more dreary than the inderminable sue
cession Of white plains, the desolale uni
formity of which is only broken, at rare
intervals. by an Asiatic looking monaste-
ry, hut made of bomboes twisted togeth-
er, or gigantic rock, followed out by
the hand of time.
Seven days were spent in unspeakable
suffering, the major was half dead with
exhaustion, when the teleague halted on
The border Of an arid steppe, where, here
and there, were sprinkled about twenty
wretched huts, more fit TO serve as dens
for wild beasts than as human habitations.
This is your destinations" said the
fel5ager.
The Majors face became livid.
mo, it is not possible!" cried he, con-
vulsively wringing the hand of his sinister
companion, "you cannot leave me here,