, 1876-08-05


can,ela, md men, etainp.l fntt, the half
'trfel mud Of n al.nllow watertpnr1e, and With
,, wavs of hs hand towards blatant wreath Of
teiyed ifom 1nins The glftscTing eagles,
wranrcd tfte gn1a IN a serap u raw ahcepskln,
ntM thrust t tto ihc ealt-goufd that daugled
" thong fro1n his walst ar''l them with agrin
lad not rilslen half mile towards the camp
gre before saw, approaching mr., al lumber
ms. alnble, ungainly enough, hut swt!t and H.
lent, sotnc two scorc OF latien camels, urged OF,
tiy ~ MongUt!an. Two Of them, ~ so0n ~ they
cs1tcd me, uasllc,l at nc With loud excavations
anil cries q " fcrfuElIccl husky kill! Kill !"
sight 81 y produced some effect OIL the wild
ricrs, for they wi,ttlca Of to right and .eit,
Ealluping round tue III circles, still brnndtsl,fpE
their spears, until third llorsetnatl spufTsu tor
BY n'aglc q suspend .hck ,nurtlcrout laten-
tfons, antt then r,te quietly IN TO my side, and
held out l.ta tony hand lot INC to shake.
=" l3rotaerrt iu sai1, IN a strange iargon Of
fricad, 6atM,ehkat Has English Lord forgotten
looked at tho mans broad Int face, and
did indeed recognize q Tartar Of tho
aae naa2 nsnye ss1ys n@t %snt!3ns M =. whom a =
abont to hang him on dwarf max for being
capturct, reti-handetl, ~ a shcctstcalcr. lie
so!no months In Klaehsa, but s,e yagraat H.
sttnct was too strong In 6tng.sl, anl lie had to
throw up Ills employment h'd acd to tho
sscnpc.
The other three Tartars became au,cohlc
enough wllcn they found TINT thclr. companion
raseuls' talk that tl,oy had ,oen acting az guides
to tic Ckerinsk caravan, mud Ind seized MI OBJ
portuntty Of making of With forty ca.nofs and
their !oat's with whiclt, as tnafle out, they in
All tllis sing-S!, whose moral il,rc was Of
the roarfeat, related 40 an excellent ioke;
hut when he learned that WIS ", my way tt
ioin those whom he had Just deserted, his
aiiark yc, English Lord,' he saia. cautiously,
rs tho otllers began TO- goal OH their camels
with blows and lanre-rr1cks, "wo Of The atcrpc
lore friend a. VIC hate Toe. slng-sa does not
want his former protector to leave his bones To
blessed ones;" and hu shook his 1nat at thu
tur-on smoke; land sure ~ death their STROUD
Is spinning fast.''
,,sWnt ae yq s meant" A., s's asksa, anxioasls;
ugly face close to ,nIuc. "thas we of thc old
Tartar stock have no cautc to he fond Of the
hfuskor, aud pretty trick VIC have played
ts% ssss;n ll''t did you never hear Of the snow
had, in the coursc Of my residence In sibcria,
heard vHgne stortos Of glch phenomenon Of
the fnr northern steppcs, md nodded, waiting
to bear nlure.
S!ng-Si; "the blind molcs} Already the wind
/. frnln Tic north, already the threads Of the
Fatal Splltncrs spun the Hky and VIC have led
them nhcre there arc no mountains 10 break tho
fury Of the blast; no tartfcr To check the rush
and beast. Away, EnEtishman, whip atl,l Bpur,
rs you love your lffe, for cyen hero you arc mt
safe, ara ritte to the left, mark me, wcstwarts,
to tho shelter of tho hllla. AS for mt, CO."
e1 AIT h tss,ag puis u n It. f1E paty o ys 81 al ~ @ sa
lnnl.gallop towards tho campfire. The snow
fnod There crnWdcd on my mind all tho tales
that hatl ever heard, OF carnvRns, Of solitary
hunters, o. Of detulnnents Of troope, over
taken hy the rcsstcss drift OF, those tlritasle
plains, where not tree, not hillock, existed
10 ocn the violence of tle wind, And as sped
on, felt convinced that sing-sl's warning was
truo ono.
1n reaching tho cncaupmcnt found my pre-
dit3tous OF impending cvll received very mi,"f,
IA were those uf Oasnaudra In old Troy. Count
Annenkoff, aya!u young otllcer, With ! supreme
scoTn for Girf!ffns und Foreigners, rfdicufed my
s,es ) 1pa astha sfnsa 5at t. ssa cas y Sa 1 s.1
abscondc'l with portion Of the baggage.
'sExcusc my il,t1cdutty, mon etier, he snitI,
eoolly, "but yoilr snow.flosM, ms yon phrnse It,
appears too ncnrly related to 4inlads Valley OF
saud md One Nights, to .eosRn,nnl credcncc;
and shall use Mi own discretion as regards
the routc tn bc followed"
TIE other Ea5,eps,a1s, II i, less &. supesc!lous.
VIII eos eod ss" usst Nons u e he Es M
messed, though a1l of them Ind heard Of, the
fell furrc Of tint snowy tempest to which tho
Asiatics hnl given 20 picturesque Il maine; and
rrowlfng SlongaIs It, orter 10 eIudc = danger
whhh might pF!sye tnytllfcnl Hut Ellen, wi,o
believed In Inc btcausc al". 1nvcd .ne, used all
hsr tnases % o,s w't' ler f"ser: mud wIt
reluctant co,lscnt tn have Ills own and
his daughters ltrses reealdled, un 10 het of,
Sing.Si.
As wo lcft The camp, lighted by broatl, full
9e IL us GRpo ,hs hor,r ~ nvffy skyy
WIS growing very dark, anl Tint the long fin
rlcntH Of grny cloud lal berolnc kuft together,
Us though the Fllkyrs were indeed busy NJ tlla
loom Of DEATH The wind, also blowing IN titfnl
gusts, ia. BECOME ptcrp!ngiy culd, md our
very slnrsca snortcd u,la sntfFcd the MIR, ns
though they SIGHTED t1e nplmoacl Of sonle view
less peril.
BY tho lime VIC had ridden. as gucssctl,
nortlcin sky lsnl darkc'lctl still more, and the
slow so!blng Of tlln desert wtnd hud swtIlcd In
to sl'rlck, wh!lc the Temperature WIS pcreptf-
bly lowered, SEQ tint Ellen slilycred more from
S0Nt Llluu iEI1* W. IA CHhEA NE Nlls A1EILtIls
rs lInye ead, had been unwilling 10 takc my
uo,spl. In opposition to tho scotIs Md renloli-
stra,leea Of hls friends, but now ho saiI, IN att
altered tone:
III hccin to think, Richards that you md the
Tastnr were right. God b!cvs y,li for your
ul,sc!fBl, kindness, my boy, whatever comes of
ttlH.H
Ecforo could reply, n terrified outcry from
Ellcns lips made me turn my head, j1af as the
first quick siloH-anlsrH came wiitrling down, md
1,s,tn
ghhntly seam ot light: t,'tslc from the north
sEareltss wllitel.ess, rallng ntttlessty on.
s'Thr SNOW! the s,lnw!'' We eNrlainlrt1, as
with onc yoicc, urging on our u!rrizhtcl horses
to their fullest speed, Willis behind us. Ike The
swept OH the white wave, brstnE Lcneath It, ~
It atyanretl, htsll, and mound, a1ll watrr-
course, aill llattnE a,.t every feature Of tho
landscape to tlle 'lorthwhtil.
'rllrM tcgan rAee indeed, the nlar'ntd horses
stratning eyrry slntw to uutstrlp the pura,lng
fate; hit with nli our speed thu drift gninc1
M,"l,, ia, antl presently we fnu1,d ourselves
piuugiug aMl liutl,leriug, up to our Bu.llc-
EtrtIls, IN snow.. Tho t.m'n'A r:sdtanre wns now
tutailly ,oscurcd, hut ntar of!!, to westward, my
cyc hail Taught thu rnldy glanrc of tirc such