The Red Cloud chief., 1878-11-01
or NERVE.

MI
"A W1,le Murat was In Madrid. he was
AAldASs Ia communicate with Junot IN
Portugal; but all the roads IN London
swsrmcd with guerrillas, and with the
-,WoQe composing Castanos' army.
h&syat mentioned his embarrassment
y Baron Strogonoif, the Russian en-
oassafor To Spain.
hNpeiA. " IL well known. was nj that
y,meafFSo Sly the ally, but the friend Of
Y rranse. M de- Strogonoff told Murat
! ma the easiest thing In the
ffw lut24fThe Russian Admiral Sinia.
vln.h syN}d. h., ais In the port nj Lisbon;
yiy.n ne Tie most intelligent Of your
'Pclisk-fwAders; I will dress him up In n
Rust.ha,vnitorm; and intrus! him with
ihe ,AEpSfehes for the Admiral-al,
will'kS Well, even II he should he taken
prisS ncTIG dozen times between this
anctA NkOn. for the insurgent army IL
60 aLhiohs tn obtain our neutrality that
wylbe careful not To furnish n pre-
text ~ rupture"
Nara was delighted with this inge-
Inicrs. scheme. He asked kransinski,
Lthe !uHmmandant Of the lancers, tn find
Ihinta bra,e and intelligent young man.
1.-Two days afterward the cOmmandant
gbrou4ht the prince II young man Of his
Icorya!! for whom he pledged his life;
his Name was Leckinski, and he was
|bpt USshteen years old.
%Mrrat was moved nj seeing 80 Young
InaE court so imminent u danger; for,
Aka6ye NA detected, his doom wis seal
KhMNrRt could not help remarking
how Pole the risk he was about to run.
The 906tksmiled. ''Let your imperial
I kighness give INC my Instructions" an.
7r'Swered Id, respectfully. land I will
five a'lFo0t account Of the mission I
lsYf bSAa honored with. I thank his
i&hnssNtfA a having chosen me from
hyoeomfSdes, for all Of them would
lave couAe6 this distinction"
Ttf prince argued favorab.y from the
ydHTSS man,F modest resolution. The
IRISsasa ambassador gave him his dis.
vpaVpra<c,he 7put on a Russian uniform,
and SCI; out f0x Portugal.
TheTStst tw5Ndays passed over quietly.
buh@RAals afternoon Of the third, Leck-
SpNniArds. who disarmcd him, and drag
Red him before the commanding officer.
Luckily for the gallant youth, Il was
Castanos himself.
wLeckinski was aware that he was lost.
4rtna.were discovered to be q French.
WAtuNpnsequenty he determined on
TIE stakt, not u lot q single wori Of
rfShek escape hin aud 10 speak Rus.
sian 4Aa HiexmAn. which he dit with
o9usy neeayc: The cries Of rage Of his
<6peeasf@Aa oAdted the fate that await
\ edw1teu tashdaAhe horrible murder Of
RevNiMbo had persisted In the
tynost;drsadful fortunes but u few weeks
NsIore..Hs he was going to Join Junpt,
was SvfAGieRitO freeze the very blod:.
VINO are your said C~sstanOs. IN
|S&nAh. MHieH language he spoke pet.
lHSnywxeA <Aaving been educated Ii
HEaHAhMiT looked a, the ou..,ion,r,
ARs&0a sign. and answered in Ger.
A. aTQNissa understand ,ou.~
GseW 03hoS spoke German. but he did
M VitGeton appear personally In the
INAttNrdkp0uummOned one Of the OH.
csrk !Sf.bjS staff, who won't ON with the
exAMi6atl6h. The young Pole AN
swersddN Russian or German, but new.
erSls hSypAble Of French escape him.
Y "ftlXkt, however. easily have for.
xshMlhself, surrounded ~ no was
N tsayosfdv eager for his blood. and
u ,w*tsd,with savage impotence to
him declared guilty. that Is. n
Hhah'so fall upon him and muir
xYtesatio
fhSF fury was raised to a height
whStHY0cseneral himself could not
contnNtfSyR incident which seemed to
cut I'd tsa1ohspy prisoner from every
hope o, ESCAPE. Inc Of Csstanos' aid
de-caznptr'OHe Of IT, fanatical patriots.
wh9nherass. numcpus In thk war. and
wnG.fSaWfhRdrs, Nj den0Anced Leck-
insxI ds A,EEnch sp, byfst into the
scoasdr'tgStbg with him{tnan wearing
tn@yoAfsen' Racket, talyfat. and red
Pn4fne6S 6pahish pysant.
The officer cQnfroncd him with the
'%tHkNtihb snSn and then say, il it
Va !. trggsthSta%is W. German or Russian
l&sio BY ny ' %a. ewing
yhe rueouSS clbseiyrP Presently his dark
Syssa9&ktHt Ou4nrwith abe fire of
.ISasiaaelll.an is a ~rrenchman.'
EXCLAIMED he. elapping his hands. Aud
es stated that having been In Madrid a
lev weeks before, he had been put in