St. Landry democrat., 1888-04-14
missed who they

mirror at an aristocratic party, had been de-
prived of his command, and knew that he
had got to do some daring deed at the be-
ginning of the war with Turkey. then just
coming on, to get himself reinstated in the
royal favor In order to succeed he would
need some comrades skilled in horseman-
ship, and of unfinching courage, and he at
once thought that the American cowboys
would be just the men for him He was
about to speak to them, when loud cry
arose, and the scenery and stage were seen
to be on fire. At once from every quarter,
arose the shrieks of women AID the shouts
of men
Within fifty seconds the front OF the
parquet was absolutely empty, save for
the three Americans and the two officers.
Skobeleff and Krapotkin, who had retained
their seats with imperturbable GOODNESS
Little Bricks said to Macy, in a quiet way:
- Reckon thar amt much show for us,
Buckaro, unless thar's door under that
STAGE Then, as he glanced around at the
demoralized crowd behind them, he added,
with some wonder: Well, swar, eff thar
ANTI two real men at last"
He referred to the two officers, who now
rose slowly from their seats and came to-
wards the strangers
Skobeleff was as cool as a cucumber, as he
held ont his hand to Little Bricks. and said,
In excellent English, or rather shouted into
his ear:
You are q molodgets-a brave fellow
How came you here. What brought you to
Russia. meanys
Little Bricks, grasping the hand extended
as il it had been that of q comrade, yelled
back his answer in the others ear:
Game to see the Grand Duke Alexis
Met him on the plains We three helped
him his first buffalo hunt Asked us to call
on him. If we ever came to Roosha Got on
tear and came Here zoe air. Know any
thing about the Grand Duke. strangerf"
1.-THE Grand Duke Is at Sebastopol You
know he is in the navy, not the army. You
viii not be able to do any thing with him Ia
this war, gentlemen. You had better come
with me- Here is my card. IL we get out Of
this fire alive, cab at that hotel In the morn
ing. Is that understood?@
Little Bricks nodded, and Just at that
moment Krapotkin touched Skobelef on the
arm, and pointed out that, under the stage,
the door by which the orchestra went ont
and in. was wide open, and looked black,
as if there was NO fire. In that direction.
The gesture was sufficient and skobelef
touched the three cowboys successfully,
and pointed them to the door
Then jacques DardevilIe screamed into
Skobeleff's ear. t
SEQ and find IL IL leads out anywhere,
and wen bring some girls ont that way. :, 49,
Skobeleff nodded assent, and darted
down to the opening. In few moments
he came back to shout in his companions
ear: 43s# E i45
st leads int an open COURT II there liz
no Jam we can get out quite number
Then the five men left their place of safe
ty, and advanced to the back Of the Shrek
ing, struggling mass of humanity. that was
owsurging around the foot Of the balcony.
The IRE on the stage had spread by the
curtain, over the roof of the theater, and
was already licking at the curtains of the
boxes
SkobeIeff, surveying the scene with un-
diminished GOODNESS, pointed to the great
entrance door, which could still be seen
through the smoke, and roared into Darde-
ville's ear.
Blocked Tight Get them backls
So saying, they began TO pull ut the terror
stricken ones that they saw running 70 and
fro in the rear Of the crowd. and pointed
ont, by gestures the dark door under the
stage; but BY the time they had escorted
about score OF ladies OF In this way, the
ire had crept 80 near the stage door that
the next-comers shuddered and shrank
back from the apparent danger skoDelen
yelled in Macy's ear.
we've saved ali We can. Take another
cfrl apiece and let us 60 tohils ne can.
The Americans nodded silently, and each
mar looked about for woman to save,
when they heard great CRY behind them, !
which WAS followed by crash Looking
,,,,,,es frnoxr 1.r that n mart of the roof had