River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-04-12

SkObeleh, having fred a bullet through a
mirror at an aristOoratic party, had been de-
prived OF his command, and knew that lie
had got to 90 some daring deed at the be-,
ginning OF the war with Turkey. then Just
coming on, 10 get himself reiRstated in the
royal favor In order 10 succeed he would
need some comrades skilled in h0rseman-
ship, and of unfiir ching courage, and he at
once thought that tho American Gov. boys
would be Just the mon for him He was
about 10 speak to them, when a loud cry
arose, and the scenery and stage were seen
TO be on ire At once, from every quarter,
arose the shrieks Of women and the shouts
OF men.
Within fifty seconds the front of the
parquet was absolutely empty, save for
the 'hree An. re us and Tie two officers,
Ssobeleff 81 i.,. I'm, who had retained
their seats " uTbable GOODNESS
Little BricL, sd Macy, in quiet way:
"Reclon thar amt much show for rs,
Buckaro, unless thar's door under that
stage" Thsn. rs he glanced around at the
demoralized crowd behind them, he added,
with some wonder: @Weu, ! swar, ef thar
ANTI two real men at last"
He referred to- the two officers, who now
rose slowly from their seats and came to-
words the strangers
he'll out his hand TO Little Bricks, and said
In excellent English, o. rather shouted into
his ear:
You sre a naolo7yet--a brave fellow
How came you heres What brought you to
Russia. / meany"
Little Bricds, graspng the hand extended
as if il hai been thnt of n coInrade, yelled
back his answer in the others ear;
Game to see the Grand Duke Alexis
Net him on the plains We three helped
him his first buffalo hunt Asked US to call
on him, if we ever came 70 Roosha. Got ON
O tear and cane Here 'cs dir. Know any
thing about the Grand Duke strangeffn
The Grand Duke IS ~ SsbaslopOL You
know he is in tie navy, not the army. You
Will not be able to do any thing with him in
this war, gentlemen. You had better co ne
with me Here is my card. II We get out OF
this ire alive. call at that hotel in the morn
ing. Is thst UnderssOods"
Little Bricks nodded, and just at that
moment krapotkin touched SkobeIed on tie
arm, end pointed ont taas, under the stage,
the door by which the orchestra went out
and in. was wide open, and looked black,
cs it there was no fire, in that direction.
The gesture was sufficient. and SkObeleff
touched the three cowboys successfully,
an I pointed them TO the door
Iuen Jacques DaINeNllle screamed INTO
6kobeleff's ear:
SO and find II it leads out onywhere
and Wen bring some giIs out that way"
Skobe,eff nodded assent. and darted
down to the opening. In n few moments
he came back to shout in his companions
ear:
st leads into an open court If there is
no Jam we can get out quite a number"
Then the five men left their place of safe
ty, and advanced 10 the back of the shrek
ing. struggling mass of humanity. that was
nows urging around the foot OF the balcony.
The fire on the stage had spread by the
curtain. over the roof Of the theater, and
was already licking at the curtains Of the
boxes
S&obeleT, surveying the scene with UNI
diminished GOODNESS. pointed to the great
entrance door, which cOuld sill be seen
through the smoke, aud roared into Darde-
vile's ear:
BLOCKED tightl Get them backi'
So saying they began to pull at the terror
stricken ones that tey saw running 10 and
fro in the rear Of the crowd, and pointed
out, by gestures the dark door under the
stage; but by tue time they had escorted
aEout score of ladiss of in this way tho
fire nal crept SO ne1r tbs stage door that
the next-comers shuddered and sbrank
bac1 from the apparent danger bkobeIen
yelled in Macy's ear:
We've saved ali we can. Take another
girl apiece and let Us go uhle Us can"
The Americans nodded silently, and each
man looked about for woman 10 save,
when they heard great CRY behind them,
which was followed by crash. Looking
round. they saw that part OF the roof had
fallen in sparks on the crowd, and that all
hopes Of escape seemed to be cut of; but
they heard Skobeleff say aloud. in English:
Courage, my trends II we get out OF
this. you are the boys ] want to have with
me" The continuation OF tEis thrilling
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