Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-03

mirror at an aristocratic party, had been de-
prived Of his command, and know 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 tn the
| royal favor. In order to succeed, he would
| need some comrades skilled In horseman-
ship, and Of unfiinching 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 and the shouts
| Of men.
| Within fifty seconds the front Of tho
parquet was absolutely empty, save for
| the three Americans and the two officers,
Skobelef and Krapotkin, who had retained
their seats with imperturbable coolnesA
Little Bricks said to Macy. in quiet way:
Reckon thar amt much show for rs,
Buckaro unless thar's door under that
stage" Then. a. he glanced around at the
demoralized crowd behind them. he added.
with some wonder: Well, 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-
wards the strangers
OkOOeleU was 10 COOl - y CuCumDeI,u u NO
held out his hand to Little Bricks and said.
in excellent English. or rather shouted into
his ear:
''You are q ssoSodyetz-a brave fellow
How came you here? What brought you to
Russia, mean!"
Little Bricks. grasping the hand extended
as II it had been that of . comrade, yelled
back his answer In the Others ear:
"Came to see the Grand Duke Alexia
Net him on the plainA We three helped
him his first buffalo hunt Asked Us to call
on him, II We ever came to Roosha Got on
o tear and eam< Here ,Oe air. Know any
thing about the Grand Duke. stranger"
THE Grand Duke Is at Sebas.opol You
know he is in the navy. not the army. You
will not be able to do any thing with him In
this war, gentlemen. You had better como
with ma Here il my card II We get ont OF
this IRE alive. call at that hotel In the morn
ing. Is that understood"
Little Bricks nodded, and just Ut that
moment Krapotkin touched SkObele6 on the
arm, and pointed out that, under the stage,
the door by which the orchestra went out
and in. was wide open. and looked black.
- II there was no fire. In that direction.
The gesture was sufficient and 6kobeleR
touched the three cowboys SUCCESSFULLY.
and pointed them to the door
Then Jacques Dar6eville screamed into
6kobeleR's ear:
Go and find II Il leads out anywhere.
and wen bring some girls out that way"
Skobolen nodded assent, and darted
down to the opening. In few moments
he came back to shout in his companion's
ear:
st leads into IN open court II there =
no Jam we can get ont quite . numbeE'
Then the i've men Left their place Of safe
ty. and advanced to the back Of the shrek
ing, struggling mass Of humanity. that Wa
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 liokng 1t the curtains Of the
boxeA
Skobels6, surveying the scene with un-
diminished coolnesaI pointed to the great
entrance door, which could still b seen
through the smoke. and roaxed into Darde-
ville's ear:
Blocked tightl Get them backi'
50 saying. they began 70 pull at the terror.
stricken ones that they saw running 70 and
fro in The rear Of the crowd, and pointed
out By gestures. the dark door under TIA,
stage; bat BY the time they had escorted
about score Of ladies OF in this way, The
AAkV AAaAA WV ~ 0026 oAsO osoSO sSOA 49,
the nextcomerD shuddeIed and shrAnk
back from the apparent danger Gkobels0
yslled IN Macy's ear:
We've saved Ill We can. Take another
giTi apiece and let ~ 20 SALE ~ oas.'
The Americans nodded silently, and each
man looked about for . woman to ave,
when they heard great cxy behind them,
which wl9 followed By . crash Looking
round, they saw that . part Of the roof had
fallen IN sparks on the crowd. and that IN
hopes Of escape seemed 70 b cut OF; but
they heard GkobeleR say aloud. In English:
.Coursgs, my frisnda II We get out Of
thu. you are the boys want to have With
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