Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-14

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| Skobeleff, having fired bullet through
mirror at an aristooratic 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 unflinching 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 the
| parquet was absolutely empty, save for
the three Americans and the two Off GERS,
| Skobelef 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 a door under that
stage" Then, as he glanced around at the
demoralized crowd behind them, he added,
! with some wonder: SWELL, I 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
| Skobelef was as cool as a cucumber, as he
held out his hand to Little Bricks and said,
in excellent English, or rather shouted into
his ear:
You are a naolodyetz-a brave fellow |!
How came you here? What brought you to
| Russia, I mean?"
| Little Bricks. grasping the hand extended
as if it haI 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 ue air. Know any
thing about the Grand Duke stranger?n
1.-THE Grand Duke is at Sebastopol. You
know he is in the navy, not the army You
| this war, gentlemen. You had better come
with me. Hera is my card. If we get out of
| this fire alive, call at that hotel in the morn
/ ing. Is that understood?"
Little Bricks nodded, and just at that
moment Krapotkin touched Skobeeff 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,
| es it there was no fire, in that direction.
/ The gesture was sufficient. and Skobeleff
touched the three cowboys successfully,
and pointed them to the door. -.
| Then Jacques DardevilIe screamed into
Skobeleff's ear: s5--. ..sS
$50 and find if it leads out anywhere
and we'll bring some girls out that way"
| SkobeleH nodded assent, and darted
( down to the opening. In few moments
/ he came back to shout in his companions
ear:
ut 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 to 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
Skobeleff, 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 back!"
So saying, they began to pull at the terror
stricken ones that they saw running to and
/ fro in the rear Of the crowd, and pointed
! out, by gestures, the dark door under the
stage; but by the time they had escorted
/ about score of ladies off in this way. the
| fire had crept SO near the stage door that
the next-comers shuddered and shrank
back from the apparent danger. Skobeleff
yelled in Macy's ear:
We've saved all we can. Take another
| girl apiece and let us go a0hile IRE can"
The Americans nodded silently, and each
man looked about for woman to save.
when they heard great cry behind them,
which was followed by crush Loo ling
round, they saw that q part Of the roof had
fallen in sparks on the crowd, and that all
hopes of escape seemed to be cut off: but
they heard Skobelef say aloud, in English:
Courage, my friends. II we get out of
this, you are the boys want to have with
| me-" The continuation of this thrilling
| historical narrative of The Cowboy Cos
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