The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-04-13

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GENERAL sKoBELEYP.
skobefeff, having fired q bullet through Q
mirror at an aristocratio 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 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 q 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 officers,
skobeleff 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, as he glanced around at tho
demoralized crowd behind them, he added.
With bOIu6 WOhucIs VSlI, swan, Sx tu8k
aint't 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 a. . cucumber, a. he
held out his hand to Little Bricks, and said,
in excellent English, or rather shouted into
his ear:
You are a nsotodyetz-a brave fellow
How came you here? What brought you to
Russia. 1 meany"
Little Bricks. grasping the hand extended
as If it had been that Of . comrade, yelled
back his answer in the Others ear:
"Came to sec the Grand Duke Alexis
Met 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
Q tear and eanss Here zoe air Know any
thing about the Grand Duke. strangeff"
Tho Grand Duke is Ut Sebastopol 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 come
with me Here il my card II we get out Of
this fire alive. call ut that hotel In the morn
ing. Is that understood"
Little Bricks nodded, and Just ut that
moment Krapotkin touched Skobeleh 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 Skobelen
touched tho three cowboys successfully.
and pointed them TO the door
6kobelsff's ear:
go and find II it leads out anywhere,
and we'll bring some girls out that way"
knh Aa6
down to the opening. In few moments
he came back to shout in his companion's
ear:
1t leads into an open court II there n
no Jam We can get out quite . number"
Then the i've men lefs 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 IRE on the stage had spread BY the
curtain. over the roof Of the theater, and
was already Licking 1t the curtains Of the
boxea
Skobelen. surveying the scene with I'M
diminished GOODNESS. pointed to the great
entrance door. which could still Be seen
through the smoke, and roared into Dardo-
ville's ear:
Blocked tighti Get them backi'
So saying. they began to pull at the terror
stricken ones that they saw running to and
fro in the rear OF thu crowd, and pointed
out, by gestures, the dark door under the
stage; but by the time they had escorted
about SCORE of ladies OF In this way, the
fire had crept 30 near the stage door that
the nsxtcomers shuddered and shrank
back from the apparent danger Bkobele6
yelled in Macy's ear:
We've saved ali We can. Take another
girl apiece and let us 60 xaile ~ ean.'
The Americans nodded silently, and each
man looked about for . woman to save.
when they heard . great ~ behind them.
which was followed by . @ssh. Looking
round. they saw that Rsft OF the roof had
fallen In sparks ON the crowd and that all
hopes Of escape seemed to b cut on; but
they heard Skobeleh say aloud. In English:
Courage, my friendA II we get out Of
this, you are the boys want to have with
ma" Tho continuation of this thrilling
historical narrative Of The Cowboy Cos
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