The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-04-14
GENERAL sKopELErF.

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 un fiinching 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
Skobeleff and Krapotkin, who had retained
| their seats with impsrturbable coolness
Little Bricks said to Macy, in quiet way:
Reckon thar amt much show for us.
Buckaro. unless thar's door under that
| stage" Then. as he glanced around ut the
demoralized crowd behind them, he added,
with some wonder: "Wcll, 1 swar, eff thar
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 as u cucumber, as he
held out his hand to Little Bricks and said
in excellent English, or rather shouted into
his ear:
You are a molodyetz-a brave fellow (!
How came you here? What brought you to
Russia. I meanY"
Little Bricks. grasping the hand extended
as II it had been that Of a comrade, yelled
back his answer in the others enr:
Game to see the Grand Duke Alexis
Met him on tho plnina We three helped
10 Arat 1,,fpc L. h,,x, IL. 4,
on him, If we ever camo to Roosha. Got on
q tear and came Here zoe ai Know any
thing about the Grand Duke, stranger?"
1.-THE Grand Duke Is at 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 uu,.c. come
with me- Here ia my card. II 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 Skobeleff 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,
as If there was no fire, in that direction.
The gesture was sufficient. and Skobeleff
touched the three cowboys snccessively,
and pointed them to the door
Then jacques Dardeville screamed into
Skobeleff's ear:
$50 and find If 1t leads out anywhere.
and We'll bring some girls out that way"
SkobcleH nodded assent, and darted
down to the opening. In few moments
he came back to shout in his companlon's
ear:
1T leads into an open court If there is
no jam we can get out quite u number.
Then the five men left their placs of snfe-
ty, and advanced to the back of the shriak-
Ing struggling mass of humanity. that was
nows urging around the foot of the bal ony.
The fire on the stage had spread by the
curtain over the roof of the theater, and
was already licking at the curtains of tho
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-
vtlle's ear:
Blocked tight! Get them bac.sl"
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 nextcomers shuddered and shrank
back from the apparent danger Skobeletf
yelled in Macy's ear:
We've saved oil we can. Take ano her
girl apiece and let US go ,hie 100 can"
The Americans nodded silently, and each
man looked about for IA woman to save,
when they heard great cry behind them,
which was followed by q crash. Looking
round. they saw that part of the roof had
fallen In sparks on the crowd, and that Ill
hopes Of escnpe seemed to be cut off; but
they heard Skobeleff say aloud, in English:
Courage, my friends Ii we get on, Of
this, you are the boys want to have with
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