St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-05-26

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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 r-instated in the
roy;l favor In order to succeed, he would
need some comrades skilled in horseman-
ship. and of uniinch;ng courage. and he ut
once thought that tie 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 we're seen
to be on fire At once. from every quarter.
arose the shrieks Of women and the shouts
Of men
Within hf seconds the front of the
parquet was absolutely empty. save for
the three Americans and the two officers
Ekoheleff and Krapotkin, who had retained
their seats with imperturbable coolnesa
Little Bricks said to Macy. in quiet way:
Reckon thar amt much show for ~
Buckaro. unless thar's a door under that
stage" Then. as he glanced around at the
demoralizcd crowd behind them, he added.
with some wonder: well, I swar, ef thar
cint't two rial men at last"
He referred to the two officers, who now
rose slowly from their seats and came to-
wsrds the strangerA
Skobelen was as cool a. q cucumber, a. he
hel out his hand to Little Bricks, and said
in excellent English, or rather shouted int
rs ear:
''You arc q molodystz-a brave fellow |!
How came you here! What brought you to
Russia, mean"
Little Bricks. grasping the hand extended
as If il: had been that Of q comrade, yelled
back his answer in the others ear:
Game 10 see the Grand Duke AlexiA
Met him ON the piains We three helped
him his first buffalo hunt Asked u to call
on him, IL We ever came to EooshA Got on
tear and edms lie me air. Know any
thing about the Gran. Duke, strangely"
Tho Grand Duke is at Ssbas .opol You
know he il 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 10 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 1t that
moment Krapotkin touched SkobclefY 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,
rs If there was no fire. in that direction.
The gesture was sufficient and Skobelefi
touched the three cowboys SUCCESSFULLY,
AMI pointed them to the dooE
Then Jacques Dar6eville screamed into
SxobelefY's ear:
Go and find II it leads out anywhere,
and wen bring some girls ont that way"
Skobe.eR nodded assent. and darted
down to the opening. In q few moments
he came back to shout in his companions
ear:
st leads into an open court If there d
NO jam we can get ont quite a number
bnv> h., Inee Hh>t. Al 80 o.
ty, and advanced to the back of the Shrek
nows urging around the foot of the b.l ,ony.
The fire on the stage had spread by tho
curtain. over tho roof Of tho theater, and
was already Lcsing at the curtains Of the
boxeA
Skobelen. surveying the scene WITH I'M
diminishei GOODNESS. pointed to tho great
entrance door, which could still he seen
through the smoke, and roared into Darde-
ville's ear:
Blocked tight! 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 the crowd, and pointed
ont, by gestures, the dark door under the
stage; but by tho time they had escorted
al out q score Of ladies OF In this way, the
fire had crcpt 30 near the stage door that
the nextcomers shuddered and shrank
back from the apparent danger Skobelea
yelled in Macy'a ear:
We've saved oil we can. Take another
girl apiece and let ia 60 while NJ ean.'
The Americans nodded silently, and each
man looked about for . woman TO 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 al
hopes of escape seemed to 30 cut of; but
they heard SkobelefR say aload. in English:
Courage, my fr:ends II We get ont OF
this, you are the boys want to have with
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