San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-22

MN.
The chief of the brigands had mild and
intelligent'countenanc which pleased Lad.
islas.
Nevertheless, he hesitated to reply.
You can speak" said Dimitri taking the
lad little aside. "You have nothing tc
fear from me, despite my array of sabres
and pistols. belong to an honest family.
and my father, who died but recently, left
behind him reputation for rectitude. AT
Moscow, everybody knows Yermac's worth
This name struck the lad.
Those who live in the vicinity of the Bay
of Castries consume a great quantity of
very large and fine oysters. We know that
the Russians visited the AMOR, for the first
time, only in 1913; but about ten years
later, they succeeded in obtaining from the
Chinese the cession of all the regions stretch
ing from the left bank of the river to the
previous boundary of Siberia, gaining by this
modification" of the frontiers an immense
and rich territory.
Ivan, who had grown weary Of the life of
colonist, had deserted. He often men,
toned to his companions this curious cir.
cumstance; upon the shores of the great
Asiatic river, the animals of the cold coun-
tries meet those of the burning regions of
the south. The reindeer there becomes the
prey of the Bengal tiger, and the wild boar
and the badger live, side by side, with the
hare of the pole and the glutton.
koschevine, the Russian, had escaped
from the mines of Nertchinsk, following the
course of the AMOR in the hope of being re.
ceived by the native population established
on its banks. He succeeded in passing all
the Chinese posts in small boat keeping
along the left shore of the stream, living
upon the produce of his carabine and en-
during great privations; at last he reached
the Sea Of Okhotsk where he counted upon
finding an asylum on board some ship. In
this, he was unsuccessful; then, all chance
of safety having vanished, ne retraced his
steps, resolved to return to the mines, where,
nevertheless, a severe punishment awaited
him. rather than die of wretchedness and
hunger. But, after having secured the
country for some time, he had met the band
of gold-robbers and had enrolled himself in
its ranks.
When the bandits had satisfied their hun
GER they loaded the fire with wood, and
wrapped themselves in the warmest and
largest coverings they possessed to sleep in
the open air.
The night gave promise of being quiet,
when, suddenly, cries were heard-cries of
terror uttered by child.
The men around the camp fire seized their
weapons, and half raised themselves; soon
they heard the snow cracking beneath the
hoofs Of a reindeer harnessed to a little
Sledge, and saw behind this sledge a pack
of wolves hur1ying along, bowling and men,
acing.
AS the sledge approached the bivouac,
the intimidated wolves slackened their pace,
The child, beside himself with fear, cried
out necessarily. When the reindeer stop
ped, the poor little being fell inanimate into
the arms of Dimitri and Koschevine who
had gone to his aid, while old Ephraim, his
Tunguse companion Avaram, the Lamoute
and the Koriall fired numerous murderous
arrows at the wolves and frightened them
with discharges of firearms.
The inanimate child, half dead with terror,
hunger and cold, was Ladislas.
The Lamoute saw his state of exhaustion,
and taking from bag a piece of frozen
mares milk, he broke some fragments from
it with Ratchet and placed them in a cop
per pan over the fire.
The milk, speedily boiling and foaming,
was presented to the lad. The first drops
introduced into his mouth restored him to
consciousness.