Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1890-08-15
IHE RUSSIAN TYRol.
RIdiag 81 nrsak-S.ek speed Over the
rasscs sf the Caucasus


fasscs sf the Caueasus
lump Into light carriage drawn by
four horses My driver, Q cossacis
arapad In his eeHrkd, Is armed with q
magnificent bugle. the uso Of which I
can not dlvina We rlso rapidly up tho
gorge Of Darrell, thp 'rhernopyle OF tho
talcasus, tho bloody road OF tho debut,
pf tho conquest Night falls suddenly,
augmented w storm which opens upon
us Tho sluiocs oi heayon, A vail nf fog
Oils space. but QUE rido In tho mountain
becomes all tho more fantastic on that
account AZ foil speed wa rush along
the unsafe road. across swoilcn cascades
which tho iiorsos jump b-avoly. Sheets
Of mist float over our heads; from umo
TO time through rent In thom, we por-
eeiyo tho black bar OF the overhanging
walls Of rock. At our foot the Torek
roars. Sudden Apparitions strotnh out
thoir arms In the fog; these arc oak
trees or poplars. My Cossack puts his
buglo 10 his lips aud blows n blast that
the echoes repeat I now understand
the use Of his instrumont ID warns tho
carriages that arc coming at full speed
In the opposite direction around tho
sharp bends. and II makes those which
We pass clear tho way. AT the sound OF
this trumpet OF doom, terrified phan-
toms fieo before us-Toherkess horso-
men OF spectral micn, clad in bdehiik or
b0urkd; herds Of horses that arc return
Ing TO Tho plain; heavy Osscto carts.
with whole Mussulman families con-
aaalaI l.,uaatb thair napyoaa aWntn0a
We stil mount higher and higher; tho
darkness grows thicker and thicker In
this sor. OF funnel, as II were the walls
OF q well, and meetings become moro
rare below us tho torrents roar doop-
ly; on tho peaks the snow presents con-
fused white masses; torrents and snow
roverbcrate . dirused brightness; you
fcol that there Is pale fragment Of
noon somowhere behind the clouds. At
iho posi- stations whero we stop 70
ehango borses two sounds alono trouble
thp majestic silence-the Fush 81 water,
And tho wind that roars through tho
goFgas=.;the Russian wind, como from
ihp steppe. foldipg Its cold wingsH as
Eormontot says. We cross precipiccs
at Q gallop over frail little bridges. Tho
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s.o." ~. ,n,ss ~ .'o.V ~ U.h,. I H pas.
No !" na.' ~ '"o mn :. .no "-A 49,
hnu wall 'n''o ah''i Law"
pay proaks IN origh' ciear SKY
cleared by yesterdays rains. II seems
as " one could streteh ou' ones manu-
ana touch the nrst giaciors Oh the na.'
box, that giant OF the caucasus, whicn
him its oaid head more 'hah io'ooo 'ee'
high'
AS wo ADVANCE along tne ROAD Gu.
across an ampaitheatsr Win vans 0.
granite ana oaSait, l hotico seVersi OF
these haii-ruined villages dominated oy
square tower. hore was the refuge Oh
small christian ieuaaiism whicn
throughout the Middle Ages defended
itself In these haunts against Mussul-
man invaders and against the tersians
VINO were masters Oh the southern val
Toys Inc descendants Oh these .core,an
ctans VII tno poor mountain heius win
y primuve piow' Aney uweii In nutS
ppiito 81 STONES witnont mortar or pias;
!er ahq 70 low INA. 'ney can naraiy oq
alsunguisnea from tne tocks WIN whica
Meir pr9wn coi9r eonioNnas tnem.
Wiserapie race which mas Deeh huh'eq
sBwl iof een'aties, now " .no enemy
.tpM ny ~. SCUM, AAa now py 're enemy
asns s Win t The % inst,nct,ya r',.e aa ~ ,ha M