The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-13
friend?n asked the Partisan.

frienda" asked the Partisan
What would you do in my places" said
the young man, full of the strongest anxi-
ETY..
M. Lafeur seemed to have mado decis.
ion,
MA foil" said he, in c tone void of all
hesitation, 'sI should not make two bites OF
the cherry should say Since this mad.
man persists in trying to undo me-since one
or the other of US must perish-let him be
the victimlv
'tBut I suffered so much, M. Lafleur.
when believed had killed him!"
sAnother reason-he is your debtor"
While speaking, the dancing master made
a sign to Tekel. He pointed out to him an
enormous mass of rock suspended on the
verge of the platform; a vigorous shake
could easily detach it and hurl it down
The Yakoute Immediately comprehendec
that an enemy was to be got rid of. The
man and the horse would pass over the
very spot threatened with the fall of the
rock.
ooh! you will not do that!" cried Yegor
guessing the Parisian's intention
II certainly will not do tiff I have not
sufficient strength-but / will do it, if I car
obtain the aid of Tekel's strength and yours
which you will not refuse, Yegor"
"Ah! to what extremity do you wish tc
reduce me?"
do you prefer tne knout?" said NJ Laf
letS
And he used as lever his long ascension
pole.
For his part, the Yalkoute, bending ove1
the abyss, began to loosen the rock from the
outside by removing the fragments which
kept it in place.
''Comc-lend hand !" said the Partisan
II assume the responsibility Of the affair II
is necessary for you, for Nadege for Mad
eye, my friond."
HE would have it y" said Yegor, and he
seized the dancing masters white pole.
The three men moved the mass Of rock
It's centre Of gravity displaced, "a slight eff.
fort would suffice to precipitate it into the
chasm.
Yermac had advanced directly beReatb
them without seeing them, for they were
hiddJ1 by the block of stone and the briars
which bordered the platform
The dancing-master followed with an at
tentiye eye the ogress of the man whom
he had devoted to death He pointed the
block as an artillerynan points cannon
The Yakoute waited but fo~ the word OF
command.
"One two, and down with it," cried the
Partisan.
'God forgive mel" nulmurcd Yegor
''Vive la liEcrte!" cried the Partisan, in
loud voice.
The heavy mass tottered and detached it.
self, accelerating its speed and grazing with
crash the perpendicular walls, the project
IN Of :ol,i
countered two tall rirc trees which il car
ried with it. The enormous block after
wards bounded from rock to rock, hurting
affair its debris; tlcn it struck the ground
with a formidable noise like a discharge o.
heavy artillery.
The three men, seized with vertigo at the
sight of the gap they hid made, recoiled af.
frighted closing their eyes.
Already, aroun about, rolls Of thunder
sped from echo to echo dying away in the
distance.
The Yakoute was e., first who had the
courage to advance t. sec the result of the
work Wrecks co 100 the ground, still
white with the sno I which fell on the pre-
ceding day. no @r Y horse lay stretched
out and crush Bat TIC rnan-what ha6
become of the ma Was he beneath the
He had disap.o 2ol
A woman's cries were heard. They took
the shape of a despairing call.
'sIt is Mile Davidoff's voice." stammered
Yegor, pale and trembling.
'"The poor child is frightened" observed
NJ Lafeur '.She, undoubtedly believes us
in danger. Let US go and reassure her
Now the success of your enterprise is GER
tain, and have only to quit you as soon as
we shall have crossed the defles- unlcss
this affair-this murder-well, I am In 9
nice fix for an honest trader and dancing
master! What about my Yakoute milliners,
my birch sap champagne, my glassware an6
my collection for the museum of Chateau
Thierry?"
IT was afraid Of this my dear Monsieur
Lafeur!" cried Yegor, overwhelmed With
trouble.
do not worry yourself for SO little !" re-
sumed the Partisan. ''What difference does
it make, if have saved you! Well, [ will
follow you to your journeys end! 1t will be
pleasant, indeed, for rk to return to the
Faubourg Antoine by way of Kamtchatka
or the north pole! All! man holds the VIC
lin, but God directs the dance!"
II am confounded!"
''Vive la liberte !"'cried M. Lafeur. And
he added LET us go and calm the terror
of your charming betrothed. We shall find
the descent from here easier than the as
cent"
10 be continaed.)