The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-27

/ will be your guide"
''But we cannot abandon our camp pos
sessions, observed Yegor, ssour garments
and our provisionsl If we do, what will be-
come of us!"
land the horses?" said the little Pole Oh
perceiviag the three animal which, in their
fright were tugging at their ropes.
1.-THE horses?" said M Lafeur. sit viii
suffice to release them. Their instinct viii
teach them how to escape without u.s."
Yegor set the horses at liberty.
Nadege hastily gathered the objects which
filed her hut, and, first of all, the precious
transcription fathers songs of exile:
Ladislas made bundles of them. Yegor
and the Partisan attended to the clothing
/ and food.
I sAbove everything" said Yogor, stoutly
working away, 1--WE must be careful of cur
+ stock of powder!"
/ At last they set out, now preceded, ROW
! followed by Wab.
The confagration increased with frightfu]
rapidity. The larches, pines and all the
resinous trees famed like immense torches
The tallest of these trees, burning from root
to crown, rose in close ranks like enormous
/ pillars of fire. The flames, kept from as.
! cending by the wind, extended their raw
ages afar. The huge branches detached
themselves from the trunks with crash,
and, an instant after, the giants of the
| forest fell, one upon another, with hollow
thuds
/ Fire-brands and sparks, forcibly hurled
into space, fell everywhere like incendiary
fuses, kindling new confagrations. A show
er of fire accompanied them. On some
elevated points, groves Of tall trees, with
| their upper branches burning, suggested
lighthouses overlooking a sea Of fire, in
which were surging hither and thither, like
ire-ships, lofty ridges Of flame.
Soon this immense furnace spread around
its insupportable heat; the conf1agration fan
ned by the wind transformed this abandon
cd boreal region into q torrid zone Here
and there, huge bird was seen, borne away
in the tempest Of fire and smoke and recall
ing the tabled phoenix reproduced from the
flames of it's funeral fire.
Wolves, foxes, wild sheep, hares, and
even brown bears were fleeing in terror,
pursued by an intense light; heath-cocks
skinned along the ground, ut:ering half
stihed cries
The fugitives, struggling beneath burdens
much too heavy for them, although they had
sacrificed portion of their possessions,
around and with but one thought, one aim
to escape being burned alive
They advanced through fiery semi-circle,
which was rapidly gaining upon them and
bringing its two extrenities closer and
| closer together as if to stop them in the
| flight. Yegor noted the progress Of the con-
hagration with dospairing gaze, but took good
care not to communicate his terrible appre-
tensions to his companions
| Suddenly, Nadoge stopped and said to him
IN a faint voice:
81 can walk no longer, Yegor!"
''What is the nattor?" asked the young
man.
81 don't know-e motion-fear, perhaps
My limbs bend beneath me- Il is impossible
| for me to advance another step"
'Then will carry you," answered he,
resolutely.
He cast aside his burden and, Selling the
| young girl in his arms, bore her courageous
ly away.
Nadege noticed tho advancing flames ard
comprehende3, as Yogor had done, that they
would speedily cut cff ter retreat
"On. heAYui!' criel She 'T am re-
Harding you. -34e2 Ii | exposing you all to
death!"
"No not" said Yegor; 1--WE are getting
along very rapidly, and you are no heavier
| than turtle-dove!"
"But, Yegor, see the flames which the
wind prevents from rising above the trees
| They will soon be upon US; already the
smoke stiles me. Save yourself-save Lad
| iSlas Hasten-hasten! IF necessary, sac
| rifice me-"
Sacrifice you, Nadege? How can you
talk in that way? If you die, it will be only
| after [ myself have succumbed!"
"Ah this is too much!" murmured Mad
eye. 81 can hold out no longer. It seems to
| me that my life is leaving me. Yegor, adieu
but never forget mel"
AS, in feeble voice, she uttered these
words, which the roar of the conflagration
would have overpowered had not Yegol
gathered them from the lips which murmur
| ed them, Nadege lost consciousness.
In the prevailing ruddy light Yegor did
not perceive her pallor; but he saw that her
eyes were closed and realized that she hac
swooned
'SWhat is the troubled" cried M Lafeur
who, with Ladislas, was few steps in adj
vance.
"Ah! see my dear Monsieur!" answered
the young man. 1'She looks as though she
were dead"
cit will amount to nothing!" replied the
Partisan, briskly. "But the accident is to
be regretted. Where is the package you
were carrying?"
81 left it at the foot of tree; it contained
all the little possessions of the dear child.
| The torrent is not far distant, is it?"
mo; hear it," said M. Lafeur. "a dash
| of cold water will revive her"
''Let us hasten on"
Now, blazing fire-brands fell upon their
path and it was necessary to step over them
Several times Nadege's dress narrowly es
capped taking fire, The smoke grew thick
and rendered their progress uncertain
Happily, the noise of the torrent already
rose above the din of the forest, shaken to
its very foundation by the scourge which
| was devastating it.
At last M. Laheur saw the torrent
| 1--WE are savedi" cried he.
The torrent was broad enough to oppose
to the ravages of the confagration an insur-
mountable barrier. Yegor found q ford,