Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-06-25
PETERKIN'S WOLF SONG.


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waters. IS f-effnl az restrziui hey
hare Eesns from captivity. AID WIKI
s0u1d 1ks the roaring ct the hungry
wolves. 5oE onward u1dsr masses .
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tie ga6 crows n0-s sz-50Es As h lisz-
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pinche6 features for ia Slgnl6canes
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has eozs-spring With is power q
sweetness cTar fr01sa lan1-zla ~
barza 1-ararsad vita a go niles q
rsrer. VIZ lose IL look q 6asolariCn.
70 blosss- IND bsznfy a. be journeys
s0ufilEzrE- ever nearer 70 Tia gay
esVzlal wherein dEs-ls ne car.
Ncz5zrf-l visions fl his mind-dll.
half rsZsEbars3 stories 81 lhs great
cazra1ral Of St IsszGz wherein
eshoes re sEast-t0ns3 singing Of III
eao-i=-srs n gorgs02s tZnies Of 6lIs
and gold
% Peasrkia t1rns his back upon the
Oh lie and .0Eney1g sOuta-zrd
keepz body and soul together ~ best
he -zE Prl-rasss il their first pink
zzsh q hlo0m Ti0lsts gol5en-hssrfad
Eazs5as ard 10W s 5sl5 blue a. bszTen
Win toreas-Es-nots greaf him IL their
betF a1d sweet ses1te1 bloom
so-sziEes tzs blossoms are gathered
= sci Il tie marker o. The nearest
village and 50 j nights shelter O. 3
er-st Sc t1zck brad Is O5tai1sl
SzzE zsspezs into sGmleE sun
rr.er W-arss OT-r-Elra ~ aEru-n's Eeeter
strz5a ard PetsrEn 50urDsTs On sub
sls-ng s0r tie Uost part on berries
Eh5ch Eatzrz 50 niggzrd Of her gifts
II Zosz rhi1gs. hera srews broadcast
Vel nor and then Ehen the boys
heart grows weary and he sinks for
while 70 rest b. the roadside thers
sparkles On the green. IuEuriant grass
q drop thai Is far too salt for der.
Au1un1's breath grows keen and
winter holds the Lard in an icy en-
brace Leveling the stsppes with drift
ing PAL q Wilderness over which rise
the fre1cherous fogs. when Peterkin
crosses the border and enters the VII
lage through which ne must pass 70
the Russian capital
An uuwOnted stir and hustle Of ex.
element pervades the place for this
very evening the only daughter Of the
rich land owner Is 70 wed an officer Of
the car and the fiddler engaged for
the occasion has fallen on the ice
hurting his arm 50 that playing IS out
Of the question 4 sorry wedding. In.
deed il viii be without music; tbs
bride is IN despair and halls with j0l
news Of the little peasant who thai
morning entered the village and de
eiared ability TO draw music from Ii,
old TiO.in slung in a sack across hi
shoulder
Yes Peterkin says be can and vii
play If in return he be granted per.
mission 20 travel with the wedding
party 70 St Petersburg The curiou.
proposition at first amuses the officer
20 whom il seems a good Joke; then
noting the little fellows persistency
he e0ntemptuously refuses TO have 8
sorry an object Of travel with them
The bride, with ready wit perceivinl
Peterkin's stolid refusal TO play TO
other consideration, pleads with he
lover until she gains reluctant con
sent for which he Is not sorry in tht
end since with his violin the peasan
wakes the echoes with Polish dancs
tunes which set their pulses throbbinl
and keep their feet in motion. Tn
boy bushes with pride when the off
Ger calls out in praise. Well done
well done. little fellow; who know
but the car may some day count 20
in the imperial band?"
4 4 - =
byes are said and the three horse
harnessed abreast to the sleigh das
forward on the long journey. tn
bells beneath the douga ring out
merry chime. 10 which the flying hoo
beats mark rhythmic cadence. B,
side the driver sits Peterkin. in plac
OF tie yamstchik or post boy. a 10
crowned hat covering the mop OF We
low hair. cut straight from ear to eal
The board seat is covered with leathc
cushions. while large wolfskin pre-
tects their feet and legs from the bitte
cold.
As the day advances. the suov
which began to fall lightly at moor
increases in violence and Tlmoth
moves uneasily urging the horse
ahead for only too well does he knor
the danger of heavy storm over th
frozen steppes where the icy bias
whirl it here and there in treacherol
drifts. Delay even Of single nigl
in safety at some farm house Is not
BE thought Of for the officer bears di
patches of Importance to the car. an
better far were it to brave the fury
a storm than risk the imperial di
pleasure. Press onward at whatevt
cost calls out the officer; stop Il
next stranger If need be and bold
seize his horses but at all hazards DR.
coed Under pain Of banlshmeI
Timothy dare not disobey such order
so, muttering beneath his breath. Of
ward they go. almost blinded with Il
snow as the sleigh is jerked hith,
and yon by the plunging horses.
The short day dies without a tw
light; and Timothy knowing fro
boyhood every verst Of the wa
shakes his head in despair. calling