The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-16

tier under the recent edlct OF banlshment.
About twenty miles from Wilma he met
with bad experience, being overtaken by
darkness while passing through dense
forest of pines. 1t was between l and 2
O'Clock a. m. when the stout little horse
man perceived light shining through an
opening in the pines. He concluded that
he had struck party of lumbermen who
had been engaged during the daytime in
telling trees and were probably blvouack-
ing around their campfire.
He was not left long in doubt, however.
for before he had gone much farther sew
eral men leaped upon him from the deep
gloom of the forest that skirted the narrow
roadway. One of them endeavored to
seize the horses bride, while several
others essayed to drag the rider from the
saddle. Fukschima was practically saved
by the intelligent instinct of his horse,
which, rearing upon its hind quarters.
struck out with its fore legs at the agrees
sors in such a violent and etfectual man
ner as to place several of them hors de
combat and cause the others to scatter
like chat. Meanwhile the horseman him.
self had made good use of his revolver,
and giving his charger the rein. galloped
forward furiously and desperately till be-
yond the reach of danger. When the he
roic horse and rider reached their next
hating place, the town of Ialnak, it was
learned that they had encountered in the
lOfcSt uolOIlOus ShHS Oh TODDeTS VINO
had, only two weeks before, murdered two
gendarmes, and for whose capture a large
reward had been offered by the govern
ment. The people of Yalnak were in
credulous at first when Fukschima told
his story but when they became convinced
they were loud in their congratulations
and praise of both himself and his horse,
and the happy escape each had had from
assassination.
At St. Petersburg the adventurous rider
received a rousing reception. The car
bestowed personal attention on him; had
him at court and complimented his cour-
age and endurance. The officers of the
crack regiments of the Imperial Guard en-
tertained him royalty; general society
added it's tribute and Fukschima, in brief,
was the lion of the capital. In Moscow
he was honored by the municipal council
and generally feted. His horse, however.
now began TO give signs of breaking down,
showing symptoms of disease resembling
CHAMBERS. This incident threw the in
trepid wa1derer into a condition of gloom.
and some Jokes were perpetrated at his ex-
pense. H. was told that he had clearly
been swindled in his horse deal, and that
the Jew Pterdehaendler, of Berlin, had
imposed worthless animal upon him.
The horse was cured after 4 delay of six
days, however, when the journey was re-
sumed.
occurred after mis- departure from Moscow,
about fifty miles from that city. He had
removed his passports from his pocket
during brief stay he made at waysde
inn. had laid them upon the table and
forgotten TO replace them before leaving.
As luck would have it, towards nightfall
the traveller was stopped by a gendarme
officer and two of his men, none of whom
could speak either French or German, and
Fukschima, who was unable either TO pro-
duce his passport or to explain his posi-
ton. was IN an unpleasant quandary.
The officials did not know what to make
of this extraordinary looking little man.
decked out in a military uniform they had
never seen before and who looked like
Chinaman ana could give no account
of himself. They were satisfied he must
be a spy of some kind or other, and
roughly hustled him off for examination
before pristave. This tunctionary caused
Fukschlma TO remove his coat and care
fully examined the buttons of the garment.
These. however, seemed 10 afford no clue,
and matters were rapidly getting into a
deadlock, for neither party could under
stand the other and had 10 content them
selves by exchanging n stolid. stony,
stupid stare. At length 1t looked as
though Fukschima would have 10 pass
some days iucarceratcd in the cachot or
lookup, but at this iuncture the
village priest was summoned, who
happened In possess some knowl-
edge of French acquired during a
former residence IN diocese of Poland.
The priest thus became the instrument of
the Japanese majors delivcrance, rs he
succeeded in explaining things away, and
then brought the traveller home with him