Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-01-18

nonotony of our journey through the
drcary forest until ohe fourth day Of our
escape. In the afternoon of that day we
came upon road cut through the forest
and debouchng upon the plain This dis
COvery threw us into Il state of intense eX-
element. 1t was like a vision of water in
the desert
Not soul was in sight, but there were
marks Of slcdge runners in the snow which
had fallen the day before.
at 5 not Il main road-that is evident by
its nurrowness, ;" said Gordon, grasping my
hand.
what shall we do?" | asked, trembling
violently.
"lf it only leads to farm, we're all
right. No one would be so inhuman as 80
refuse us food seeing how pinchcd and
done up we are. If, on the other hand. it
leads to town--why then, we stand IA
good chance Of being made prisoners again.
What do you say to stopping here while
90 on and rnCOnnoiter:'
mo, no. If you go on, will go with
YOU
And hope for the best" he added stur.
Oily, pressing my arm to his side and step
ping out.
The road seemed as endless and deserted
as Int lOIt1J llSCIl. Intll, ltdlllllE more
and moro heavily on Gordon's arm, plod-
dcd YEARLY ON, with feet that seemed to
cling to the ground, until my companion,
seeing that my strength was well nigh
spent, said:
PPM done up, my dear girl. Let us stop
Tor the night. we car dream of having n
good supper that will besome satisfaction
and then tomorrow we will realize our
dream
IF we could only 20 to sleep and never
wake again | murmured family.
All you'll not say that when we get a
loaf of black bread and some salt before
us he replied, smackug his lips. We
Craycd for nothing beyond that simple
fare.
We made our usual preparations for the
night.
"Gnc more said Gordon, closing lis
box after taking out Il match to LIGHT the
Gre.
We sat down on the windward side of
the blazing sticks and began to pick lir
cones to pieces, having discovered by acct
dent that some of them contained seeds
that were eatable. From this cngrossiul,
occupat ion we were suddenly startled by
hearing low laugh, and looking up we
saw Il man standing near us with II sack
slung over one shoulder and Il heavy stick
in his right hand.
"Who are yous' cried Gordon, spriuging
to his feet
Ivan Dontremembcr," the man replied
in tolcrable English. "Iou'vc seen me be-
iore-by a better fire than this.
As he spoke he pushed back his hood and
thrust out his chin. showing, red beard,
IN impish face and Il massive Uranium, dis
proportionalely large for the size of his
'acc and perfect bald recognized him
~ the man who had stood beside us by he
burning kameras.
"You've chosen an odd place for your
fire he said. with another chucklc as lie
threw down his sack carefully and rested
himself on it. "Onc can see you are nov
ices. An old hand at ibis sort of thing
one Of the large family OF DontremembcrS,
for instancc-would have taken the pre-
caution to see whether the smoke would
blow into tie road or not before lighting
up. But perhaps you are tired of liberty
and swine food Are you?'
"Why do You ask Gordon demanded.
Because your smoke is blowing straight
down. and the pohthouse is not 800 yards
distant. The man there has orders to take
prisoner or shoot any refugee that comes
within his reach