The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-11

f6Smsd tkaf ih,y RIA Zen ncctiiiei of my prob
ehie arrival At Pieynn. and that had been
hourly terror OF arrest, and were SSnsIoSsiy
waiting .dehvornnce by tho Russians. Ono. OF
shell that had been brought down from sistoya
by sono Of tho peasants who had como up with
provisions for 5hU TSrs i,n. troops oops there her ! had
missiles at Widdin, but assented. We were
standing at. the moment In the stonepayed
predecessor told two Of the students TO bring tho
object I'm. In a few moments they returned car
thcm, which, without tho slightest conscioue-
moss OF dSSnger, thoy let drop heavily on tho
the second that followed i have mover trlod to
describe, but when rocoyoTod my pTesonee Of
nnG liz \ found ad,I mSsclf, Of the far end I,in Of ths yyd yard,
round tho shell, When they inquired, with
some curiosity, why I had acted In that way, l
would allow the danger we all had run, and
then susgss.ed that ss 4 was dangerous to BIO
thoritics found II In their possession It might
cost most Of them their liberty and some OF
TO send It to the bottom Of the well, which was
tono then and there, and there 1t may DO still,
Tho professor then proceeded to advise me to
leave Pleyna that very day and hurry IA fast
as could TO Rustchuk, for The Russian army
near 'sistovS, and n might htG run or great risks Z |
remained. y Z, hardly necessary to say that
knowledge on tho part OF the professor. and the
others OF the party around me, and inquired
told me that a tow days previously four Rus
sian officers IN the disguise Of Bulgarian peas
aRss' in VINO the h nish suS sst%sen 4 s,s sFSssia asd N Sia 9Sn.
ilis, nnohservcd by the, Turks, had been in
plsyna, and had gone back again into Rou.
positions around the town, after telling tho pro-
fessor that the coming night, Juno 90, was
R Russ With s pasSS's exact oa details naa and y tho
air or truthfulness with which they were given,
and 4 determined sssrt Without 100 tn loss t of tI RrSt''fI2 urry fayis Go
the Kaimakam's residence l asked to DO fur.
2 2an,,a, with nth the Ss, usual S,m escort of , 2 mounted
ing him for the hospitality he had procured
me, saying was anxious to get on to Rustchuk
ono hour after midday that we rode out of
P!leyna and took tho road through Grivitza
tho 0sma, and where later tho Emperor Alex
ander u. established his headqnartors for
Boone Soo%in em sound d0" OF the Sf'G RUSSIAN ssnix,n GUNS nlf IN gene enc
cral bombardmcnt and the Turkish in reply
began to be heard. and IT continued all the after.
Staying ut Bulgarcni just long enough to
feed and rost the horses, We again took tho road.
tho Zaptich and tho Albanian CANVASS were
having a good deal Of conversation together as
them carefully. The night was was dark but ea G cisar,
and tho road quite distinct, and as 1t was laid
Uns almost nnf di ave cast "a and obs west across SnT c country :, 1T
looking at the stars. suddenly | became aware
that We were OF the road, and that the Zaptich
plain toward the Ellis. I imncdiately MAJ" made my
soryant and Tartar Ali, with his ARABIA, retraco
We began shouting to the other two to reioin us,
which they !, o were doing having noticed that wo
up with us was that they thought It would DO
safer net to keep on the road to Biela, for
which We were bound. SO as to pass the bridge
and the Albanian by my orders Keeping with
hi nrn I'm 4 NNn rnn.slNa1 m iln yNhlr f"-
security's sake / determined to wait till day
break, for the Albanian had begun to be inso-
lent. and ono could not be sure how far Tar
With the break Of day the journey was re-
sumed, and We soon struck the road running
long before we met the streams Of fuKitiyes
that now began to encumher the roads. Turks,
household goods on their backs or in arabas, |
g~alloped about the country shouting that the
Villages and there waited the coming events.
the Junction OF the ;R!eia and siisteya roads,
Turnavo In u carriage. who shouted to us to
turn back with him. rs tho Cossacks were al
B iuai; before sfoHs'1 We could eoS do% possibly "r reach Go II. J pS q.
ing. however, that no was exasgerating tho
danger. determines to push on. and II about
protection Of a Turkish brigade, with a regi.
bivousskine behind the hills that hid them
from the view Of tho advancing Russians. who
lessor at Pievna had predicted. From one Of the
watch mounds, q relic OF the old Roman domino
sio9' Or, on the high Fau bank s GPseSloofiP pst the ,;i
Turks and Russians on Bulgarian SOIL but had
still u long way TO 20 and Some pcrils to en-
counter 0'''F' ''"'A'Ds NY journey ; 0" G.r.