The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-12-11

among the clouds of dust, preceding
them along the road. AS his horses
were evidently less fatigued than those
Of the other traveller, he would not be
long in overtaking it. This was neither
tarantass nor I telga, but a post ber-
lin, all over dust and looking as il it
had made a long journey. The postil-
ion was thrashing his horses with all
his might and only kept them at q
gallop by dint Of abuse and blows. The
berlin had certainly not passed through
Novo-Saimsk and could only have
struck the Irkutsk road by some less
freque1ted route across the steppe.
Michael's first thought on seeing this
berlin was to get in front Of it and ar
rive first at the relay, so as to make
sure Of fresh horses. He said a word
to his driver, who soon brought him up
with the berlin. .-...
AS he passed head was thrust out
Of the window Of the berlin.
He had no time to see what it was
like, but as be dashed by he distinctly
heard this word uttered in an imperi-
GUS tone:
"Stopr'
But he did not stop. On the contrary,
the berlin was soon distanced by the
tarantass.
1t now became regular race, for the
horses Of the berlin. no doubt excited
by the sight and pace Of the others, re-
covered their strength and kept up for
some minutes. The two carriages were
hidden in cloud Of dust. From this
cloud issued the cracking Of whips,
mingled with excited shouts and eI-
CARNATIONS Of anger.
Nevertheless the advantage remained
with Michael, which might be very i'm
portant to him if the relay were poorly
provided with horses. Two carriages
were perhaps more than tha;postmaster
could provide for. at least;in' a short
space Of time. ' -
Half On hour after the berlin was left
far behind. looking only speck on the
horizon on the steppe.
1t was o'clock in the evening when
Michael and his companion arrived at
the postkouse in lchiIn.
The news was worse and worse with
regard to the invasion.
Here had arrived just 81 short time
before two men.
The one was English. the ether
French. Both were tall and thin, but
the latter was sallow, as are the south
ern provencals, while the former was
ruddy like q Lancashire gentleman.
The Anglo Norman, formal, cold, grave,
parsimonious of gestures and words,
appearing only to speak or gesticulate
under the influence Of q spring operat-
ing at regular intervals. The Gaul, on
the contrary, was lively and petulant
expressed himself with lips, eyes,
hands, all at once, having; twenty diff
ferent ways Of explaining his thoughts,
whereas his interlocutor seemed to
have only one immutably stereotyped
on his brain.
The strong contrast they presented
would at once have struck the most
superficial observer. but physiogno-
mist, regarding them more closely,
would have defined their particular
characteristics by saying that if the
Frenchman was sail eyes" the Eng
lishman was "all ears"
In fact, the visual apparatus of the
one had been singularly perfected by
practice The sensibility Of its retina
must have been as instantaneous as
that of those conjurers who recognize
a card merely by rapid movement in
cutting the pack or by the arrangement
only Of marks invisible to others. The
Frenchman. indeed. possessed in the
highest degree what may be called the
memory of the eye
The Englishman, on the contrary, ap-
peared especially organized to listen
and to hear When his aural appara-
tus had been once struck by the sound
Of a voice, he could not forget it, and
after ten or even twerty years he
would have recognized it among
thousand His ears, to be sure, had
not the power of moving as freely as
those of animals who are provided with
large auditory flaps; but, since scien-
tifc men know that human ears pos
sess, in fact. very limited power Of
movement, we should not be far wrong
in affirming that those Of the said
Englishman became erect and turned