The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-01-09
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
| bs3n CHAPTER xv.asidaa
G1EN ICHAEIs STROGoFFy and
Nadia were once more
iINi ofree, . as they had 3been
80. -, during the journey from rr9p
HGNNyIIN Perm to the. banks Of the
vGSt British. But how changed
-..,;3.a y !; h weEe, the, circumstances
ofi the Journey! Then a. comfortable
Vehicle, teamsl oftenireneweb well fprQ-
vided post horses, secured for them a
quick journey. Now they went on foot,
with anqimpossibilitySo OF procuring ,for
themselves any means of slocomet lon
without resonrc not knowing even
how to procure the least, wants Of life,
and they. bad still, to- make 400 -yersts!
And, moreover, Michael Strogoff now
only saw through the eyes of Nadia. "
As for the friend whom chance had
giyen them they bad just lest himn iup-
uel Tic ulOSI duSStlhS SllSuiuStdhSSSo;
1t was 10 o'clock at night. II For the
last three hours and a half the, SUN had
disappeared below the horizon. There
was not d house, not hut in sight.
The last TartarsI were lost, in the dis
lance. Michael fStrogoff and Nadia
were indeed alone. uay YEb g asrnii
fTo what place shall l lead you, Mi
chael?'' ''''''''''0 ''}''H 'FH ss''' q
"Tot IrkutskRrhe ANSWERED. 1os7ai
TBy. the highroad?"
Eyes, Nadia" Is .'Jihbp'4E&SI b
Nadia took; the hand of Michael Stro-
golf. and they once more set out
their Journey .J7isf0 % Joy II
Next morning, Sept. r. twenty yersts
farther, at the town of Toulounovskoe,
both halted for short times sRhe town
was burned down and was deserted,
During that day they had to pass the
little streamjof tiieq Okla, J but ,itcfwas
forbade, and l tha pt!Tp asfSage offered b' 70
But, contrary rtol w hat Michaeb SHe-
goff had perhaps hoped, there was not
any longer a single beast Of Burden In
the country, Every horse every cam
ell had been either killed cor taken
away.~It- was-therefore foot they
must cross this never ending steppe.
And thus they walked on for three
days.
Several times Nadia was obliged to
stop. Michael Strogoff then took her
in saaEns, and for the, moment not
having TO think sof Nadia's fatigue,
while carrying her he marched more
quickly and with his untiring pace.
.On-athei 18tR of September Alto
o'clock at night, both reached at length
Kimilteiskoe From the rtepz,ef hill
Nadia perceived a line q little less dark
on the horizon was the sDinka
Suddenly they stopped, asif their
feet had stepped into some creyicet in
the ground. @ sf3
"A dogs bark was heard across the
steppe.3 49, ES
"Do you fear3'' said Nadia.
Then came a1amentable cry q cry of
despair, Liz 1.-THE last appeal Of aihuman
being who3is about to~die..74 ID ...5s.
"Nicholast NiehoIa sg' cried they young
girl, urged On by some evil foreboding.
Michael Strogoff, who listened, hung
down his head.
"Come, Michael Gomez said Nadia.
And she who Jul st before could scarce
ly dr. ag herself al ng suddenly recover
ed her strength under the sway of VIC
lent excitement.
'Have we left the road?'', said Mi
chael Strogoff, feeling that he was
treading no longer the dusty RI pad, but
the open grass field.
Eyes; it is, necessarily answered Ma
dia. ut is from over there on the right
that the CRY Gamer :: Ism xf.lsx4s
Some. minutes afterwardt the two were
only half a verst from the river.
A. second bark was heard, and a.
though more feeble Tit was certainly
nearer.7muavk ,Iesta ~ - 2IT
Nadia stopped.
''Yes," said Michael at is serko who
is barking. He has fellowed-his~ mas
ter."D Z LJ~I "4H 10 1,ES T0i
"Nicholasw cried tie young girl.
Her call remained una answered. Only
some birds Of prey rose up and disap-
peared amid the high clouds Of heaven
Michael Strogoff listened. Nadia look.
ed at the plain, lit up with flashes Of
lightning in rapid succession, but she
saw, nothing Ii VI III |. 81
And yet voice came again, which
this time murmured in a plaintive tone,
''Michaelw 1Itgf!TA q
Then dog, all bleeding, came bound
ing up to- Nadia. 1t was Serko.
Nicholas could not be far away. He
alone could murmur that name Of Mi
chaeL Where was he? Nadia had not
even the strength to call out to him.
4 Michael Strogoff, lying on the ground,
searched with his hand. j.
Suddenly Serko gave a fresh bark
and. rushed toward a. gigantic bird,
which was clawing the ground.
1t was vulture. When Serko pre-
cipitated himself upon it, it rose up;
but, returning to the charge, it struck
the dog. Il
He again renewed the attack, but he
received blow on the head from that
terrible beak, and this time Serko fell
back dead on the ground. u