Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-10-21

have procured CossacS's dress. ra amy
Other thou wouldst surely look IKE
Cossack In disguise. With bushy beard
from ear to ear and a quarter OF an
"archins off thy mustache, methinks thou
wilt pass"
ST would thou wouldst make haste and
let me rid myself Of these soaking duds!
replies Kalatch, with irritation, while
his teeth knock together like castanets
II am certainly sickening OF ague!
He gropes among the sacks and brings
up two bundles, which he presents to us,
respectively. It is one Of the most diff
cult things imaginable to make COM
plete change of toilet in cart on top
of pile of sacks, while three horses
are tearing full gallop with you through
the darkness. However, necessity has
been known to make a man accomplish
wonders.
What bliss it Is to lie still among the
sacks with a dry skin, after the wet
clothes have been slowed away, and
listen to Kalatch describing in his terse,
powerful diction, his adventure with the
warderl And how Yerack enjoys it!
"Good-good; well donev' he interpo-
lates, Shaping his leg.
Meanwhile a dull smoke-gray streak
has been widening on the horizon, and
now I can make out the details OF 4e-
racks dress where he sits before me on
the front Of the cart, and also the head
Of Kalatch emerging from the sacks,
surrounded by the tall Cossack's cap.
His profile is between me and the horl-
zon. so that his hooked nose and the
bushy beard are marked out against the
growing light. Though they continue to
converse together, ] no longer gather the
substance Of their conversation, for l
think of Maruscha, and how soon l may
get letter dispatched to her. l cannot
help feeling a consuming anxiety about
her, though I keep assuring myself that
she is safe from interference until the
INQUIRIES subsequent to my trial in st.
Petersburg should be instituted.
"Yerack," I say at length, where are
we at present? 1t is necessary that l
get to a post town as soon as possible"
"We are about ten yersts from Bor-
Itch" replies Yerack, without looking
around.
81 must send letter from Borlitch,"
l say.
"Bah-nonsensev' exclaims Yerack,
letters! It is bad-bad-to send writ
ing through the post! I believe not in
this letter writing, it has lost many u
manw
"Yerack, when I tell thee that the
safety of one to whom owe my life Is
endangered through me and that the
the individual knows not Of it, therefore
without being warned cannot escape 1t,
thou wilt recognize that cannot argue
this point with thee"
The Cossack gives dissatisfied grunt,
but says no more about it. Presently
he informs me that we pass through Bor-
Itch on our way to Wilma. Where thou
wilt take train direct to Konigsberg," he
adds quietly, as if it were the simplest
thing in the world my passing the from
tier.
ITO KonigsbergY' I repeat in amaze.
'Yes; that is the program. And thou
wilt arrive safe and sound in the Prus-
sian town without a single hindrance.
The officials at the frontier will dof
their caps at thee and say, God speed
thee, Holy Father!
A long silence ensues. Kalatch's head
disappears from the range Of my vision,
and ere long loud shores rise at inter-
walls near me. Yerack slackens the pace
of the horses to steady trot, and thus
we proceed until we come to long
bridge thrown over a stream. He pulls
up at the side of the road
"Come, rouse thee, Kalatch," he cries.
"Get down and stand by the horses
heads"
Kalatch, still half asleep, stumbles
over the edge of the cart, and mechan-
ically does as he is told.
"Now give me the clothes, Vladimir
Alexandrovitch."
the two wet bundles. He takes them
from me, and looks anxiously up and
down the road. Having satisfied him
self that it is deserted, he hurries up
stream and is soon lost to sight In its
tree-fringed windings. In about ten min
utes he returns without the bundles.
"Sunk them in pool" is the laconic
reply.
I am on the road, stamping up and
down to stretch my legs, about which
the long silken skirt Of the kaftan is
Tapping. My appearance must be start
ling, for as Yerack catches sight Of me,
he utters little cry of surprise, which
attracts the attention Of Kalatch, and
he, too, laughs at me. | break into a
laugh at the open-mouthed wonder ON
their faces.
(To be continued.)
The DAD Lady and the Lawyer
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