The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-10-26

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through q defle with towering cliffs on
either side. Do not on any account a.
eehd the rocks on the right for mp
there IL Liyadia. the summer palace OF
the csaR.@ svAfs -. - ~ rs - ~
The Swords were spoken 20 Frank
Hdxford 'sdf Chicago SiobS trottsr.
mountain climber. grain operator. cub
mans horse locker, anything, every
thing thatla ksfsatJIe American ls ca
pahle Of taxing d. though how be
mAhaged to gfatify 20 many tastes In
one lifetime no one could End out. He
had asked the way Of man who had
answered Ia. the Rueslan tongue, but
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be proceeded In the direction the man
pel1kSd. trusting to luck TO nnd his
A@ag. VIE soon struck q dense wood.
from which he emerged In the defle
mentioned By the man Of whom he had
im4hirodH On fNlthaEs side were, .eItlHs.
andi hia climbing Instinct led him to
stack an -almast perpendicular ascent
en- his right II looked plain enough
from below, but on the route ha VIA
Ia the midst Of dense 5cFUbby trees
and could neither ses nor sb6 seen bS
any 0aam Y laos baI afs Va aa1 II
Henemerged at last on q plateau,
where heas stood wiping the Precipitation
from his facs and enjoying the view.
Presently no lowered his eyes. and al
the foot OF the clln where d section OF
the road was visible he raw q soldier
leaning laEily Oh his gun. ON another
exposed section he saw several, seEitI.
neIs posted nc short distances from one
another ~ 9g iri g9Pp 4ta9 iss
D. walking Inward from the edge OF
the iclin, Tho came 10 a finely finished
road and In another moment heard the
patter Of pony's feet on the hard
surface. and a phaeton containing b
young woman and two little girls came
round a point Of rocks. The lady was
driving and. seeing Huxford, refined
In the pony and asked him some
thing In Russian which he did NOT
understand He took OF his hat and
made bow In true American fashion
and replied In English, for, his jaws
not having been fashioned In infancy
to utter bone cracking sounds, he had
not learned the Russian language. The
young woman burst into a laugh and
said In English, with British accent;
II asked you whether you have seen
the Count Ehminoff go by here"
Il have seen no one go by here.
have just climbed up from below"
The lady's face grew grave. do you
mean" she said, that you have en-.
tered here except by the gateway
II came from the road down there"
The lady paled. ''But how did you
pass the guardf"
''That accounts for a chain Of sol.
diers saw below. didn't know
there was guard"
"Great heaversl You are in the
cars grounds. How reckless my
countrymen are"
'I'm not your countryman unless you
are an American"
Americans are just as foolish as
our Englishmen. Do you know that
you are In q frightful posltionf
"oh, I've climbed the Matterhorn
This ls nothing. Do you suppose !
can't get down where I have come
app e7'ie'
you passed the guard by one chance
In hundred. You can't expect to win
that chance again."
II win apologize to his majesty for
trespaasing."
you WIN not see his majesty. You
will be arrested ana treated as a would
b. assassin t's"a 800
Both paused In the conversation, and
both did great deal OF thinking In a
very short space Of time. at the end OF
which the lady said:
sect In here quick"
Tie children were on the back seat
and Huxford got up In front beside the
lady. He had scarcely done 80 when
there was u chatter OF horses hOofs
coming. and gentleman on horse
back. followed by a groom, met them
Both he and the lady drew rein.
~Ah. count" she said In Russian. II
feared we had lost you. The children
would have been greatly disappolnt
ed" o3ss s..
81 would Join you. but see you arr
full" replied the count. looking inQuir
mgly at Huxford. 9te %tH
"Thia Is my cousin. just from Eng
land. the Hon. Hubert Granger" Their
In English she introduced Huxford &C
the count
What further she Sald was In Rus
Sian. and Huxford did not know whai
II was till he saw the count dlsmoun'
and by pantomlme offer him his horse
The lady told Huxford that she hat
expressed his wish TO visit the oppo
site ellis, and the count had offered
his horse. with his groom TO point tbs
way. Huxford, having allghted. made
an American bow TO the count. Q
French bow that he had learned ~
Paris TO the lady and mounted til,
counts steed. Then. having made tive
or three more bows OF different nation
allties. he galloped away.
AT the gateway the guard scrutinlzea
''the Hon. Mr.. Granger" but. seeing
Count Ehmlnofrs groom following him
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