The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-13
Our Wedding
 Tour
3. lAMes B orIs


 My wife. wbom married abroad and who was great raveler, said tbat she had visited every ceantry except Russia, and she Insisted oa one taking eur wedding trip there shuddcred, because. knowing her record, felt sure she would not only wish tc ylsit the large cities, but to penetrate the country. possibly Siberia.
 l armed myself with 42 caibef revolver and slune knife with blade twelve inches long down my back. mutely vowing that ! would pro tect my life Co ihe inst moment from an kinds of Russian dangers.
 By the tme we reached the Siberian border had been married long enough Co rebel against being carried across it
 My wife poutcd. but stood firm. We had gone SO far that we were obliged to return Co the railroad in a tarantas that we hired for the occa- sion. It was October. and tbere had been a heavy fall Of snow to the north of us. dreaded hcinE caught In an. other storm and set ouj on our journey to the railroad, wishing il were over. My bride did not attempt to conceal her contempt for what she was pleased to call my timIdlty.
 The distance we must traverse to reach the railroad station was ten versts. or about two hours drive. We had accomplished Bule more than half of it when we heard bark com ing from a wood on our right. saw the driver start, but my wife Said se renely;
 ~Hear that dog We must be near a house.
 I said nothing. bet the start given bv the driver put an tiea into my head Possibly that dog might be wolf. In few minutes the bark was reneated and echoed by others fhe driver lald on tbc whip Then any bride looked at me curiuusly
 "Crouch down uujer the scat" ! said. and Tn cover you win the robes. have dsbt on my hands and | must De free Au dcrcnds on the surety of my aim
 What is its" she Easped
 "woivcSF'
 She knew enough about the ferocity of those animals to updsrsiand what WIS at hand and got down as Chr as she could. while ! pulled the robes up over her head diauot dare ict her zee a pack of wolves nshunE for us for food lest she get hysterlcai aud Iuier fere with my defense didn't know word of Russian nor ihC driver word of English. sa ! could give him no instructions. ! d'lnt soc how he could desert us to save himself but feared be might
 am very good shot with any Find of gun, having been a rancher ln the American west and relied solely on my revolver There were six shots in lt. and had DO mere Ny only hope was to keep of the wolves tlil we rcsched the station. How far n was ] did not know. | asked inc driver in English and by pantomlme finally made him under stand. He held up four fingers by which inferred that the distance was four versJs Ny heart sank at learning that t wns SO great.
 In a few minutes after this the' wolves-there were some twenty of thcm-were upon us Since we were going pretty fast, they must follow tn our wake. I cooked my revolver aim. cd for one of the foremost bruies and shot him between the eyes The pack stopped to devour hlm, and we galned perhaps twenty minutes respite. when they were after us again When they came up aimed for another wolf. | missed hlm. buA broke the leg of one behind him. who fell. and his com rades finished him.
 We thus gained another interval at The end of which fired agaln and missing my mark. lost a shot EN- pending my fourth shot brought down wolf. and when lt came lime for the ffth shot I failed The sixth produced m effect and we had gone over aloui three versts since the ai- tack bcgau.
 But what were we going Co do when the hack came on us again. ! whip ocd out my knife. but tho driver who was turning now and sgain to see the fight when he saw me waiting to re- seive whole pack with steel shook bis head. Then be did what apralled me Reaching for my knife, he took i, out of my hand aud, to my horror. cut the traces, with it The horse, ieav- ing the tarantas. went galioping on We rolled on for some distance, then brought up against a tree beside the road.
 ! gave n up had not the slight. asl doubt that we would ia a few min pics be levoured was thinking of pluneing the knife Into ihe driver be. fore died when the wolves yeiping reached as and. Instead of stopping ran on after Che horse t was evident that the Russian knew more about the sronensities of the bruics than L They ,,..s,a Fl,e st,r.ee n mile before thpy