Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-27

author OF BOOK OF marvellous Au~
ventures, published in German in 1893,
and actually by Rudolph Erich Raspe)
Narrow and fortunate escapes are
chances turned to the best advantage,
by using presence of mind and virogous
exertions. These taken together, as you
must know. make the lucky sportsman,
sailor or soldier. But he would be a
very blameworthy and unwise adven-
t,rrer who would always depend upon
fate and destiny, without providing
himself with the best tools for safety
and success.
I have never been to blame, either
by lacking brains or Drawn or by being
In want of suitable apparatus and equip
ment / have always been noted for
the excellence of my horses, dogs. guns.
swords. and so on, as well as for skill
in making use of any or all OF them.
This Is perhaps not the place TO go INTO
details about my stable, kennel, or ar
nory, but there is favorite dog of
mine which / must tell you about.
She was a greyhound and I never
saw. knew, or had a better one, She
aged in serving me, and was remarkable
not so much for size as for her extraor-
binary fleetness. l always coursed with
her. Had you seen her, you would
sureiy have admired her greatly. ana
YOU would not have been surprised at
my coursing her SO much.
She ran so swift, so often, and so
long In my service that she actually
ran her legs of. so that, III the latter
part of her life. I had to use her only
as terrier, in which capacity she
served me many years.
When coursing one day big kare,
which appeared to me to be unusually
ia
she was soon to have puppieS--yet she
would course as swiftly as ever, could
follow her on horseback only at a great
distance.
Suddenly I heard cry sounding like
pack OF hounds-but so weak snd
faint that I hardly knew what TO make
of 1t. Coming up. say sight which
greatly astonished me. The mare mao
Uttered while running, and the same
had happened to my dog while coursing,
There were Just as many leverets as
pups, BY instinct the former ran, the
latter coursed. Thus found myself IN
possession OF six hares and as many
dogs, at the end Of the course whicn
had begun with one OF each.
remember this wonderful dog OF
mine with the same regard and Joy tnat
I remembered superb Lithuanian
bought from me.
That horse became mine rather by
accident--an incident that gave me an
opportunity to show of my horseman"
ship to great advantage.
1 was at a noble county seat in Lithu-
ania, and remained with the ladies at
tea In the drawing room, while the
gentlemen were down In the yard look
ing at horse of blood which had just
come from the stud.
Suddenly we all heard a noise OF dis
tress. I hurried downstairs, and found
the horse so unruly that no one dared
to approach him. not to mention
mounting him. The bravest horse
man stood dismayed and aghast Every
one cried out with alarm when ], In one
quick leap, was on his back took
him by surprise, you see, and worked
him into gentieness and obedience
using the best Workmanship OF which
was capable.
In order to show the ladies how
expert / was, and to save them the
trouble of coming out TO see me,
forced the horse to leap In at one OF
the open tea-room windows. / walked
him round several times-pace. trot and
sallop. At last ! made him mount
the tea table, there to repeat his les
SONS, III a KIM Oh pretty HllIllatutts 4AN
ladies were tickled by this exhibition,
for he performed amazingly well. and
did not even break a cup or saucer.
Indeed, this placed me so high IN
the ladies' opinion and in that OF the
lord whose guest was that, with his
usual politeness, he begged me to accept
this young horse as gift, and ride
him in full career TO conquest and
honor against the Turks. In a campaign
that was soon to be opened
So / did. We had hot work In the
van of the army. My spirited Lithuan-
ian horse almost brought me into a
scrape. I had an advanced outpost, and
/ saw the enemy coming against me In
| a cloud of dust. which left me rather In
| doubt as to their actual numbers and
| intentions.
To wrap myself In a similar cloud OF
dust would have been common sense.
but would have told me nothing, and
would not have helped me attain the
purpose for which had been placed
there. Therefore let my two wings OF
| fiankers spread to the right and left
and make what dust they could while
/ pushed straight on to the enemy TO
get closer view of them.
was gratified In my desire, for