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FIGHT OR FLIGHT? With the following day came startling confirmation of Captain Wolasky’s warning. While I was with the regiment a letter was brought to me from the Prince requesting me to wait upon …
THE HOUR OF INDECISION My anticipations of the interview with Christina were a mingling of pleasure and apprehension. I was longing to see her. I had not set eyes on her for four days, and, busily a…
IN FULL CRY The night that followed was a memorable one in the history of Bulgaria and, as an incident of the great event, it brought the crisis in our affairs. It was the night in which by the mach…
THE ATTACK It was true enough of course that we had missed a glorious chance in not surprising and overcoming General Kolfort’s party and making him a prisoner; but with our end in view it would hav…
SUSPENSE As we three hurried up the hill we discussed earnestly our plans; and the supreme seriousness of the failure to secure the person of General Kolfort grew more vividly forcible the more we c…
A FORLORN HOPE I left the window and hurried down to tell the Princess the bad news. Spernow was still there, sitting apart, exchanging love confidences with Mademoiselle Broumoff, and they all star…
A FRIEND IN NEED Although I was certain that we were rushing straight upon inevitable capture, I still had it in my mind to make a strenuous dash to get through the soldiers, and I flogged the horse…
A FEARSOME DILEMMA As I plunged along in my wild ride through the quickly darkening gloom, I began to take stock of my position and shape some kind of plans. Beyond the statement that the lane would…
GENERAL KOLFORT TO THE RESCUE As I stood in a last second of desperate thought I heard the crash of glass, and I knew the men were breaking into the house; and I knew, too, that another minute would…
THE PUSH FOR THE FRONTIER “ Did you call, General?” asked the captain; and as the voice came through the door I tightened the grip on my prisoner and pressed the barrel of the revolver harder agains…
