. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across ^ had no need of urging, as they knew the dangerthat threatened, as well as we did. One horse stumbled and fell; he was up in an instant, but not beforethe wolves had actually reached the sledge. One of them jumped direct-ly at it, but as he did so I pressed the muzzle of my gun to his head andfired. Another sprang upon the fallen horse as he was rising to his feet,but was shaken off before he obtained a good hold with his fangs. The servan
. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across ^ had no need of urging, as they knew the dangerthat threatened, as well as we did. One horse stumbled and fell; he was up in an instant, but not beforethe wolves had actually reached the sledge. One of them jumped direct-ly at it, but as he did so I pressed the muzzle of my gun to his head andfired. Another sprang upon the fallen horse as he was rising to his feet,but was shaken off before he obtained a good hold with his fangs. The servants of the chateau heard us coming at full speed and our 388 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. rapid firing. They knew something was the matter, and as we neared theliouse they began shouting and waving lanterns. The wolves slackenedtheir speed and gave up the chase, but not until Me were within a hun-dred yards of safety. We dashed into the court-yard, the gates were closed, and then Sel-nianoff and I, both fainting from exhaustion after our terrible ride, were. TILLAGE ON A RUSSIAN ESTATK. assisted from the sledge and into the house. You may be sure that sincethen I have never wished to undertake a wolf-hunt of this sort. An excellent story, said Frank. It is certainly better than thosewherein people are obliged to draw lots to see who shall be sacrificed tothe wolves in order that the others may escape. I agree with you, said Fred. Theres quite enough of the sensa-tional in having everybody get away safely after an exciting run, insteadof being eaten up by their pursuers. If only the wolves are killed it isall right, as they are enemies of the human race, and do no good to anyone except to furnish skins for sleigh - robes, rugs, and other useful orornamental things. It was agreed unanimously that the best known use for a wolf was toconvert his skin into something of the kind described. When this deci-sion had been reached, the conversation reverted to the sleigh-ride
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