loodshed and massacre in the past,
and of bloodshed and massacre yet to come.

The Indian buffalo-hunt followed the Terpsichorean revelry, and all
could enjoy the skill and strength displayed by the red huntsmen. One
warrior, Two-Lance by name, performed a feat that no other living Indian
could do; he sent an arrow entirely through the body of a bull running
at full speed.

General Sheridan desired that the Grand Duke should carry away with
him a knowledge of every phase of life on the frontier, and when the
visitors were ready to drive to the railroad station, Will was requested
to illustrate, for their edification, the manner in which a stagecoach
and six were driven over the Rocky Mountains.

Will was delighted at the idea; so was Alexis at the outset, as he had
little idea of what was in store for him. The Grand Duke and the general
were seated in a closed carriage drawn by six horses, and were cautioned
to fasten their hats securely on their heads, and to hang onto the
carriage; then Will climbed to the driver's seat.

"Just imagine," said he to his passengers, "that fifty Indians are
after us." And off went the horses, with a jump that nearly spilled the
occupants of the coach into the road.

The three miles to the station were covered in just ten minutes, and the
Grand Duke had the ride of his life. The carriage tossed like a ship in
a gale, and no crew ever clung to a life-line with more desperate grip
than did Will's passengers to their seats. Had the fifty Indians of the
driver's fancy been whooping behind, he would not have plied the whip
more industriously, or been deafer to the groans and ejaculations of
his fares. When the carriage finally drew up with another teeth-shaking
jerk, and Will, sombrero in hand, opened the coach door to inquire of
his Highness how he had enjoyed the ride, the Grand Duke replied, with
suspicious enthusiasm:

"I would not have missed it for a large sum of money; but rather than
repeat it, I would return to Russia via Alaska, swim Bering Strait, and
finish my journey on one of your government mules."

This ride completed a trip which the noble party pronounced satisfactory
in every detail. The Grand Duke invited Will into his private car, where
he received the thanks of the company for his zeal and skill as pilot
of a hunting-party. He was also invited by Alexis to visit him at his
palace should he ever make a journey to Russia, and was, moreover, the
recipient of a number