Telegram-herald., 1889-06-29
IN The HEART Or ASIA.
David ksr's kapsFisucs II Wllt,
Beautiful County.
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tSp~cazl corr-sss.lsleacs
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go sigiaD river : rushing 1e~u n fu1
tooss 4E1 al aEsy1ai - . Gee steal Il t'Sal
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tls ssptlosk e-sTeaE. Wills tbs d41, sril.iil,s
r.ar Il It's er4si pelbass ghat are csAA1GgLsz
aaa c1Anng azs.l44s sas2 or-~r u th~ ~alers
be4s~ o.Gaa1s Lks tie dizIaaG tsazapis Of
-Gos4saad tcTs~alsa.
OnlF = fe~ ulo1Ll-aLs a,Io ~ss laughing a.
tca Iass. el4llsY frame s.d f-5l ~h.ssls
"a ia t1rc1s44a --gsn. rs wLlcn h-d
il-sl szenassea ths 1sEt 4 h-ssi2Il transport
cs-ss tEs5 hal c.4rFiei 4s 1875 tie go4e-lv aJh
taass 4 a. " A2ngry SUepp@. 81. l4os tbo-ss
sssua f01g ~l---s 2rs already ha-f covered
anil sinking dseisr Vim every moment or
stGFdy Tartar h.r-s caa b.-Esly kecp tAslr
footiag zzaiaS the Iaishty s~trl of TIE TOR
rent AMI tts sts.so grassy rtdgoof ths farther
saars, hich seoulet near when we nrst
caught ssght ol it Do~ appaars terribly Tar
away, AID s@sIas o. reesds farther every tsn4s
~ iooz ~ a. H.
lang, b-n-, bang, ths le4piag waters come
halausSrsng - aInsE tas traslGlins p.&nks BE-
Esat1 0ur fsog ike tbs Sony A4ad or Death
knoe<in., ia entrance Our drlrer a gzgnt,
shay hairsd. ~llt ey=i BAshkir. with moth
ing GA LAT greasy sisoiSkia- ko~ais hn
IA. gIng Lo4ss - hes ulI0Ets 4. tn a slIcces-
slou u z.-reaals psoreins as the whistle
4 a lo.-ofisotiys, whilc Iuy Tartar servant,
he aud cling q sach other % keep ourselves
from beng fiunE heS-IiOng Out ~ tue rock
ing. reeling wagon, u1utters wlth sulisn Mos
lam TsSlyuati9n:
III lstor, II No are drownol, 1. Is klsule.A
fatel
Fate 10 hangsir growl 7; ami, indeed,
after h.y ing IN the courss u THIS one sum
usr had Two previous es,aps Of drowning,
Fsai-e1 h,slug banged a. spy, lain prisoner
fOr seven W5eCs Ia u CossacS mud fort, faced
= desert sand Storm, tracked my way Tor
THOUSAND Ini.s over tho most perilOus wastes
OK Ceutral Asia By tho bleaching skeletons Of
my professors, paSsei unaarnsel through
I countless Tartar savages, and detiet two at
/ tac-s OK feVor aud Asiatic plague, II does
sr-sia lard 10 10 drowned at last in u beggar-
| ly ditch like this
But such appears only too likely % be the
end II II, after all Our horses are already
almost OF their feet. and another moment
May see them and tue wagon and ourselves
whir.e1 hestdOng down the furious river 10
certain death.
/ But all at once the deadly pressure slack
I ems, tho rocking Il the WAGON becomes less
| violent, tlre gaSping. strugg Cling horses seem
/ o. rise higher out Of tho water, and our COB
| liza driver pants forth cultural, "Nash-Al-
| lahi7 (pralse Cod. We have struck "a Sunkeu
I bar of graye,ly sand that juts out into the
stream from the opposite shore, and, picking
I our way carefully nlong IL, we come safely
I out upon dry land IA few minutes later.
And ROW comes our reward \ zigzsg
ridg-e above Us (arnid the thorny under
| growth Of which a few whitenod, sapleSs
bones stin linger as tokens OF the great battle
that sealed the fate OF S,.marcs4nd and OF Cen
tral ASIA, and from is crest We look down
In the glory Of the sunrise upon the full splcn-
dor OF a panorama TO which 10 words can do
/ justice
The wh0Ie breadth Of the vast oval basin
below us Is one dark green mass OF semi
tropical foliage, through which three or four
tiny streams dance and sparkle in the sun
/ lIght On either side of Us the curving slopes
/ OF the bold ridge that 40 have just climbed
/ form q frame well worthy Of this matchless
picture Far % the southwark the bare, vel
low sandstone hills Of Shahr Ssbz (the Cen
tral Asian Montenegro tower Ike brazen
wall against the lestrU'ls sky, while in the
midst II al, high above the SEA of clustering
leaves and greeu tender vines, rises the former
capital Of Asia ''queenly Samarcand," with
its endless vista Of shining dOmes and tall,
spear pointed mlnarets, and white fat rooted
/ hOuSes, and stern, gray ramparts and giant
towers glowing Ike rAanbows with the bar
baric richness u their many c0lored moeaics
all which, stevy,-l IN the cloudiess splendor
/ Of the clear bright summer morning, burst
! upon our eyes in one dazzling blaze of glory.
If they ever get railroad up here"
/ thought |. little dreaming how soon the
! Traus- Caspian railway, via Aslsabad aud
! Mery, was % make good nay words, "an the
I tourists Ia the world ought 10 come here in j
I BODY"
\ But at that moment We had something else
/ % think Of than adniring the scenery, wet
and weary were and sle.plesss during
tSO nights of inces~ant hurrying through the
/ ghostly soitudes Of the Tartar steppes, for
/ Just then | was doing the same sort u
snatch against time" along the eastern side
Of the great desert which my brother corre-
Jpondeut, J \. McGahan Of The New York
Herald (the only man except myself who had
Succocded II penetrating Central Asia during
the war In spite 4 Hussia's opposition, was
/ performing at Its western extremity Urging
/ our jaAed team to what little spesd was left
/ IN them We ratified down tho rocky slope into
/ Samarcaud. and, fighting our way through
I clouds q dust worthy Il aR Arabian siInoosn
\ pulled up az length Ia front II the quaint lit
tls timber r--t house. WITH irs bLa AMI va. BE-
I stripes. winch was our only available refuge,
hotels beins an unbeard VI phenomenon in
I Ceutral Asia.
Ny ETst care was % examine ny store
I chests and camp eqailage. which, after two
! days humping snd joitns over tho desert
I and tho passage q flooded river. would
Z naturally bo-as a British tourist said of
I Pornpeii and HerC1Lsneun- -''ruost diSgraco-
I fully cut x repair And in truth I found
7 tbem-ia tho graphic phrase x English sail
! 0rs-'au noaov" " The fragments of my ink
T bottle were STUCK liks cloves Ell over my last
/ Bologna sausage. whise ne ins which it bad
contained was aIling a new aul pi4uant
/ dayor - nay Russian camp bTs-uitS a lump
of haif melted sugar bal o,iestly 70
tirsf from view into one 4 ny stocsinEs
F NJ few remaining sheets 4 writinE PAPER
vvrro adherirE with a firms worthy 4 a
I better cause. % the inner side q haif eaten
re l-af. and . large piece Z chocolate lay
/ ou-,tretche-1 at ~ ease IN a packet = black
tea
ell cried 7. here Is fne chance fnr
o. exporinleut let us So how chocolate
su'.tea taste togetherF
+ Tnto my camp kettle tbey both ssut. snd
3 q q.