The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-06-30
The Special Correspondent
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"Fulk Dphrinell. Of the firm Of Strong
Bulbul & Co., Of New York City, New
York. q. 8. A."
We were mutually introduced. 9
traveller in news, and he q traveller In
lin what7 That I had to find out
Have You ever been in the United
States, Mr.. Bombarnac p he asked.
mo, Monsieur Ephrinell.."
You will come to our country some
day. Then you win not forget to explore
the establishment Of Strong. Bulbul &
Co. 2"
Explore it?"
"You will see one Of the most remark.
able Industrial establishments of the New
Continent. Imagine colossal work.
shop, immense buildings for the mount
ing and adjusting Of the pieces, a steam
engine Of fifteen hundred horse power
ventilators making six hundred revolu-
tons minute, boilers consuming a hun
dred tons Of coal day, a chimney stack
four hundred and fifty feet high, vasa
outhouses for tho storage Of our goods,
which we send to the Eve parts Of the
world. q general manager, two sub-man-
ayers. four secretaries. eight under Sec
retariea, staff Of Eve hundred clerks and
nine hundred workmen, q whole regiment
Of travellers like your servant, working
In Europe. Asia. Africa, America, Aus
traliasia, In short, q turnover exceeding
annually one hundred million dollars!
And all that, Mr.. Bombarnac, for making
millions of-yes, said millions"
At this moment the train commenced to
slow under tho action of its automatic
brakes, and he stopped. Our converse
ton lie interrupted. lower the window
on my side, and open the door, being de-
sirous Of stretching my legs.
As soon as the bell begins to ring I
return to our carriage, and when have
shut the door notice that my place is
taken. Yes! Facing the American. a
lady has installed herself with that
Anglo-Saxon GOODNESS which Is u unlim-
tied as the infinite. My French gal
lantry prevents me from claiming my
corner. and sit down beside this person,
who makes no attempt at apology.
Ephrinen seems to be asleep, and that
stops my knowing what 1t is that Strong,
Bulbul & Co. Of New York manufacture
by the million.
1t was nearly midnight. WEAKNESS in
'FSCu Ah0 " oAScPs uilu yet, llh0 u BOou Ec-
porter, must sleep with one eye and one
ear open.
In this way I heard the shouts Of
Geran, Varvara, Oudjarry, Kiourdamid,
Klourdane, then Karasoul, Navagi. I sat
up, but as no longer occupied the cor
ner from which had been SO cavalierly
evicted, 1t was impossible for me to look
through the window.
And then I began to ask what Is hid
den beneath this mass Of wells and wraps
and petticoats which has usurped my
place. IL this lady going to be my COM
panion all the way to the terminus Of
the Grand Transasiatic? Shall I ex-
change a sympathetic salute with her In
the streets Of Pekin?
must gradually have fallen sound
asleep. Withdrawn from exterior infiu-
ences, did not even hear the stentorian
respiration of the Yankee.
"Baku! Bakuw
The word, repeated as the train stop
ped, awoke me. 1t was seven o'clock In
the morning.
CHAPTER III.
The boat did not start until three
o'clock in the afternoon. Those of my
who intended to cross the
Caspian hurried of to the harbor, 1t
being necessary to engage a cabin, or to
mark ones place in the steamers saloon.
Ephrinell precipitately left me with these
words:
* have not an instant to lose. must
see about the transport Of my baggage"
"Have you much"
"Forty-two cases."
"Forty-two casesv' I exclaimed.
If he had had q voyage Of eight days,
instead Of one Of twenty -four hours, and
had to cross the Atlantic instead Of the
Caspian, he could not have been In A
greater hurry. He did not think Of Of
fering his hand to assist our companion
In descending from the carriage. l took
his place. The lady leaned on nv arm
and jumped-no. gently put her foot on
the ground. My reward was a thank
you, sir. uttered In a hard, dry, unmis-
taxable British voice.
Twenty-Five years il apparently about
her age, she has an Albionesqus complex
lon. jerky walk. a high dress like an
eQuinoctial tide, no spectacles, although
she has eyes Of the intense blue which
Are generally short-sighted. While bend
my back as bow. she honors me with
4 nod, which only brings into play the
vertebrate of her long neck, and she walks
,if straigh. toward the way out.
As eleven o'clock strikes, make NV
way to the restaurant at the railway. A.
am entering Ephrinell rushes out.
"Breakfast?" say I.
Il have had It," he replies,
"And your casesT
II have still Twenty-Five to get down
10 the steamer. But, pardon, have not
l moment to lose. When a man repre-
'ents the firm Of Strong, Bulbul & Co.,
who send out every week five thousand
cases Of their goods"
"Go, go. Monsieur Ephrinell, we will
meet on board. By the bye, you have
lot met our travelling companion?"
What travelling eompanion?"
'The young lady who took my place
n the carriage"
WAS there a young lady with usT'
"Of course"
swell, you are the first to tell me so,
Mr.. Bombarnac."
And thereupon the American goes out
IT the door, and disappears. 1t is to be
Hoped 1 shall know before we get to
Pekin what 1t is that Strong, Bulbul &