Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-02

"Ohw says he, what woman yon-
der! what splendid saleswoman! One
of those English"
who are good enough to be Ameri-
cans" l add.
wait a bitv' he replies, with signi-
feant smile.
AS / am going out, I notice that tn,
two Cinnamon are already in the dining
car, and that DIR. Ho-king's little book
is on the table
l do not consider it too much Of lib
erty for reporter to pick up this little
book, to open it, and to read the title,
which is as follows:
"The Temperate and Regular Life;
Or, The
Art Of Living Long in Perfect Health.
Translated
From the Italian of Louis Cornaro,
Venetian Noble"
And this is the favorite reading of DR..
| Tio-King! And that is why his disre-
spectful pupil occasionally gives him the
nickname Of Conaro!
| There is no change in the order in
which we sit down to breakfast. l find
| myself close to Major Noltitz, who is
looking attentively at Faruskiar and his
companion, placed at the extremity OF
the table. We are asking ourselves who
this naughty Mongol could be.
"Ah!' said l, laughing at the thought
which crossed my mind, "if that is
| Who" asked the major.
| 1.-The chief of the brigands, the famous
Ki-Tsang"
Have your joke, Monsieur Bombar-
nae, but under your BREATH / advise
you!"
you see, major, he would then be an
interesting parsonage, and worth long
interview
After breakfast 1 went to smoke my
cigar on the platform behind the dining
car. Caterna almost Immediately joins
me. Evidently the estimable comedian
has seized the opportunity to enter into
conversation with me.
"Sir," said he to me, "are two French
men going all the way from Baku te
Pekin without making each others ac
quaintance!"
"Sir," I replied, when I meet com
patriot am only too glad to shake hands
with him. And SO, Monsieur Caterna-'
"You know my nameT
} "As you know mine. I am sure"
:. "Of course, Monsieur Claudius BON
barnac, correspondent of the Twentieti
Century" F.
cat your service, believe me-"
"A thousand thanks, Monsieur Bonn
J barnac, and even ten thousand, as the.
say in China, whittier Madame Catern.
and I are bound"
'To appear at Shanghai in the Frencl
troupe at the residency. I may add
from sundry nautical phrases have no
ticed, that you have been to sea-"
II believe you, sir. Formerly cock
J swain of Admiral de Boissondy's launcl
t on board the Redoubtable."
At this point Nine. Caterna came UP
She was in every way worthy of he
!, husband, sent into the world to reply t
1 him in life as on the stage, one of thos
genial theater folks born one knows no
D where or how, but thoroughly genuin
and good-natured.
: 81 beg to introduce you to Carolin
Caterna," said the actor, in much tn
same tone as he would have introduce
me to Patti or Sarah Bernhardt.
e Having shaken hands with your hu.
f band" said I, II shall be happy to shak
:, hands with you, Madame Caterna."
b "There you are, then" said the a,
tress, 'tand without ceremony, foot I
: the front and no prompting"
b "As you see, no nonsense about he
/ and the best of wives"
"As he is the best of husbands"
d II believe I am, Monsieur Claudius
, said the actor, "and why? Because
% believe that marriage consists entirel
in the precept to which husbands shoul
0, always conform, and that is, that VIII,
d the wife likes the husband should e,
,r often"
I, CTo be continued.l
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