The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-08-11

Yes thought l, although they d.
not read the Twentieth Century"
Meanwhile, different opinions were be
ing exchanged on the gangways. Som'
would rather travel with the Million
than carry a corpse along with them
even though it was that of first-clas
mandarin. Others considered the carry
ing Of the treasure a danger to the pas
sengers. And that was the opinion o.
Baron Observation-Disclosures, In a furious
attack on Popof.
You ought to have told us about it
sir-you ought to have told us abou
It! Those millions are known to be IL
attack US. And an attack. even II repuls
ed. will mean delay, and delay l will no
submit to. No, sir, will mott"
mo one will attack u.s." replied Popof
mo one will dream Of doing it."
And how do you know that-how d.
you know thatY'
BE calm, pray"
II will not be calm; and If there Is {
delay will hold the company response
ble"
That Is understood; a hundred thou
sand forms damages to Monsieur lie Bar
on Tour de Monde.
Let US pass to the other passengers
Ephrinell looked at the matter, of course
from a very practical point Of view.
There can be no doubt that our risk
have been greatly increased by this treas
ure, and in case of accident on accOun
of it the Life Travellers Society, ii
which l am insured, will, I expect, re
fuse to pay, so that the Grand Trans
asiatic Company will have all the re
sponsibility."
"Of course" said Miss Bluett; "ant
IL they had not found the missing val
the company would have been In a seri
Gus difficulty with China. Would it not
FulkY'
Exactly, Horatia."
Horatia and Fulk-nothing less! TIL
Anglo-American couple were right, tn
enormous loss would have had to b
borne by the Grand Transasiatic. for tn
company must have known they wer
ying a treasure and not corpse
and thereby they were responsible.
As to the Caternas, the millions roll
ing behind did not seem to trouble them
The only reflection they inspired was
"Ah! Caroline, what splendid theate
we might build with all that money"
But the best thing was said by tn
Rev. Nathaniel Morse, who had joine'
the train at Kachgar.
1T is never comfortable to be drag
ging a powder magazine after one"
Nothing could be truer, and this van
with its imperial treasure, was pow
der magazine that might blow up on
train.
CHAPTER Xxx.
The first railway was opened in Chin
about 1877, and ran from Shanghai t
Fou-Tcheou. The Grand Transasiati
followed very closely the Russian rOa,
proposed in 1874 by Tashkend, Kouldja
Kami, Ian Tcheou, Singan, and Shang
hal. This railway did not run through
the populous central provinces, whicl
can be compared to vast and hummin,
hives of bees. and extraordinarily pro
life bees. As nearly as possible it form
straight line to Sou-Tcheou befor
curving off to Ian Tcheou; it reache
cities by the branches it gives out to tn
south and southeast.
Since we left kothan, we have covere,
a hundred and fifty kilometers in fou
| hours. 1t is not a high rate of speed
but we cannot expect on this part of tn
Transasiatic the same rate of travelling
we experienced on the Transcaspian
Either the Chinese engineers are not s.
fast. or, thanks to their natural indO
lence, the engine drivers imagine tina
from thirty to forty miles an hour is tn
maximum that can be obtained on tn
railways Of the Celestial Empire.
At o'clock in the afternoon we wer
at another station, MIA, where Genera
Pevtsoff established a meteorological oh
servatory. Here we stopped only twent,
minutes. l had time to lay in a few
provisions at the bar. For whom the,
were intended you can imagine.
The passengers we picked up were onl
Chinese, men and women. There wer
only few for the first class and thes
only went short journeys.
We had not started a quarter of a.
hour, when Ephrinell, with the seriou
manner of a merchant intent on som
business, came up to me on the gang
way.
Monsieur Bombarnac." he said, "
have to ask favor Of you"
"Only too happy, l can assure you,
said I. what is it aboutY'
II want you to be a witness. l am &c
ing to marry Miss Bluett"
Marry herr"
Eyes. A treasure Of woman, we'll ae
Quainted with business matters, holdin
splendid commissiOn-'
my compliments, Mr.. Ephrinell! Yo
can count on me-"
"And, probably. ON Monsieur Cater
mar"
HE would like nothing better, and
there is wedding breakfast he wi
| sing at your dessert"
'As much as he pleases," replied tn
American.
Then it Is to be-"
Here"
I'm the trainT'
'In the train
but to be married you require
| IAN American minister, and we hav
the Rev. Nathaniel Morse"
bravo. Mr.. Ephrinell! A wedding
train will be delightful"
1t needs not be said that the comme
Gals were Of full age. and free to di
pose of themselves to enter into ma
riage before a clergyman and withor
any of the fastidious preliminaries r.
Quired In France and other journalist
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