Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-07-28
CHAPTER XII


without success, to establish a fair at
Tashkend, which would rival that of
Nijni-Novgorod. Some twenty years later
the attempt would have succeeded, and
as a matter of fact the fair now exists,
owing to the making of the Transcapsian
to unite Samarkand and Tashkend. We
left Tashkend ut precisely IL o'clock in
the morning.
AS soon as we are on the move be-
gin to think Of Kinko. His little love
romance has touched me to the heart;
this sweetheart who sent himself Off
this other sweetheart who is going to
pay the expenses l am sure Major Mol
titz would be interested in these two
turtle doves, one of which is in a cage;
he would not be too hard on this de-
frauder Of the company, he would be in
capable of betraying him. Consequently
/ have great desire to tell him of my
expedition into the baggage van. But
the secret Is not mine. | must do moth
ing that might get IlinlSo into trouble.
And so | am silent, and tonight | WILL
If possible, take a few provisions to my
packing case-to my snail In his she'll
let us say. And Is not the young Rou-
manian like a snail in his shell, for it is
as much ms he Gun do to get out Of it?
We reach Khodjend about three in the
afternoon. The country is fertile, green,
carefully cultivated. 1t is a succession
of kitchen gardens, which seem to be
well kept, immense fields sOwn with
clover, which yield four or five crops
a year. The roads near the town are
bordered with long rows of mulberry
trees, which diversity the view with &c
centric branches.
Beyond Kokhan we shall run due east,
and by Marghelan and Och pass through
the gorges of the Pamirs, so as to reach
the Turkesto-Chnese frontier.
The train had emily just started when
the travellers took their seats at the ia
BILE, where l failed to notice any fresh
arrival.
Ephrinel Is in his usual place. With
out going as far as familiarity, il is
obvious that a close intimacy, founded
on n similarity in tastes and aptitudes,
exists between Miss Horatia Bluett and
the Yankee. There is no doubt, In our
opinion, but what 1t will end in a we'd
ding as soon as the train arrives. Both
will have their romance of the rail.
Frankly, like that of Kinxo and Zinca
Klork much better. 1t is true, the pref
ty Roumanian is not here
The dinner lasted till rather late, and
terminated in an unexpected manner by
an offer from Caterna to recte a mono
lcgue.
Our train more and more resembled a
small rolling town. 1t had even its
casino, this dining car in which we were
gathered at the moment And it was
thus in the eastern part of Turkestan,
four hundred kilometers from the Pamir
plateau, at dessert, after our excellent
dinner served in a saloon of the Grand
Transasiatic that the "Obsession" was
given with remarkable talent by Mon
sleur Caterna, grand premier comique,
engaged at the Shanghai theater for the
approaching season.
Monsieur" said Pan Chao, ''my sin
ccre compliments. l have heard young
CoQuelin-"
"A master, monsieur; a masterI' said
Caterna.
"Whom you APPROACH"
"Respectfully-very respectfully
The braves lavished on Caterna had
no effect on Sir Francis Trevellyan, who
had been occupying himself with enoma-
topic ordinations regarding the dinner,
which he considered execrable. He was
not amused. And yet nobody took any
notice Of this grumbling gentleman's re-
ordinations
Baron Observation-Disclosures had not
understood a single word of this little
masterpiece, and had he understood it,
he would not have been able to appreciate
this sample of Partisan monologo-mania
As to my lord Faruskiar and his in.
separable Changer, It seemed that, in
spite of their traditional reserve, the sur.
prising grimaces, the significant gestures
the comical intonations, had interested
them to a certain extent.
The actor had noticed II, and appre
ciated this silent admiration. AS he rose
from the table he said to me:
"He is magnificent, this signeur
What dignity What presence What
type of the furthest eastl like his
companion less-a third-rate fellow al
the outside"
During dinner the train had passed
Kastakos Station, situated in the center
Of mountainous region. The road curv
ed a good deal, and ran over viaducts
and through tunnels, as we could tell by
the noise.
We enter Kokhan Station at O'CLOCK
IN the evening. The stoppage Is to last
two hours. We get out on to the plat
form. AS we are leaving the car l an
near Major Noltitz, who asks young Par
Chao:
''Have you ever heard of this man
DARN Yen Lou, whose body is being TAX
en- to PeklnT'
''Never, Major"
but he ought to be a parsonage o.
consideration, to be treated with tn,
honor he gets"
'That is possible" said Pan Chao
"but we have so many personages of con
sideration In the Celestial Empire"
"And so this mandarin Yen Lou?
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