Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-07-29
CHAPTER XII.

Mini NOvgOrod. Some twenty years later
the attempt would have succeeded, and
as matter of fact the fair now exists,
owing to the making of the Transcapsian
to unite Samarkand and Tashkend. We
left Tashllend at precisely IL o'clock in
the morning.
AS soon as we are on the move l 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. 1 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-
flauder of the company, he would be in
capable of betraying him. Consequently
l have n 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 Kinko into trouble.
And so l am silent, and tonight L will,
If possible, take a few provisions to my
packing case-to my snail in his shell,
let us say. And Is not the young Rou-
manian like snail in his shell, for it is
as much as 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
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 train had only just started when
the travellers took their seats at the ia
BILE, where l failed to notice any fresh
arrival.
Ephrinell is in his usual place. With
out going as far as familiarity, it is
obvious that close intimacy, founded
on similarity in tastes and aptitudes,
exists between Miss Horatia Bluett and
the Yankee. There is no doubt, In our
opinion, but what it will end in a we'd
ding as soon as the train arrives. Both
will have their romance of the rail.
Frankly, l like that of Kinko 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 recite 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
sieur Caterna, grand premier comique
engaged at the Shanghai theater for the
approaching season.
Monsieur" said Pan Chao, my sin
Coquelin-"
"a master, monsieur; master" sale
Caterna.
"Whom you approach-"
"Respectfully-very respectfully"
The braves lavshed on Caterna hat
no effect on Sir Francis Trevellyan, who
had been occupying himself with enoma
topic exclamation regarding the dinner
which he considered execrable. He wai
not amused And yet nobody took any
notice of this grumbling gentleman's re
ordinations
Baron Observation-Disclosures had no
understood single word of this littl
masterpiece, and had he understood it
be 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, il
spite of their traditional reserve, the sur
prising grimaces, the significant gestures
the comical intonations, had interests
them to a certain extent
The actor had noticed it, and appre
ciated this silent admiration. AS he ros
from the table he said to me:
"He is magnificent, this sgneul
What dignity What a presencel VIVA
a type of the furthest eastl l like hi
companion less-a third-rate fellow q
the outside"
During dinner the train had passe
Kastakos Station, situated in the cente
of mountainous region. The road cur
ed a good DEAL and ran over viaduct
and through tunnels, as we could tell b
the noise.
We enter Kokhan Station at 9 ococ
IN the evening. The stoppage is to La
two hours. We get out on to the pla
form. AS we are leaving the car l a.
near Major Noltitz, who asks young Pa
Chao:
"Have you ever heard of this ma
DARN Yen Lou, whose body is being ia
Ell to PekinW
"Never, Major"
"But he ought to be a parsonage
consideration, to be treated with Il
honor he gets"
'That is possible" said Pan Cha
"but we have so many personages of co
sideration in the Celestial Empire"
"And so this mandarin Yen Lou
81 never heard him mentioned"
Why did Major Noltitz ask the Chin
man this question? What was he thin