The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-07-14

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the ca nitaI Of the CYirs.. .,rnir.
II would ha hs4te- ~ ne to -.,,.v.
his anxiety mi. verv r;oh+ rh.+ I. Inn.
possible. Tor the trssn Will .oon ,ton
at Check Tene and than A. Asthahad'
which r. will i..r. - ~. a. ~. =,
daylight, / can no longer tr1,st to Pom
offs going 70 aleen
| I am absorhad IN th... reAectiors
when the locomotIv. .tcr. IN Cshnoh Tene
station - / n,cIocr n e. -.orrIn~ ~
train starts at 2 o'clock, after having
been Joined by few passengers whom
Popof tells me are Turkomans.
| l ehvied the sleep Of my companions.
The dawn was appearing In the east.
Here and there were the ruins of an
ancient city, citadel girdled with high
ramparts and succession Of long pord-
Goes extending over fifteen hundred
yards. Running over a few embank-
ments necessitat0d by the Inequalities
OF the sandy ground, the train again
reaches the horizontal steppe.
We are ranning at a speed Of thirty
miles an hour in a southwesterly direc-
ton along the Persian frontier. 1t Is
only beyond Douchak that the line be-
| gins to leave It, We reached that sta
| ton at 8 O'Clock in the morning.
We stop here two hours. am of to
lcok at Douchak, with Major Noltitz as
my cicerone. was led to question the
major regarding the safety Of the Grand
Transasiatic across the provinces Of Cen
trail Asia.
In Turkestan, he told me, the safety
Is well assured. During the years the
iranscaspian has been at work there has
oeen no aetack to hinder the train ser
vice.
That IL another matter" said the
major. "The Grand Transasiatic is un-
der Chinese control, and I have not
much confidence In that"
Are there not lot Of scoundrels
prowling about Mongolia and Northern
Gilman" asked. my sole anxiety is
that our tourney may not be devoid Of
incident"
Really, Mr.. Special Correspondent,
admire you. Well, am afraid you will
be disappointed, as I have heard that
the company has treated with several
chiefs of the robber bands. But there
Is one of these highwaymen who has
retained his independence ana liberty Of
action, a certain Ki-Tsane."
"Who IL he?"
"A bold bandit chief, half Chinaman,
half Mongol. Having for some time been
a terror to Yunan. he was being too
closely pursued, and has now moved into
the northern provinces. His presence has
even been reported in that part OF Mon
golia served by the Grand Transas static"
swell, he ought to furnish q few
paragraphs"
We returned toward N. ,+.+,or I'M.
stoppare At Douchak had another half
hour to last As vailed on the ouav
I observed something roinp an which
would change the maks-nn Of our train
Another van had arrived from Teher.
an by the branch Hne ~ M..ched which
puts the Persian canst.l N commrnic.-
ton with the Transceeni.n.
This van was boited and bsrr.d and
accompanied Nv q .on.d ~ Psr.;sn nv
lice. whose ordera ssemed IA r. no. "a
lose sieht Of Il.
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but II seemed a thourh this van h.T
somethinr .houA q ana :. ~. 49,.
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wearing yr.c.fnIlv th. .ost,, ~
richer MonroIs a tall fa,Io~ lei 1910 sas
a gloomy look . mili+.rv rnr.t" -. .a-
nv comn,exion and &c. th.x $500 . ~
myself. II don't know if he viii turn
out the hero of the drama am In
search of. but anyhow. I will nun,har
him twelve in my travelling trounen
This leading star, soon learned from
Popof. bore the name of Farnskiar H.
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