The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-06-30
CHAPTER I

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1ranscaucasla.
ouch 10 lhe auoress OF inc Telegram !.
aounu On Tue Aotn Of May wnen l arrived
at Inns.
Inis Is what the telegram said:
AS the matters In hand Will terminate
on tne lotn instant, Ciaudius bomoarnac
VIII repair TO Usun Ada, port on the
east coast OF the Caspian. Inere ne
WIZ take the train by the direct drand
IransasAatic' between tine european IRON
uer ana inc capital OF the Ceiesuai Em-
pre-. he Will transmit MS impressions
IN tine way OF news, interviewing remark
aoie people on the road, ana report the
gram as necessity 9tctates- Inc twenti-
eth century trusts TO the Heal' lnteli-
sence, activity and tact OF It's correspond
emf. VINO can draw on its bankers 10 any
extent ne may deem necessary !,
II was the very morning mao arrived
AZ Iinis' win the insent'on OF spenolns
tnree weeks there IN q VisN 10 inc
Georgian provinces Tor the oenent OF my
newspaper, ana also nopeo tor mat Oh
its readers
Here was the unexpected. mdeeo' inc
uncertainty OF special correspondent
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Tequireu Dy tho RUSSIAN COMMUNICATIONS.
Az O'CLOCK navhe secured my pass
port, l hurry 10 the faiway stauon'
dhere tnere ~ crowd OF A"enans'
1eorgiahs' Minerehans' AarUars, Aurus.
Israentes, nussiahs' ITO" inc SHORES Oh
.ne caspian, some taxing cneir ucHets
oarect ZOE oaKu' some fof intermediate
stauonS'
/ take ticket for Baku. first class. I
60 down on the platform to the carriages.
According to my custom, Install myself
In a comfortable corner. A few travel
ers follow me. while the cosmopolitan
populace invade the second and third
class carriages. The doors are shut at
ter the visit Of the ticket inspector.
last scream OF the whistle announces that
the train 10 about to start. Suddenly
there Is Shouts shout In which anger
10 mingled with despair-and catch
these words III German:
Stop! Stop!
l put down the window and look out.
a rat man, bag In hand, travelling cap on
head, his legs embarrassed In the skirts
OF huge overcoat, short and breathless
He Is late. The porters try to stop him.
Try to stop bomb in the middle of its
trajectory! Once again has right to give
place to might.
The Teuton bomb describes weil-cal-
eulated curve. and has Just fallen into the
compartment next to ours, through the
door traveller had obligingly left open.
Inc train begins to move at the same In
slant, the engine wheels begin to slip on
the rails, then the speed increases. We
are on.
1t IL still daylight at 9 o'clock In the
evening In this latitude. l have bought
. time table and consult It Then l
began to examine my travelling compan-
Ions. There were four Of US. and need
scarcely say that we occupied the four
corners OF the compartment. had taken
the furthest corner, facing the engine.
At the two opposite angles two travellers
were seated facing each other. A soon
as they got In they pulled their caps
down on their eyes and wrapped them
selves up In their Enthusiastically they
were Georgians. a. far a. I could see.
In front of me was quite different
type, with nothing Of the oriental about
It; thirty-two to thirty-five years old. fsce
look, nose like that Of dog standing at
point, mouth only too glad to talk, hands
free and easy. ready for shake with
anybody; tall. vigorous, broad sheul-
dered. powerful man BY the way In
which he settled himself and put down
his bag, and unrolled his travelling rug
Of bnght-hued tartan, I had recognized
the Anglo-Saxon traveller, moro accus-
toned to long journeys by land and sea
than to the comforts of his home, II he
had home. He looked like 4 CONNER
cial travoler I noticed that hi. I'D