Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-09-15
CHAPTER xxvIII.-tContinued.l


house of modest appearance. 1t was
on the first floor that the young Rou-
manian lived, and where, having learned
her trade as a milliner in Paris, she was
engaged in 1t at Pekin. read the name
OF Nine Zinca Klork on a door. knock
The door Is opened.
l am in the presence Of young lady
who is perfectly charming, as Kinko
said. She is blonde, of from twenty two
TO twenty-three years old, with the black
eyes OF the Roumanian type, an agree
able figure, a pleasant, smiling face. In
TACT, has she not been informed that the
Grand Transasiatic train has been In the
station ever since last evening, in spite
OF the circumstances Of the journey, and
Is she not awaiting her betrothed from
one moment to another?
Mademoiselle Klork is evidently much
surprised at seeing stranger In her
doorway. As she has lived several years
IN France, she does not hesitate to rec
ognize me as Frenchman, and asks to
what she Is indebted for my visit.
'Mademoiselle Zinca," l say, ~ arriv-
ed Yesterday by the Grand Transasiatic"
The girl turned pale; her eyes became
troubled. 1t was evident that she feared
something. Had Kinko been found in
his boxY Had the fraud been dscov-
eredf Was he arrested? Was he in
prison?
Mademoiselle Zinca-certain circum-
stances have brought to my knowledge
the journey of a young Roumanian-''
"hinko-my poor Kinko-they have
found him?' she asks in a trembling
voice.
"No-no," say I, hssitating. "No one
knows, except myself. l often visited
MIN In the luggage van at night We
We're companions, friends. l took him
few provisions"
oh, thank you, sirI' says the lady,
taking me by the hand. "With French
man kinko was sure of not being be-
trayed, and even of receiving help
Thank you'll Thank you'll He loves me
so much, and l love him. We met each
other in Paris. He was so kind to me-
Then when he went back to Tiflis ask
ed him to come to me in that box. Is
the poor fellow ill.,"
mo- Mademoiselle Zinca-no."
lie asked you to come and tell me
he had arrived?'
"Yes-but-you understandable is
very tired after so long journey"
''Is he il?"
"Yes-rather-rather ill.,"
The truth, monsieur. the truth Hide
nothing from me-Kinko-"
"Yes-i have sad news-to give you"
She is fainting. Her lips tremble She
can hardly speak.
I'VE have had accidents on the road.
The train was nearly annihilated--a
frightful catastrophe-'
He is deadl Kinko Is deadl"
The unhappy Zinca falls on to chair
and to employ the imaginative phrase
ology of the Chinese, her tears roll down
like rain on an autumn night. Never
have | seen anything so lamentable. But
1t will not do to leave her In this state,
poor girl She is becoming unconscious.
l do not know where / am. l take her
hands l repeat:
''Mademoiselle zincal Mademoiselle
Zincar'
Suddenly there Is great noise In front
of the house. Shouts are heard. There
ia tremendous to do, aud amid the
tumult l hear voice.
| cannot be mistaken. That Is KinlSos
voice l recognize 1t. Am l in my right
senses2 zinca Jumps up. springs to the
window, opens it. and we look out.
There Is a cart at the door. There Is
the case, with all its inscriptions: This
side up. this side down. fragile. glass,
beware Of damp. etc 1t Is there-half
smashed. There has been q collision. The
cart has beea run into by a carriage.
as the case was being got down. The
case has slipped on to the ground. 1t
has been knocked In. And Kin}xo has
jumped out like a jackin-the- box-but
alive very much alivet
| caa hardly believe my eyest What,
my young Roumaniaa did not perish ia
the exIlosion2 Mol AS shall sooG hear
from his own mouth. he was thrown on
TO the line when the boiler went up, re-
manned there inert for a time. found him
self uninjured- racutously-kept away
till he could slip into the van unperceiv-
ed. had just left the van after looking
for him in vain. aud supposiRg that he
had been the first victim of the catastro-
phe.
Then-ohl the irony Of fatel-after &C
complishing a journey of six thousand
kilometers on the Grand Transasiatic,
shut up in a box among the baggage,
after escaping so many dangers, attacked
by bandits, explosion of engine, he was
here, by the mere ceiliding of a cart
and carriage in Peizin street, depriv-
ell of all the good of his journey
The carter gave a yell at the sight of
a human being who had just appeared.
In an instant a crowd had gathered, the
fraud was discovered. the police had run
up And what could this young Rou-
manian do. who did not know a word Of
Chinese, but explain matters in the sign
language? zinca and l ran down to
him.
my Zinca-my dear Zincar' he ex-
claims. pressing the girl to his heart.
my Kmko-my dear Knko," she re-
plies, while her tears mingie with his.
Monsieur Bombarnacw says the poor
fellow. appealing to my Intervention.