The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-21
CHAPTER XNIII.

had learned that a van containing goId
and precious stones Of enormous value
had formed part Of this train. And
was there anything astonishing III that,
considering that the newspapers. even
those of Paris had published the fact
many days before? So Ki-Tsang had
had time to prepare his attempt, and had
lifted a portion of the rails, and would
probably have succeeded in carrying OF
the treasure If Faruskiar hnd not
brought him TO his feet. That is why our
hero had been 20 uneasy all the morning;
If he had been looking out over the
desert so persistentiy, IL was because he
had been warned of Ki-Tsang's plans by
the last Mongol who had joined the train
at Tchertchen! Under any circumstances,
we had now nothing To fear from HI
1sanG. The manager of the company
had done justice on the bandft-speedy
justice, I admit But we are In the midst
of the deserts of Mongolia. where there
are no juries as yet, which is a good
thing for the Mongols.
Well" said l to the najm, \ hope
you nave abandoned yuur suspicious with
regard to my lord FaruskiarT
"To O certain extent, Monsieur Bonn
b~arnac.r' Only 20 q certain extent? Evil
IDENTITY Major Nolttts is difficult TO please
The major has the wounded brought
into the cars and does the best for
them under the circumstances Doctor
Tio-King offers his services; but they
seem to prefer the Russian army surgeon
and that I understand. As to those who
have fallen, it Is best for Us to take them
on TO the next station, and there render
them the last services
The thieves had abandoned their dead
We covered them over with a little and
and that is all we need say.
The place where we had been stopped
was half way between Tcharkalyk and
Tchertchen, the only two stations from
which we could procure help Unfortu-
nately, they were no longer in teiesraphr
communication, KiTsang having knock
ed down the posts at the same time as
he lifted the rails
A. the engine had run off the rails
the very first thing To do was evidently
to get it on To them again; then as there
was a gap in the line, the simplest thing
to do was TO run back TO Tchertchen, ana
whit there until the cDmpany's workuHn
have repaired h damage, which they
could easily do in a couple of days
~ q set 10 with "ilhoub ioOihS 49,
ment. The passengers were only too glad
t" help Popof and the officials. who had
ct their disposal q few tools, Including
jacks, levers and hammers, and IN three
hours the engine and tender were again
on the line
The most difficult business b over.
With the engine behind we can proceed
at slow speed to Tchertchen. But
=. 49, yvlzs ADln--f And uhnf re-
ordinations from our German baron
what donneI vetters and other herman
explosives!
Meanwhile, Farusktar and Ghang1r
were often talking together in O whisper,
and from these interviews arose q prop
osition which none Of Us expected
"Guard," said Faruskiar. addressing
Popof, sit is my opinion that we had
much better run on To Tcharkalyk than
go back; it would suit the passengers
much better
Certainly, sir, It would be prefe1n-
ble,' said Pupof; but the line is broken
between here and Tcharkalyk, and we
cannot get through
"Not ut present, but we could eet The
cars through if we could temporarily
repair the line
Excellent notion, at once approved on
by Popof, the driver, the passengers
and particularly the baron. The plan
was feasible, and If there were G few
rails useless we could bring to the front
those already run over, and in this way
get over the difficulty.
It was nearly 3 o'clock when we began
work. The rails had W shifted for
about a hundred yards. As Farlsk'H,
remarked, it was not necess2ry iW US
to nix them permanently. Ahu. "ouiu
be the task of the ~orKmen .ne Gun
nonv u.sIld send tom Tcharkayk when
we reached that ~nich IL onH Vi
tbe most important on the line
AZ 7 o'clock thirty yards of the line
had been repaired. The night was clos
ING in. It was decided to wait until the
morning. In half a day we could finish
the work. and In the afternoon we could
be off again.
We were in great want of food and
sheen. After so rude a task, how rude
the appetite! We met in the dining car
without any distinction Of classes There
was no scarcity of provisions, ana a
lnrye breach was made in the reserves.
Never mind We can fill up again at
Tcharkalyk.
Caterna Is pdTtcuIhFiy chect!' laih"
five. facetious communicative, overflow
ing
And then our actor had an idea. Why
not resume the marriage ceremony, In
terrupted by the attack on the train!
what marriageT' asked Ephrinell.
"Yours, sir, yours replied Caterla.
~Have you forgotten it? That is raiher
too good!'
The fact is that Fulk Ephrinell onthe
one part, and Horatia Bluett, ON the
other part, seemed TO have forgotten
that had it not been for the attacl of
II. ~, o.l HE hand thay yropl1 lnxv