Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-08-04
CHAPTER XVI

American clergyman bound to Pekin
This was the Rev. Nathaniel Morse of
Boston, one of those honest Bible dis
tributors, Yankee missionary, in the
garb of a merchant, and very keen in
business matters. At a venture l make
him No. ID In my note book.
The verification Of the papers of young
Pan Chao and DR.. Tio-King gave rise
to no difficulty. and on leaving they ex-
changed ten thousand good-mornings"
with the more amiable of the Chinese
representatives.
When 1t came TO the turn of Major
Noltitz a slight incident occurred. Sir
Francis Trevellyan, who came to the
table at the same moment, did not seem
inclined to give way. However nothing
resulted but naughty and provoking
looks. The gentleman did not even take
the trouble to open his mouth. The Rus
sian and the Englishman each received
the regulation visa, and the affair went
no further.
My lord Faruskiar, followed by Chan
CIR, then arrived before the man in spec
tacles, who looked at him with certain
amount of attention. Major Noltitz and
| watched him. How would he submit
to this examination? Perhaps we were
to be undeceived regarding him.
But what was our surprise, and even
our stupefaction, at the dramatic out
burst which at once took place. After
throwing a glance at the papers present
ed to him by Changer the Chinese func-
tionary rose and bowed respectfully to
Faruskiar, saying:
May the general manager of the
Grand Transasiatic deign to receive my
ten thousand respectsl'
General manager, that Is what he Is,
this lord Faruskiar. All Is explained
During our crossing of Russian Turkes-
tan he had maintained his incognito like
a great parsonage in a foreign country;
but now on the Chinese railways he re-
sumed the rank which belonged to him.
And | had permitted myself to iden-
tify him with the pirate Ki-Tsang. And
Major Noltitz, who had spent his time
suspecting him! At last I have some one
of note in our trnin-I have him, this
somebody; will make his acquaintance,
L will cultivate it like a rare plant, and
II he will only speak Russian | will in
terview him down TO his boots. | am
completely upset, and l could not help
struggling my shoulders, when the major
whispers to me:
Perhaps one of the bandit chiefs with
whom the Grand Transasiatic had to
make terms"
Come, major, be serious"
The visit was nearing its end when
Baron Weissschnitzerdorfer appeared.
He is preoccupied, he is in trouble, he is
anxious. he is confused, he is fidgety.
Why Is he shaking, and bending, and
diving into his pockets like n man who
has lost something valuable?
Your papers," demands the interpret
er In German.
my papers," replies the baron; 81 am
looking for them; they were in my letter
case"
And he dived again into his trousers
coat pockets, his great-coat pockets
there were twenty of them, at least
and he found nothing
BE quick-be quickv' said the inter
prefer. 'The train cannot waitw
II object to its going without mer'
exclaimed the baron. "These papers
how have they gone astray? l must have
let them drop out of my case. They
should have given them back to me-
At this moment the gong awoke the
echoes of the interior of the railway sta
ton.
"Wait! waitl Bonner vetter! Can't
you wait few moments for a man who
is going round the world in thirty-nine
days."
1.-THE Grand Transasiatic does not
wait" says the interpreter.
Without waiting for any more. Major
Noltitz and l reach the platform. while
the baron continues to struggle in the
presence of the impossible Chinese func-
tionaries.
My first care is to look into the front
van. The custom house officers are about
to visit it, and l tremble for poor Kinko
1t is evident that the fraud has not
been discovered yet, for there would have
been a great stir at the news. Suppose
the csae is passed? Will its position be
shifted WIN it be put hind side before
or upsjde down? Kinko will not then
be absu TO get out, and that would be
complication.
The Chinese officers have come out of
the van and shut the door, so that |
cannot give a glance into it. The essen
tal poilt Is that Kinko has not been
caught in the act As soon as possible
will enter the van, and, as bankers
say, verify the state of our safe"
Before getting Into our car, Major Mol
tits asks me to follow him to the rear
OF the train.
The scene we witness is not devoid of
interest; it is the giving over of the
corpse of the mandarin Yen Lou by the
Persian guards to a detachment of sol
diers of the Green Standard who form
the Chinese gendarmerie. The defunct
passes into the care of twenty Celestials.
who are to occupy the second-class car
in fsont Of the mortuary van. They
are srmed with guns and revolvers, and
commanded by an officer