The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
CHAPTER XII.

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the attempt would nave succeeded, and
as a matter os fact the fair now exists,
owing 10 the making of the Transcapsian
TO unite Samarkand and Tashkcnd. We
left Tashkend ut precisely IL O'Clock in
the morning.
As soon as we are on the move ] be-
gin TO think of Kinko. His little love
romance has touched me to the heart;
this sweetheart who sent himself of
this other sweetheart who is going TO
pay the expenses. i am sure Major MOL
titz would be interested in these W.
turtle doves, one of which is in n cage;
he would not be too hard on this de-
frauder of the company, he would be in
capable of betraying him. Consequently
l nave n great desire to tell him of my
expedition into the baggage van. But
the secret is not mine. l must 10 moth
ing that might get Kinko into trouble.
And SO | am silent, and tonight | will,
if possible, take a few provisions to my
packing casc-to my snail i'll his shell,
let us say. And is not the young Rou-
manian like a snail in his shell, for it is
as much as he Gun do to get out of il?
We reach Khodjend about three in the
afternoon. The country is fertile, green,
carefully cultivated. 1t is n succession
of kitchen gardens, which seem to be
well kept, immense fields sown with
clover, which yield four or five crops
a year. The roads near the town are
bordered with long rows Of mulberry
trees, which diversity the view with &C.
centric branches.
Beyond Kokhan we shall run due east,
and by Marghelan and Och pass through
the gorges of the Pamirs, so as to reach
the Turkesto-C Chinese frontier.
The train had only just started when
the travellers took their seats at the Ia
BILE, where l failed to notice any fresh
arrival.
Ephrinell is in his usual place. With
out going as far as familiarity, it is
obvious hat a close intimacy, founded
on a similarity in tastes and aptitudes,
exists between Miss Horatia Bluett and
the Yankee. There is no doubt, in our
opinion. but what it vii, end in a we'd
ding as soon as the train arrives. Both
will have their romance of the rail.
Frankly. l like that of Kinko and Zinca
Klork much better. 1t is true, the pref
ty Roumanian is not here.
The dinner lasted till rather late, and
terminated in an unexpected manne by
an offer from Catcrna TO recite n mono
lcGue.
Our train more and more resembled a
small rolling town. 1t had even its
casino. this dining car in which we were
gathered at the moment. And it was
thus in the eastern part of Turkestan.
four hundred kilometers from the Pamir
plateau, at dessert, after our excellent
dinner served in n saloon Of the Grand
Transasiatic, that the ''Obsession" was
given with remarkable talent by Mon
sieur Caterna, grand premier comique,
engaged at the Shanghai theater for the
approaching season.
Monsieur" said Pan CIao. ..my sin
cere compliments. l have heard young
Coquclin-'
"A master, monsieur; a master!" said
Caterna.
Whom you approach
"Respectfully-very respectfully"
The braves lavished on Caterna had
no effect on Sir Francis Trevellyan, who
had been occupying himself with enoma-
topic ordinations regarding the dinner,
which he considered execrable. He was
not amused. And yet nobody took any
notice of this grumbling gentleman's re-
ordinations.
Baron Observation-Disclosures had not
understood n single word of this little
masterpiece, and had he understood it.
he would not have been able to appreciate
this sample of Partisan monologo-mania.
AS to my lord Faruskiar and his in
separablc Ghangir. 1t seemed that, in
spite of their traditional reserve. the sur
prising grimaces. the significant gestures.
the comical ~intonations, had interested
them to a certain extent.
The actor had noticed it, and appre-
ciated this silent admiration. AS he rose
from the table he said to me:
Tie is magnificent. this signeur.
What dignity! What a presence! What
q type of the furthest east! like his
companion less-a third-rate fellow at
the outside"
During dinner the train had passed
Kastakos Station, situated In the center
Of a mountainous region. The road curv-
ed a good deal, and ran over viaducts
and through tunnels, as we could tell by
the noise.
We enter Kokhan Station at o o'clock
In the evening. The stoppage Is to last
two hours. We get out on to the plat
form. As we are leaving the car l am
near Major Noltitz, who asks young Pan
Chao:
"Have you ever heard of this man
DARN Yen Lou, whose body is Icing taxi
en- TO Pekiny'
"Never, Major"
"But he ought to be a parsonage of
consideration, to be treated with the
honor he GETS"
''That is possible" said Pan Chao;
Nbut we have SO many p~ersonages of con-
sidarafion In the Celestial Emniran