The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-07-15
CHAPTER XII.

%w ltIrd which would rival that OF
IaSnANS ovoorod Some twenty years later
M|h,tomnt would have succeeded, and
inc az. otter of fact the fair now exists,
as y D to the making of the Transcapsian
OWNS .o Somarkand and Tashkend. We
70 20. uT Toshkend ut precisely IL o'clock in
tnV soon as we are on the move be-
- think of Kinko. His little love
san,once has touched me to the heart;
~. sweetheart who sent himself Ok
~. o+her sweetheart who Is going to
In tho EXPENSES. I am sure Major Mol
pa s would be interested in these two
u -t,a doves. one of which IL In a cage;
w. would not be too hard on this de-
S"ordpr of the company, he would be In
."noble of betraying him. Consequently
tave = great desire to tell him OF my
.xnodition into the baggage van. But
%a eocret is not mine. l must do moth
s s"o tbat might get Kinko into trouble.
D1 And so am silent, and tonight l will,
~ nossible take a few provisions to my
hacking case-to my snail in his she'll,
iet us say. And is not the young Rou-
manian like q snail in his shell, Tor 1t 10
Al much as he Gun do to get out or itF
We reach Khodj end. about three in the
afternoon. The country Is fertile, green,
carefully cultivated. 1t is a succession
NJ kitchen gardens, which seem to be
we'll kept, immense fields sown with
clover, which yield four or five crops
wear. The roads near the town are
hordered 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- Chinese frontier.
The train had only just started when
the travellers took their seats at the ia
bic, where l failed to notice any fresh
arrival.
Ephrinell Is in his usual place. With
out going as far as familiarity, 1t Is
obvious that a close intimacy, founded
on similarity in tastes and aptitudes,
exists between Miss Horatia Bluett and
the Yankee There Is no doubt, In our
opinion, but what it will end in a we'd
ding as soon as the train arrives. Both
will have their romance Of the rail-
Frankly, like that of Kinko and Zinca
Kork much better. 1t Is true, the pref
ty Roumanian is not here.
The dinner lasted till rather late, and
terminated in an unexpected manner by
an offer from Caterna to recits d mono
Icgue
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 a saloon of the Grand
Transasatic, that the "Obsesslon' was
given with remarkable talent by Mon
sieur Caterna, grand premier cornique,
engaged at the Shanghai theater for the
approaching season.
Monsieur" said Pan Chao, my sim
cere compliments. have heard young
COqueln-"
"A master, monsieur; a masterw said
Caterna.
Whom you apprOa CHI"
Respectfully-veryr respectfully
The braves lavished ON Caterna had
% effect on Sir Francis Trevellyan, who
had been occupying himself with enoma-
topic EXPLANATIONS regarding the dinner,
which he considered execrable. He was
not amused. And yet nobody took any
notice of this grumbling gentleman's re.
CriminatiOns
Baron Observation-Disclosures had not
understood a single word of this little
masterpiece, and had he understood it.
ae would not have been able to appreciate
THIS sample of Partisan monelogo.mania
AS to my lord Faruskiar and his in.
Separable Changer, it seemed that, in
spite OF their traditional reserve, the sur.
prislng grimaces, the significant gestures
tne comical intonations, had interested
them to certain extent.
The actor had noticed it, and appre
elated this silent admiration. As he rose
from the table he said to me:
he is magnificent, this signeur
what dignity! What a presence! What
type of the furthest east! I like hi,
the outside"
During dinner the train had passed
AaStakos station, situateu In the center
mountainous region. The road curry
VI good deal, and ran over viaductl
the noise. -
We enter Kokhan Station at 8 o'cloc,
evening. Inc stOppage iB to las
Two hoprs We get out on to the plat
FORM AS we are leaving the car an
Chao: ''unS a.
have you ever heard of this man
Safln y Yen l Lay whose body is being tax
Never, Major"
but but he ought to be a parsonage o
honor he gets"
~ That is possible" said Pan Chao
,, nut we have SO many personages Of con
'uetation in the Celestial Empire"
~ ana SO this. mandarin Yen Lou-9
~, never heard him mentioned"
why did Major NoTtitz ask the China
t n"n this question? What was he think
CHAPTER XIII,
o,a HAokhan. two hours to stop. It
ban n' The majority of the traveller
o nuoS already taken up their ,sleepin
fha