The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-06-10

-. walk WIZ q certain gWinKinR
q me nlps' Inc woman still a pretty
p,onae, blue eyes, rather fresh COM,
piexlono her hair frizzed under a cane.
D. uaVenng costume which Is in good
!uste neither in its questionable cut nor
N aus glaring color. Evidently mar.
reg couple come in the train from Tilis,
Hna unless ! am mistaken they are
ney are too much occupied to see me,
IN Their hands, on their shoulders, they
nave bags and cushions and wraps and
sdcks and sunshades and umbrellas. They
are carrying every kind Of little package
you can think of which they do not care
70 put with the luggage on the steamer.
! nave good mind to 60 and help them.
just as am walking mp to them, Ephri-
nen appears, drags me away and leave
the couple behind. -
WE'LL" said / to the Yankee, chow
are you getting on with yous cargoY
AT this moment, sir, the thirty-sev-
enth case Is on the road" Ms.
And what may be In those cases, If
you pleasef'
I'm those cases? All! There is the
tlFty-seYenth!' he exclaimed, and he
NNS w AiGSI u kEuCk WHICH nAu luSL
come on to the quay. t.s
Inc Astara is loaded up. The hold is
not big enough, and a good deal Of the
cargo 10 oVerfowed on the deck. The
stern is reserved for passengers, but from
the bridge forward to the top-gallant
forecastle there is heap Of cases COW
cred with tarpaulins to protect them
from the sea.
There Ephrinell's cases have been put.
He has lent hand with Yankee energy,
determined not to lose sight of his valua-
bic property, which Is in cubical cases,
about two feet on the side, covered with
patent leather, carefully strapped, on
which can be read the stenciled words,
Strong, Bulbul & Co., New York.
Are all your goods on boardw I
asked the American.
There is the forty-second case Just
coming" he replied.
And there was the said case on the
back Of a porter already coming along
the gangway. 1t seemed to me that the
porter was rather lottery.
wait bit!" shouted Ephrinell. Then
in good Russian, so as to be better I'M
derstoods he shouted: "Look out! Look
out!'
1t is good advice, but it is too late.
The porter has just made a false step.
The case slips from his shoulders, breaks
in two, and quantity Of little packets
| Of paper scatter their contents on the
deck.
What a shout Of Indignation did Ephri.
nell raise! What a whack with his fist
did he administer to the unfortunate
porter as he repeated in O. voice Of de.
spair, "My teeth, my poor teeth"
And he went down on his knees ia
gather up his little bits Of artificial ivory
that were scattered all about, while
could hardly keep from laughing.
1t was for manufacturing Eve thou
sand cases a week for the five parts Of
the world that this huge concern existed
1t was for supplying the dentists of the
old and new worlds; it was for sending
teeth as far as China, that their factory
required fifteen hundred horse power
and burned a hundred tons Of coal g
day! That is quite American!
The bell is ringing for the last time
All the passengers are aboard. The As
tara is casting off her warps. Suddenly
there are shouts from the quay. rec
ognize them as being in German, the
same as I had heard at Tiflis when the
train was starting for Baku.
It is the same man. He is painting, ht
runs, he cannot run much faster. The
gangway has been drawn ashore, anG
the steamer is already moving off. Luck
| lily there is rope out astern which still
keeps the Astara near the quay. The
German appears just as two sailors art
maneuvering with the fender. They eact
give him hand and help him on board
About a quarter of a mile out there
is a sort Of boiling, agitating the sur
face of the sea, and showing some deer
trouble in the waters. l was near thu
rail on the starboard quarter, and, smok
ing my cigar, was looking at the harbol
disappearing behind the point round Capt
Apcheron, while the range of the eau
casus ran up into the western horizon
| OF my cigar there remained only thu
end between my lips, and, taking a las
Whit, l threw it overheard.
In an instant a sheet of flame burs
out all around the steamer. Tie boilin.
came from a submarine spring of naph
tina, and the cigar end had set it alight
Screams arise. The Astara rolls annie
| SHELVES Va AuAACS CuS u hAON Oh TIT
helm steers US away from the flamins
spring, and we are out of danger. The
captain comes aft and says to me In
frigid tone:
THAT was q foolish thing to do"
Really, captain, l did not know
"You ought always to know, STRIP
These words are uttered in a dry, can
tankerous tone, a few feet away from
me.
turn to see who 1t is. It Is the Eng
fish woman who has read me this ittl,
lesson.