Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16
CHAPTER XXX


We left the station, invaded a vehicle, |
and arrived In twenty minutes before a
shabby looking shanty, where the court
was held.
There was a crowd. The affair had
got abroad 1t was known that n swind-
Ter had come In a box in a Grand Trans
asiatic van free, gratis, and for nothing
from Tifiis to Pekin. Every one wished
to see him; every one wanted to recog-
nize the features Of this genius-it was
not yet known that he was a hero.
There he Is, our brave companion, be-
tween two rascally looking policemen
yellow as ounces. These fellows are
ready to walk him off to prison at the
judges orders, and to give him n few
dozen strokes on the soles Of his feet if
he is condemned to that punishment
Kinko is thoroughly disheartened,
which astonishes me on the part of one
know to be so energetic. But as soon
as he sees us his face betrays a ray of
hope.
Our young advocate was really pa
thetic and amusing. He interested the
Judge, he excited me audience with the
story Of the journey. he told them all
about 1t. and finally he offered to pay the
company what was due to them. I'm
fortunately, the judge could not consent.
There had been material damages, moral
damages.
Thereupon Pan Chao became animated
and, although we understood nothing he
said, we guessed that he was speaking
Of the courage Of Kinko, of the sacrifice
he had made for the safety of the trav-
elers. and finally, as a supreme argument,
he pleaded that his client had saved the
imperial treasure.
Arguments were Of no avail with this
pitiless magistrate who had not acquit-
ted ten prisoners In his life. He spared
the delinquent the bastinado; but gave
him six months in prison. and condemn
ed him In damages against the Grand
Transasatic Company. And then, at q
sign from this condemning machine, poor
Kinko was taken away.
Let not my readers pity Kinkos fate
I may as we'll say at once that every
thing was arranged satisfactorily. Mex
morning Kinko made a triumphal entry
into the house in the Avenue Cha-Coua
where we were assembled while Madame
Caterna was showering her maternal con
solutions on the unhappy Zinca Klork.
The newspapers had got wind of thu
affair. The Chi Bao. of Pekin, and thu
Chinese Times, Of Tien-tsin, had demand
ed mercy for the young Roumanian
These cries for mercy had reached tn
feet of the Son Of Heaven-the very spo
where the imperial ears are placed. BE
, sides, Pan Chao had sent to his majest
petition relating the incidents of tn
journey, and insisting on the point tina
had Il not been for KinkO's devotion, tn
gold and precious stones would be in tn
hands Of Faruskiar and his bandits. An
that was worth something else than 81
J months in prison. In fit of generosit
the Son of Heaven favored kinko wit
the remttal of his sentence.
l decline to depict the joy, the happ
ness, the intoxication which this new
n brought by Kinko in person. gave to n
D. his friends, and particularly to the ia
S Zinca Klork. These things are e.
e pressible in no language-nOt even
d Chinese. which lends itself so generou
f ly to the metaphorical.
And now. my readers must permit n
@ TO finish with my travelling companion
z whose numbers have figured in my not
n book.
% Nos. 1 and .. Fulk Ephrinell and Mi
le Horatia Bluett: Not being able to agr'
regarding the various items stipulat,
A. In their matrimonial contract they We
o. divorced three days after their arriv
lie In Pekin. Things We're as though Il
if marriage had never been celebrated {
n the Grand Transasiatic and Miss Hor
he tia Bluett remained Miss Horatia Blue
in May she gather cargoes Of heads Of ha
he from Chinese polls; and may he furni
ID with artificial teeth every jaw in &
Celestial Empirel
K No. 3, Major Noltitz: He is busy
n the hospital he has come to establish
Of Pekin on behalf Of the Russian COVER
al ment. and when the hour for separate
strikes. feel that ! shall leave a TT
to friend behind me in these distant Ian,
Nos. aud 5. the Caternas; After