The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-05

.r unnleasant dream. The bandit chief,
Ti.Tsans, had prepared a scheme for
tbo seizure of the Chinese treasure; he
had attacked the train in the plains Of
Cobi: the car is assaulted, pillaged, ran
sacked; the gold and precious stones, to
the value of fifteen millions, are torn
from the grasp of the1 Celestials, who
vield after a courageous defense. As to
tbe passengers, another two minutes of
sleep would have settled their fate
and mine. .- -@- =
But all that disappeared with the
vapors of the night. Dreams are not
fixed photographs; they fade in the sun,
and end by effacing themselves.
In taking my stroll through the train
AZ a good townsman takes his stroll
through the town, am Joined by Major
Noltitz After shaking hands, he show
ed me Mongol in the second-class car,
and said to me, THAT Is not one of those
we picked up at Douchak when we pick
ed up Faruskiar and Ghangir."
"That is So" said I; "I5never saw that
face in the train before"
Popof, to whom | applied for infor-
nation, told me that the Mongol had got
in at Tchertchen. "When he arrived"
no said, 1.-The manager spoke to him for
a minute, from which 1 concluded that
he also was one of the staff Of the Grand
Transasiatic."
had not noticed Faruskiar during my
walk. Had he alighted at one Of the
small stations between Tchertchen and
Tcharkalyk, where we ought to have
been about o'clock in the afternoun2
No, he and Changer were on the gang
way in front Of our car. They seemed
to be in an animated conversation, and
only stopped to take a good look toward
the northeastern horizon. Had the Mon
gol brought some news which had made
them throw off their usual reserve and
gravity? And abandoned myself to my
Imagination, foreseeing adventures, at
tacks of bandits and so on, according to
my dream.
was recalled to reality by the Rev.
Nathaniel Morse, who said to me: ut
Is fixed for to-day; do not forget"
That meant the marriage of Fulk Eph-
rinell and Horatia Bluett. Really, was
not thinking of it. It is time for me to
go and dress for the occasion. AL can
do will be to change my shirt. It is
enough that one of the husbands wit
nesses should be presenta BILE; the other,
Caterna, will be sure to be magnificent
1t was at 8 O'clock that this marriage
was to take place, announced by the bell
OF the tender, which was to sound full
clang as If it were a chapel bell. with
a little imagination we could believe we
were in village. But whittier did this
bell invite the witnesses and guests? Into
the dining car, which had been conven-
iently arranged for the ceremony, as /
had taken good care.
1t was no longer a dining car; it was a
haul car, if the expression is admissible.
The big table had been taken away and
replaced by small table which served
as a desk. A few flowers bought at
Ichertchen had been arranged in the
corners of the car, which was large
enough to hold nearly all who wished to
be preSent-and those who could not get
inside could look on from the gangway
a quarter to nine. No one has yet
seen the happy couple. Miss Bluett Is
IN one OF the toilet cabinets in the first
Vah' where she Is probably preparing
herself. Fulk Ephrinell Is perhaps
struggling with his cravat and giving a
last polish to his portable jewelry. am
not anxious. We shall see them as soon
as the bell rings.
have but one regret, and that is that
Faruskiar and Changer should be too
busy to join us. Why do they continue
10 look over the immense desert? Be
lore their eyes there stretches not the
cultivated steppe of the Lob-Nor region,
out the Cobb, which is barren, desolate
and gloomy. 1t may be asked why these
people are keeping such an obstinate
lookout.
it my presentiments do not deceive
me- said Major Noltitz, there is some
reason for it."
what does he mean2 But the bell of
the tender, the tender bell. begins its
Joyous appeal. Nine o'clock; It Is time to
go Into the dining car.
!, Inc passengers move In a procession,
tne Tour witnesses first, then the guests
from the end Of the village-I mean OF
sne traln; Chinese, Turkomans, Tartars,
men and women, all curious to assist at
tne ceremony. The four Mongola remain
VI the last gangway near the treasure.
f Emien the Chinese soldiers do not leave
1or an instant.
we reach the dining car. The clergy.
man Is seated at the little table, on which
Is the certificate of marriage he has
prepared according to the customary
torLn' lie looks as though he was &C.
euStomed to this sort of thing, which Il
aS much commercial as matrimonial.
!, here is Mr.. Fu!k Ephrinell, dressed
inns morning just as he was dressed yes.
t.eruay, with pencil behind the lobe Of
MS left ear, for he has just been ma kinq
out an account for his New York house
Here is Miss Horatia Rluett, as thin
as dry, as plain as ever, her dust-cloal
over her travelling gown, and In place
VI 1eWelry noisy bunch of keys, which
hangs from her belt.
Z Inc company politely rise as the bride
an anu bridegroom enter. They ''marL
enne as Caterna says. Then they ad
aance toward the clergyman, who /.
SANDING SANDING with his hand resting on q
1hlole' open probably at the place where
ttsaac' the son Of Abraham, espouses Re
OeGca' the daughter of Rachel.
!. we mi ht fancy we were In a chape
we only had a harmonium, And thu
:; niuSlc is here! If 1t Is not a harmonium
~ ~ the next thing to It. An accordion
u6AeS itself heard In Cstarns'a hands