The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-08-11
The Special Correspondent
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what 1t b their interest to know"
i Yes" thought l, although they ID
not read the Twentieth Century"
Meanwhile. different opinions were be
ing exchanged on the gangwaya Some
would rather travel with the millions
tnan carry q corpse along with them,
even though It was that OF hrst-class
mandarin. Others considered the carry
Ing OF the treasure 4 danger to the pas
senserA And that was the opinion Of
Baron Weissschnitserdorfer, In . furious
attack ON Popof.
You ought to have told N about Il.
sir-you ought to have told N about
II! Those millions are known to be In
the train, and they WIN tNmpt people to
attack ~. And an attack, even II repuls-
Cd, win mean delay, and delay I will not
submit to. No. sir, I will notr'
NO one will attack us," replied Popof.
mo one will dream Of doing Il"
And how do you know that-how do
you know thatr'
BE calm, pray"
II will not be calm; and IL there Il
delay will hold the company response
BILE"
That IL understood: q hundred thou
sand forms damages to Monsieur le Bar
on Tour de Monde.
Let us pass to the other passengers.
Ephrinell looked at the matter, Of course,
from very practical point Of view.
There can be no doubt that our risks
have been greatly increased by this treas
ure, and In case Of accident ON account
Of It the Life Traveller Society, in
which am insured, will, expect, re-
fuse to pay, 20 that the Grand Trans
asiatic Company win have all the re-
sponsibility."
"Of course" said Miss Bluett; 'and
II they had not found the missing van
the company would have been In q seri-
Gus dif1culty with China. Would 1t not,
Fulkr
Exactly. Horatia."
Horatia and Fulk-nothing less! The
Anglo-American couple were right, the
enormous loss would have had to be
borne by the Grand Transasiatic, for the
company must have known they were
carrying a treasure and not q corpse,
and thereby they were responsible.
A. to the Caternas, the millions roll
Ing behind did not seem to trouble them.
The only reflection they inspired was,
"Ah! Caroline, what splendid theater
we might build with all that money!
But the best thing was said by the
Rev. Nathaniel Morse, who had Joined
the train at Kachgar.
1t ID never comfortable to be drag
ging powder magazine after one"
Nothing could be truer, and this van,
with Its imperial treasure, was 4 DOW |
Ter magazine that might blow up our |
rain.
CHAPTER Xxx.
The hrst railway was opened In China /
.bout 1877, and ran from Shanghai to
Fou-Tcheou. The Grand Transasiatic
followed very closely the Russian road
proposed In 1874 by Tashkend, Kouldja.
Kami. Ian Tcheou, 6ingan, and Shang-
iai This railway did not run through
he populous central provinces, which
AN be compared to vast and hummlnR
lives OF bees. and extraordinarily pro-
Inc bees. A. nearly % possible 1t forms
straight line to Sou-Tcheou before
'urving on to Lam Tcheou; 1t reaches
titles BY the branches It gives, ont to the
outh and SOUTHEAST.
Since we left Kothan, we have covered
hundred and fifty kilometers in four
tours. 1t u not . high rate of speed,
ut We cannot expect on this part of the
Transatlantic the same rate Of travelling
ve experienced on the Transcaspian.
Either the Chinese engineers are not go
asst, or, thanks to their natural indo-
ence, the engine drivers imagine that
rom thirty to forty miles an hour Is the
maximum that can be obtained on the
always Of the Celestial Empire,
At o'clock in the afternoon we were
t another station, Mia, where General
'evtso6 established a meteorological oh
ervatory. Here we stopped only twenty
minutes. l had time to lay in = few
rovisions at the bar. For whom thew
1ere intended you can imagine
The passengers we picked up were onlv
hinese. men and women. There were
My a few for the first class and these
My went short journeys.
We had not started a quarter Of an
our, when Ephrinell, with the serious
lanner Of merchant intent on some
usiness, came up to me on the gang
ay.
Monsieur Bombarnac," he said. az
ave to ASK favor Of you"
"Only too happy, I can assure YOU"
lid l. What Is 1t aboutr'
II want you to be a witness. am 90 /
lg to marry Miss Bluett."
Marry her2'
"Yes. A treasure Of q woman, well ac-
tainted with business matters, holding
splendid commission"
my compliments. Mr.. Ephrinell! You /
IN count on me-" g
"And, probably, on Monsieur Cater Z
HE would like nothing better, and If I,
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