The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-24
CHAPTER XII.

Niiui-Novgorod. Some twenty years later
the attempt would have succeeded, and
.s a matter of fact the fair now exists,
owing to the making of the Transcapsian
to unite Samarkand and Tashkend. We
left Tashkend ut precisely IL O'Clock in
the morning.
As soon as we are on the move l be-
gin to think of Kinko. His little love
romance has touched me to the heart;
this sweetheart who sent himself Off
this other sweetheart who is going to
nav the expenses. l am sure Major Mol
titz would be interested in these TWO
turtle doves, one of which is In a cage;
he would not be too hard on this de-
flauder of the company, he would be In
capable of betraying him. Consequently
[ have 4 great desire to tell him of my
expedition into the baggage van. But
the secret is not mine. l must do moth
Ing that might get Kinko into trouble.
And 80 1 am silent. and tonight l will,
lf possible, take few provisions to my
packing case-to my snail in his shell,
let us say And is not the young Rou-
manian like a snail in his shell, for it Is
rs much as he can do to get out OF 1T
We reach KLodjend about three in the
afternoon. The country is fertile, green,
carefully cultivated. 1t is a succession
of kitchen gardens, which seem to be
we'll kept, immense fields sown with
clover, which yield four or five crops
a year. The roads near the town are
bordered with long rows of mulberry
trees, which diversity the view with &C.
centric branches.
povoDd Il oLbor ruo cbol rim 6,yo Sf
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 ta-
BILE, where 1 failed to notice any fresh
arrival
Ephrinell is in his usual place. With
cut going as far as familiarity, it is
obvious that a close intimacy, founded
on a 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 we'd
ding as soon as the train arrives. Both
will have their romance of the. rail.
Frankly. like that of Kinko and Zinca
Klork 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 recite a mono
lcgue.
Our train more and more resembled a
small rolling town. 1t had even it's
casino, this dining car in which we were
gathered at the moment. And it was
thus In the eastern part of Turkestan,
HIM III h. De- -
plateau, at dessert, after our excellent
dinner served in a saloon of the Grand
Transasiatic, that the "Obsession'' was
given with remarkable talent by Mon
sieur Caterna, grand premier comique,
engaged at the Shanghai theater for the
approaching season.
Monsieur" said Pan Chao, "my sin
cere compliments. l have heard young
COQuelin-"
"a master, monsieur; a master" said
Caterna.
Whom you apprOa CHI"
Respectfully-very respectfully
The braves lavished on Caterna had
no 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-
criminatiOn
Baron Observation-Disclosures had not
understood single, word of this little
masterpiece, and had he understood it.
he would not have been able to appreciate
this sample of Partisan monologo-mania
AS to my lord Faruskiar and his in
hiQ fxhanoir If cd <bc% -,
spite of their traditional reserve. the sur
prising grimaces, the significant gestures.
the comical intonations, had interested
them to certain extent.
The actor had noticed it, and appre-
ciated this silent admiration. As he rose
from the table he said to me:
He is magnificent, this signeur.
What dignity! What a presence. What
q type of the furthest east! | like his
companion less-a third-rate fellow at
the outside"
During dinner the train had passed
Kastakos Station, situated in the center
OF mountainous region. The road cury-
Cd a good deal, and ran over viaducts
and through tunnels, as we could tell by
the noise.
We enter Kokhan Station at 9 o'clocl,
III the evening. The stoppage is to last
two hours. We get out on to the pIat-
form. As we are leaving the car I am
near Major Noltitz, who asks young Pan
Chao:
Have you ever heard Of this man.
DARN Yen Lou, whose body is being TAX.
en- to Pekin?'
Never, Major"
"But he ought to be a personaoo a.
consideration, to be treated with tbo
honor he gets"
THAT is possible" said Pan Cboo.
"but we have so many personages of con.
sideration in the Celestial Empire"
"And so this mandarin Yen Iou-pu
81 never heard him mentioned"
Why did Major Noltitz ask the Cb;,..
man this question? What was he thint.
Ing about2
CHAPTER XIII.
Kokhan, two hours to stop. r. Z.
night. The majority of the traveller,
have already taken up their .leenin.
quarters In the car, and do not car. r
alight =
Here am I on the platform. Thi. 1,
rather an important station, and. ,fron,
the engine house comes I more peverfn
locomotive than those With ~