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S p e c if Correspondent
music ia here! I f It la not a harmonium,
C H A P T E R X X I.
When I awoke I aeenied to have had it is the uext thing to it. An accordiou
an unpleasant dream. The han-lit chief makes itself heard in Caternn'a hands.
Ti-TaatiK, had prepared a scheme for As mu ancient mariner he knows how
the aeixure o f the Chinese treasure; he to manipulate this instrument of torture,
hud uttacked the train in the plains of and here he ia »winging out the andante
Gobi; the car is assaulted, pillaged, run from “ Norma” with the moat accordiou-
Hacked; the gold and precious stones, to esque expression.
the value o f fifteen millions, are torn
It seeius to give great pleasure to the
from the grasp of the Celestials, who natives o f Central Asia.
Never have
yield after a courageous defense. As to their ears beeu charmed by the anti­
the passengers, another two minutes of quated melody that the pneumatic ap­
paratus was rendering ao expressively.
sleep would have settled their fate
But everything must end in this world,
and mine.
But all that disappeared with the even the andnute from “ Norma,” ami
vapors of the night.
Dreams are not the Rev. Nathaniel Morse began to favor
fixed photographs; they fade in the suu. the young couple with the speech which
had done duty many times before under
and end by effacing themselves.
In taking my stroll through the train siinilur circumstances. "T h e two souls
as a good townsman tnkes his stroll that blend together— flesh o f my flesh—
through the town, l am joined by Major increase and multiply------”
In my opinion he had much better
Noltitz. A fter shaking hands, he show­
ed me a Mongol in the second-class car, have got to work like a notary: "Before
and said to me, “ That is not one of those us there hns beta drawn up a deed of
we picked up at IVmehak when we pick­ arrangement regarding Messrs. Ephrinell.
Bluett A Co."
ed up Faruskiar and Ghangir.”
My
thought
remained
unfinished.
"That is so," said I; “ I never saw that
There are shouts from the engine. The
face in the train before.”
applied
with a
Popof, to whom I applied for infor­ brakes are suddenly
mation. told me that the Mongol had got scream and a grind. Successive shocks
in at Tehertchen. "W hen he arrived," accompany the stoppage o f the train.
he said, “ the manager spoke to him for Then, with a violent bump, the cars pull
a minute, from which 1 concluded that up iu a cloud of sand.
Everything is upset in the dining ear,
he also was one o f the staff of the Grand
men, furniture, bride, bridegroom and
Transasiatic."
witnesses. No one kept his equilibrium.
I had not noticed Faruskiar during my
It is an indescribable pell-mell, with cries
walk. Had he alighted at one o f the
o f terror and prolonged groans. But I
small stations between Tehertchen and
hasten to point out that there was noth­
Tcharkalyk, where we ought to have
ing serious, for the stoppage was not
been about 1 o'clock in the afternoon?
all at once.
No, he ami Uhangir were on the gaug-
“ Quick!" said the major. “ Out o f the
w ay in .front o f our car. They seemed
train!”
to lie in an animated conversation, and
only stopped to take a good look toward
C H A P T E R X X II
the northeastern horizon. Had the Mon­
In a moment the passengers, more or
gol brought some news which had made
them throw off their usual reserve and less bruised and alarmed, were out on
gravity? Aud I abandoned myself to my the track. Nothing hut complaints and
questions littered in three or1 four differ­
imagination, foreseeing adventures, at­
tacks of bandits and so on, according to ent languages, amid general bewilder­
ment.
my dream.
Faruskiar, Ghangir and the four Mon­
I was recalled to reality by the Rev.
gols
were the first to jump off the cars.
Nathaniel Morse, who said to me: “ It
They are out on the line, kandijar in one
is tixed for to-day; do not forget.”
hand, revolver in the other. No doubt
That meant the marriage of Fulk Eph-
an attack has been organized to pillage
riuell and Horatia Bluett. Really, I was
not thinking of it. It is time for me to the train.
The rails have been taken up for about
go and dress for the occasion. A ll I can
hundred yards, and the engine, after
do will be to change my shirt.
It is
bumping over the sleepers, has come to
enough that one o f the husband's . w it­
nesses should be presentable; the other, a standstill in a sand hill.
"W h a t! The railroad not finished—
Caterna, will be sure to be magnificent.
and they sold me a through ticket from
It was at 9 o’clock that this marriage
Tiflis to Pekin! And I came by this
was to take place, announced by the bell
Transasiatic to save nine days in my
o f the tender, which was to sound full
trip round the world!” shouted the voice
clang as if it were a chapel bell. With
of the irascible baron.
a little imagination we could believe we
"T h e baron is mistaken,” said Popof.
were in a village. But whither did this
“ the railway is completed, and if a hun­
bell invite the witnesses and guests? Into
dred yards o f rails have been lifted here,
the dining car, which had been conven­
it has been with some criminal inten­
iently arranged for the ceremony, as I
tion.”
had taken good care.
"T o stop the train!” I exclaim.
It was no longer a dining car; it was a
“ And steal the treasure they are send­
hall car, if the expression is admissible.
ing to Pekin!” says Caterna.
The big talde had been taken away and
“ There is no doubt o f that,” says
replaced by a small table which served
Popof. "B e ready to repulse an attack.”
as a desk. A few Bowers bought at
“ It is Ki-Tsang and his gang that we
Tehertchen had been arranged In the
have to do with?” I ask.
corners of the car, which was large
Ki-Tsang! The name spread among
enough to hold nearly ail who wished to
the passengers and caused inexpressible
i>e present— and those who could not get
terror.
inside could look on from the gangways.
The mxjor said to me in a low voice.
A quarter to nine. No one has yet
“ W hy Ki-Tsang?
W hy not my lord
seen the happy couple. Miss Bluett is
Faruskiar?”
in one o f the toilet cabinets in the first
“ H e— the manager of the Transasi­
vnn, where she is probably preparing
atic
herself.
Fulk Ephrinell is perhaps
“ I f it is true that the company had to
struggling with his cravat and giving a
last polish to his portable jewelry. I am take several o f these robber chiefs into
not anxious. W e shall see them as soon its confidence to assure the safety of tin-
trains------”
as the bell rings.
“ I will never believe that, major.”
I have but one regret, and that is that
“ As you please. Monsieur Botnbamae.
Faruskiar and Ghangir should be too
busy to join us. Wrhy do they continue But assuredly Faruskiar knew that this
to look over the immense desert? Be­ pretended mortuary van contained mill-
fore their eyes there stretches not the i- ns.”
"Come, major, this is no time for jok­
cultivated steppe o f the Lob-Xor region,
ing.”
but the (iobi, which is barren, desolate
No, It was the time for defending, and
and gloomy. It may be asked why these
people are keeping such an obstinate defending one’s self courageously. The
Chinese officer has placed his inen around
lookout.
“ I f my presentiments do not deceive the treasure vnn. They nre twenty in
me,” said Major Noltitz, “ there is some number, and the rest o f the passengers,
not counting the women, amount to thir­
reason for it.”
Popof distrimutes
the weapons,
What does he mean? But the bell of ty.
the tender, the tender bell, begins its which are carried in case o f attack.
joyous appeal. Nine o’clock; it is time to Major Noltitz, Calerna, Pan Chao, Eph-
rii.ell, driver and stoker, passengers, Asi­
go into the dining car.
The passengers move In a procession, atic and Europenn, all resolve to fight
the four witnesses first, then the guests for the common safety.
On the right o f the line, about a hun­
from the end of the village— I mean of
the train; Chinese, Turkomans, Tartars, dred yards away, stretches a deep,
men and women, ail curious to assist at gloomy thicket, a sort of jungle, In which
the ceremony. The four Mongols remain doubtless are hidden the robbers, await­
on the last gangway near the treasure, ing the signal to pounce upon us.
Suddenly there is a burst o f shouting,
which the Chinese soldiers do not leave
the thicket has given passage to the
for an instant.
W e reach the dining car. The clergy­ gang in ambush— some sixty Mongols,
I f these rascals
man is seated at the little table, on which nomads of the Gobi.
is the certificate o f marriage he has beat us, 'the train will be pillage«], the
prepared according to the customary treasure of the Son of Heaven will be
form. He looks ns though he was ac­ stolen, and, what concerns us more in­
customed to tnis sort of thing, which is timately. the passengers will be massa­
cred without mercy.
as much commercial as matrimonial.
Aud Faruskiar, whom M ajor Noltitz
Here is Mr. Fulk Ephrinell, dressed
this morning just as he was dressed yes­ so unjustly suspe«?te<l? I look at him.
terday, with a pencil behind the lobe of His face is no longer the same; hla fine
his left ear, for he has just been making featurea have become pale, his height
out an account for his New York house. has increased, there is lightning In hla
Here is Miss Horatia Bluett, as thin, eyea.
as dry, as plain as ever, her dust-cloak
The bandlta fire a volley, and begin
over her traveling gown, and in place brandiahing their arina and shouting.
o f jewelry a noisy bunch o f keys, which Faruskiar, pistol in one hand, kandijar in
hangs from her belt.
the other, haa rushed on to them, his
The com|>nny politely rise as the bride eyes gleaming, his lips covered with a
and bridegroom enter.
They "mark light fosin. Ghangir ia at hia aide, fol-
time,” as Caterna says. Then they ad­ lowed by four Mongols whom he is ex­
vance toward the clergyman, who is citing by word and geature.
standing with his hand resting on a
MaJ«»r Noltitz and I throw ourselves
Bible, open probably at the place where Into the midst of our assailants. Ca­
Isaac, the son o f Abraham, espouses Re­ terna is in front o f us, his mouth open,
becca, the daughter o f Rachel.
his white teeth ready to olte, his eyes
W e might fancy we were in a chapel blinking, his revolver flourishing about.
If we only had a harmonium. And the Tha actor has given place to the old sail-
r
' or who has renppenred for the occasion.
•’Those beggars want to board us,” i
said he. “ Forward, forward, for the
honor o f the Bag! T o port, there, tiro! j
To starboard, there, tiro! A ll together, |
tire!"
And It was with no property daggers
lie was armed, nor dummy pistols loaded
with iiioffouaivo powder. N'o! A revolver
In each hand, lie was hoiiiidiiig along, Br­
ing right und left, and everywhere.
Fan Chao also exposed himself brave­
V '
ly, a smile on Ills I q i s , gallantly leading
on the olln-r Chinese passengers. Popof
and tiie railway men did their duty
bravely.
¡Sir Francis Treveilyau, of
Trevsllyan Hall, took
matters
very
O r c h id W o r t h •B.OOO.
Coolly, but Kphriiioll abandoned himself
Th e Cyprlpedluiti Kairiieanum t*
to true Yankee fury, being no less irri­
oli* o f the rarest orchids In tile world.
tated st the interruption to Ills marriage
It wus Introduced luto Fughili J uomo
than n* to the danger run by hia forljr-
Bfty
years ago. and at one time wna
two package# of urtiticial teeth.
Faruskiar, tuy hero— l cannot eall hit* com paratively well known, bnt mil»
any thing else— displays extraordinary iiv "«•quently It died nut and 1a now to all
tlepidity, h e a r in g h i m s e l f the boldest ia Intenta and pnrpoaea a thing o f the
the struggle, aud when lie hud exhausted past. One tiny «crup la still known
his revolver, using his kandijar like a to exlat In Knglnnd, na w ell aa four
man who had ofteu facisi death aud nev­ e«|iinlly amali pieces In Pnrla, but aa
er feared It.
flow ering planta all si»e<-lmena o f the
Already there were a few wounded on
both sidea, perhaps a few dead among orchid have disappeared, alike In the
the passengers, who lay on the line. I collections o f Europe and In the Ro-
have hud my shoulder grazed by a bullet, tnnl<- Gardens o f Calcutta, where nlao
u simple aernteh I have hardly notice«!. they «»n«*e flowered. For sortie years a
The Rev. Nathaniel Monte does not think
tlist his sacn-d character c«>mpels him to
croaa his ariua, und, from the way he
works, one would not imagine that it
was the first time he hns hundlt-d fire­
arms. Caterna hns his hat shot through,
lie utters s«uuething «Unit thunder Slid
port hole, and then, taking a most de­
liberate aim, shoots atone dead the rutllan
who has taken such a liberty with hia
best headgear.
For ten minutes or so the battle con­
tinues with most alarming alternations.
The number of wound«--! ou both sides in­
creases, and the issue is still doubtful.
Faruskiar and Gluingir and the Mongola
have been driven back toward the pre-
cloua van, whieli the Chinese guard have
not left for an instant.
But two or
thrw of them have beeu mortally woond-
e«l, ami their offieer has just been killed
by a bullet in the head. And my hero
doe# nil that the nusit ardent c«>urage
can do for the «lefense of the treasure
of the Son o f Heaven.
I atn getting uneasy at the prolonga­
tion of the combat.
It will contluue
evidently us long as the chief o f the
a ffi.OUO o n inn.
bend— a tall man with a black beard—
urges on hia ac«*«implic<-a to the attack Inn o f or«'hl«l grow ers In St. Albana,
on the train. Up till now he has *»s«-ap«si
England, has hu«t a standing offer of
unhurt, and, in spite o f all we can do, he
Is gaining ground. Shall we in- obliged I reward o f ft,(am for a healthy spe«rt
to take refuge in the vans, as behind ! *****
the orchid, aud as the plnut
the walls of a fortress, to intrench our­ trlginally enme from the almost Inne
selves, to fight until the last has smv •easlble wilds o f Bhutan, among the
tuinbed? And that will not be long, if o fty Himalayas, these regions have
we cannot stop the retrograde movement j .'or many years lieen searched by ad
which Is beginning on our sl«le.
| venturous spirits anxious to gain the
T o the reports of the guns there are
| reward. It la now annoum-ed that the
now addt-d the cries o f the women, who
in their terror are running about tha search has been su<*eeeeful, and the
gangways, although Miss Bluett
and j luPk7 fln<Ser, when tl© land# hla plants
Madame Caterna are trying to keep them ! In England In goo«l condition, w ill re
inside the car*. A few bullets hove gon«« j reive the prize o f £1,000.
through the panels, aud I am wondering
F o r H e n a m i C h ic k s.
It any of them have hit Kluko.
W
hile
there are several forma o f
Major Noltitz com«-* near me and says,
coop« for the old hen ami her chicks,
“ This is not g«>ing well.”
“ No, It is not going well.” I reply, "and **7* ,h* Indianapolis News, the one
I am afraid the ammunition will give built on the well-known line*, a full
out. W e must settle »heir commander- ; span, la generally ««onnldered the most
in-chief. Come, major----- ”
desirable, although there nre several
But what we are about to d<> ws* wavs o f Im proving this old affnlr. One
done by anotLer at that very instant. |„f th„
troIlbU,, wlth fh„ old (>nop
K e e p a Htie©|i I»««g.
Every farm er who has a flack o f flf-
| ty or more sheep might to k«-«p n goad
ahepherd dug. lie la worth a big prl<-n
111 the first place, ami will earn hla
coat every year In saving sheep and
lambs and In doing the work o f » mull.
T h eir Intelligence Is iilumat human and
they will take sole care o f u flock o f
sheep, spending every day and night
with them If allow«sl to do so, It ie
better, however, to put the sheep III sn
Inclosure at night, nml relieve Hie dog
from the i-nre o f wat«-hlug them. In
the morning he tuny he sent «>ut with
them, and he w ill bent them on nny
Held o f land or keep them within any
bounds Indicated.
Th e fldellty o f the aht-phenl «log la
remarkable.
In Colorado one night
last winter a herder brought his f l o c k »
and hurried to hla cabin to rook him­
self «omo supper, for he wss more thau
usually hungry.
But he missed the
dog, whl<*h usually follow ed him to the
cabin o f an eveutng to have her aup-
per.
Th e herder thought It m iner
strange, but made no search for the
dog that night.
But when he went
«town to the corrals the next morning
he foiiutl the gate open aud the fa ith ­
ful «log standing guard over the flocks.
Th e herder In h k haate the night be­
fore had forgotten to close the gate,
aud the dog, morn faithful than her
master, had reiualne«l at her post all
night, though suffering from hunger
aud thirst.
Ou another occasion this same dog
was left to wat«-li a flock o f »beep near
the herder’s cahlll while the herder
got his «upper.
Aft«-r he had eaten
his supper he went out to where the
sti©«-p were and told the dog to put
the a beep In the corral. This she re-
fu*«»d to do, au<], although she had
tui supper, sh<« started off over ttia
prnlrt© ns fast hs she could go. Th e
herder put the sheep In the eorrat and
went to he«l. About midnight he wna
awakened by the loud barking o f a d«xg
down by the corral.
He
got
up,
dressed him self aiul went down to the
corral, and there fmin«t the dog with
a band o f fifty ah«*«*p which
had
s(rny©<! off the previous day without
the herder’s knowledge; tint the poor
dog knew It, and also knew that they
ought to he corrnlest, and ah© did It.
A
well b ro ! shepherd «log — the
Hootch collie. If lire«! from
working
stock, la the beet— w ill cost from $23
to $.V), but they lire worth It any
time.
H t«»ck -Pr© «> f o p e n G a le .
T h e draw in g w ill give you an Idea
how much time and worry can lie
saved If you have cattle or horses In
the pasture uud through which many
walkers pass dally. It take* only one
extra panel o f fi-nce. Simply place a
panel ( ( ’ ) one and one-half f«-et past
‘
•, .
£*
that , It
a *w
through the rank* of the f AMailanU,
he
„ was . not .(w a ' y . dry.
, *
s t o c k m o o r OATK.
«•leared them off the line, in spite ,,f the
,,c f‘H' t 'vhPn onn ro" " u1‘*r" *»ow
blows they aimed at him.
He is in harmful dampness la to young chicks, first post in panel D sih ! panel E the
front of the bandit chief, he raises his This may be prevented as well as pre
same distance, hut letting ( ’ tie an one
arms, he stnbs him full in the cheat.
| venting the warping o f the honrds If
side, while K Is on the other, nnd nt
Intsuntly the thiev«-« b«*at a r«-tr«-at, the tw o atrlpa placed across the top
the
same time leave room
enough
without even carrying off their «lead ami are lappetl, as showu at Fig. C In the
through which one |«ersnu may pass
wounded.
H*irne run across the plaiu, Illustration.
with ease. A * panel D fits In between
some disappear In the thickets.
Why
Then ventilation may lie supplied
pursue them now that the battle has
(! and E, It tieeoiues lm[M>**lhle for a
ended in our favor? And I must say by placing a number o f small holes horse or cow to pass. A shows the en­
In
the
peak
«»f
the
roof
at
the
hack
that without the nilmirahle val«>r o f
trance nnd It the outlet
The main
Faruskiar I do not exp«-«-t nny o f us and in fr o n t covering a similar place reasons why I s a y It Is better than a
with flue w ire netting, doubled ns
would have liv«-«| to tell the story.
gate nre as follow s: 1. It Is nlwnya
But the chief of the bandits is not shown In the Illustration and at the
dead, although the blood flows abundant­ point B. This wire will keep out ver­ open to people a ml Is shut to horse«
ly from his chest. H e hns fallen with min a# well. The lower part o f the nnd cows. 2. I f you had ii gate In Ita
place It would so often he left open
one knee on the grottml, «ine hand up,
coop Is so arrang«M that n small door
with the other he is supporting himself.
by careless. Indifferent, thoughtless
may he ren«llly opened when It Is nec­
Faruskiar stands over him, towering
people. 3. It Is much «-asler to innke
abfive him. Hiukh-nly he ri*«-s In a last essary to let the old hen o u t «**<1 yet or ke«*p In good shape than a gnte.
effort, his arm threatena his adversary, she cannot get it loose herself; the Home may say that there is no need
he looks at him. A Inst thrust >>f the
of either, hut if you <1ld not h av«
kandijar is driven into his h«*arf. Fa ru­
- «•/.
*<ime hnrnly op«-nlng through which
sk i nr returns, ami in Russian, with per-
walkers could easily pnss they would
f«?ct calmn«-ss, remarks:
ellnih over your fence and then yon
“ Ki-Tsnng is dead! So perish all who
bear weapons against the Son of Heav­
would soon have tw o or three planks
en !”
off, and probably broken.- l-’ ann Jour­
(T n he confirm ed.«
nal.
T h e P a th s «if P ea ce.
It was toward nightfall on the third
day a fter Mr. H ogan’* departure for
Boston that he returned to his fam ily
In Chetwlck, with a bandage round his
head which covered one eye, and with
his left arm In a sling.
Mrs. Hogan look<-xl at him In silence
for some moments.
“ W ell,” she said at lost. In a tone o f
great cbllMne**, "yo u ’ re a fine-looking
man to he coming home from a visit
to your uncle that’* a p r ic k ;”
" I t was the greet crowd «lid It,” said
Mr. Hogan, meekly.
“ W e w ere all
striving to get into the building at the
one time, an«l there wna* one man fell
against me when I was holding my
arm out to make room for uncle, he
being undersized, and that broke a
bone, or at any rate sprung it out o’
place.
“ And tw o minutes after, when uncle
was trying to get me out o f It, there
was a man pushed us tioth flat, and
then he and another one walked on me
head."
“ And w hat w as all this g m it
crow d?” asked Mrs. Hogan, suspldoua-
P n a lt r g P ic k in g «.
It Is not alw ays the fat hen that be­
comes hr«»o«ly.
The scratching hen give* her chick«
much exercise.
Pullet* hutched now will come In for
late summer layers.
slnt* are placed fa r enough apart so
that the chicks can go In and ou* at
w ill and they shouhl he placed w ide
apart so that no change w ill need to
be made ns the chicks grow. A little
more lumber and brains [tut In the
making o f coop* for chickens would
make the «>ld hen more com fortable
and prevent many o f the chickens
from dying o f roup:
F e e d i n g HI lu g e to C ow s.
Many cows w ill like silage the first
time they taste It; a fe w will mince
at It fo r a few feed#, but for a few
feed* only. It la !>est not to fee«l too
heavily to a cow Just learning to est
It. I have had cows est greedily o f It
the first fe w feeds and then become
turned against It, hat s little bit In
their trough fo r a fe w feed# and they
>7-
are all right again. For a cow, though,
" I t was the Peace Congress,” said which la used to It, nothing under
Mr. Hogan, oalrnly.— Youth's Compan­ eighteen or tw enty ponnda to a feed
ion.
w ill gorge her.— Cor. Farmer#1 Q u id *
G ive the whole wheat to the hen nnd
soft feed to the chicks.
D rive the young under shelter dur­
ing stulden showers o f rain.
T ry a camphor hall for lice. Placa
one In each nest na you set the hen.
W hole corn, grit and fresh wnter a r t
the heat fare fo r the Hitting hen.
Th e fact that the hen Is laying I* no
sign that she w en t* to b*nvo her young.
K eep food (‘«instantly before the sit­
ting hen so she can help herself at
will.
Thirteen egg* In early spring and fif­
teen during Inta spring nnd summer
are large enough sittings.
W hitewash the Interior o f your coopa
and sprinkle carholated lime on th «
fl«>or. This disinfection drives a w ay
lice.
Covered nine are a protection from
hawks, rata or dogs. They ahould be
moved to freeh plot# o f grass ta rk
week.
t