I read it.

And it falls from my hand.
This is what it said: "Claudius Bombarnac, "Correspondent, "_Twentieth Century._ "Khotan, Chinese Turkestan.
"It is not the corpse of a mandarin that the train is taking to Pekin, but the imperial treasure, value fifteen millions, sent from Persia to China, as announced in the Paris newspapers eight days ago; endeavor to be better informed for the future." * * * * *.