American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-10

burst out anew, The hour had come in
which the unfortunate WAS to de.
The doors of the pagoda were now
opened. more intense l.gnt came
from the interior. Mr. Fogg ant, 5 +
: Francl. could see the victim. all lighted
! up, whom two priests were draggin :
&c the outside. 1t seemed TO them
that, shaking off the drowsiness of in
toxication by the highest instinct of
sef-preservation, the unfortunate wom-
an was try NJ TO escape from her eyecu-
TONERS. Sir Francis heart throbbed
violently, and, w tn n convulsive move
ment seizing Phileas Fogg's hand, he
. felt that it held an open knife.
AT this moment, the crowd was agi-
tated. The young woman had fallen
again into the stupot produced by the
fumes of the hemp. She passed be-
tween the fakirs. who escorted her with
their religious cries.
Phileas Fogg and his companions fol-
lowed her, miagliig with the rear ranks
cf the crowd.
Two minutes after, they arrived at
the edge of the river. and stopped less
than fifty PAGES from the funeral pile,
upon which wac lying the Rajah' body.
IL the semi obscurity, they saw the
!
husbands corpse.
Then a torch was brought, and the
wood, impregnated with oil, soon took
fire.
At this moment, Sir Francis Cromarty
and the guide held back Phileas Fogg,
who in an impulse of generous mad
ness, was goin to rush toward the pile.
But Phileas Fogg had already pushed
them back, when the scene changed
suddenly. A cry of terror arose. The
whole crowd, frightened, cast them-
selves upon the ground.
The old Rajah was not dead, then; he
was seen suddenly rising upright, like
phantom. raising the Young woman
in his arms, descending from the pile in
the midst of the clouds of smoke which
gave him spectral appearance.
The fakirs. the priests, overwhelmed
with sudden fear, were PROSTATE;
their faces to the grotind, hot daring to
raise their eyes. and look at sncn
hiiraclei
The inanimate victim was held by
the vigorous arms carrying her. with
out seeming to be much of a weight. Mr.
Fogg and Sir Francis had remained
standing. The Parsee had bowed his
head, and Passepartout, without doubt,
was not less supplied.
The resuscitated man came near the
spot where Mr.. Fogg and Sir Francis
Cromarty were, and said shortly;
Let us be off,
1t was Passepartout himself who had
slipped on the pile in the midst of the
thick smoke! 1t was Passepartout who;
profiting by the great darkness still
prevailing, had rescued the young
woman from death! 1t was Passepartout
who. playing his part with the boldest
good-1uck, passed out in the midst of
the general fright!
An instant after the four disappeared
in the woods, and the elephant took
them EDWARDS with a rapid trOt. But
cries, shouts, and even ball, piercing
Phleas Fogg's hat appraised them that
the stratagem had been discovered.
Indeed, on the burning pile still lay
the body of the old Rajah. The priests,
recovered from their fright, learned
that the abduction had tax Ken place.
They Immediately rushed into tho
forest. The guards followed them.
Shots were fired; but the abduetors fled
RAPIDLY. and, in lew moments they
we're out of range of balls or arrows.
CHAPTER XIV.
IN WHICH PHILEAs FoGG DEsCENDs THE ENTIRE
sPLENDID VALLEY OF THE CANOES WITHOUT
The bold abduction had succeeded.
An hour after Passepartout was still
laughing at his success. Sir Francis
Cromarty CRASHED the hand of the
brave fellow. His master said to him:
Good" which in that gentleman's
mouth was equivalent to high praise.
To which Passepartout replied that all
the honor of the affair belonged to his
master. As for himself he had only had
a "droll" idea, and he laughed in
thinking that for a few moments he,
Passepartout, the former gymnast, the
ex-Se geant of firemen, had been the
widower of a charming woman, an old
embalmed Rajah!
As tor the young Indian widow. she
had no knowledge of what had passed.
Wrapped up in travelling cloaks. she
was resting in one of the howdahs.
Meanwhile the elephant, guided with
the greatest certainty by the Parsee,
forest. One hour after having left the
pagoda of Pillaji. he shot across an inn
mense plain. AT seven o'clock they
halted. The young woman was still in
state of complete prostration. The
guide made her drink a few swallows
of water and brandy, but the stupefying
influence which overwhelmed her con-
tinued for some time longer. Sir Fran
els Cromarty, who knew the effects of
intoxication produced by inhalation of
the fumes of hemp, had no uneasiness
on her account.
But if the restoration of the young
woman was not a question in the Gen
eral mind, he was not less assured for
the future. He did not hesitate to say
to Phileas Fogg that if Mrs. Aouda re-
manned in India she would inevitably
fall again into the hands of her execu-
TONERS. These fanatics were scattered
throughout the entire peninsula, and,
Notwithstanding the English police,
they would certainly be able to recap
ture their victim, whether at Madras, at
Bombay. or at Calcutta. And in sup
port of this remark Sir Francis quoted
a fact of the same nature which had re-
Gently TRANSFERRED. According to his
view the young woman would really
not be safe until after leaving India
Phfleas Fogg replied that he would
note these remarks and think them
over.
Towards ten o'clock the guide an
nOunced the station OF AIlahabad. The
interrupted line of the railway recon-
menced there, whence trains traverse,
in less than a day and night. the dis
lance separating Allahabad from Cal !
cutta.
Phileas Fogg ought then to arrive in
time to take steamer, which would |
not leave until the next day, October !
25. at noon, for Hong Kong.
The young woman was placed in
Al