American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-17
CHAPTER XVI.

The RangOon, one of the vessels en-
ployed by the Peninsular and Oriental
Company in the Chinese and japanese
seas, was an iron screw steamer, of
seventeen hundred and seventy tons,
and nominally of four hundred horse
power. She was, equally swift, but not
SO comfortable as the Mongolia. Mrs.
Aouda was not as we'll fixed IN her as
Phileas Fogg would have desired. But.
after all, it was only distance of three
thousand five hundred miles, and the
young woman did not show herself a
troublesome passenger.
During the first few days of the pass
age Mrs. sAouda BECAME better ac-
quainted with Phleas Fogg. On every
occasion she showed him the liveliest
gratitude. The phlegmatic gentleman
listened to her, at least in appearance,
with the most extreme Indifference, not
one tone of his voice or gesture betray-
ing in him the slightest emotion. He
saw that she was wanting in nothing.
At certain hours he came regularly, il
not to talk with her, at least to listen to
her. He fulfilled toward her the duties
of the strictest polteness, but with the
grace and startling effects of an autom-
atom whose movements had been put
together fak IT, purpose. Mrs.Aouda
diGlsUotskn0Ww what to think of him, but
Passepartout had explained to her q
little the eccentric character of his mas
ter. He had told her what sort of a
wager was taking him round the world.
Mrs. Aouda had smiled! but, after all
she owed her life to him, and hcri&ies
liverer could not lose. because she saw
him through her gratitude. =.
Mrs. Aouda cOnhrmed the narrative
Of 10, l. II,
ing history. She belonged, in fact, to-
the race which occupies the first rank
among the natives. Several Parsee
merchants have made large fortunes in
India in the cotton trade. One of them,
Sir James Jejeebhoy, was raised to the
nobility by the English Government,
and Mrs. Aouda was a relative of this
rich person, who lived in Bombay. it.
was, indeed, a cousin of Sir Jeieebhoy,
the honorable Jejeeh, whom she count
ed on joining at Hong Kong. Would
she find a refuge with him and assist
ance? She could not say SO positively.
To which Mr.. Fogg replied that she
should not be uneasy, and everything
would be mathematically arranged.
That was the phrase he used.
Did the young woman understand
this horrible adverb? We do not know.
However, her large eyes were fixed up
on those of Mr.. Fogg- her large eyes
clear as the sacred lakes of the Hifha-
laya"' But the intractable Fogg, as re-
served as ever, did not seem to be the:
man to throw himself into this lake. o..
The first part OF the Rangoon' S Noy-
age was accomplished under excellent
conditions. The weather was moder-
ate. All the lower portion of the i'm
mense Bay OF Bengal was favorable to
the steamers progress. The Rangoon
soon sighted the great Andaman, the
principal one of the group of islands,
which is distinguished by navigators at
a great distance by the picturesque Sad
die Peak Mountain, two thousand four
hundred feet high.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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in the face by his wife, turned white
with rage, stood still for moment as
though irresolute, and then, procuring
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