American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-08-27

Oh Tie wind interfering with the progress
! of the vessel, the irregular movements
of the squall threatening an accident
to the engine, and in short, all the pos
siblo injuries, which, compelling the
Mongolia To put into some port. would
have interrupted his journey.
BY no means, or, Mt least, if this gen
ileman thought of these probabilities,
he did not let it appear rs if he did.
He was the same impossible man, the
impcrturbablo member of the Reform
Club. whom no incident or accident
could surprise. He did not appear
more affected than the ships chrunom-
eters. He was seldom seen upon the
, deck. He troubled himself very little
about looking ut this Red Sea, so fruit
full in recollections, the spot where tho
first historic scenes of mankind were
enacted.
What was this queer fellow, impris-
oncd upon the Mongolia, doing? At
.irst Tie took his four meals a-dav, the
folling and pitching of the ship not
putting out OF order his mechanism. SO
wonderfully organized. Then he play ed
at whist. For he found companions ~
devoted to it as himself; collector of
taxes. who was going TO his post at
Goa; minister, the Rev. Decmus
W,
Brigadier-General of the English army,
who was rejoining his corpsat Benares.
These three passengers had the same
passion for whist as Mr.. Fogg, and they
played for entire hours. not less quietly
than he.
AS for Fassepartout, sca-sickness had
taken no hold on him. II must be said
that the voyage made under these cir
cumstances was decidedly not unpleas-
ant to him. He rather liked his share
of it. Well led and well lodged, he
YVES seeing the country, and besides he
asserted to himself that all this within
would end ut Bombay. The next day
after leaving Sucz it was not without a
certain pleasure that he met on deck
the obliging person whom he had adj
dressed on landing in Egypt.
II am not mistaken" he said, on
approaching him with his most amiable
smile, ''you arc the very gentleman
that so kindly served as my guide in
Sucz?"
Indeed" replied the detective, II
recognize you! You are the servant of
that odd Englishman-''
10, Monsieur
"Mensieur Fix" replied Passepar-
tout. ~ Delighted to meet you again on
board this vessel. And where arc you
going?"
"Why, to the same place as yourself,
That is tirst-rate! Have you al
ready made this trip"
Several times" replied Fix. 81 am
an agent of the Peninsular Company"
''Then you know India?'
"Why-yes," replied Fix. who did
not wish to commit himself too far.
And this India is a curious placer"
VERY curious! Mosques, minarets,
temples, fakirs, pagodas, tigers, SER
penis, dancing girls! But it is to be
hoped that you will have time to visit
the countryr'
II hope so, Monsieur Fix. You I'M
derstand very well that it is not per-
mitted to a man of sound mind to pass
his life in jumping from a steamer into
Il railway car and from n railway car
into a steamer, under the pretext of
making the tour of the world in eighty
days! No. All these gymnastics will
cease at Bombay, don't doubt it,
And Mr.. Fogg is well?" asked Fix
in the most natural tone.
Every well, Monsieur Fix, and / am,
too. l eat like an ogre that has been
81 never see your master on deck"
"Never. He is not in1uisitive."
do you know, Mr.. Passepartout, |
that this pretended tour in eighty days !
might very well be the cover for some
secret mission-a diplomatic mission.
Tor exampler'
Upon my word, Monsieur Fix, l
ion't know anything about it, 1 con-
less, and really wouldn't give half a |
crown to know"
After this meeting. Passepartout and |
Fix frequently talked together. The
detective thought he ought to have close
relations with the servant of this gen.
.leman Fogg. There might be an oc-
,asion when he could serve him.
In the meantime the steamer was
rapidly getting on. On the 18th they
sighted Mocha, which appeared in its
nclosure of ruined walls, above which
we're hanging green date trees.
During the following night the Mon
yolia passed through the Straits of Bah
,l-Mandeb, the Arabic name of which |
signifies 1.-The Gate of Tears" and the
next day, the Nth, she put in at Steam
n Point, to the northwest of Alden
larbor. There she was to lay in coal.
The Mongolia had still sixteen hun
ired and fifty miles to make before
Bombay, and she had to re-
main four hours at Steamer Point, to
ay in her coal. But this delay could
lot in any way be prejudicial TO Phileas
Fogg's programme. 1t was fOreseen.
Beside, the Mongolia, instead of not
lrriving at Alden until the morning of
he 18th. put in there the evening of
he 18th. gain of fifteen hours.
Mr.. Fogg and his servant landed.
The gentleman wished to have his pass
port vised Fix followed him without
,eing noticed. The formality of the
use through with. Phileas Fogg re-
upted play. Passepartout. according
o his custom, loitered about in the
midst of the population of Somanlis,
3anyans, Parsees, Jews, Arabs, Euro
,eans. making up the twenty-five thou
and inhabitants of Alden.
Passepartout admired the fortifica-
ions which make of this town the
of the Indian Ocean, and
ONE splendid cisterns, ut which the
English engineers were still working,
wO thousand years after the ell
,ineers of King Solomon. Every sim
,ular, very singularr' said Passepar-
out to himself on returning aboard.
Il see that it is not useless to travel, if
We wish to see anything new"
At six o'clock p. m. the Mongolia was
lowing the waters of the Alden harbor,
nd soon reached the Indian Ocean.
he had one hundred and sixty-eight
ours to make the distance between