American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-10-08
and standing jib. flew out in the sea
bounding.
CHAPTER XXI.

and standing jib, flew out in the sea
bounding.
CHAPTER XXI
| IN WHICH THE MASTER TASKADERr
| RUNS GREAT RISK OF LOSING REV ARD Oh
| TWO HUNDRED POUNDS.
This voyage of eight hundred miles,
undertaken in craft of twenty tons,
and especially in that season of the
year, was vcnturcsome. The Chinese
seas are generally rough, exposed To
terrible blows, principally during the
equinoxes, and this was in the first days
of November.
1t would have very evidently been to
the advantage of the pilot to take his
passengers SC far rs Yokohama, as he
was paid SO much per day. But it
would have been great imprudence on
his part to attempt such voyage under
such conditions, and it was bold act,
if not a rash one, to go rs far as Sharg-
hal. But John Bunsby had confidence
in his Tankadere, which rode the way es
like a gull, and, perhaps, he was not
wrong.
During the later hours of this day the
| Tankaderc sailed through the capri
cious channels of Hong Kong. and, in
all her movements, from whatever
quarter the wind came, she behaved
handsomely.
Il do not need, pilot" said Philcas
Fogg. the moment the schooner touched
the open sea, Ito recommend tOyou all
possible diligence"
"You honor may depend upon me-"
replied John Bunsby. In the matter
of sails, we are carrying all that the
wind will allow us to carry. Our poles
would add nothing, and would only in
terfere with the sailing OF our craft"
+ Z" 1t is your trade. and not mine, pilot,
and trust to YOU
Phileas Fogg. his body erect and
legs wide apart, standing straight as a
sailor, looked at the surging sea with
out staggering. The young woman
seated aft felt quite affected looking at
the ocean, already darkened by the
twilight, which she was Drawing upon
so frail craft, Above her head were
unfurled the white sails, looking in
space like immense wings. The schoon-
er, impelled by the wind. seemed to fly
through the air.
Night set in. The moon was enter
ing her first quarter, and her scanty
light was soon extinguished in the haze
of the horizon. Clouds were rising from
the east, and already covered portion
of the heavens.
The pilot had put his lights in posi-
tion-an Indispensable precaution 10
take in these seas, SO much fregucnted
by vessels bound landward. Collisions
were not rare, and at the rate she was
going, the schooner would be shattered
by the least shock.
Fix was dreaming forward on the YES
sci. He kept himself apart, knowing
Fogg naturally to be not much of a
talker. Besides, he hated to speak to
this man, whose accommodations he
had accepted. He was thinking thus
of the future. 1t appeared certain to
him that Mr.. Fogg would not stop ut
Yokohama, that he would Immediately
take the San Francisco steamer toreach
America, whose vast extent would as
sure him impunity with security. 1t
seemed to him that Phileas Fogg's plan
could not be simpler.
Instead of embarking in England for
the United States, like a common rogue,
this Fogg had made the grand rounds.
and traversed three-quarters of the
globe, in order to gain more surely the
American continent, where he would
quietly consume the large sum stolen
from the bank, after having thrown the
police off his track. But, once upon
the soil of the United States. what
would Fix do? Abandon this man?
No, a hundred times no! And until he
had obtained an extradition order he
would not leave him for an instant. 1t
was his duty, and he would fulfill it to
the end. In any event one happy re-
suit had been obtained. Passepartout
was no longer with his master: and.
especially after the confidence Fix had
reposed in him, it was important that
the master and servant should never see
each other again.
Phileas Fogg was constantly thinking
of his servant, who had disappeared so
singularly. After having thought over
everything, it seemed not impossible to
him, that, in consequence of a misun-
derstanding, the poor fellow had set
sail upon the Carnatic at the last mo-
ment. 1t was the opinion of Mrs
Aouda, also, who regretted very much
this good servant, TO whom she owed
so much. 1t might be that they would
find him again at Yokohama, and, if the
Carnatic had taken him thither. it would
be easy to find him out.
Towards ten O clock the breeze began
to freshen. Perhaps it would have been
prudent to take in reef, but the pilot,
having carefully examined the state of
the heavens, left the rigging as it was.
Besides the Tankadere carried sail adj
mirably, having deep draft of water.
idly In case Of a glse }1g1S
At midnight Phileas Fogg arh Mrs.
Aouda descended into the cabin. Fix
egE3xprecedcd them, and was stretched
f&Anc of the cots. AS for the pilot
AZ ~ peE, they remained on deck all
- u day, the sth of November.
So the schooner had made more
ttlan 0l(eRhundred miles. Her course.
f1equen1V tried, showed that the aver
age of r speed was between eight anc
an hour The Tankadere
carried full sail, and in this rig she OBJ
tanned the maximumo of rapidly. 1.-THE
wind kept the same, the chances were
in her favor. -
The Tankadere, during tho whole |
day. did not go far from the coast. |
whose currents were favorable to her,
and which was five miles of, at the most,
from her larboard quarter. and, irregu-
larly outlined, appeared sometimes
across the clearings. The wind coming
from the land was, on that account, not |
quite SO strong, a fortunate circum-
stance for the schooner, for vessels of a
small tonnage suffer above all from the
roll of the sea, which interferes with
their speed, killing" them, to use the
sailors expression.
Toward noon the breeze abated lit
lie and set in from the southeast. The
pilot put up his poles; but at the end OF
two hours it was necessary to take them
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