American citizen., 1881-10-22

feet long had been put on his face. But
this nose was to earn his bread for him
and he took his part.
Passepartout went upon the stage and
took his place with those of his col
leagues who were to form the base of
the Car of Juggernaut. All stretched
| themselves on the floor, their noses
turned towards the ceiling. A second
section of equilibrists placed themselves
upon these long appendages. n third
formed a story above, then a fourth,
and on these noses which only touched
at the point, n human monument soon
rose to the height of the cornices of the
| theater.
| Now the applause was redoubled, and
the instruments in the orchestra crashed
like so much thunder. when the pyra-
mid shook, the equilibrium was broken,
one of the noses of the base was miss
| ing, and the monument fell like a house
| of cards.
It was Passepartout' fault, who. leav-
ing his post, clearing the footlights
without the aid of his wings. and climb
ing up to the right hand gallery, fell at
the feet of spectator. crying:
"Ah! my master! my master"'
"You hereP'
"Myselfr'
"Well, then. in that case. to the
steamer, young man!'
Mr.. Fogg, Mrs. Aouda, who accom-
panied him, and Passepartout rushed
through the lobbes to the outside of
the building. But here they found the
Honorable Batulcar, furious. claiming
damages for the "breakage." Philcas
Fogg appeased his anger by throwing
him handful of bank-notes. Mr.. Fogg
and Mrs. Aouda set foot on the Ameri-
can steamer, followed by Passepartout,
with his wings on his back, and on his
face the nose six feet long which he had
not yet been able to tear off!
CHAPTER XIV. ssGss-A
DURING WHICH Is ACCOMPLISHED THE VOYAGE
ACROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
What had happened in sight of
Shanghai is understood. The sigaals
made by the Tankadere had been OBJ
served by the Yokohama steamer. The
Captain, seeing a flag at half-mast, had
turned his vessel toward the little
schooner. a few minutes after, Phileas
Fogg. paying for his passage at the
price agreed upon. put in the pocket of
John Bunsby, master, five hundred and
fifty pounds. Then the honorable gen
tleman, Mrs. Aouda and Fix assembled
to the deck of the steamer, which i'm ]
mediately took its course for Nagasaki
and Yokohama. =
Having arrived on the morning OF
the 18th of November, on time, Phileas
Fogg, letting Fix go about his business.
had gone aboard the Carnatic. and
there he learned. to the great JOY Of
Mrs. Aouda-and perhaps TO his own.
but he did not let it appear-that tho
Passepartout. had really
arrived the day before at Yokohama.
Phileas Fogg. who was to start again
the same evening for San Francisco, set
in search of his servant.
He inquired IN vain of the French and
Consular agents. and, after use,
lessiy running through the streets Of !
he despaired of finding
again, when chance, or
perhaps a sort of presentiment, made |
him enter the theater of the Honorable |
Batulcar. He would certainly not have |
his servant under this &C.
centric mountebank dress; but the lat |
ter, lying on his back, saw his master
in the gallery. He could not restrain
4 movement of his nose. Thence a
breaking of the equilibrium and what
followed.
This is what Passepartout learned
rom Mrs. Aouda's mouth, who told
lim then how the voyage had been
made from Hong Kong to Yokohama,
n company with Mr.. Fix. on the
schooner Tankaderc.
At the name of Fix Passepartout did
not change countenance. He. thought
hat the time had not come to tell his
Master what had passed between the
detective and himself. Thus. in the
tory which Passepartout told of his adj
ventures he only accused and excused
himself of having been overcome by
he intoxication OF opium in a smoking
louse in Hong Kong.
Mr.. Fogg listened coldly to this mar
ative without replying; then he opened
or his servant a credit sufficient for
linn to procure on board more suitable
garments. And, indeed, an hour had
lot passed when the good fellow, hav-
ng cut of his nose and shed his wings,
lad nothing more about him which re-
allied the sectary of the god Tingou.
The steamer making the voyage from
yokohama to San Francisco belonged
o the Pacific Mail Steamship Company,
nd was named the General Grant. She
Tas a large side-wheel steamer of two
housand five hundred tons, we'll
quipped and of great speed. An
nOrmous walking beam rose and fell
Excessively above the deck; at one of
IS ends moved tle piston-rod, which,
hanging the movement in a straight
ne to a circular one, was applied di-
ectly to the shaft of the wheels. The
ieneral Grant was rugged as three
lasted schooner and she had large
urface of sails, which aided her steam
over materially. BY making twelve
niles an hour the steamer would only
eed twenty-one days to cross the Pa
life. Phileas Fogg then had good
easons for believing that, landed ut
an Francisco on the I'd of December,
e would be in New York on the 11th
nd in London on the goth, thus gain
lg some hours on the fatal date of the !,
lst of December.
The passengers aboard the steamer :
'ere quite numerous English. :
len. many Americans, genuine emf :
ration of coolies to America, and !
ertain number of officers of the Indian :
rmy, who made use of their leave of :
bsence by making the tour of the !
orld.
During this voyage there was no nau- f
a its large wheels, supported by its q
rye amount of canvas, rolled but lit Y
e. The Pacific Ocean justified its q
anne sufficiently. Mr.. Fogg was as
,lm and non-communicative as usual. 1
is young companion felt herself more u
I'd more attached to this man by other c
rs than those of gratitude. This silent r
ature, so generous in short, made a 4
;eater impression upon her than she I
ought, and, almost unknown to her. &
If, she allowed herself to have feelings G