American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-10-08

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asked Mr.. fogg.
"Yes, your honor. pilot-boat, No
43, the best in the flotilla."
She goes fast?'
Between eight and nine knots an
hour. nearly the latter. Win yoM look
at her?"
| Yes"
"Iour honor will be satisfied. Is il
for an eXcursion?'
mo; for a voyage"
"A voyageP"
you viii undertake to convey me
to Yokohama?"
The sailor. at these words, stood
with arms extended and eyes starting
from his head.
Your honor is joking?" he said
"No, l have missed the sailing OF
the Carnatic. and l must be at Yoko-
hama on the 1ith, at the latest, to take
the steamer for San Francisco"
II regret it," replied the pilot, "but
it is impossible"
II offer you one hundred pounds
per day, and n reward of two hundred
pounds if l arrive in time"
You are in earnest?" asked the
pilot.
Very much in earnest" replied
Mr.. Fogg.
The pilot Withdrew to one side. He
looked at the sea, evidently struggling
between the des' re to gain an enor-
nous sum and the fear of venturing 30
far. Fix was in mental suspense.
During this time, Mr.. Fogg had re-
turned to Mrs. Aouda.
"You will not be afraid. madame p"
he asked.
with you-no. Mr.. Fogg," replied
the young woman.
The pilot had come toward the gen.
tleman again, and was twisting his hat
in his hands.
well. pilotp" said Mr.. Fogg.
"Well. your honor" replied the
pilot, II can risk neither my men, nor
myself. nor yourself, in SO long voy-
age on boat of scarcely twenty tons,
at this time of the year. Besides, we
would not arrive in time, for it is six
teen hundred and fifty miles from Hong
Kong to Yokohama"
"Only sixteen hundred" said Mr..
Fogg:
Fix took a good long breath.
But" added the pilot, "there
might, perhaps, be a means to arrange
it otherwise"
Fix did not breathe any moro.
"How?" asked Phileas Fogg.
by going to Eagasaki, the southern
extremity of Japan, eleven hundred
miles, or only to Shanghai, eight hun
bred miles from Hong Kong. In this
last journey, we would not be at any
great distance from the Chinese coast,
which would be great advantage, all
the more SO that the currents run to the
north"
Pilot" replied Fhileas Fogg. Il
must take the American mail steamer
at Yokohama, and not at Shanghai or
Nagasaki."
.sWhy not?" replied the pilot. The
San Francisco steamer does not start
from Yokohama She stops there and
at Nagasaki, but her port of departure
is Shanghai.
lyon are certain of what you are
sayingP''
Certain"
land when does the steamer leave
ShanghaiP'
.-On the 18th, at seven o'clock in the
evening. We have then four DAYS be-
fore us. Four days, that is ninety-six
hours, and, with an average of eight
knots an hour. if we have good luck, if
the wind keeps to the southeast, if the
sea is calm, we can make the eight hun
bred miles which separate us from
Shanghai"
And you can leave
lin an hour, time enough to buy my
provisions and hoist SAIL
"lt is bargain-you are the master
of the boat?"
Yes, John Bunsby. master of the
Tankadere."
do you wish some earnest moneyr'
If it does not Inconvenience your
honor"
Here are two hundred pounds on
account Sir" added Phileas Fogg,
turning toward Fix, IF you wish to
take advantage"
..Sir." answered Fix, resolutely, 81
was going to ask this favor of you"
'.Well. In half an hour we will be
on board"
Aouda, whom Passepartout's disappear
ance worried very much.
Il am going to do all 1 can to find
him." replied Phileas Fogg.
And while Fix. nervous, feverish,
angry. repaired to the pilot boat, the
two others went to the police station at
Hong Kong. Phileas Fogg gave thcrSJ
Passepartout's description and ,]eftsA3
sufficient sum to find him. The san1aj
fOrmality was carried out at the FrenQtk1
Consular Agents. and the palanquiA,
having stopped at the hotel where the
baggage had been taken, took the trae-
elers back to the outer pier. ed
Three o'clock struck. The pilot-boat,
No. 43. her crew on board and her pro-
visions slowed away, was ready to set
sail.
She was charming little schooner of |