American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-03

| crying. Monsieur. no more rail
wayr'
"What do you mean" asked Sill
Francis Cromarty.
Il mean that this train goes nc
further
The Brigadier-General Immediately
got out of the car. Phileas Fogg. in nc
hurry, followed him. Both spoke tc
the conductor.
Where are weo" asked Sir Franci:
Cromarty.
AT the hamlet of Kholby," replied
the conductor.
1--WE stop here?'
Without doubt. The railway is not
finished"
"How! 1t is not fiuished?"
mol There is still a section of fifty
miles to construct between this point
and Allahabad. where the track com
mences again
But the papers have announced the
opening of the entire line
~ But. General, the papers were mis-
taken"
land you gave tickets from Bombay
TO Calcuttar replied Sir Francis Gro
marty, who was beginning to be ex-
cited
"Of course" replied the conductor:
have to be otherwise transported from
Kholby to Allahabad.
Sir. Francis Cromarty was furious.
Passepartout would have willingly
knocked the conductor down who could
not help himself. He did not dare look
at his Master.
"Sir Francis" said Mr.. Fogg,
simply, ave will go, if you will be
kind enough. to see about some way Of
reaching Allahabad."
"Mr. Fogg. this is a delay absolutely
prejudicial to your interestsn'
mo, Sir Francis, it was provided
for"
What, did you know that the rail-
way"
by no means, but l knew that
some obstacle or other would occur
sooner or later upon my route. Now,
nothing is interfered with. 1 have
gained two days which l can afford to
lose. A steamer leaves Calcutta for
Hong Kong at noon on the 18th. This
is only the 23d, and we shall arrive at
Calcutta in time"
Nothing could be said in reply to such
complete certainty.
1t was only too true that the finished
portion of the railway stopped at this
tain watches which have a mania of
getting ahead of time, and they had
announced the finishing of the line pre-
maturely. The most of the passengers
knew of this break in the line, and de-
scending from the train, they examined
the vehicles of all sorts in the village,
four wheeled palkigharis, carts drawn
by Zebus. a sort of OK with humps,
travelling cars resembling walking pa
godas, palanquins, ponies, etc. Mr..
Fogg and Sir Francis Cromarty, after
having hunted through the entire vii
lage. returned without having found
anything.
Il shall go on foot" said Mr.. Fogg.
PasSepartout, who had then reioined
his master, made a significant grmace,
looking down at his magnificent but
delicate slippers. Very fortunately,
he had also been hunting for some
thing, and. hesitating little, he said:
Monsieur, believe 1 have found
means of conveyance"
WHAT"
IAN elephant, belonging to an Indian
living hundred steps from here
LET us go to see the elephant" re-
Phileas Fogg, Sir Francis Cromarty, and
Passepartout arrived at hut which was
against an Enclosure of high palisades.
In the hut there was an Indian. and in
the Enclosure an elephant. Upon their
demand, the Indian took Mr.. Fogg and
his two companions into the Enclosure.
They found there a half-tamed ami
NAL, which his owner was raising, not
to hire out, but as q beast of combat.
To this end he had commenced to mod
ify the naturally mild character of the an
imal in a manner to lead him gradually
to that paroxysm of rage called
"mutsh' in the Hindoo language, and
that by feeding him for three months
with sugar and butter. This treatment
may not seem the proper one to obtain
such result, but it is none the less
employed with success by their
keepers.
Kiouni, the animals name, could,
like all his fellows. go rapidly on long
march, and in default of other con-
veyance, Phileas Fogg determined to
employ him. But elephants are very
in India, where they are be-
ginning to get scarce. The males
which are alone fit for circus feats, are
very much sought for. These animals
are rarely reproduced when they are
reduced to the tame state, so that they
can be obtained only bv hunting. So
they are the object of extreme care. and
when Mr.. Fogg asked the Indian if he
would hire him his elephant he fatty
refused.
Fogg persisted and offered an Excess
sive price for the animal, ten pounds per
hour. Refused. Twenty pounds. Still
refused. Forty pounds. Refused
again Passepartout jumped at every
advance in price. But the Indian |
would not be tempted. The sum was
a handsome one, however. Admitting
the elephant to be employed fifteen |
hours to reach Allahabad, it was six
hundred pounds earned for his owner.
Phileas Fogg, without being at all ex-
cited, proposed then to the Indian to buv |
his animal. and offered him at first one !
thousand pounds. The Indian would |
not sell! Perhaps the rogue scented a
arge transaction.
Sir Francis Cromarty took MIR. Fogg
lside and begged him to reflect before
going further. Phileas Fogg replied to
MS companion that he was not in the
habit of acting without reflection. that
, bet of twenty thousand pounds was
1t stake, that this elephant was neces-
'ary to him, and that, should he pay
.wenty times his value. he would have
his elephant.
Mr.. Fogg went again for the Indian,
whose small eyes, lit up with greed.
howed that with him it was only a
question of price. Phileas Fogg offered
twelve hundred, fifteen
eighteen hundred, and finally
wo thousand pounds. Passepartout,
% rosy ordinarily, was pale with emo
ion.
AT two thousand pounds the Indian