American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-08-06

! 4 MS very Uay, tho second OF October,
| Phileas Fogg had dismissed James
! Forster this youth having incurred his
dispicasure by bringing him shaving
heit, instead OF eighty he was
waiting for his successor, who Was to
make his appearance between eleven
and half-past eleven.
Phileas Fogg. squarely seated in his
harm chair. his feet close together like
those of a soldier on parade, his hands
resting on his knees, his body straight,
his head erect, was watching the hand
| OF the clock move-a compl cate
mechanism which indicated the hours,
the minutes, the seconds. the days, the
days of tho month, and the year At
the stroke of half-past eleven Mr.. Fogr
would. according to his daily habit,
leave his house and repair to the Re-
| form Club.
At this moment there was knock at
the door of the small parlor in which
was Phileas Fogg.
ant, appeared. "The new servant, -"
said he,
A young man, aged thirty years,
came forward and bowed.
| You are u Frenchman. and your
name is John?' Philcas Fogg asked
| him.
jean. if it does not displease mon
sicur," replied the newcomer. jean
| Passepartout, surname which has
chung to me and which my natural
| aptitude for withdrawing from bust
ness has justified. | believe, SIR, that
| am an honest fellow; but TO be frank, |
/ have had several trades. 1 have been
Il travelling singer: circus rider, vault
ing like Leotard, and dancing on the
rope like Blundin; then | became pro-
fessor of gymnastics, in order to render
my talents more useful; and in the last
place, i was sergeant fireman at Paris.
l have among my papers notes of re-
passed since left France. and wishing
to have a taste of family life, l have
been valet in England. Now, finding
myself out of situation, and having
learned that Monsieur Phileas Fogg
l MAS She most exact and the most set
lied gentleman in the United Kingdom,
l have presented myself to monsieur
with the hope OF living TRANQUILITY with
him, and of forgetting even the name of
Passepartout-'
..Passcpartout suits me-" replied the
gentlcnaan. You are recommended to
me. l have good reports concerning
you. You know my conditions?" !,
Yes, sir"
"Weil. what time have you?'
Twenty-Five minutes after eleven"
replied Passsepartout, drawing from
the depths OF his pocket an enormous
silver watch.
You are Slow said Mr. Fogg. "a
pardon me, Monsieur, but it is I'm
possible
"You are fonr minutes too slow. 1t
does not matter. 1t suilices to state the
difference. Then, from this moment,
twenty mine minutes after eleven o clock.
a. M, this Wednesday. OctOber2, 1872,
you are in my service"
: That said, Phileas Fogg rose, took
his hat in his left hand, placed it upon
Ms head with an automatic movements
and disappeared without another word.
Passepartout heard the street door
close once; it was his new master going
out; then a second time; it was his pre-
decessor, James Forster, departing in
his turn. Passepartout remained alone
in the house in Saville Row.
CHAPTER II.
IN WHICH PAssEPARroUr Is CONVINCED THAT
He HAS FOUND HIS IDEAL rN
Upon my word" said Passepartont
to himself, first. :" l have known all
Madame Tassauds good people as live
ly as my new master?'
) ltisproper to say here that Madame
Tassaud sc ''good people" are wax
figures, much visited in London, and
who, indeed, are only wanting in
speech.
During the few minutes that he had
Interviewed Phileas Fogg. Passepartout
had examined his future master, rapidly
but carefully. He was man that
might be forty years old, of fine, hand
some face, of tall figure, which slight
corpulence did not disparage, his hair
and whiskers light his forehead CONS
pact. without appearance of wrinkles
at the temples. his face rather pale than
flushed, his teeth magni ficent He APP
peared to possess in the highest degree
what ply siognomists call "repose in
seton, a quality common to those who
do more work than talking. Calm,
phlegmatic, with a clear eye aud i'm
movable eyelid, he was the finished
type, of those cool blooded Englishmen
SO frequently met in the United King
dom. and whose somewhat academic
posture Angelica Kauffmann has mar
velOusly reproduced under her pencil.
Seen in the various acts of his existence,
this gentleman gave the idea of a we'll
balanced being in all his parts, evenly
hung, as perfect as a Leroy or Earn
shaw lchrOnometer. Indeed, Phileas
Fogg was exactness personified, which
was seen clearly from 1.-THE expression
of his feet and his hands," for with
man, as well as with the animals, the
limbs themselves are organs expressive
OF the passions. Iiiibi r.
Phileas Fogg was one of those mathe-
matically exact people. who, never hur-
RED and always ready, arc economical
otstheir steps and their motions. He
never made one stride too many, always
going by the ,shortcstroute. He did
not give an idle look. He did not al
low himself asupernuous gesture He
had never been seen movet4F tfottb J.
He was man of the least possible haste,
but he always arrived on time How
eFers it WilEbe understood that heslived
done, and, 30 TO speak. outside ofevery
social relation. He knew that in life
one must take his share of friction. and
as frictions retard, he never rubbed
against any one.
AS for jean, called Passepartout, n
true Partisan of Paris, he had sought
vainly for a master to whom he could
attach himself, in the fiveyears that he
lived in England and served as valet
in London. Passepartout was not one
of those Frontins or Mascarilles, who,
with high shoulders, nose high in air.
look of assurance, and staring eye, are
only impudent ounces. No. Passepar-
tout was good fellow, of amiable phys
iognomy, his lips a little prominent, al
ways. ready to taste or earess, q mild
serviceable being, with one of those
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