American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-08-20

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At this moment there was knock al
the door of his private office, and the
office boy brought in two foreigners,
one of whom was the very servant who
had been talking with the detective
They were, indeed, the master and
servant. The master presented his
passport, asking the Consul briefly to
be kind enough to rise it. The latter
took the passport and read it carefully,
while Fix, in one corner of the room.
was observing or rather devouring the
stranger with his eyes.
When the Consul had finished read
ing, he asked:
"You are Philcas Fogg. Esp"
| Yes. SIR" replied the gentleman.
And this man is your servant?"
| "Ycs. Frenchman named Passe-
partout."
You come from London?"
Yes"
"And you are going?'
ITO Bombay"
mality of the rise is useless, and that we
no longer demand the presentation of
the passports"
Il know it, sir,'' replied Philcas
Fogg. ''5ut | wish toprove by your Uise
my trip TO Sucz."
Very well. sir"
And the Consul. having signed and
dated the passport, affixed his seal, Mr..
Fogg settled the fee, and. having bowed
coldly, he went out, followed by his
servant.
"Well?" asked the detective.
"Wcll," replied the Consul, che has
the appearance of perfectly honest
mann'
Possibly" replied Fix; "but that
is not the question with us. DO you
find, Consul, that this phlegmatic gen
tleman resembles, feature for feature,
the robbcr whose description have re-
ceivedP"
Il agree with you, but you know
that all descriptions -"
II shall have clear conscience
about It," replied Fix. "The servant
appears to me less of riddle than the
master. Moreover. he is Frenchman.
who cannot keep from talking. l will
see you soon again, Consul"
The detective then went out, intent
upon the search for Passepartout.
In the meantime Mr.. Fogg, after
leaving the ConsuPs house, had gone
towards the wharf. There he gave
some orders to his servant; then he got
into boat, returned on board the Mon
golia, and went into his cabin. He
then took out his memorandum book,
in which were the following notes:
left London. Wednesday, October .. s:i5
Arrived at Paris, Thursday, October 3. : 20
Left Paris. Thursday. $40 a. m
Arrived at Turin via Mont Gents, Friday,
Left Turin, Friday, 1920 a. IN.
Arrived at Brindisi, Saturday, October ).
"set sal on the Mongolia, Saturday. 5 p. m.
ARRIVED at Suez, Wednesday, October 8, IL
"rotal of hours consumed, 1854: or in days,
60 days.
Mr.. FOgg wrote down these dates in
n guide-book arranged by columns,
which indicated, from the I'd of Octo-
Der to the 2lst of December-th
month, the day of the month"; the day
of the week, the stipulated and actual
arrivals at each principal point. Paris,
Brindisi, Suez, Bombay, Calcutta, Sim
gapore, Hong Kong, Yokohama, San
Francisco, New York, Liverpool, Lon
don, and which allowed him TO figure
the gain made or the loss experienced
ut each place on the route. In this
methodical book he thus kept an ac-
count of everything, and Mr.. Fogg
knew always whether he was ahead Of
time or behind.
He noted down then this day,
Wednesday, October 9. his arrival at
Suez. which agreeing with the stipu-
lated arrival, neither made a gain nor
loss. Then he had his breakfast served
up in his cabin. AS to seeing the town,
he did not even think of it, being of
that race of Englishmcn who have their
servants visit the countries they pass
through.