Nebraska advertiser., 1881-10-13
"Ah. but see! | am on the CarnaticP''

Yes replied The purscr.
| I'm route for Yokohama"
"ENaCtly so. ~
Passepartout had for u moment feared
| that he had mistaken the vessel, But
| though he was ON the CarnGtic. he was
certain that his master was not there
Passepartout dropped into an arm
chair. 1t was II thunder stroke for
him. And, suddenly, there was CLEAN
of light. He recolccted that the hour
of departure for the Carnatc had been
anticipated, that he was to notify his
master, and that he had not done it!
| II was his fault, then, il Mr.. Fogg and
Mrs. Aouda had missed this s,eamcrl
His fault, yes, but still more that of
the traitor who, to separate him from
his master to keep the latter i'm Hong
Kong, had made him drunk! For at last
he understood tho detectives maneu-
yer, And now Mr.. Fogg surely ruined,
| his bet lost. arrested, perhaps imprs-
oncd. Passcpartout ut this thought tore
| his hair. All If FiN' ever fell into his
hands, what settlement Of accounts
! there would be!
Finally, after the first moment of be-
| wildormcnt, Passepartout recovered his
GOODNESS and studied the situation. 1t
was not enviable. Tho Frenchman was
on the road To Japan. Certain of ar
/ irving there, how was he 90 get away.
His pocket was empty. Not shilling,
not u penny in it! However, his pas
/ sage and meals on board were paid in
advance. He had then five or six days
to come to a decision 1t could not be
| described how he ate and drank during
! the voyage. He ate for his master,
| for Mrs. Aouda, and for himself He
ate rs if in Japan, where he was going
to land, was a desert country, bare of
every catable substance.
At high tide on the morning of the
! 18th, the Carnatic entered the port of
| Yokohama.
This place is an important stopping
/ point i'll the Pacific, where all the mail
and passenger steamers between North
! America, China, Japan and the Malay
Islands put in.
The Carnatic came alongside the
wharf ut Yokohama near the icttics of
the port and the Custom House, in the
midst Of the numerous vessels belong
ING to all nations.
PassepartOut set foot, without any
] 'llNllAlNltlNllls VII WIS 81 tlll lplN sun Ol
the Sons OF the Sun. He had nothing
better to do than to take chance for his
! guide, and to 80 NJ Il venture through
the streets of the city.
lasscpartout had, it is true. one re-
source; it was to make himself known
at the French or English Consular
Ageuts established ut yokohama; but
he hated to tell his story, SO Intimately
connected with that OF his master, and
| before coming to that he wished TO ex-
haust all other chances.
Then, having gone through the Euro
pean quarter OF the city without chance
having served him in anything, he en-
tered the japanese quarter, decided, if
it was necessary, to push on to Jcddo
The native portion Of Yokohama is
called Benton, from the name of Il god
dess of the sea, wOrshipped in the
neighboring islands In the streets
there was constant swarm, going aud
coming incessantly; priests passing in
procession, beating their mOnotOnous
tambomines; patrol men, Custom
House or police officers, with pointed
hats incrustcd with lac, and carrying
two saberS i'm their belts; soldiers
| dressed in blue CottOnadc, with white
stripes, and armed with percussion
muskets; guards of the Mikado, cnycl-
Opcd in their silken dOublets, with
hauberk and coat-of-mail, and a mum
ber of other military men Of all ranks
for in Japan the profession of n soldier
is rs much esteemed rs it is despised i'm
China. Then, mcndicant iriars, pill
grims in long robes, simple civilians,
with their glossy and iet-black hair
large heads, long bust, slender lcgs,
short stature and compilations from the
dark shades of copper to dead white,
but never yellow like that of the Chi
nese, from whom the Japanese differ
essentially.
Passepartout walked for some hours
in the midst of this checkcred crowd,
looking at the curious and rich shops;
the bazars where are heapcd up all the
display of japanese icwclry; the rcstau-
rants. adorned with streamcrs and ban
ners, into which he was interdicted
from entering; and those tea-houses in
which are drank full cups of the warm,
fragrant tea, with "saki "A liquor ex-
traCtcd from fermcnted riCe-and those
comfortable csmOking-hOusGs, where very
fine tobacco is smoked, and not opium,
whose use is almost unknown in Japan
Then Passepartout found himself in
the fields, in the midst of immense rice
fields. There were expanding, with
flowers which threw out their last per-
fumes, dazzling camelias, not borne up
on shrubs, but upon trees; and in the
bamboo Enclosures, cherry, plum and
apple trees, which the natives cultivate
rather for their blossoms than for their
fruit, and which grinning scarecrows
protect from the beak Of the sparrows,
the pigeons, the crows and other vora-
CiOns birds