The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-09
CHAPTER XXI.

CHAPTER XXI.
IN wHPI THE MASTER OF, TIE TANkApEtE
RIMS GREAT RISK OF LOSING REWARD OF
TWO HUNDRED POUNDS.
This voyage of eight hundred miles,
undertaken in craft of twenty tons, !
and especially in that season OF the
year, was venturesome. The Chinese |
seas aie generally rough, exposed to |
terrible blows, principally during the |
eouinoxes. and this was in the first days |
of November.
Ii would have very evidently been to
the advantage of the pilot to take his
PASSENGERS 50 far as Yokohama, as he
was paid so much per day. But it
would have been great imprudence on
his part to attempt such a voyage under
such conditions, and it was bold act,
il not rash one, to go as far as ShaEg-
hal. But John Bunsby had confidence
in his Tankadere, which rode the waves
like a gull, and. perhaps, he was not
wrong,
During the later hours of this day the
Tankaaerc sailed through the capri
cious channels of Hong Kong, and, in
all her movements, from whatever
quarter the wind came. she behaved
handsomely.
Il do not need, pilot" said Phileas
Foep. the moment the schooner touched
the omen sea, Ito recommend toyou all
possible diligence. ="
You honor may depend upon me"
replied John Bunsby. In the matter
of sails, we are carrying all that the
wind will allow us to carry. Our poles
would add nothing, and would only in
terfere with thesailing of our craft
sit is your trade, and not mine, pilot,
and | trust to YOU"
Phileas Fogg, his body erect and
legs wide apart, standing straight as
sailor, looked at the surging sea with
out staggering. The young woman
seated aft telt quite affected looking at
the ocean, already darkened by the
twilight, which she was Drawing upon
so frail craft. Above her head were
| unfurled the white sails. looking in
space like immense wings. The schoon-
er, impelled by the wind, seemed to fly
through the air.
Night set in. The moon was enter
ing her first quarter, and her scanty
light was soon extinguished in the haze
| OF the horizon. Clouds were rising from
the east, and already covered portion
of the heavens.
The pilot had put his lights in posi-
tion-an Indispensable precaution TO
take in these seas, so much frequented
by vessels bound landward. Collisions
were not rare, and at the rate she was
going, the schooner would be shattered
by the least shock.
Fix was dreaming forward on the ves-
sci. He kept himself apart, knowing
Fogg naturally to be not much OF a
talker. Besides, he hated to speak to
this man, whose accommodations he
had accepted. He was thinking thus
of the future 1t appeared certain to
him that Mr.. Fogg would not stop at
Yokohama, that he would Immediately
take the San Francisco steamer toreach
America, whose vast extent would as
sure him impunity with security. 1t
seemed to him that Phileas Fogg' splan
could not be simpler.
Instead of embarking in England for
the United States, ike common rogue,
this FOgg had made the grand rounds.
and traverSed three-quarters OF the
globe, in order to gain more surely the
American continent, where he would
quietly consume the large sum stolen
from the bank, after having thrown the
police of his track But. once upon
the soil of the United States, what
would Fix doP Abandon this MANI
No. hundred times NO! And until he
had obtained an extradition order he
would NOT leave him TOR an instant. Ii
was his duty, and he would fulfill it tC
the end. In any event one happy re-
suit had been obtained. Passepartout
was no longer with his master; and
especially AFTER the confidence Fix haC
reposed in him, it was important tina
the master and servant should never SCI
each other again.
Phileas Fogg was constantly thinking
of his servant, who had disappeared 3,
singularly. After having thought owe
everything, it seemed not impossible Il
', him, that, in consequence of misun
derstanding, the poor fellow had Sc
I sail upon the Carnatic at the last mo
ment. 1t was the opinion of Mrs
, Aouda, also, who regretted very nue.
this good servant, to whom she owe,
so much. 1t might be that they woult
find him again at Yokohama, and, if tn
Carnatic had taken him thither, it woul'
I be easy to find him out.
Towards ten o clock the breeze begaI
to freshen. Perhaps it would have bee
q prudent to take in reef, but the pilot
+ having carefully examined the state O
a the heavens, left the rigging as it was
a Besides the Tankadere carried sail ad
q mirably, having deep draft of water
+ and everything was prepared to go rap
idly in case of gale.
a At midnight Phileas Fogg and Mrs
Aouda descended into the cabin. ii
had preceded them, and was stretches
on one of the cots. As for the pilo
!. and his men, they remained on deck al
!, night.
The next day, the Sth of November
6 at sunrise, the schooner had made NOR
= than one hundred miles. Her course
. frequently tried, showed that the aver
= age of her speed was between eight an,
- nine knots an hour. The Tankader
: carried full sail, and in this rig SIZE OF
! tanned the maximum of rapidity 18th
. wind kept the same, the chances wer
- in her favor.
q The Tank adere, during the Who'll
II day. did not go far from the coast
- whose currents were favorable to her
!. and which was five miles of, at the most
- from her larboard quarter, and, irregu
J, pe larry outlined, appeared sometime
y across the clearings. The wind comm
from the land was, ON that account, nc
a quite so strong, fortunate circum
- stance for the schooner. for vessels of
. small tonnage suffer above all from tn
2; roll of the sea, which interferes wit
- their speed, killing them, to use tn
n sailors expression.
~ : Toward noon the breeze abated a III
tie and set in from the southeast. TIL
in pilot put up his poles; but at the end
8 two hours it was necessary to take the1
down, as the wind freshened up agar
NJ Mr.. Fogg and the young woman, yer
=, ~ fortunately, unaffected by seasicknes'
=, y ate with a good appetite the preserve
20 20 and ship biscuit. Fix was invited t
IL.