The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-10
TOUR OF TIE WORLD
EIGHTY DAYS.
JULES VERNEs GREAT STORY.
CHAPTER xxI.-coNrlSuED.

CHAPTER gXXI.-CoNrINUED.
In the meantime they were moving
on rapidly. John Bunsby had high
hopes. He said to Mr.. Fogg several
times that they would arrive at Shang.
hal at the desired time. MIR Fogg SIM
ply replied that he counted on it. The
whole crew went to work in earnest.
The reward enticed these good people.
So there was not a sheet which was
not conseientiously tightenedl Not a
sail which was not vigorously hoisted!
Nota lurch for which the man at the helm
could be blamedi They would not
have unanswered more vigorously in a
regatta of the Royal Yacht Club.
In the evening the pilot marked on
the loga distance of two hundred and
twenty miles from Hong Kong, and
Phileas Fogg might hope that on arriv-
ing at Yokohama he would not have to
note any delay in his journal. Thus,
The first serious mischanee that he had
suffered Since his departure from Lon
don would probably not affect his Jour-
ney worth mentioning
During the night. toward the early
morning hours. the Tankadere entered.
without difficulty, the Straits OF Fo
KEN, which separate the large Island
of Formosa from the Chinese coast, and
she crossed the Tropic of Cancer The
sea was very roughsin these straits, full
OF eddies formed by counter-currents.
The schooner labored heavily. The
short waves broke her course. 1t be-
came very difficult to stand up on the
deck.
With daybreak the wind became
fresher. There was the appearance of
a squat in the heavens. Besides, the
barometer announced speedy change
OF the atmosphere; its daily movement
was irregular, and the mercury oscillat-
ell capriciously. The sea, was seen
rising towards the southeast in long
swells, betokening tempest. The
evening before the sun had set in a red
haze, amid the phosphorescent scintilla-
tons of the ocean. Ill.,
The pilot examined the threatening
aspect of the sky for long time and
muttered between his teeth indistlnctly.
At certain moment, finding himself
near his passenger, he said. in low
voice:
"Can l speak freely to your honor?"
You can" replied Phileas Fogg.
"Well, we are going to have a
squalI."
VIII it come from the north or the
south?" asked Mr. Fogg, simply
From the south. See. A typhoon
is coming up"
Good for the typhoon from the
south, since it will send us in the right
direction" replied Mr.. Fogg.
IF You take it so,'' replied the pilot,
81 have nothing more to say"
John Bunsbyis presentiments did not
deceive him At a less advanced sea-
son of the year the typhoon, according
to the expression of celebrated mete-
orologist, would have passed off like a
luminous cascade of electric flames, but
in the winter equinox it was to be feared
that it woald burst with violence.
The pilot took his precautions in adj
vance. He had all the schooner's sails
reefed and the yards brought on deck.
The pole-masts were dispensed with
All hands went forward The matches
were carefully fastened. Not drop of
water could then enter the hull of the
vessel. A single triangular sail, fore
sail of strong canvas, was hoisted as a
storm-iib, so as to hold the schooner to
the wind behind And they waited.
John Bunsby had begged his passen-
gers to go down into the cabin; but in
the narrow space, almost deprived OF
air, and knocked about by the waves.
this Imprisonment had III it nothing
agreeable. Neither Mr. Fogg nor Mrs.
Aouda, nor even Fix, was contented to
leave the deck.
Toward eight O'Clock the storm of
rain and wind struck the deck. With
nothing but her little bit of sail, the
Tankadere was raised like feather by
the wind, the violence of which could
not well be described in words. Com
pare her speed to quadrupie that of 9
locomotive rushing along under full
head of steam, and it would still be be.
low the truth.
During the whole day the vessel ran
on thus towards the north, carried by
the tremendous waves, preserving,
fortunately, rapidity equal to theirs
Twenty times she was almost sub
merged by these mountains of water
which rose upon her in the rear, but
an adroit turn of the helm by the pilot
warded off the catastrophe The pas
sengers were sometimes covered all ovel
by the showers of spray, which they re
eeived philosophically. Fix did no
like it, doubtless, but the intrepid
Auoda, with her eyes fixed upon her com
panion, whose GOODNESS she could onll
adm ire, showed herself worthy o
him, and braved the storm at his side
As for Phileas Fogg, itseemed as if thi
typhoon formed part of his pro
gramme.
Up to this time the Tankadere hal
always held her course towards tn
north; but, toward evening, as NIGH
have been feared. the wind, shifting
three quarters, blew from the north
west The schooner. now having he
side to the waves, was terribly shaken
The SEQ struck her With a yiolenc,
well calculated to terrify any one VIII,
does not know how solidly every par
of a vessel is fastened together
With nightfall the tempest grew
wilder. Seeing darkness come on, AM
with 1.-THE increase of the storm, JOIN
Bunsby felt great uneasiness. ii,
asked himself if it would not be tim
to put in somewhere, and he consulte,
his crew.
His men consulted, John Bunsby ap
preached Mr.. Fogg, and said to him:
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