The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-16
TOUR OF THE WORLD
EIGHTY DAYS.
JULES vERNE,s GREAT STORY.
CHAPTER xxIx.-CokrINUED.

CHAPTER XXlX.-CONTINUED.
At eleven o'clock the whistle of the
locomotive announced that they were
hear Plum Greek Station. Mr.. Fogg
rose, and, followed by Fix. he went out
on the platform. Passepartout accom-
panied him, carrying a pair of revolv-
ers. Mrs Aouda remained in the car,
pale as death.
At this moment the door of the next
car opened, and Colonel Proctor ap-
peared likewise upon the platform, fol-
lowed by his second, a Yankee of his
own stamp. But at the moment that
the two adversaries were going to step
off the train, the conductor ran up to
them and cried
"You can't get eff, gentlemen.
why notg asked the Colonel.
"We are twenty minutes behind
tine, and the train does not stop"
"But. l am going to fight duel with
this gentleman.
II regret it." replied the conductor,
"but we are going to start again imme-
diately. Hear the bell ringingr'
The bell was ringing, and the train
moved on.
Il am really very sorry, gentlemen,
said the conductor "UndeT any
other circumstances, could have
obliged you But, after all, since YOU
had not the time to fight here. who
hinders you from lighting while the
train is in notion"
Perhaps that will not suit the gen
tlemanp' said Colonel Proctor, with
jeering air.
"That suits me perfectly" replied
Phileas Fogg.
"Well, we are decidedly in Ameri-
car thought Passepartout, land the
conductor is gentleman of the first
order"
Having said this, he followed his
master
The two combatants and their sec
onds, preceded by the conductor, re-
paired to the rear of the train, passing
through the cars. The last car was only
occupied by about ten or dozen pas
sengers The conductor asked them if
they would be kind enough to vacate
for few moments for two gentlemen
who had an affair of honor to settle.
Why not? The passengers were only
too happy to be able to accommodate
the two gentlemen, and they retired on
the platforms.
The car, fifty feet long, accommo-
dated itself very conveniently to the
purpose. The two adversaries might
march on each other in the aisle, and
fire at their ease. There never was
duel easier to arrange. Mr.. Fogg and
Colonel Proctor, each furnished with
two six-barreled revolvers, entered the
car. Their seconds, remaining outside,
shut them in. At the first whistle of
the locomotive they were to commence
firing Then, after lapse of two
minutes, what remained of the two gen
tlemen would be taken out of the car
Truly, there could be nothing simpler.
It was even so simple that Fix and
Passepartout felt their hearts beating
almost as If they would break.
They were Visiting for the whistle
agreed upon, when suddenly savage
cries resOunded. Reports accompanied
them, but they did not come from the
car reserved for the duelists. These
reports continued, on the contrary, as
far as the front, and along the whole
line of the train. Cries of fright made
themselves heard from the inside of the
cars.
Colonel Proctor and Mr.. FOgg, with
their revoIvers in hand, went out of the
car Immediately and rushed forward
where the reports and cries resOunded
more noisily.
They understood that the train had
been attacked by band of Sioux.
1t was not the first attempt of these
daring Indians. More than once al
ready they had stopped the trains. Ac-
cording to their habit, without waiting
for the stopping of the train, rushing
upon the steps to the number of hun.
dred, they had scaled the cars like q
clown does horse at full gallop.
These Sioux were provided with
guns. Thence the reports, to which
the passengers, nearly all armed, re.
piled sharply by shots from their re
VOlvers. At first the Indians rushed
upon the engine The engineer. and
fireman were half stunned with blows
from their muskets. A Sioux chief,
wishing to stop the train, but moi
knowing how to maneuver the handle
of the regulator. had opened wide the
steam valve instead of closing it, and
the locomotive, beyond control, ran OF
with frightful rapidity.
At the same time the Sioux entered
the cars; they ran like enraged mon
keys over the roofs, they drove in the
doors and fought hand to hand with the
passengers. The trunks, broken oper
and robbed, were thrown out of the
baggage car on the road. Cries and
shots did not cease,
But the passengers defended them
selves courageously, some of the cars,
barricaded, sustained siege, like real
moving forts, borne on at speed OF
one hundred miles an hour.
From the commencement of the at
tack, Mrs. Aouda had behaved cour-
ageously. With revolver in hand. she
defended herself heroically, firing
through the broken panes when some
savage presented himself. About TWEEN
ty Sioux, MORALLY wounded, fell upon
the track, and the car wheels crushed
like worms those that slipped on to the
rails from the top of the platforms.
Several passengers, severely wound
ed by bullets, or clubs, lay upon the
seats.
But an end must be put to this. This
combat mad lasted already for ten min
ntes, and could only end to the ad-
vantage of the Sioux if the train was
not stopped. In. fact, Fort Kearney
station was not two miles distant.
There was q military post, but that
passed, between Fort Kearney and the
next station the Sioux would be masters
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