The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-08
TOUR OF THE WORLD
IN
EIGHTY DAYS.
JULES VERxEs GREAr STORY.
CHAPTER xvIH.-CoNr1NuED.

this man FOgg TO remain some days at
Hong Kong Finally the skies with
their SQUALLS and tempests became his
ally. He was a little sick, is true, but
what did tim matter? He did not
count his nausea, and when his body
was writhing under the sea sickness, his
spirit was merry with the height Of its
satisfaction.
PasSepartout, as if the twenty thou
sand pounds of the wager had come out
of his purse, was no longer happy.
This tempest exasperated him, this
squat put him in a rage, and he would
have gladly whipped the disobedient
sea- Poor fellow! Fix carefully con-
cealed from him his personal satisfac-
ton, and it was well, for if PEsepar-
tout had guessed the secret delight of
Fix. Fix would have been roughly used.
Passepartodt remained on the Ran
goon's deck during the entire continu-
ance of the blow. He could not re-
main below; he elimbedupin the masts;
he astonished the crew and helped at
everything with the agility of mon
key. A hundred times he questioned
the Captain, the officers, the sailors.
who could not help laughing at seeing
him so much out of countenance.
Passepartout wanted to know positively
how long the storm would last. They
sent him to the barometer, which would
not decide to ascend. fassepartout
shook the barometer, but nothing came
of it, neither the shaking nor the in
suits that he heaped upon the irrespon-
sible instrument.
Finally the tempest subsidized. The
sea became calmer on the 4th of No
vember. The wind veered two points
to the south and again became favorable.
But all the time lost could not be re-
gained. They could only submit, and
land was not signaled until the 9th at
five o clock a. M. The diary of Phileas
Fogg put down the arrival of the steam
er on the 9TH, and she did not arrive
until the 9th, which was loss of twen-
ty-four hours, and of course they would
miss the Yokohama steamer.
At six o'clock the pilot came aboard
the Rangoon and took his place on the
bridge to guide the vessel through the
channels into the port of Hong Kong.
Passepartout was dying to ask this
man whether the Yokohama steamer
had left Hong Kong. But he did not
dare, preferring to preserve a little
hope until the last moment He had
coniided his anxiety to Fix, hottie
cunning fox-tried to console him By
saying that Mr.. Fogg would be in time
to take the next boat. This put Passe-
partout in toweringrage.
Buff Passepartout did not venture
to ask the pilot, Mr.. Fogg, after con-
sulting his Bradshaw, asked in his quiet
manner of the said pilot if he knew
when vessel would leave Hong Kong
for Yekohams.
Tomorrow morning, at high tide, "
replied the pilot.
''Ah," said Mr.. Fogg, without show
ing any establishment.
Passepartout, who was present, would
have liked to hug the pilot, whose neck
Fix would have wrung with pleasure,
What is the name of the steamer?'a
asked Mr.. Fogg.
1.-THE Carnatic, :" replied the pilot.
WAS she not to leave yesterdayPh
Eyes, sir. bur they had to repair one
of her boilers, and her departure has
been put off until tomorrow"
THANK you," replied Mr.. Fogg,
who, with his automatic step, went
down again into the saloon of the Ran
COON.
Passepartout-caught the pilots hand
and pressing it warmly, said:
"Pilot, you are a good fellow
The pilot doubtless never knew why
his answers had procured him this
friendly expression. A whistle blew
and he went again upon the bridge o.
the steamer and guided her through
the flotills of iunks, tankas, fishing
boats and vessels of all kinds which
crowded the channels of Hong Kong.
In an hour the Rangoon was at the
wharf and the passengers landed.
1t must be confessed that in this cir
cumstance chance had singularly served
Phileas Fogg Without the necessity
Of repairing her boilers, the CarhatiC
would have left on the 5th of Novem.
Der, and the passengers for Japan would
have had to wait a week for the depart
ure Of the next steamer. Mr.. Fogg, il
is true, was twenty-fouE hours behinC
time, but this delay could not have an,
evil consequences for the rest of thu
| journey.
In fact, the steamer which crosses tn
Pacific fro m Yokohama to San Francis
co was in direct connection with thu
Hong Kong steamer, and the ferme
could not leave before the latter hat
arrived. Evidently they would b,
twenty-four hours behind time at 70
kohama, but it would be easy to max
them up during the voyage across tn,
Pacific, lasting twenty-days. Philea
Fogg found himself, then, within abou
twenty four hours of the conditions o
his programme thirty-five days afte
leaving London.
The Carnatic not leaving until fiy
o'clock the next morning, Mr., Fog
had sixteen no urs TO attend to his busi
ness-that is, that. which eoncerne
Mrs. Aouda. On landing from the yes
sci. he offered, his arm TO the youn
woman and led her to a palanquin. H
asked the men who carried it to poin
him out hotel. and they named tn
Club Hotel. The palanquin started
followed by Passepartout, and twent
minutes after they arrived at their DIES
tination.
An apartment was secured for tn
young woman, and Phileas Fogg say
that she was made comfortable. The
he told Mrs. Aouda that he was goin
Immediately to look for the relative i
whose care he was to leave her at Hon
Kong. At the same time he erdere
Passepartout to remain at the hotel un
til his return, so that the young woma
should not be left alone.
| The gentleman was shown the way
the Exchange. There, they would ur
| questionablY know q parsonage. sue
| as the honorable Jejeeh, who was reck
oned among The richest merchants c
the city.
| The broker whom Mr.. Fogg addresse
did indeed know the Parsee merchant
But for two years he had not lived i
China HAVING made his fortune, h
had gone to live III Europe HOLLAND
it was believed, which was explained b
the extensive correspondence which b
had had with that country during b