The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-29
CHAPTER ".

CHAPTER ".
IN WHICH PHnEAs FOGG SURPRISES PASsEPAR
TOUT, HIS SERVANT, BEYOND MEASURE.
At twenty-five minutes after seven,
Phileas FOgg having gained twenty
guineas at whist, took leave of his hon
orable colleagues, and left the Reform
Club. At ten minutes of eight, he
opened the door of his house and en-
tered.
Passepartout, who had conscientious
ly studied his programme, was quite
surprised at seeing MIR. Foo0 s.ilty' sf
~''" rticA"ctucss OF appearing At TINS I'M
usual hour. According to the notice.
the occupant OF Saville Row ought not
to return before midnight, precisely.
Phileas Fogg first went to his bed
room. Then he called "Passepartoutw
Passepartout could not reply, for this
| call could not be addressed to him, as
it was not the hour.
"Passepartout," Mr.. Fogg called
| again, without raising his voice much.
Passepartout presented himself.
at is the second time that | have
called you,n said Mr.. Fogg.
But it is not midnight" replied
Passepartout, with his watch in his
hand.
Il know it," continued Phfleas Fogg,
land | do not find faul: with you. We
leave in ten minutes for Dover and
Calais"
A sort of faint grimace appeared on
the round face of the Frenchman. 1t
was evident that he had not fully I'M
| derstood.
Monsieur is going to leave home?"
he asked.
Yes" replied Phileas Fogg. 1--WE
are going to make the tour of the
world.
Passepartout, with his eyes wide open.
his eyebrows raised, his arms extended
and his body collapsed. presented all
the symptoms of an establishment
amounting to stupor.
THE tour of the worldr' he MUIR
INJURED.
''In eighty days" replied Mr.. Fogg,
$50 we have not moment to lose. :"
but the trunks" said Passepartout,
who was uncoasciously swinging his
head from right to left.
No trunks necessary. Only q car
pet-bag. In it two wooden shirts and
three pairs of stockings. The same for
you. We will purchase on the way.
You may bring down my macintosh
and travelling cloak, also stout shoes,
although we will walk but little on not
at all. Co."
Passepartout would have liked to make
reply. He could not He left Mr.
Fogg's room, went up to his own, fell
back into a chair. and, making use of a
common phrase in his country, he said,
"Well, well, that's pretty tough.
who wanted to remain quietr'
And mechanically he made his pre-
parations for departure. The tour OF
the world in eighty days! Washe doing
business with mailman? No. 1t was a
joke, perhapsP They were going to
Dover. Good. To Calais, let it be so.
After all, it could not cross the grain OF
the good fellow very much, who had
not trod the soil of his native country
for five years. Perhaps they would GO
as far as Paris, and indeed, it would
give him pleasure to see the great
capital again. But. surely, "a gentle
man SO careful of his steps would stop
| tHeTes Il 6S, uOuUJieSS, UuG IL WIS HOt
less true that he was starting out, that
he was leaving home, this gentleman
who until this time had been such q
| homebodyi
By eight o'clock Passepartout had
put in order the modest bag which con-
tanned his wardrobe and that of his
master; then, his mind still disturbed,
he left his room, the door of which he
closed carefully, and he rejoined Mr..
Fogg.
| Mr.. Fogg was ready He carried
under his arm Bradshaw's Continental
Railway Steam Transit and General
Guide which was to furnish him all the
necessary directions for his journey.
He took the bag from Passepartout' s
hands, openedit, and slipped into it a
heavy package of those fine bank-notes
which are current in all countries.
"You have forgotten nothingP" he
asked.
Nothing, monsieur
MY macintosh and cloak2"
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