The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-05
TOUR OF THE WORLD
EIGHTY DAYS.
JULES vERxE,s GREAT sroRY

sufficient to say that Mrs. AOuda. the
widow of the Raiah Of Bundelcund, was
a charming woman in the entire Euro
pean aeceptation of the phrase. She
spoke English with great purity, and
the guide had not exaggerated in as
sorting that this young Parsee woman
had been transformed by education.
Meanwhile the train was about to
leave Allahabad. The Parsee was
waiting Mr.. Fogg paid him the COM
pensafion agreed upon without exceed
ing it farthing. This astonished Pas
separtout little, who knew everything
that his master owed to the devotion
of the guide. The ParSee, in fact, had
risked his life voluntarily in the affair
at Pilaji; and if, later, the .Hindoos
should learn it, he would hardly escape
their vengeance.
The question of Kiouni also remained.
What would be done with an elephant
bought so dearly?
But Phileas Fogg had already taken a
resolution upon this point.
'Parsee,' he said to the guide. You
have been serviceable and devoted. l
have paid for your service, but not for
your devotion. Do you wish this ele-
| plant? 1t is yours"
The eyes OF the guide sparSled.
Your honor is giving me fortuner'
he cried.
'tAecept, gnide," replied Mr. Fogg,
land will be yet your debtor"
"Goodr' cried Passepartout. Take
him. friend! Kioani is brave and
courageous ANIMAL
And going to the brave he gave him
some humps of sugar, saying:
Here, Kiouni,, here, herer'
The elephant uttered some grunts Of
satisfaction Then taking Passepartopt
! by the waist, and encircling him with
his trunk. he raised him as high as his
head. Passepartout, not at all fright
ened, caressed the animal, who re,
placed him gently on the ground, and
to the shaking of the honest KiOuni'l
trunk there answered a vigorous shak
ing of the good fellows hand.
| A few moments after, Phileas Fogg
Sir Francis Cromarty and Passepartout
seated in comfortable car, the best sea
in which Mrs. Aouda occupied, wer,
running at full speed towards Benares
Eighty miles at the most separate thi
place from Allahabsd, and they wer,
passed over in two hours.
During this passage the young woman
completely revived; the drowsy fumG
of the hang" disappeared. What wa
hereastonishment to find herself on thi
railway, in this Compartment, clothes
in European habilrments, in the mids
of travellers entirely unknown to her.
At first her companions gave her tn
greatest care, and revived her with
few drops of liquor; then the BrigadieI
General told the story. He dwelt upo
the devotion of Phileas Fogg, who ha
: not hesitated to stake his life to say
I her, and upon the denouement of tn
: adventure, due to the bold imaginatio
: of Passepartout.
Mr.. Fogg let him go on without say
saying a word Passepartout, quit
, ashamed, repeated that lit was nc
worth while"
Mrs. Aouda thanked her deliverer
profusely, by her tears more than b
her words. Her beautiful eyes, rattle
than her lips, we're the interpreters {
her gratitude. Then, her thought
carrying her back to the scenes of th
suffice, seeing again the Indian countr
where so many dangers still awaite
her. she shuddered with terror
: Phiieis Fogg understood what WIS
T. passing in Mrs. Aouda's mind, and, {
reassnre her, offered, very cooIly, t
take her to Hong Kong, where ST
: might remain until this affair had die
y out.
Mrs. Aouda accepted the offer graf
!. fully. At Hong Kong there reside
i one of her relatives, Parsee like he
g sell, and one of the principal merchan
! of that city, which is entirely Englis
: though occupying APPOINT on the Chimes
e coast.
y At half-past twelve, noon, the ira
o stopped at the. Benares station. He
i was where Sir Francis Cromarty WI
8 going to stop. The troops which
e was rejoining were camping a fe
IS miles. to the north of the city. III
l. Brigadier-GeneraI then made his adiel
j. to Phileas Fogg, wishing him all pos:
t. BILE success. and expressing the wi!
'e that he would recommence the iou
+ ney in less original. but more profit
We BILE manner. MIR, Eogg pressed light
. his companions fingers. The parti
= greetings of Mrs. Aouda were me
\ demonstratiye. She would never fl
i !, get what she owed Sir Francis Crom;
III ty. As for Passepartout he was he
o-ed with a hearty shake of the ha
by the General Quite affected.
asked where and when he could be
rs service to him. Then they parted.
rs At seven o'clock a. M, Calcutta v
is reached. The steamer to leave
or Hong Kong did not weigh anchor III
IS, noon. Phileas Fogg had then five hol
G. before him.
a According to his journal, this gent
o. man should arrive in the capital of
dia, October %, twenty-three daysaf
IN leaving London, and he arrived th'
sir on the stipulated day. He was neitl
A. behind nor ahead of time. INF
~ tunately, the two days gained by b
Cd between London and Bombay had be
10. lost, we know how, in this trip acrV
N the Indian Peninsula, but it is to
a. supposed that Phieas Fogg did not
az greet them.