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five miles off at the most from her larboard
quarter, and irregularly outlined appeared
sometimes across the clearings. The wind
coming from the land was, on that account,
rot quite SO strong, n fortunate clrcum-
stance for the schooner, for vessels of a
small tonnage suffer above all from the roll
of the sea which interfereS with their speed,
killing" them, to use the sailors ex-
preston.
Towards noon the breeze abatcd n little and
set in from the southeast. The pilot put up
his poles; but at the end Of two hsurs it was
necessary to take them down., as the wine
freshened up again.
MIR. Fogg and the young woman. very for
t~unately unaffected by seasickness. ate with
n good appetite the preserves and ship bis
cult. Fix was invited to share their repast,
and was compelled to accept. knowing very
well that it IL as necessary to ballast stom-
nchs as vessels, but 1t veXed him! 10 travel
NJ thi! mans expense, to be fed from his
provisions. was rather against his grain.
He ate. daintily. it is true, but finally he
However,. this repost finished, he took Mr..
Fo,gg. aside and said TO him:
This ''sir" scorched his lips, and he con-
trolled himself 30 as not to collar this
"Sir, You have been very kind to offer me
a passage on your vessel. But, although
my resources do not permit me to eSpend as
freely as you. l intend to pay my share"
lie us not sOeak OF that sir. replied
But, if rfnsist-.
No; sir; repeated iEoCg in a tone which
into the general eNrenses."
Fix bowed; he had a sitting feeling. and
going forward, he lay down, and did mob
say u word more during the day.
In the mean time they were moving on
rapidly. John Bunsby had high hopes. He
said, to Mr.. Fogg several times, that they
would arrive at Shanghai at the desired
time. Mr.. Fogg ri .nply replied that he
counted on it. The whole crew went to work
i'll earnest.
The reward enticed these good reople. So
there was not a sheet which was not con-
%tcientiously frightened Not a sail that was
which the man at The holm could be blamedi
They would not have manmuvred moro
vigorously in a regatta OF the Royal Yacht
Club.
ITO be coEtinuedD
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n - AhS - AH'
while they sleep on the night before Christ
mas with their stockings hung at the foot Of
the bed. They zee the rosy SAINT in their
visions, with boar frost on his snowy beard,
riding through space behind a spanking
pair of reindeer, regardless Of ALL the laws
of gravity, and they believe that he will
crowd his pudgy form down the chimney,
gathering no Eoot, and stepping into their
rooms, will fill those hanging s~tockings-a
tribute to their abiding faith in the good
ness of famous old Kris Kringle.
May he fill every stocking until it bursts!
The other 500. 0 children hope to see
the rime- bearded Santa Claus himself as he
stands by his own ~favorite tree and plucks
its strange fruit for their childish selves.
Such fruit! Toys, and books and clothing
and sweets.
Now these half million boys and girls make
Christmas o holiday to remember in 15O.-
900 families with their Joyous shouts, their
dancing, their singing, their playing.
1t Ia O wonder how those trees spring up
70 suddenly in such queer soil OH the centre
table In 50 many homes Just at Christmas
time. and an EVENING WORLD reporter has
been investigating the matter.
Down on the North River front from Muir
ray to Franklin street he found heaps, hills
and mountains OF, pines, spruce and balsam
frs to-day. and about them moved great,
be brothers to old Santa Claus himself or
perhaps Santa Clauss boys grown mp.
The air was redolent of the soft though
subtle perfume of the balSams and the
ground was paved all about with a thick
leaves of the overgreens.
The bnlsams and pines and spruces were
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IN WHICH FIX COMES IN DIRECT CONTACT
WITH PHILEAs FoGG.
During this scene, which. might perhaps
EerioGlsly Interfere with his future, MIR.
Fogg, accompanying. ,1trs. Aonda, was TAX
inE G%Sh tHroash the streets OF the Eng hS
of~eE,;ssak4 her to Europe. he had to think
should make the tom OF the world with a
carpet-bHg in his hand might pass: but a
lady could not undertake sTeh a journey I'M
sity Of buying clothing and articles neceS;
himself Of his task with the quiet obaTaeter;i
the excuses and objections Of the young
woman, confused by 80 much kindness:
1t is the interest Of my journey; 1t Is in
The pdfeIasea made, Mr.. Fogg and the
SSin%anaT gSn1E returned IM x to the ra hotel snmS Snd'
ously sfS11ss Then Mrs. Aouda, a little
f;h@Esp 1 N E5s' sEFTglIsh fashion with her
He, Fogg, was absorbed all the evening in
reading the Times and the illustrated
II no had been u man to be astonished at
ANYTHING it would have been not to. have
seen his servant at the hour for retiring.
But knowing that the. Yokohama steamer
was not to leave Hong Kong before the next
morning, he did, not otherwise bother him
EEL about i. The next morning Passepar-
III, NN Nv ONillt ~. MI W ms "
what that honorable gentleman thought
on learning that his servant had not re-
turned to the hotel, no one could have said.
Mr.. Fogg contentel himself with taking his
carpet-bag, calling for Mrs. Aouda and
sending tor a palahquin.
1t waA then eight o'clock. and high tide, Of
which the "Carnatic was 20 take advan-
tage TO 20 ont through tho passes. was put
down at half past nine.
when tho palanqmn arrived at the door OF
the hotel, Mr.. .FoEg and. Mrs. ,Aouda, got
imto NE comfortable vehicle, and their bag
gage followed them on n whCClbarrnw.
aait an hour later the travellers dis
moahtql on the wharf, and there Nr.. Fogg
!~Garlodthat the " Carnatic Ind left tho
eNG,ning before.
Alf' Fogg, who oounted on finding Mt the
same time byth tllAFteamGr and his servant,
WAS compelled 10 do without both, But not
TElgh ohdissppunenent appeared upon ms
lace; and, when Mrs. AUuda looked at hun
VIII HneGsiness. he contonted himself with
more. -" 0N"" "'
At this momont a person who had been
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A LOAD OF TREES.

n h'N W. A"LH''
the ninety-odd thousand frs and spruce
trees we bring here, There are 100, o
Christmas trees here from all quarters;
mn % i a Syf WS Sarc 20 ETG TSy for n p ISs privl lSts;
OF clearing them off. Then there are about
feNenty;tiy choppers who earn about S"n
firms. cutting and hauling the greens and
punching them and shipping them to New
York; ,r,nr ,,on, dawn ,v ho,.,no r.;,
The Bangor and Portland boats bring part
over the Maine, Central. Boston and Maine
used to be plenty of money in the Christmas
tree business but nowS'dayS II we get day
90 keeping tally" of the bundles OF
- greens ' that were being loaded into q
truck by two m%Grketmon; and told the re-
The - minute was half All hour, for 1870
RHHchGs,SOo trsesLTere piled. mountain
"Now then, young man." pipcd Mr..
Piper cheerily, ~ can say To. You that we
Balsam is the only tree. just smell the per
fums;
high, and IT takes from eight to thirty years
''The age is told by the joints in, the trco
trunk; Every new yenr new shoots or
same height. An eight-year tree H. the best
for a house Christmas tree, but churches,
Sunday-schools and institutions want bigger
AN the greens are cut In November. and
the average price to the dealers here is 75
cents a bunch. Then they retail at from 20
cents to e. or more for each tree, according
to size. the buyers purse and the dealers
conscience.
:" l am from Nockland. Me-, and the diff
ferent tirms sometimes lap over each other
in territory. That's why you see that red
painted stripe across the butt Of each Of my
chapman Bros. have n black stripe for a
mark. and George Chapman brands his with
a streak of blue paint.
times we lose money in II. It's a risky bust
ness. A kind Of wildcat speculation, you
Catskill green's Pshnw! They yes.
they're all right. only they grow one-Bided.
THEY'RE further up the dock"
Further up the dock the reporter came
across a spruce. slick man with n smooth
shayen face. save tor a shGe,-dauber growth
recognized as L. A. .Layman, who IL. in
summer the host at 4 Tannersyillc hotel in
the Cntskills.
The Greene County man thrust his hands
deeper into his pockets, and with unfiinch-
ing. eye informed the reporter that those
Maine men lie 30 that we just wait till they
sell ont, and then do our trading. We some
times buy them ont to end the trouble.
There are fifteen firms who bring Christ
mas trees from the Catskill mountains.
The trees are balsam frs almost exclusively.
and are straight, bushy, beautiful and run
from five to twenty feet in height,
Fact IL" said MIR. LHyman, "those
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watching him closely came. up to him.. 1t
was the detective, Fix, who turned to him
"Are you not like myself. sir. one of the
passengers OF the Rangoon, who arrived
Yes, sir, " replied Mr.. Foss, cOldly, "but
"Pardon me, but I thought would find
"Do You know where he Is, sir ~ asked
the young woman, quickly.
What. returned Fix, f~eigning surprise.
returned slice yesterday, Has he perhaps
embarked without US aboard the Car
Without you, madame ?" replied Fix.
But excuse my question. you expected
then to leave by that steamer
ii too, madame, and Fam much disap-
pleted her repairs, lett Hong Kong twelve
RSuf ma aSSn SGw %'' RSis a T3 Essf ~ y yH snot iSf
'' Y ielt his heart ifqnp tot 5s0y in pro;
Fogg detained a week. at Hong Kong! There
would be time to receive the warrant of ar
rest. CHANGE would at last declare for the
1t may be judged then what a stunning
blow he received, when he heard Phileas
Fugg say in his calm voice:
But there are other vessels than the
1Carnntic. II seems TO me, in the port OF
Hong Kong"
huu nls IOkBs OlCIluE lie arm. W MIR
Aouda, turned towards the docks in search
OF u vessel leaving.
Fix. stupefied, followed. II might have
been said that a1hresdhttAched him tSthis
man.
However, chance seemed really to aban-
don him whom II had served 50 well. up to
that time. .Phileas FPsG, for three hourS,
tTaversed the port III every direction, de-
cided, il il was necekpary, to charter a ves-
sci TO take him to Yokohama; bnt he saw
only. vessels loading or unloading, and
which consequently conld not ret sail. Fix
began 10 hope Rgalu.
But Mr.. FOgg was not Disconnected, and
he was going 10 cohtinuo his search, II he
had to go as tar M Macao, when lie waI ac-
costel by q sailor on the end of the pier.
''Your honor Unlocking for u boat? ?" said
the sailor, taking Of RiS hat. &" =
You have a loaf ready to sail? asked
Yer. your honor, a pilot boat, No. %,
the bert In the ~tiotilla."
"She goes fast 2"
"Botweeu eight and nine knots an hour.
nearly the latter. viii you look at herr
Yes"
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GUESS ON RELIES HOMECOMING
Find the Coupon That May Win You
a Free Trip to Europe. w

rllu me coupon IAGb NGy wan IOu
a Free Trip to Europe. '
A Young gentleman in this city, whose
uncle is commander OF the Pacific Mall
steamship Oceanic. has written u letter To
his relative asking him to use every means
possible to gain time for Nellie BLY, on her
voyage from Hong Kong to San Francisco.
If no untoward incident prevents Nellie
Bly, will sail from Colombo, Ceylon, to-day.
She has been delayed there five days waiting
for a connecting steamship. Should no
more unexpected delays intervene she will
yet reach Hong Kong in time to embark on
the Oceanic, as scheduled before she left
New York.
Interest in the guessing contest for the
prize of a free trip to Europe, offered by
The Womb TO the person who makes the
closest guess to the actual time consumed in
Miss Biy's Journey. is exciting 80 much in
terest that tho guess coupons arc now pub
lished In the morning WoRLp, with the con.
ditions of the contest.
Phileas Fogg's imaginary Journey, Around
the World in Eighty Days. "isnow being pub
lished in instruments in Tn: EvENISo
WORLD, and readers thereof can trace tho
journey which the adventurous Nellie IL now
making. BY following Mr. FogR's mOvo-
ments closely one In enabled TO osttmAeo
more accurately upon Miss Bly's progroaA
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in consequence of a misunderstanding, the
poo: fellow had set sail upon the Car
matte ~ At the last moment. II was the opli-
ion of Mrs. Aouda also, who regretted very
much this good servant, to whom she owed
SO much, 1t might be that they would find
him again at Yokohama, and il the Car
matte had taken HIM thither, it would be
easy 10 find it out.
Towards 80 O'Clock the breeze began to
freshen. Perhaps il would have. been pru-
lent to take in a reef, but the pilot, having
carefully examined the state OF the heavens,
left tho rigging rs il was. Besides. the
'IpnEadeIe carried sail admirably. haY-
ing II deep draught OF water, ard everything
was prepared to 20 rapidly in case of n gale.
Al midnight PhilGas Fogg and Miss Aonda
dC.cepGCd INTO the cabin. Fix had preceded
them aud was stretched on one OF the cots;
As for the. pilot and his men they remained
on deck all night.
The TeXt day, ile 18th of November, at
Runrl L, H." schooner bad made more than
one huudr,d mIle-. Her course. frequently
tried. show that the average of her speed
was between eight and nine knots an hour.
The 'lankRdere carried full sail and IN
this rig she obtained the maximum o., rapid
ity. IL the wind kept tho same the chances
were in her favor.
The '~'Tankadcre, " during the whole day,
did not 20 far from the coast, whose cur
rents were favorable to her, and which was
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A FAMILY OF SPEcULAToRS.
How Sam Allerton's Daughter Made
Money in Cats.

49," 800 80 WA - ~@N6 ekS1 A4NNAS
Money in Oats.
Thou7ands nre to some people what tens
or units are to others, snys the st. Paul
Pioneer Press. Sam Allerton, the big
Chicago Spectator. makes his deals on
the gigantic scale.
Some time nso his boy was to be mar
ried, and n friend remarked to Mr.. Aller-
ton TINT he supposed the latter would
give his son n coed start.
"Humph. replied Mr.. Allerton, THAT
boy of mino is worth three or -four hun
dred thousand. Made 1t himself by spec
ulatfhg. No use of my doing anything
for him." But he did. Just the same.
"Tlere's my daughter, Kate" he con-
tinued, she's always been n Spectator.
Why, l remember some years ago. / made
mp my mind the crop of oats would be
short, 50 | took n run around the State,
and what l saw confirmed my suspicious.
80, when j went home, l took Kate
on my knee-she was about seven then
aud | said, Kate, l believe oats are going
TO DO short this Winter; what do you say
to our buying aome?' She agreed, and I
bought some In her name. and. bless
YOU, the girl is worth more than N hum
dred thousand to day in her own right"
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Maine fellows can underscll us. We have
TO pay . 10 4 cents o piece. for our trees ON
tho stumps, and we pay about seyenty-dye
men for cutting. haul them 60 Kaaterskill
railroad, ship them over the Stony Cove
route and Ulster and Delaware Road to
Rondout and from there by boat.
We've got about thirty carloads or
60, 900 Christmas trees here this year, ard
each OF the fifteen firms pay. n rent of S15
for the ground on which to pile the trees till
for watclImen.
Our time wouldn't be worth anything at
home, for we only SIT by the fire and tell
stories all winter up in the mountains; 80
We cut the balsams all over Greene County"
The trees which arrive here go first to the
great Wholesale mnrketmen and grocers and
are distributed by them among the retail
dealers. by tomorrow the Christmas tree
will be found at every grocery and market
in. New York.
May they all be loaded down with the good
gifts of st. Nicholas till their sturdy boughs
break under the weight OF loves offerings.
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Making Calls Isn't in Uncle Denman
ThomDson's Sphere,


Two nice old gentlemen stood chatting
together while their wives traded at q Four
teenth street dry-goods store. The topic
was the play and the players aud each had
friends on the stage.
One nice old gentleman was acquainted
with Uncle" Denman Thompson. md at
the mention of his name he laughed.
"Denman Thompson and I have been
friends since we were boys. - said he, and
i have tried very hard to get him to call
upon me, but he has never come.
The. other day l met him and again
urged him to come to my house. Come up
70 dinner, said |. Come any time. Come
Sunday,
Says he, 'Pshnw ! j amt in my sphere
calm, f | should ONE up I'd be sure to SIT
down in the spittoon the very first thing
And that's az near az he ever came to
calling" concluded the first old gentleman,
and the other old gentleman chuckled and
laughed over the characteristic speech of
Uncle Denman.
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dertaken in a craft of twenty tons, and es-
pecially In that season of the year, was
Venturesome. The Chinese seas are gener-
ally rough, exposed to terrible blows, prin-
cipolly during the equinoxes, and this was
i'll the first days of November.
it would have very evidently been 10 the
gers. 30 tar as Yokohama, AZ he was paid 20
much per day, But it. would have been
great ~imprudence on his part to attempt
sue a voyage under such conditions. audit
was a bold act, il not a rash one. to go as far
AZ Shanghai. But John Bunsby had conf
dence II, his "Tankadere, which rode the
waves like a gull, and perhaps he was not
wrong.
During the later hours Of this day the
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landward.. Collisions were not rare, and at
the rate she was going the schooner would
be shattered by the least shock.
Fix was dreaming forward on the vessel.
He kept himself apart. knowing Fogg
naturally to be moi much of . talker.
whose accommodations he had accepted.
He waR thinking thus of the future. 1t APP
peNrel certain TO him that Mr.. FogR would
diately take the San Francisco steamer to
reach America. whose vast extent would
assure him implicitly with security.
Phileas Fog war constantly thinking OF
his servant. who had disappeared SO Singh
larly. After having thought over every
thing, 1t seemed not impossible to him that,
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GLIMPSES OF CITY LIFE.
RANDOM HAPPENINGS PICKED UP BY
EVENING WORLD" REPORTERS.

Two Fat Old Boys Discuss Adipose
Matter on en- "L" Train.
Two jolly old boys whose combined avoir-
dupois would reach somewhere above FIVE
hundred pounds occupied two seats in q
Third Avenue Elevated train this morning
and Tapped over into the adjoining seats.
They Just beamed with happiness and good
nature, and exempliied the wisdom OF the
old exhortation. Laugh and grow fat"
They compared notes on weight.
One declared that when he and his two
boys y got OH tho scales they tipped the
beam at $50 pounds, but his wife was 80
thin that she formed no obstruction to the
sunlight and cast no shadow.
Both laughed uproariously at this and
then the other. old fogy declared that he
could never get his better half TO step on tho
scales and be weighed, because she il SO
ashamed of her adipose tissue.
but | got the best of her, F" chuckled tho
fat. boy, wheeling automatically.
1 got her III my grocery. wagon the other
day, and on a protcxt that l wanted to talk
with Pettigrew. the coal dealer. 1 drove up
in front Of his office. She didn't notice, but
lstopped the horse just az the wagon was
square on the platform scales in front of the
Office. Then. / motioned to Pettigrew and
he weighed the whole shebang. Afterwards
l came, back alone and got the wagon
weighed with only myself in, and subtract
ing the result from the first weight / found
that | had q 20Tk-pound wife.
But l can't have any fun with her about
h. hesr sh tboS 80 H9 + EsSn mao fhs TICK 6nr IL played on
her by the pound"
Both the fat boys laughed 40 heartily al
this that they almost .choked to death In
concert to the great alarm Of the guard.
who called their station out Of place in order
to get them off his train 80 that they
wouldn't die on his hands.
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ASKED THE SAILOR,
scarcely twenty tons, at this time of the year.
Besides, we would not arrive IN time, for il
Hong Kong to Yokohama"
only sixteen hundred" said Mr., Fogg,
1T IL the same thing"
Fix took a good long breath.
But, added the pilot, there might
perhaps be-" means to arrange 1T other
Fix did not breathe any more.
How ?" asked Phileas FOgC.
by going to NaRasaki. the southern ex-
tremity of Japan, eleven hundred miles, or
only to Shanghai, eight hundred miles from
Hong Kong. In, this last Journey We would
not be Rt any distance from the Chinese
coast, which would be u great advantage, All
the more 80 that the currents ruu 10 tho
north"
Pilot" replied Philcaa Fogg. ~ must
take the American nal steamer at iUko-
hama, Gnd not ut Shanghai or kugnsaki."
Wing nOt ." replied tho uilCt. 1.-The san
francisco steamer does Tot start from No-
kohemN. ShO stops there. and at Mtga,aki.
but hcr port Of departure * shanghai"
lyon arc certain OF what you aro say
"Certain."
And when docs tho steamer leave shang-
ION tho 18th. at seven O'Clock in tho
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"BALD-HEADED MEN.
A Sample of the Many Remarks
Which Arc Made to Them.

A Sample of the Many Remarks
Which Arc Made to Them.
Every bnld-headed man who has small
children knows perfectly well what sort
Of remarks this variety of misfortune al
ways calls out from inquisitive young
sters, says the Boston Transcript.
The children somehow never seem to
be able to make out why bald heads
should exist, or why, if they do exist, tho
hair should not begin to grow after q
while. Just as il does on babies heads.
There il q bald man out in one of the
suburbs who, the other morning, WIS en-
gagged. rs is his wont, in laboriously en-
deRvorjng to cover up the bald spot on
the top of his head with hair from the
sides. (This is. by the way. n very com
mon delusion among the bald they seemto
imagine that they can conceal their bald
ness by assembling n few dozen hairs
from the surrounding country. as 1t were.
and forcing them over the bare scalp IN
streaks which only emphasize the bald
ness.
Well, rs this gentleman was ut work
plastering the hair across the bald spot IN
this way. his little girl, some -four years
old. looked up with wide-open eyes and
asked
Say, papa, didn't God finish you ?"
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Always Stand Your Wet Umbrella
with the Handle on the Floor.

"ASA NAO vi IN clOOTs
You should never allow your umbrella
to dry like that, - said the proprietor OF q
large gents furnishing store on Broadway
to an EVENING World reporter. The re-
porter had stood his umbrella ferrule down
iii q corner OF the store.
How should l place it then ?" asked the
reporter.
Handle down always" responded the
proprietor.
There is not one man in fifty, or q
woman, either, continued the proprietor,
who knows how to dry an umbrella prop
erly.. You zee, II a wet umbrella is placed
handle downward the moisture falls from
the edges OF the frame and the fabric dries
uniformly.
If stood handle upward, as il commonly
the case, the top of the umbrella holds the
moisture. owing to, the Inning underneath
the ring, and it takes a long time to dry,
thereby %injuring the silk or other fabric with
which it is covered. This is the main cause
OF the umbrella wearing out 20 soon at the
top. Umbrella cases are responsible for the
wear OF the silk. The constant friction
cause tiny holes to appear 80 provokinnly
early. When not in use the umbrella should
be left loose. and when wet left loose to
dry"
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'.Your honor will be satisfied. Is it an ex-

Your honor will be satisfied. Is it an ex-
mo, for a voyage"
"A voyage?"
kohRma? p
The sailor. at these words, stood with
rms extended and eyes starting from his
"Your, honor is joking ~ he said.
I have missed the sailing OF the
'Carnatic, and | must be in Yokohama on
the l4th. at the least, to take the steamer
for San Francisco
regret it, -" replied the pilot. "but 1t is
vi offer you one hundred pounds per day.
and a reward of two undre pounds If ar
lyon are in earnest ~ asked the pilot.
VERY much in earnest" replied Mr..
The pilot Withdrew to one side. He looked
ut the sea. evidently struggling between the
desire to gain an enormous sum and the fear
of venturing 30 far. Fix was in mortal sus-
pense.
During this time, Mr.. Fogg had returned
You will not be afraid, madame, D" he
with you-no. Mr.. Fogs," replied the
The pilot had come towards the g entleman
again, and was twisting his hat in his
well. pilot ?" said Mr.. Fogg.
well, your honor, " replied the pilot II
can risk neither my men, nor myself, nor
yourself, in so long q voyage on n boat OF