Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-08-03
The Storie, of
Famous Novels
By Albert Payson Terhune
BY Jules Verne
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS

AHOONO The WORLD IN 30 DAYS
BY Jules Verne
Copyright, 1913. by The Press Publish
! ing Co. ,.-
! Phileas Fogg, the most precise and
punctual man in all the world, sat in
the Reform Club, in London, On the
evening of Wednesday, Oct. 2, 1872.
The talk ran on the speed Of travel.
Fogg announced that he could easily
encircle the globe in eighty days. And
Fogg decided to begin his tour by TAX
Ing the 8:45 train for Dover the same
night
II ought to be back in this room on
Saturday, Dec. 81, at S:45 p. m.," he
added, "in default of which the $780,
900 lying at my bankers will belong
to you gentlemen"
Attended by his servant, Passepar-
tout, he set forth, carrying along $780,
600 for travelling expenses. At Suez
complications began. A London de-
tective named Fix was securing the
east in search of notorious bank
robber. And he became convinced
that FOgg was the man ne sought. So
he trailed him and Passepartout from
Suez to Bombay.
During the journey Fix managed to
get from Passepartout the whole story
Of the bet. The detective naturally
took the tale for a clever lie, designed
to avert suspicious from the supposed
thieves.
Fogg reached Bombay two days
ahead OF scheduled time. Which was
lucky for him. For though the open
ing of the railroad to Allahabad had
been announced, the last fifty miles of
It were not yet completed. This was
a serious drawback. But it did not dis
turb Fogg. For $4,000 he bought an
elephant and on the great beasts back
the party started for Allahabad.
On the way they encountered "sut-
lee" (the Hindu ceremonial of burning
to death woman whose husband has
just died.. BY clever ruse of Passe-
partout's the young widow was snatch
ed from death and borne away on the
elephant; her fellow natives rushing
suit.
The woman was named Aouda. She
was beautiful and gentle, and at once
Fogg resolved to waste little of his
precious time in carrying her to her
relatives in Honkkong. At Calcutta
Fix managed to cause the detention
# Fogg and Passepartout on trump
,d-up charge; hoping to keep them I'M
II warrant for their arrest could ar
i've from England. But, by paying
-" 900 cash bail, they were able to
nc away in time to catch the next
strNmship for Benares-
in here Aouda's relatives could not
7, found. Fogg dod not like to leave
Ter in Benares alone. So it was ar
.anged she should 60 Oh with them.
Fix caused another delay at Benares
~ drugging Passepartout Fogg over
Jane this by chartering special
steamer for Shanghai catching the
Ssn Francisco mail boat there.
San Francisco was reached and the
journey to New York
begun. Adventures with Sioux Ind
fans and the need of making part of
the route by ice boat delayed the rail-
road trip and when they reached New |
York the liner they had expected to
take for England had just sailed. No |
other would leave port for days. Fogg |
chartered ship for $4,000 and set off |
across the Atlantic. When they were |
about 500 miles from Liverpool the |
coal gave out. Fogg bought the ship
for 100000 and ordered all its wood
work cut up for fuel.
The travels reached Liverpool with
six hours to spare, just comfortable
eeway in reaching London on time,
But as they stepped upon the quay
Fix arrested Phileas Fogg on the rob-
berry charge. The luckless man was
taken to Jail Two hours later word
came that the real criminal was under
arrest
Fogg was set free. He hurried to
London by special train, reaching the
five minutes late and losing
his bet.
His fortune squandered, his pride
lumbled, Fogg turned to Aouda for
comfort. She had long since learned
% love him. They went next day to
he nearest clergyman to be married.
There, to their amaze, they found the
lay was not Sunday, December %, but
saturday, December q.
BY travelling continuously eastward
md rounding the world they had I'M
gained twenty-four hours.
Togg had neglected to set back his
watch four minutes for every degree
Il longitude he passed.
By driving at top speed to his club
le was able to stroll into its reading
Dom at precisely S:45 p. m. on Satur.
lay, Dec. p, 1872, according to SEIZED
lie, and to win his 100000 bet.
JULES VERNE was born at
Nantes February 8, 1928. His first
literary adventure consisted of some =
comedies and much hack work But
n 1863 he struck a new and popular
elm in fiction-exaggeratin the pos
Utilities of present day science and
living ingenious verisimilitude to
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