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Title: Around the world in eighty days
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
Subjects: Voyages around the world
Publisher: Boston : J. R. Osgood & Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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nd missing ; among othersthe courageous Frenchman, whose devotion had just savedthem. 252 AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS. CHAPTER XXX. IN WHICH RHILEAS FOGG SIMPLY DOES HIS DUTY. Three passengers—including Passepartout—had disap-peared. Had they been killed in the struggle ? Werethey taken prisoners by the Sioux ? It was impossible totell. There were many wounded, but none mortally. ColonelProctor was one of the most seriously hurt; he had foughtbravely, and a ball had entered his groin. He was carriedinto the station with the other wounded passengers, toreceive such attention as could be of avail. Aouda was safe ; and Phileas Fogg, who had been in thethickest of the fight, had not received a scratch. Fix wasslightly wounded in the arm. But Passepartout was not tobe found, and tears coursed down Aoudas cheeks. All the passengers had got out of the train, the wheels ofwhich were stained with blood. From the tires and spokeshung ragged pieces of flesh. As far as the eye could reach
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HANGING BY ONE HAND BETWEEN THE TENDER AND TUELUGOAGE-YAN, HE . . . (Page 25. AROUND THE WORLD IX EIGHTY DAYS. 253 on the white plain behind, red trails were visible. The lastSioux were disappearing in the south, along the banks ofRepublican River. Mr. Fogg, with folded arms, remained motionless. Hehad a serious decision to make. Aouda, standing near him,looked at him without speaking, and he understood her look.If his servant was a prisoner, ought he not to risk everythingto rescue him from the Indians ? I will find him, livingor dead, said he quietly to Aouda. Ah, Mr.—Mr. Fogg! cried she, clasping his hands andcoverins^ them wdth tears. Living, added Mr. Fogg, if we do not lose a moment. Phileas Fogg, by this resolution, inevitably sacrificedhimself; he pronounced his own doom. The delay of asingle day would make him lose the steamer at New York,and his bet would be certainly lost. But as he thought, It is my duty, he did not hesitate. The commanding officer of Fort Kearney was th

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