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CHAPTKU XI.
IS WHICH l'lllLKAS FO(l! lllTVrt A CONVKYANCK
AT A KAUULOUH 1'lllCK.
Tliu train had started on titno. It
carried a certain number of travelers,
sonic oilicers, civil ollicials, and opium
and indigo merchants, whoso business
called them to tho eastern part of tho
peninsula.
Passopartout occupied tho sanio com
partment as his master. A third trav
eler was in tho opposite corner.
It was tho Brigadier-General, Sir
Francis Cromarty, one of tho partners
of Mr. Fogg auring tho trip from Suez
to Bombay, who was rejoining his
troops stationed near Benares. He was
a woll-posted man, who would have
been glad to give information as to tho
manners, tho history, the organization
of this Indian country, if Phi lotus Fogg
had been the man to ask for such things.
Hut this gentleman was not asking any
thing, lie was not traveling, Ho was
describing a circumforonco. Ho was a
heavy body, traversing an orbit around
tho terrestrial globe, according to tho
laws of rational mechanics. At this
moment lie was going over in his mind
tho calculations of the hours consumed
since his doparturo from London, and
lie would have rubbod his hands, if it
had been in his nature to make a useless
movement.
Sir Francis Cromarty had recognized
the originality of his traveling compan
ion, although ho had only studied him
with his cards in his hands, and be
tween two rubbers. Ho was ready to
niij whether a human heart beat be
neath this cold exterior, whether Phil
eas Fogg had a soul alivo to tho boau
ties of twiture and to moral aspirations.
That was tho question for him. Of all
the oddities tho General had met, none
were to bo compared to this product of
tho oact sciences. Phileas Fogg had
not kopt secret from Sir Francis Cro
marty his plan for a tour around tho
world, nor tho conditions under which
ho was carrying it out. Tho General
saw in this bet only au eccentricity
without a useful aim, and which was
wanting necessarily in the trumira ben
cfaciendo which ought to guide every
reasonable man.
From time to time Sir
marty and Phileas Fogg
few words, and at this
Francis Cro
exchanged a
moment the
General, recommencing a conversation
which frequently laggod, said:
"A few years ago, Mr. Fogg, you
would have experienced at this point a
delay which would have probably inter
rupted your journey."
"Why so, Sir Francis?"
" Because tho railway stooped at tho
base of these mountains, which had to
bo crossed in a palanquin or on a pony's
back as far as tlio station of Kandallah,
on tho opposite slope."
"That delay would not havo
ranged my programme,1' replied
Fogg. "I would havo foreseen
do
Mr. tho
probability of certain obstacles."
"But, Mr. Fogg," replied the Gen
eral, "youaro in danger of having a
bad business on your hands with this
young man's adventure"
Passepartout, witli his feet wrapped
A up in his cloak, was sleeping soundly
and did not dream that they wero talk
ing about him.
"Tho English Government is ex
tremely severe, and rightly, for this
kind of trespass," replied Sir Francis
Cromarty. "It insists, above all
things, that tho religious customs of
tho Hindoos shall bo respected, and if
your sorvant had boon taken"
" Yes, if ho had boon taken, Sir
Francis," 'replied Mr. Fogg, " ho would
havo boon sentenced, ho would havo
undorgono his punishment, and then ho
would havo quietly returned to Europe
I do not see liow this matter could havo
delayed his master!"
And, thereupon, tho conversation
stopped again. During the night tho
tram crossed the Ghauts, passed on to
Nnssik, and tho next day, tho 21st of
Octobor, it was hurrying across a com
paratively tint country, formed by tho
Khandoish territory.
Passepartout having waked up, looked
around, and could not believo that ho
was crossing tho country of tho Hindoos
in a train of tho Grout Peninsular Kail
way. It appoured improbablo to him.
And yet there was nothing more real!
During tho morning, beyond tho sta
tion of Maligaum, tho travolers travers
ed that fatal territory, which was so
frequently dronchod with blood by tho
soctaries of tho goddess Kali. Not far
off rose Ellora and its splendid pagodas,
and tho colobratod Aurungabad, the
capital of tho forooious Aurong Zob,
now simply tho principal place of ono
of the provinces detached from tho
kingdom of Nizam.
At half-past twolvo, tho train stopped
at the station tit Burhampour, and
Passepartout was able to obtain for
gold a pair of Indian slippers, orna
mented with falso pearls, which ho nut
on with an ovidont show of vanity.
Tho travolers took a hasty breakfast,
and started again for Assurghur, after
having for a moment stopped upon tho
shoro of tho Tapty, a small rlvor empty
ing into tho Gulf of Camby, near Sural.
It is opportune to mention tho
thoughts with which Passepartout was
busied. Until his arrival at Bombay,
ho had thought that matters would go
no farther. But now that ho was hurry
ing at full speed across India, his mind
had undergone a change liis natural
fnlinri mime brink to liim with n rniili.
lie foil again tho fanciful ideas of his
youth, ho took seriously Ids master's
plans, ho believed in tho reality of tho
bet, and.consoqucntly.iu this tour of tho
world, and in this maximum of time
which could not bo exceeded. Already
ho was disturbod at tho possible delays,
tho accidents which might occur upon
tho route He felt interested in tho
wager, and trembled at the thought
that ho might havo compromised it tho
evoning before by his unpardonable
foolishness, so that, much less phleg
matic than Mr. Fogg, ho was niuoli
moro uneasy. Ho counted and re
counted tho days that had passed,
cursed tho stopping of the train, ac
cused it of slowness, and blamed Mr.
Fogg '? pdlo for not having promised a
roward to tho engineer. Tho good fol
low did not know that what was possi
blo upon a steamor was not on a rail
way train, whoso speed is regulated.
Towards ovoning thoy entered tho
doiilos of tho mountains of Sutpour,
which soparato tho territory of Khan
doisli from that of Bundolcund.
Tho next day, tho 22d of Octobor,
Passepartout having consulted his
watch, replied to a question or Sir
Francis Cromarty that it was tlirco
o'clock in tho morning. In fact, this
famous watch, always rogulated by the
meridian of Greenwich, which is near
ly sovonty-sovon degrees west, ought to
bo and was four hours slow.
Sir Francis then corrected tho hour
given by Passepartout, and added tho
same remark that the latter had alroady
hoard from Fix. Ho tiied to make him
understand that ho ought to regulate
his watch on each new meridian, and
that sinoo ho was constantly going
towards tho oast, that is, in tho face of
the sun, the days wore shorter by as
many times four minutes as ho had
crossed degrees. It was useless.
Whether tho stubborn follow had un
derstood tho remarks of tho General or
not, ho persisted in not putting his
watch ahead, which ho kopt always at
Loudon timo. An innocent madness at
any rate, which could hurt no one.
At eight o'clock in tho morning, and
fifteen miles before thoy reached
Itothal, tho train slopped in tho midst
of an immense opening, on tho edge of
which wero some bungalows and work
men's huts. Tho conductor of the train
passed along the cars calling out, " Tho
passengers will got out hero!"
Phileas Fogg looked at Sir Francis
Cromarty, who appeared not to under
stand this stop in a midst' of a forest of
tamarinds and acacias. Passepartout,
not less surprised, rushed on to the
track and returned almost immediately,
crying: " Monsieur, no moro rail
way!" " What do you mean?" asked Sir
Francis Cromarty.
" I mean that this train goes no
further!"
Tho Brigadier-General immediately
got out of t7ie car. Phileas Fogg, in no
hurry, followed him. Botli spoke to
tho conductor.
" Whore aro wo?" asked Sir Francis
Cromarty.
" At tho hamlet of Kholby," replied
tho conductor.
"Wo stop hero?"
"Without doubt. Tho railway is not
finished "
" How! It is not finished?"
"No! There is still a section of fifty
miles to construct between this point
and Allahabad, where tho track com
mences again."
" But the papers have announced tho
opening of tlio ontiro lino."
"But, General, the papers wero mis
taken." "And you gavo tickets from Bombay
to Calcutta!" replied Sir Francis Cro
marty, who was beginning to bo ox
cited. "Of course," replied tho conductor;
" but travelers know very well that they
have to bo otherwise 'transported from
Kholby to Allahabad.
Sir Francis Cromarty was furious.
Passopartout would havo willingly
knocked tho conductor down who could
not help himself. Ho did not dare look
at his master.
"Sir Francis," said Mr. Fogg,
simply, "wo will go, if you will bo
kind enough, to sco about some way of
reaching Allahabad."
"Mr. Fogg, this is a dolay absolutely
prejudicial to your interests!"
"No, Sir Francis, it was provided
for."
"What, did you know that tho rail
way "
"By no moans, but 1 knew that
somo obstacle or other would occur
sooner or later upon my routo. Now,
nothing is interfered with. I havo
gained two days which I can atlbrd to
lose. A steamer leaves Calcutta for
Hong Kong at noon on tho 2ft th. This
is oiuy tho 2Ud, and wo shall arrive at
Calcutta in time"
Nothingcouldbe said in reply to such
complete certainty.
It was only too true that the finished
portion of tho railway stoppod nt this
point. Tho newspapers aro like cor
tain watches which havo a mania of
getting nhond of timo, and thoy had
announced the finishing of tho lino pre
maturely. Tho most of tho passongers
know of this break in the lino, and, de
scending from tho train, thoy examined
tho vehicles of all sorts in tho village,
four wheeled palkigharis, carts drawn
by zebus, a sort of ox with humps,
travoling cars rosembling walking pa
godas, palanquins, pomes, etc. Mr.
Fogg and Sir Francis Cromarty, after
having hunted through the entire vil
lage, returned without having found
anything.
"I shall go on foot," said Mr. Fogg.
Passopartout, who had then rojolnod
his master, made a significant grimace,
looking down at his magniiicent but
dolicato slippers. Vory fortunately,
ho had also boon hunting for some
thing, and, hesitating a littlo, ho said:
"Monsieur, I boliovo I have found a
moans of conveyance."
" What?"
"An olonhant, belonging to an Indian
living a hundred stops from hero."
" Let us go to seo tho oloplmnt," re
plied Mr. Fogg. Fivo minutes later,
Phileas Fogg, Sir Francis Cromarty, and
Passopartout arrived at a hut which was
against an inclosuro of high palisades.
In tho hut there was an Indian, and in
tlio inclosuro an olophant. Upon tholr
demand, tho Indian took Mr. Fogg and
his two companions into the inclosuro.
Thcv found thoro a half-tamed ani
mal, which his owner was raising, not
to hire out, but as a beast of combat.
To tills ond ho had commoncod to mod
ify tho naturally mild character of tho an
imal in a manner to load him gradually
to that paroxysm of rage called
mulsh" In tho Hindoo language, and
that by feeding him for tluoe months
with sugar anil butter. This treatment
may not seem tho proper one to obtain
such a result, but it is none tho loss
employed with success by tholr
keepers.
Kiouni, tho animal's nanio, could,
like all Ills follows, go rapidly on a long
march, and in default of other con
veyance, Phileas Fogg dotormlnod to
employ him. But oTophants aro vory
expensive in India, where thoy aro be
ginning to got scarce Tho nialos
which aro alone fit for circus feats, aro
very much sought for. Thuse animals
aro rarely reproduced when thoy aro
reduced to the tamo state, so that thoy
can bo obtained only bv hunting. So
thoy aro the object of extreme oaro, and
when Mr. Fogg asked tho Indian if ho
would hire him his elephant ho llally
refused.
Fogg persisted and oflbrcd an exces
sive price for the animal, ton pounds nor
hour. Hofused. Twenty pounds. Still
refused. Forty pounds. Hofused
again. Passopartout jumped at every
advance in price. But the Indian
would not bo tempted. Tho sum was
a handsome ono, howovor. Admitting
tho elephant to be employed fifteen
hours to roach Allahabad, it was six
hundred pounds earned for his ownor.
Phileas Fogg, without boing at all ox
cited, proposed then to the Indian to buy
his animal, and olVered him at first one
thousand pounds. Tho Indian would
not sell! Perhaps tho roguo scented a
largo transaction.
Sir Francis Cromarty took Mr. Fogg
aside and begged him to rollect before
going further. Phileas Fogg replied to
his companion that he was not in tho
habit of acting'without icllection, that
a bet of twenty thousand pounds was
at stake, that this elephant was neces
sary to him, and that, should ho pay
twenty times his value, ho would havo
this elephant.
Mr. Fogg went again for tho Indian,
whose small eyes, lit i.p with
creed.
showed that with him it 'as only a
question of price Phileas Fogg oll'ered
successively twolvo hundred, fifteen
hundred, oighteen hundred, and-finally
two thousand pounds. Passopartout,
so rosy ordinarily, was palo with emo
tion. , At two thousand pounds tho Indian
gavo up.
" By my slippers," cried Passepar
tout, "horo is a magniiicent price for
elephant moat!"
Tho business concluded, all that was
necessary was to find a guide That
was easier. A young Parseo, with an
intelligent face, oll'ered his services.
Mr. Fogg accepted him, and offered
him a largo reward to sliarpon his wits.
Tho oletmant was brought ut and
equipped without dolay. Tho Parseo
understood perfectly tho business of
"mahout," or elephant driver. Ho
covored with a sort of saddle cloth tho
back of the elephant, and put on each
Hank two kinds of rather uncomforta
ble howdahs.
Phileas Fogg paid the Indian in bank
notes taken from tho famous carpet bag.
It seemed as if thoy wero taken from
Passepartout's vory vitals. Then Mr.
Fogg offered to Sir Francis Cromarty to
convey him to Allahabad. The Gon
eral accoptod; ono passenger moro was
not enough to tire this enormous ani
mal. Somo provisions wore bought at
Kholby. Sir Francis Cromarty took a ,
seat in ono of the howdahs, Phileas
Fogg in the other. Pavopartout got i
astride tho animal, between his niastor
and the Brigadier-General. Tho Par
seo porchod upon the elephant's neck,
and at nine o'clock the animal, leaving
tho village, penetrated the thick forest
of palm trees.
CHAI'TKIl Xir.
IN WHICH I'llll.KAS KO(K)
IONS VKNTUIIB Til 11011011
AND IIIH COMl'AN
I UK KOUKSTSOFIN-
III., AM) WHAT FOLLOWS.
Tlio guido, in ordor to shorten tho
distance to bo gone over, left to his
right tho line of tho road, tho con
struction of which was still in process.
This line, cry crooked, owing to tho
capricious ramifications of tho Vindhia
mountains, did not follow tho shortest
routo, which it was Phileas Fogg's in
terest to take Tho Parseo, very fa
miliar with tho roads and paths ol tho
country, thought to gain twenty milos
by cutting through tho forost, and thoy
submitted to him.
Phileas Fogg and Sir Francis Cro
marty, plunged to thoir nocks in thoir
howdahs, wero much shakon up by the
rough trot of tho olophant, whom his
mahout urged Into a rapid gait. But
thoy boro It with tho peculiar British
apathy, talking vory littlo, and scarcely
seeing each oilier.
As for Passopartout, perched upon
tho animal's back, and directly sub
jected to tho swaying from sldo to side,
no took caro, upon Ids master's recom
mendation, not to keep his tongue be
tween his teeth, as it would havo boon
cut short oir. Tho good follow, at ono
timo thrown forward on the elephant's
nock, at another thrown back upon his
rump, was making leaps like a clown
on a spring-board. But ho jokod ami
laughed In tho midst of his somersets,
and from timo to timo ho would tako
from his baj a lump of sugar, which tho
intelligent Kiouni look with the ond of
his trunk, without interrupting for au
instant ills regular trot.
After two Hours' march tho guido
stopped tho elephant and gavo htm au
hours rest. The animal dovourod
branchos of trees and shrubs, first hav
ing quenched his thirst at a neighboring
pond. Sir Francis Cromarty did not
complain ot tins halt, lie was worn
out. Mr. Fogg appeared as if ho had
just got out of ed..
"But ho is made of iron!" said tho
Brigadior-Gonorni, looking at him with
admiration.
"Of wrought iron," replied Passo
partout, who was busy preparing a
nasty breakfast.
At noon tho guido gavo tho signal for
starting. Tho country sooti assumed a
very wild aspect. To tho largo forests
thoro succeeded copses of tamarinds
and dwnrf palms, then vast, arid plains,
bristling with scanty shrubs, and strown
with largo blocks of syenites. All this
part of upper Bundelcund, vory littlo
visited by travelers, is inhabited by n
fanatical population, hardened in tho
most terrible practices of tho Hindoo ro
ligiou. Tho Government of the English
could not havo boon regularly estab
lished over a territory subject to tho in
lluonco of the rajahs, whom' it would
havo been dlfllcult to roach in tholr in
aoccssiblo retreats in tho Vlndhias.
They woro descending the last de
clivities of tho Vindhias. Kiouni had
resumed his rapid gait. Towards noon,
tho guido wont round the village of
Kallengor, situated on the Cani, ono of
the tributaries of the Ganges. Ho al
ways avoided inhabited places, feeling
himself safer in those desert, open
stretches of country which mark tho
first depressions of tho basin of tho
great, rivor. Allahabad was not twolvo
miles to tho northeast. Halt was made
under a clump of banana trees, whose
fruit, as healthy as broad, "as succu
lent as cream," travelers say, was vory
much appreciated.
At two o'clock, tho guido ontorod tho
shelter of a thick forest, whicli ho had
to traverse for a space of several miles.
Ho preferred to travel thus under cover
of tho woods. At all events, up to this
moment there had been no unpleasant
mooting, and it seemed as if tho jour
ney would be accomplished without ac
cident, when tho elephant, showing
some signs of uneasiness, suddenly
stopped.
It was then four o'clock.
"What is tho matter?" asked Sir
Francis Cromarty, raising his head above
his howdah.
I do not know, officer," replied tho
Parseo, listening to a confused murmur
which came through the thick branches.
A few moments after, this murmur
became more defined. It might havo
been called a concert, still very distant,
of human voices and brass instruments.
Passopartout was all eyes, all oars.
Mr. Fogg waitod patiently, without ut
tering a word.
The Parseo jumped down, fastened
the elephant to a tree, and plunged in
to the thickest of tho undergrowth. A
few minutes later ho returned, saying:
"A Brahmin procession coming this
way.
If it is possible, let us avoid be-
Tho guido unfastened tho olo
phant, and led him into a thicket, rec
ommending tho travelers not to do
sccud. He held himself ready to mount
tho olophant quickly, should "flight be
come necessary. But ho thought that
the troop of the faithful would pass
without noticing him, for the thickness
of tho foliage entirely concealed him.
The discordant noise of voices and
instruments approached. Monotonous
chants were mingled with tho sound o.
the drums and cymbals. Soon the head
of the procession appeared from under
tho trees, at fifty paces from the spot
occupied by Mr. Fogg and his compan
ions. Through tho branches thoy read
ily distinguished tho curious personnel
of this religious ceremony.
In tho first lino were the priests, with
miters upon their heads and attired in
long robes adorned with gold and sil
ver lace They were surrounded by
men, women and children, who wero
singing a sort of funeral psalmody, in
terrupted at rogulnr intervals by tho
beating of lam tarns and cymbals. Be
hind them on a car with largo wheels,
whoso spokes and felloes represented
serpents intertwined, appeared a hid
eous statue, drawn by two pairs of richly
caparisoned zebus. This statue had
four arms, its body colored with dark
rod, its eyes haggard, its hair tangled,
its tongue hanging out, its lips colored
with henna und betel. Its neck was
encircled by a collar of skulls, around
its waist a girdle of human hands. It
was erect upon a prostrate giant, whoso
head was missing.
Sir Francis Cromarty rocognizod this
statue
"Tho goddess Kali," he murmured;
"the goiidess of love and death."
Of death, I grant, but of love, nov
or!" said Passopartout. "Tlio ugly old
woman!"
The Parseo made him a sign to ktep
quiot.
rr UK CONTINUED.
FACTS AND FIGUKES.
Ono person out of ovory 246,022 is
yuarly struck by lightning.
Fifloon thousand California trout
aro to bo put In tho Niagara Ulvor above
the falls.
A Milwaukee woman drowned hor
ualf by resolutely holding her face in a
basin of water.
-Slnco 1871 tlio Vlrglnlapoanut crop
has grown from 225,000 bushels to l,
000,000 bushels.
Last, voar in Franco thoro was only
ono person in 7,000.000 killed by raH
road accidents.
-There aro 2,000 acres of ilax within
fifteen miles of Snnta Barbara, Cal. A
lino yield is certain.
A larger proportion of wlilto flow
ors are fragrant tlian thosoof any other
color. Yellow comes next, then rod,
and lastly blue; after which, and in tho
same ordor, may bo reckoned vlolot,
groon, orange, brown and black.
An Invention for easing tho strain
on horses In starting horso-cars has
boon In six months' successful sorvico
In Boston. A littlo podal touched by
the driver's foot puts tho dovico into
operation. It connects tlio tongue of
tho car with a lover, which operatos a
latchot, taking hold of a cogwheel on
tho axle, thus casing tho dead pull
nearly one-half.
Oflicial returns show how vast aro
the tlooks of shoop owned in the Aus
tralian colonics; Tho Now Zealand and
Australian Laud Company owns 1300,
000 sheep; Mr. Robert Campbell, a8G,
000; Mr. Goorgo Homy Moore, U0.OO0;
Messrs. Dalgotty & Co., 208,000; Sir
Dillon Boll, 82,000; tho Hon. William
Robinson, 08,000; Sir Cracroft Wilson,
10.000; Mr. Kitchen, 80,000, and Mr.
Allan McDoan, 500,000.
Gormany has nearly -100,000 shoe
makers and cobblers, or nearly 90 to
ovorv 10,000 ot her population. This
is a larger proportion than In any coun
try except Italy and England. Italy
takes the lead of all. Thou come, in tho
ordor named, England and Wales, Ger
many, Belgium, Ireland, Denmark,
Franco, tho United States and Swollen.
It is a curious circumstniico that warm
Italy should havo within a fraction of
100 cobblors to 10.000 of tho population,
and cold Sweden less than 18.
Dr. Gatliug, of Hartford, Conn.,
the inventor oi tho Galling gun, has
produced a gun that is said to bo tho
best one yet. It will bo mounted on tho
gunwale of a ship with apparatus for
sweeping three-fourths of the horizon,
and the range is three miles at least.
It has a rilled stool barrel fiOj inches
long, Willi a caliber ot l.-lo men, and
throws a solid shot weighing 1 pounds
and stool-pointed, capable of piercing
tho iron casing of a torpedo boat three
milos away, it is a breech-loader, and
is fed by hand, but the loading and
firing is automatic. Two men can
manage it. It is called tho Gatliug tor
pedo gun.
WIT AM) WISDOM.
From tho prices that some physi
cians charge, one can readily iinagiuo
that high Tioals aro fashionable. Bos
ton Commercial Bulletin.
Gold oro and a deposit in tho say
ings bank aro vory much tho same, in
asmuch as they aie both money in ac
crued state Yawcob Strauss.
-Lightning struck a spotted cow
noar Medina, O., and turned her jot
black in tho twinkling of au eye That's
why Ohio women crawl under the bod
when the thunder begins to roll. De
troit Free 1'rcss.
Hero's a positivo fact that occurred
hi ono of tho public schools in this city
recently: A small boy was asked to
name some part of his own body. Ho
thought a moment and then ropliod:
" Bowols, which are five in number a,
o, i, o and u, and homotimes w and y."
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The inmates of a boarding-houflo in
West Fourteenth street aro nightly dis
turbed by a ghost. Ho appears as a
big fat man, and then gradually dwin
dles in staturo until ho finally dissolves
into nothingness. It is believed that ho
is the spirit of a boarder who lived in
the house for anumberof years. hick.
A big black bear tried to hug a
young lady out in Idaho, and the in
sulted damsel gouged out ono of his
pos with a parasol. She know tho hug
of a bear too bruiiious to the health.
When a man wants to hug an Idaho
girl with any safety ho uses nimir of ico
tongs. Burlington Uawktijc.
Wlion you seo a young man sitting
beside a much "banged or frizzled
young lady in a railroad car, or a thea
ter, and his arm sort ot instinctively
crawls around the top of hor seat in
closo proximity tohordollar-storonock-laco
and back hair, you may fool as
sured that he is not her brother. And
the chances aro loss than one in a hun
dred that they are married.---Boston-Transcript.
Tho first drink mnkos a man feel
anxious for tlio second; tho second
brings a smile to his fa'-o; tho third has
a voluble effect; tho fourth, he is still
moro sociable; the fifth produces dig
nity; the sixth a stern expression of
countenance that moans bowaro; tho
seventh, he becomes pugilistic; tlio
eiglith, ho lights and gots thrashed, and
all subsequent drinks havo no oU'octbut
to delay the hour of sobriety. New
Haven licgistcr.
"What's do news 'bout do Presi
dent, Uncle Moso?" "Do las' bullet
ing say dat his pulso was 1)8, tempera
ture norval, and porsplration 2il, an' ho
was a axin' fur a bcofstoak." "Thank
do Lawd, dat's a hopeful sign. Undo
Moso, Iso alwavs remarked wlion folks
git shot in do iiber do mos' usually bo
gins to mend when do porsporationgits
to 2.1, an' do begins to tako interest iu
Vittals. Texas Sij tings.