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Chapter 29

           Thewhistleofthelocomotive,morepowerfulthanAmphion’slyre,wasabouttobidthemrisefromAmericansoil.

           FortMcPhersonwasleftbehindateightinthemorning,andthreehundredandfifty-sevenmileshadyettobetraversedbeforereachingOmaha.TheroadfollowedthecapriciouswindingsofthesouthernbranchofthePlatteRiver,onitsleftbank.AtninethetrainstoppedattheimportanttownofNorthPlatte,builtbetweenthetwoarmsoftheriver,whichrejoineachotherarounditandformasingleartery,alargetributary,whosewatersemptyintotheMissourialittleaboveOmaha.

           Theonehundredandfirstmeridianwaspassed.

           Mr.Foggandhispartnershadresumedtheirgame;noonenoteventhedummycomplainedofthelengthofthetrip.Fixhadbegunbywinningseveralguineas,whichheseemedlikelytolose;butheshowedhimselfanotlesseagerwhist-playerthanMr.Fogg.Duringthemorning,chancedistinctlyfavouredthatgentleman.Trumpsandhonourswereshowereduponhishands.

           Once,havingresolvedonaboldstroke,hewasonthepointofplayingaspade,whenavoicebehindhimsaid,"Ishouldplayadiamond."

           Mr.Fogg,Aouda,andFixraisedtheirheads,andbeheldColonelProctor.

           StampProctorandPhileasFoggrecognisedeachotheratonce.

           "Ah!it’syou,isit,Englishman?"criedthecolonel;"it’syouwhoaregoingtoplayaspade!"

           "Andwhoplaysit,"repliedPhileasFoggcoolly,throwingdownthetenofspades.

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