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Chapter 31

           PassepartoutandFixjumpedoff,stretchedtheirstiffenedlimbs,andaidedMr.Foggandtheyoungwomantodescendfromthesledge.PhileasFogggenerouslyrewardedMudge,whosehandPassepartoutwarmlygrasped,andthepartydirectedtheirstepstotheOmaharailwaystation.

           ThePacificRailroadproperfindsitsterminusatthisimportantNebraskatown.OmahaisconnectedwithChicagobytheChicagoandRockIslandRailroad,whichrunsdirectlyeast,andpassesfiftystations.

           AtrainwasreadytostartwhenMr.Foggandhispartyreachedthestation,andtheyonlyhadtimetogetintothecars.TheyhadseennothingofOmaha;butPassepartoutconfessedtohimselfthatthiswasnottoberegretted,astheywerenottravellingtoseethesights.

           ThetrainpassedrapidlyacrosstheStateofIowa,byCouncilBluffs,DesMoines,andIowaCity.DuringthenightitcrossedtheMississippiatDavenport,andbyRockIslandenteredIllinois.Thenextday,whichwasthe10th,atfouro’clockintheevening,itreachedChicago,alreadyrisenfromitsruins,andmoreproudlyseatedthaneveronthebordersofitsbeautifulLakeMichigan.

           NinehundredmilesseparatedChicagofromNewYork;buttrainsarenotwantingatChicago.Mr.Foggpassedatoncefromonetotheother,andthelocomotiveofthePittsburgh,FortWayne,andChicagoRailwayleftatfullspeed,asifitfullycomprehendedthatthatgentlemanhadnotimetolose.IttraversedIndiana,Ohio,Pennsylvania,andNewJerseylikeaflash,rushingthroughtownswithantiquenames,someofwhichhadstreetsandcar-tracks,butasyetnohouses.

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