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The Passenger of the Atlanta

           Those"fellows,"ashecalledthem,"areonlyfittomarkthepoints,whileweplaythegame."Hewas,infact,athoroughBohemian,adventurous,butnotanadventurer;ahare-brainedfellow,akindofIcarus,onlypossessingrelaysofwings.Fortherest,hewaseverinscrapes,endinginvariablybyfallingonhisfeet,likethoselittlefigureswhichtheysellforchildren’stoys.Inafewwords,hismottowas"Ihavemyopinions,"andtheloveoftheimpossibleconstitutedhisrulingpassion.

           SuchwasthepassengeroftheAtlanta,alwaysexcitable,asifboilingundertheactionofsomeinternalfirebythecharacterofhisphysicalorganization.Ifevertwoindividualsofferedastrikingcontrasttoeachother,thesewerecertainlyMichelArdanandtheYankeeBarbicane;both,moreover,beingequallyenterprisinganddaring,eachinhisownway.

           ThescrutinywhichthepresidentoftheGunClubhadinstitutedregardingthisnewrivalwasquicklyinterruptedbytheshoutsandhurrahsofthecrowd.Thecriesbecameatlastsouproarious,andthepopularenthusiasmassumedsopersonalaform,thatMichelArdan,afterhavingshakenhandssomethousandsoftimes,attheimminentriskofleavinghisfingersbehindhim,wasfainatlasttomakeaboltforhiscabin.

           Barbicanefollowedhimwithoututteringaword.

           "YouareBarbicane,Isuppose?"saidMichelArdan,inatoneofvoiceinwhichhewouldhaveaddressedafriendoftwentyyears’standing.

           "Yes,"repliedthepresidentoftheGunClub.

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