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Chapter 30

           PhileasFogg,bythisresolution,inevitablysacrificedhimself;hepronouncedhisowndoom.ThedelayofasingledaywouldmakehimlosethesteameratNewYork,andhisbetwouldbecertainlylost.Butashethought,"Itismyduty,"hedidnothesitate.

           ThecommandingofficerofFortKearneywasthere.Ahundredofhissoldiershadplacedthemselvesinapositiontodefendthestation,shouldtheSiouxattackit.

           "Sir,"saidMr.Foggtothecaptain,"threepassengershavedisappeared."

           "Dead?"askedthecaptain.

           "Deadorprisoners;thatistheuncertaintywhichmustbesolved.DoyouproposetopursuetheSioux?"

           "That’saseriousthingtodo,sir,"returnedthecaptain."TheseIndiansmayretreatbeyondtheArkansas,andIcannotleavethefortunprotected."

           "Thelivesofthreemenareinquestion,sir,"saidPhileasFogg.

           "Doubtless;butcanIriskthelivesoffiftymentosavethree?"

           "Idon’tknowwhetheryoucan,sir;butyououghttodoso."

           "Nobodyhere,"returnedtheother,"hasarighttoteachmemyduty."

           "Verywell,"saidMr.Fogg,coldly."Iwillgoalone."

           "You,sir!"criedFix,comingup;"yougoaloneinpursuitoftheIndians?"

           "Wouldyouhavemeleavethispoorfellowtoperishhimtowhomeveryonepresentoweshislife?Ishallgo."

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