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Chapter 31

           Onething,however,Passepartoutwouldneverforget,andthatwasthesacrificewhichMr.Fogghadmade,withouthesitation,torescuehimfromtheSioux.Mr.Fogghadriskedhisfortuneandhislife.No!Hisservantwouldneverforgetthat!

           Whileeachofthepartywasabsorbedinreflectionssodifferent,thesledgeflewpastoverthevastcarpetofsnow.Thecreeksitpassedoverwerenotperceived.Fieldsandstreamsdisappearedundertheuniformwhiteness.Theplainwasabsolutelydeserted.BetweentheUnionPacificroadandthebranchwhichunitesKearneywithSaintJosephitformedagreatuninhabitedisland.Neithervillage,station,norfortappeared.Fromtimetotimetheyspedbysomephantom-liketree,whosewhiteskeletontwistedandrattledinthewind.Sometimesflocksofwildbirdsrose,orbandsofgaunt,famished,ferociousprairie-wolvesranhowlingafterthesledge.Passepartout,revolverinhand,heldhimselfreadytofireonthosewhichcametoonear.Hadanaccidentthenhappenedtothesledge,thetravellers,attackedbythesebeasts,wouldhavebeeninthemostterribledanger;butitheldonitsevencourse,soongainedonthewolves,anderelongleftthehowlingbandatasafedistancebehind.

           AboutnoonMudgeperceivedbycertainlandmarksthathewascrossingthePlatteRiver.Hesaidnothing,buthefeltcertainthathewasnowwithintwentymilesofOmaha.Inlessthananhourhelefttherudderandfurledhissails,whilstthesledge,carriedforwardbythegreatimpetusthewindhadgivenit,wentonhalfamilefurtherwithitssailsunspread.

           Itstoppedatlast,andMudge,pointingtoamassofroofswhitewithsnow,said:"Wehavegotthere!"

           Arrived!Arrivedatthestationwhichisindailycommunication,bynumeroustrains,withtheAtlanticseaboard!

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