14 Phileas and Passepartout

CHAPTER 14 Phileas and Passepartout Meet Outlaws and Bandits on the Railroad The train took them past Fort Saunders and across the Cheyenne Pass to the Evans Pass. Here Phileas and Passepartout rode at the

第十四章菲利亚和路路通在铁路上遇到歹徒和强盗火车带着他们经过桑德斯堡，穿过夏安山口来到埃文斯山口。 这时，菲利亚和路路通骑在马背上

highest elevation since starting their incredible journey around the world. The train kept moving. It went through the territories of Wyoming and Colorado, and into Nebraska. As the train drove on, the four passengers passed the time playing cards. Just as the train was making its way toward Omaha, there was a loud crash. The train stopped dead on the tracks. Each of the passengers in the car looked outside, but they couldn't see anything. Then, suddenly, the train started moving again. "Now what on earth could have happened?" Passepartout asked. He looked over to Phileas and said, "I'm on my way, monsieur." Passepartout stepped out of the car and walked toward the front of the train. A number of other men had come out of their cars as well, including Colonel Proctor. They

这是他们开始环球旅行以来海拔最高的地方。 火车继续行驶。它穿过怀俄明州和科罗拉多州的领土，进入内布拉斯加州。 火车开着，四个乘客打牌打发时间。 就在火车开往奥马哈的途中，突然传来一声巨响。 火车完全停在轨道上了。 车里的每个乘客都向外看了看，但他们什么也没看到。 然后，火车突然又开动了。 “到底发生了什么事？”路路通问道。 他朝菲利亚看了看，说：“我这就来，先生。” 路路通下了车，向车头走去。 其他一些人也从车里走了出来，包括普罗克托上校。 他们

could hear loud noises coming from one side of the train. Then people started screaming. Back in the car, Aouda turned very pale. She heard the shouts and the noise from outside. "What do you think it is?" she asked. Detective Fix replied, "I'll bet outlaws have attacked the train!" Phileas calmly put his cards down. "If that is the case, we might have a fight on our hands!" He saw the shocked look on Aouda's face and said, "But let's hope it does not come to that," he said. "Aouda, you must stay here and keep safe. Lock that door and don't let anyone in!" As it turned out, a gang of close to one hundred men had attacked the train. Many of them had jumped on board while the train was still moving! They were armed with guns and wore handkerchiefs over their faces. They had taken over the engine car and knocked the engineer out cold. Moving from

我能听到火车一侧传来很大的噪音。 然后人们开始尖叫。 回到车里，艾娥达夫人的脸色变得很苍白。 她听到外面的喊叫声和喧闹声。 “你觉得是什么？”她问。 费克斯侦探回答说：“我敢打赌是歹徒袭击了火车！”菲利亚平静地放下手中的牌。 “如果是这样的话，我们可能就要打一场仗了！”他看到艾娥达夫人脸上震惊的表情，就说：“但愿事情不会发展到那种地步。” “艾娥达夫人，你一定要留在这儿，保证安全。 把门锁上，别让任何人进来！”事实证明，袭击火车的是一个将近一百人的团伙。 他们中的许多人在火车还在行驶的时候就跳上了火车！他们带着枪，用手帕蒙住脸。 他们占领了发动车，把工程师打晕了。 从

car to car, they were taking whatever they could from the poor travelers. The train drove faster and faster with no engineer to control it. If it wasn't stopped, the train would most certainly crash. When Passepartout discovered what was going on, he and Colonel Proctor raced back to help fight. Many of the men on board were already battling with the bandits. Passepartout dove right in, punching and kicking, and using all of his acrobatic abilities. Colonel Proctor had a very strong punch and knocked a few of the bandits out with his bare hands! In the fray, amid arms and fists flying, Passepartout noticed three bandits ganging up on the poor conductor. As the conductor fell to the ground, he shouted, "Unless the train is stopped at Fort Kearney, we will all surely die! The train will crash! The train will crash!"

他们一辆接一辆地从这些可怜的旅行者身上拿走他们能拿走的任何东西。 火车在没有工程师控制的情况下开得越来越快。 如果不停车，火车肯定会相撞。 路路通发现了情况，就和普罗克托上校一起赶回去帮忙。 船上的许多人已经在和强盗搏斗了。 路路通猛扑过去，拳打脚踢，使出浑身解数。 普罗克特上校出拳有力，徒手击倒了几个匪徒！在一片混战中，路路通看见三个强盗联合起来要对付这位可怜的售票员。 当列车员倒在地上时，他喊道：“除非火车停在科尔尼堡，否则我们都必死无疑！”火车要相撞了！火车要相撞了！”

By this time, Phileas had joined the fight. In fact, he was right beside the conductor. He punched a wayward bandit on the nose and said, "It shall be stopped then!" He started to rush toward the front of the train, but Passepartout stopped him. "Stay, sir! I will go." Phileas did not have time to stop him. Another bandit jumped on his back and started to pull him down. Passepartout slipped out of the car and crawled under the moving train. Using his experience as an acrobat, he held onto chains, pulled himself along by the brakes, and crept from one car to the next until he reached the engine. Working as hard as he could, Passepartout managed to pull the safety chain from the engine car. He watched as the engine pulled away from the rest of the train and then worked the brakes as best as he could. Finally

这时，菲利亚也加入了战斗。 事实上，他就在售票员旁边。 他一拳打在一个任性的土匪的鼻子上，说：“那就制止吧！”他想向车头冲去，可是路路通拦住了他。 “留下来,先生!我要去。”菲利亚来不及阻止他。 另一个强盗跳到他的背上，开始把他拉下来。 路路通从车里溜了出来，爬到行驶的火车下面。 凭借自己的杂技经验，他抓住铁链，拉着刹车往前走，从一辆车爬到另一辆车，直到到达引擎处。 路路通使出浑身解数，终于把保险链从发动车上拉了下来。 他看着引擎离开火车的其余部分，然后尽他最大的努力刹车。 最后

the rest of the train came to a stop right in front of the Fort Kearney station. The engine car rode off into the distance by itself. The soldiers from the fort had heard the commotion and were ready to fight the bandits. But when the band of rascally men saw the soldiers lined up with their guns ready to fire, they abandoned the train. They jumped back on their horses and sped off. Once they determined that it was safe, Aouda, Phileas, and Fix got off the train and stood on the platform. "Where is Passepartout?" Aouda cried. "He's not here!" Phileas tried to comfort her, but he knew what she and Fix were thinking— Passepartout had been taken by the bandits! Aouda started to weep. If his butler was a prisoner of the outlaws, Phileas had to save him. There was no other choice. "Don't worry, Aouda," he said. "I will find

火车的其余部分正好在科尔尼堡车站前停了下来。 那辆内燃机车自行驶向远方。 堡垒里的士兵听到了骚动，准备与土匪战斗。 但是，当那群流氓看到士兵们拿着枪准备开火时，他们放弃了火车。 他们跳上马疾驰而去。 艾娥达夫人、菲利亚人和费克斯一确定车子安全了，就下了车，站在月台上。 “路路通在哪儿？”Aouda哭了。 “他不在这儿！”菲利亚想安慰她，可是他知道她和费克斯心里在想什么——路路通被强盗抓走了！艾娥达夫人哭了起来。 如果他的管家是亡命之徒的俘虏，菲利亚必须去救他。 没有别的选择。 “别担心，艾娥达夫人，”他说。 "我会找到