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"How do ye do, good friends?" he said, picking himself smartly up. His companions stood stupefied for a moment, but joy soon loosened their tongues, and each rushed eagerly forward to welcome his old comrade with a loving embrace. HOW DO YE DO GOOD FRIENDS HE SAID PICKING HIMSELF UP SMARTLY HIS COMPANIONS STOOD STUPEFIED FOR A MOMENT BUT JOY SOON LOOSENED THEIR TONGUES AND EACH RUSHED EAGERLY FORWARD TO WELCOME HIS OLD COMRADE WITH A LOVING EMBRACE
chet then," returned the American. The noise increased, and it was evident that the point of attack was the angle of the wall formed by its junction with the cliff. "They are hardly six feet off now," said the boatswain. "Right, Johnson!" replied Altamont; "but we have time enough to be ready for them." And seizing a hatchet, he placed himself in fighting attitude, planting his right foot firmly forward and throwing himself back. Hatteras and the others followed his example, and Johnson took care to load a gun in case of necessity. Every minute the sound came nearer, till at last only a thin coating separated them from their assailants. Presently this gave way with a loud crack, and a huge dark mass rolled over into the room. Altamont had already swung his hatchet to strike, when he was arrested by a well-known voice, exclaiming-- "For Heaven's sake, stop!" "The Doctor! the Doctor!" cried Johnson. And the Doctor it actually was who had tumbled in among them in such undignified fashion. WOULD BE USELESS HERE WITH KNIFE AND HATCHET THEN RETURNED THE AMERICAN THE NOISE INCREASED AND IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THE POINT OF ATTACK WAS THE ANGLE OF THE WALL FORMED BY ITS JUNCTION WITH THE CLIFF THEY ARE HARDLY SIX FEET OFF NOW SAID THE BOATSWAIN RIGHT JOHNSON REPLIED ALTAMONT BUT WE HAVE TIME ENOUGH TO BE READY FOR THEM AND SEIZING A HATCHET HE PLACED HIMSELF IN FIGHTING ATTITUDE PLANTING HIS RIGHT FOOT FIRMLY FORWARD AND THROWING HIMSELF BACK HATTERAS AND THE OTHERS FOLLOWED HIS EXAMPLE AND JOHNSON TOOK CARE TO LOAD A GUN IN CASE OF NECESSITY EVERY MINUTE THE SOUND CAME NEARER TILL AT LAST ONLY A THIN COATING SEPARATED THEM FROM THEIR ASSAILANTS PRESENTLY THIS GAVE WAY WITH A LOUD CRACK AND A HUGE DARK MASS ROLLED OVER INTO THE ROOM ALTAMONT HAD ALREADY SWUNG HIS HATCHET TO STRIKE WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED BY A WELL KNOWN VOICE EXCLAIMING FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE STOP THE DOCTOR THE DOCTOR CRIED JOHNSON AND THE DOCTOR IT ACTUALLY WAS WHO HAD TUMBLED IN AMONG THEM IN SUCH UNDIGNIFIED FASHION
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