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"No, no!" said Clawbonny, shuddering. "His bark is too sorrowful; it is the dog's tear. He has found the body of Hatteras." They all four rushed forward, in spite of the blinding cinder dust, and came to the far end of a fiord, where they discovered the dog barking round a corpse wrapped in the British flag! NO NO SAID CLAWBONNY SHUDDERING HIS BARK IS TOO SORROWFUL IT IS THE DOG'S TEAR HE HAS FOUND THE BODY OF HATTERAS THEY ALL FOUR RUSHED FORWARD IN SPITE OF THE BLINDING CINDER DUST AND CAME TO THE FAR END OF A FIORD WHERE THEY DISCOVERED THE DOG BARKING ROUND A CORPSE WRAPPED IN THE BRITISH FLAG
were covered with cinders above watermark. At last the little sloop glided gently into the narrow opening between two sandbanks just visible above the water, where she would be safe from the violence of the breakers; but before she could be moored, Duk began howling and barking again in the most piteous manner, as if calling on the cruel sea and stony rocks to yield up his lost master. The Doctor tried to calm him by caresses, but in vain. The faithful beast, as if he would represent the captain, sprang on shore with a tremendous bound, sending a cloud of cinders after him. "Duk! Duk!" called Clawbonny. But Duk had already disappeared. [Illustration: ] After the sloop was made fast, they all got out and went after him. Altamont was just going to climb to the top of a pile of stones, when the Doctor exclaimed, "Listen!" Duk was barking vehemently some distance off, but his bark seemed full of grief rather than fury. "Has he come on the track of some animal, do you think?" asked Johnson. ND THE SEA BROKE ON STEEP ROCKS WHICH WERE COVERED WITH CINDERS ABOVE WATER MARK AT LAST THE LITTLE SLOOP GLIDED GENTLY INTO THE NARROW OPENING BETWEEN THE TWO SAND BANKS JUST VISIBLE ABOVE THE WATER WHERE SHE WOULD BE SAFE FROM THE VIOLENCE OF THE BREAKERS BUT BEFORE SHE COULD BE MOORED DUKE BEGAN HOWLING AND BARKING AGAIN IN THE MOST PITEOUS MANNER AS IF CALLING ON THE CRUEL SEA AND STONY ROCKS TO YIELD UP HIS LOST MASTER THE DOCTOR TRIED TO CALM HIM BY CARESSES BUT IN VAIN THE FAITHFUL BEAST AS IF HE WOULD REPRESENT THE CAPTAIN SPRANG ON SHORE WITH A TREMENDOUS BOUND SENDING A CLOUD OF CINDERS AFTER HIM DUKE DUKE CALLED CLAWBONNY BUT DUKE HAD ALREADY DISAPPEARED AFTER THE SLOOP WAS MADE FAST THEY ALL GOT OUT AND WENT AFTER HIM ALTAMONT WAS JUST GOING TO CLIMB TO THE TOP OF A PILE OF STONES WHEN THE DOCTOR EXCLAIMED LISTEN DUKE WAS BARKING VEHEMENTLY SOME DISTANCE OFF BUT HIS BARK SEEMED FULL OF GRIEF RATHER THAN FURY HAS HE COME ON THE TRACK OF SOME ANIMAL DO YOU THINK ASKED JOHNSON
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