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"I guessed right, then," said Altamont. "And you have actually dared to conceive such a project? Oh! it is grand; I tell you it is sublime even to think of it?" "But tell me," said Hatteras in a hurried manner; "you were not bound for the Pole then yourself?" Altamont hesitated. I GUESSED RIGHT THEN SAID ALTAMONT AND YOU HAVE ACTUALLY DARED TO CONCEIVE SUCH A PROJECT OH IT IS GRAND I TELL YOU IT IS SUBLIME EVEN TO THINK OF IT BUT TELL ME SAID HATTERAS IN A HURRIED MANNER YOU ARE NOT BOUND FOR THE POLE THEN YOURSELF ALTAMONT HESITATED
 his life to the man he hated the most. What a storm of conflicting passions this must have roused in his soul! But where was the emotion he could not master? However, his action was prompt, whatever his feeling might be. Without a moment's hesitancy, he went up to his rival, and said in a grave voice-- "Altamont, you have saved my life!" "You saved mine," replied the American. There was a moment's silence, and then Altamont added-- "We're quits, Hatteras." "No, Altamont," said the captain; "when the Doctor dragged you out of your icy tomb, I did not know who you were; but you saved me at the peril of your own life, knowing quite well who I was." "Why, you are a fellow-creature at any rate, and whatever faults an American may have, he is no coward." "No, indeed," said the Doctor. "He is a man, every inch as much as yourself, Hatteras." "And like me, he shall have part in the glory that awaits us." "The glory of reaching the North Pole?" asked Altamont. "Yes," replied Hatteras, proudly. EAD AND CLAWBONNY SHOUTED HURRAH HURRAH HATTERAS WAS SAVED HE OWED HIS LIFE TO THE MAN HE HATED THE MOST WHAT A STORM OF CONFLICTING PASSIONS THIS MUST HAVE ROUSED IN HIS SOUL BUT WHERE WAS THE EMOTION HE COULD NOT MASTER HOWEVER HIS ACTION WAS PROMPT WHATEVER HIS FEELING MIGHT BE WITHOUT A MOMENT'S HESITANCY HE WENT UP TO HIS RIVAL AND SAID IN A GRAVE VOICE ALTAMONT YOU HAVE SAVED MY LIFE YOU SAVED MINE REPLIED THE AMERICAN THERE WAS A MOMENT'S SILENCE AND THEN ALTAMONT ADDED WHERE QUITS HATTERAS NO ALTAMONT SAID THE CAPTAIN WHEN THE DOCTOR DRAGGED YOU OUT OF YOUR ICY TOMB I DID NOT KNOW WHO YOU WERE BUT YOU SAVED ME AT THE PERIL OF YOUR OWN LIFE KNOWING QUITE WELL WHO I WAS WHY YOU'RE A FELLOW CREATURE AT ANY RATE AND WHATEVER FAULTS AN AMERICAN MAY HAVE HE IS NO COWARD NO INDEED SAID THE DOCTOR HE IS A MAN EVERY INCH AS MUCH AS YOURSELF HATTERAS AND LIKE ME HE SHALL HAVE PART IN THE GLORY THAT AWAITS US THE GLORY OF REACHING THE NORTH POLE ASKED ALTAMONT YES REPLIED HATTERAS PROUDLY
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