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"Ay," said Johnson; "but not with guns. They 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. AY SAID JOHNSON BUT NOT WITH GUNS THEY 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
thing exactly," said the old sailor, "and yet--" "Come, out with it!" exclaimed Altamont. "Hush! don't you hear a peculiar noise?" "Where?" "Here, on this side, on the wall of the room." Bell stopped working, and listened attentively like the rest. Johnson was right; a noise there certainly was on the side wall, as if some one were cutting the ice. "Don't you hear it?" repeated Johnson. "Hear it? Yes, plain enough," replied Altamont. "Is it the bears?" asked Bell. "Most assuredly." "Well; they have changed their tactics," said old Johnson, "and given up the idea of suffocating us." "Or may be they suppose we are suffocated by now," suggested the American, getting furious at his invisible enemies. "They are going to attack us," said Bell. "Well, what of it?" returned Hatteras. "We shall have a hand-to-hand struggle, that's all." "And so much the better," added Altamont; "that's far more to my taste; I have had enough of invisible foes--let me see my antagonist, and then I can fight him. PULLING SUCH A LONG FACE THAT THE CAPTAIN ASKED IMMEDIATELY WHAT WAS THE MATTER NOTHING EXACTLY SAID THE OLD SAILOR AND YET COME OUT WITH IT EXCLAIMED ALTAMONT HUSH DON'T YOU HEAR A PECULIAR NOISE WHERE HERE ON THIS SIDE ON THE WALL OF THE ROOM BELL STOPPED WORKING AND LISTENED ATTENTIVELY LIKE THE REST JOHNSON WAS RIGHT A NOISE THERE CERTAINLY WAS ON THE SIDE WALL AS IF SOME ONE WERE CUTTING THE ICE DON'T YOU HEAR IT REPEATED JOHNSON HEAR IT YES PLAIN ENOUGH REPLIED ALTAMONT IS IT THE BEARS ASKED BELL MOST ASSUREDLY WELL THEY HAVE CHANGED THEIR TACTICS SAID OLD JOHNSON AND GIVEN UP THE IDEA OF SUFFOCATING US OR MAYBE THEY SUPPOSE WE ARE SUFFOCATED BY NOW SUGGESTED THE AMERICAN GETTING FURIOUS AT HIS INVISIBLE ENEMIES THEY ARE GOING TO ATTACK US SAID BELL WELL WHAT OF IT RETURNED HATTERAS WE SHALL HAVE A HAND TO HAND STRUGGLE THAT'S ALL AND SO MUCH THE BETTER ADDED ALTAMONT THAT'S FAR MORE TO MY TASTE I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF INVISIBLE FOES LET ME SEE MY ANTAGONIST AND THEN I CAN FIGHT HIM
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