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All the mercury had frozen into a compact cylindrical mass. The Doctor broke the tube and took it out. Here was a hard piece of metal ready for use. "It is wonderful, Mr. Clawbonny; you ought to be a proud man." ALL THE MERCURY HAD FROZEN INTO A COMPACT CYLINDRICAL MASS THE DOCTOR BROKE THE TUBE AND TOOK IT OUT HERE WAS A HARD PIECE OF METAL READY FOR USE IT IS WONDERFUL MISTER CLAWBONNY YOU OUGHT TO BE A PROUD MAN
uld keep him waiting." "Johnson, calm yourself!" "No, Mr Clowbonny, sine we must die, why prolong the sufferings of the poor beast? He is famished like ourselves. There are no seals for him to eat, and Heaven sends hiim men! So much the better for him, thats all!" Johnson was fast going mad. He wanted to get up and leave the hut, and the doctor had great difficulty in preventing him. That he succeeded at all, was not through strength, but by saying in a tone of absolute conviction, "Johnson, I shall kill that bear to-morrow!" "To-morrow!" said Johnson, as if waking up from some bad dream. "Yes, to-morrow." "You have no ball!" "I'll make one." "You have no lead!" "No, but I have mercury." So saying, he took the thermometer, which stood at 50° above zero, and went outside and laid it on a block of ice. Then he came in again, and said, "Tomorrow! Go to sleep, and wait till the sun rises." With the first streak of dawn next day, the Doctor and Johnson rushed out to look at the thermometer. WAS TALKING ABOUT THE BEAR THAT IS FOLLOWING US REPLIED JOHNSON A BEAR FOLLOWING US YES FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS YOU HAVE SEEN HIM YES ABOUT A MILE TO LEEWARD AND YOU NEVER TOLD ME JOHNSON WHAT WAS THE GOOD TRUE ENOUGH SAID THE DOCTOR WE HAVE NOT A SINGLE BALL TO SEND AFTER HIM NO NOT EVEN A BIT OF IRON THE DOCTOR WAS SILENT FOR A MOMENT AS IF THINKING THEN HE SAID ARE YOU QUITE CERTAIN THE ANIMAL IS FOLLOWING US YES MISTER CLAWBONNY HE IS RECKONING ON A GOOD FEED OF HUMAN FLESH JOHNSON EXCLAIMED THE DOCTOR GRIEVED AT THE DESPAIRING MOOD OF HIS COMPANION HE IS SURE ENOUGH OF HIS MEAL CONTINUED THE MAN YOU HAVE NO BALL I'LL MAKE ONE YOU HAVE NO LEAD NO BUT I HAVE MERCURY SO SAYING HE TOOK THE THERMOMETER WHICH STOOD AT FIFTY DEGREES ABOVE ZERO AND WENT OUTSIDE AND LAID IT ON A BLOCK OF ICE THEN HE CAME IN AGAIN AND SAID TO MORROW GO TO SLEEP AND WAIT UNTIL THE SUN RISES WITH THE FIRST STREAK OF DAWN NEXT DAY THE DOCTOR AND JOHNSON RUSHED OUT TO LOOK AT THE THERMOMETER
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