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I crept cautiously nearer, sometimes going on all fours, sometimes slipping between great blocks of ice, till I came at last quite close to our fort, and then I found the bears working away like beavers. I CREPT CAUTIOUSLY NEARER SOMETIMES GOING ON ALL FOURS SOMETIMES SLIPPING BETWEEN GREAT BLOCKS OF ICE TILL I CAME AT LAST QUITE CLOSE TO OUR FORT AND THEN I FOUND THE BEARS WORKING AWAY LIKE BEAVERS
osened their tongues, and each rushed eagerly forward to welcome his old comrade with a loving embrace. Hatteras was for once fairly overcome with emotion, and positively hugged him like a child. "And is it really you, Mr. Clawbonny?" said Johnson. "Myself and nobody else, my old fellow. I assure you I have been far more uneasy about you than you could have been about me." "But how did you know we had been attacked by a troop of bears?" asked Altamont. "What we were most afraid of was that you would come quickly back to Fort Providence, never dreaming of danger." "Oh, I saw it all. Your repeated shots gave me the alarm. When you commenced firing I was beside the wreck of the Porpoise, but I climbed up a hummock, and discovered five bears close on your heels. Oh, how anxious I was for you! But when I saw you disappear down the cliff, while the bears stood hesitating on the edge, as if uncertain what to do, I felt sure that you had managed to get safely inside the house and barricade it. FIED FOR A MOMENT BUT JOY SOON LOOSENED THEIR TONGUES AND EACH RUSHED EAGERLY FORWARD TO WELCOME HIS OLD COMRADE WITH A LOVING EMBRACE HATTERAS WAS FOR ONCE FAIRLY OVERCOME WITH EMOTION AND POSITIVELY HUGGED HIM LIKE A CHILD AND IS IT REALLY YOU MISTER CLAWBONNY SAID JOHNSON MYSELF AND NOBODY ELSE MY OLD FELLOW I ASSURE YOU I HAVE BEEN FAR MORE UNEASY ABOUT YOU THAN YOU COULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT ME BUT HOW DID YOU KNOW WE HAD BEEN ATTACKED BY A TROOP OF BEARS ASKED ALTAMONT WHAT WE WERE MOST AFRAID OF WAS THAT YOU WOULD COME QUICKLY BACK TO FORT PROVIDENCE NEVER DREAMING OF DANGER OH I SAW IT ALL YOUR REPEATED SHOTS GAVE ME THE ALARM WHEN YOU COMMENCED FIRING I WAS BESIDE THE WRECK OF THE PORPOISE BUT I CLIMBED UP A HUMMOCK AND DISCOVERED FIVE BEARS CLOSE ON YOUR HEELS OH HOW ANXIOUS I WAS FOR YOU BUT WHEN I SAW YOU DISAPPEAR DOWN THE CLIFF WHILE THE BEAR STOOD HESITATING ON THE EDGE AS IF UNCERTAIN WHAT TO DO I FELT SURE THAT YOU HAD MANAGED TO GET SAFELY INSIDE THE HOUSE AND BARRICADE IT
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