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His companions followed his example silently. Not a sound was heard but the low, deep growl of Duk. To tell the simple truth, however, it was not their own danger that occupied their thoughts, but their absent friend, the Doctor's. It was for him they trembled, not for themselves. HIS COMPANIONS FOLLOWED HIS EXAMPLE SILENTLY NOT A SOUND WAS HEARD BUT THE LOW DEEP GROWL OF DUKE TO TELL THE SIMPLE TRUTH HOWEVER IT WAS NOT THEIR OWN DANGER THAT OCCUPIED THEIR THOUGHTS BUT THEIR ABSENT FRIEND THE DOCTOR'S IT WAS FOR HIM THEY TREMBLED NOT FOR THEMSELVES
ff a tremendous blow of his paw. At last, though panting and out of breath, the three men reached Johnson safely, and slid down the rock with him into the snow-house. The bears stopped short on the upper plateau, and Hatteras and his companions lost no time in barring and barricading them out. "Here we are at last!" exclaimed Hatteras; "we can defend ourselves better now. It is five against five." "Four!" said Johnson in a frightened voice. "How?" "The Doctor!" replied Johnson, pointing to the empty sitting-room. "Well, he is in Isle Johnson." "A bad job for him," said Bell. "But we can't leave him to his fate, in this fashion," said Altamont. "No, let's be off to find him at once," replied Hatteras. [Illustration: ] He opened the door, but soon shut it, narrowly escaping a bear's hug. "They are there!" he exclaimed. "All?" asked Bell. "The whole pack." Altamont rushed to the windows, and began to fill up the deep embrasure with blocks of ice, which he broke off the walls of the house. ONSTER WAS SO NEAR THAT HATTERAS HAD TO BRANDISH HIS KNIFE VIGOROUSLY TO WARD OFF A TREMENDOUS BLOW OF HIS PAW AT LAST THOUGH PANTING AND OUT OF BREATH THE THREE MEN REACHED JOHNSON SAFELY AND SLID DOWN THE ROCK WITH HIM INTO THE SNOW HOUSE THE BEARS STOPPED SHORT ON THE UPPER PLATEAU AND HATTERAS AND HIS COMPANIONS LOST NO TIME IN BARRING AND BARRICADING THEM OUT HERE WE ARE AT LAST EXCLAIMED HATTERAS WE CAN DEFEND OURSELVES BETTER NOW IT IS FIVE AGAINST FIVE FOUR SAID JOHNSON IN A FRIGHTENED VOICE HOW THE DOCTOR REPLIED JOHNSON POINTING TO THE EMPTY SITTING ROOM WELL HE IS IN ISLE JOHNSON A BAD JOB FOR HIM SAID BELL BUT WE CAN'T LEAVE HIM TO HIS FATE IN THIS FASHION SAID ALTAMONT NO LET'S BE OFF TO FIND HIM AT ONCE REPLIED HATTERAS HE OPENED THE DOOR BUT SOON SHUT IT NARROWLY ESCAPING A BEAR'S HUG THEY ARE THERE HE EXCLAIMED ALL ASKED BELL THE WHOLE PACK ALTAMONT RUSHED TO THE WINDOWS AND BEGAN TO FILL UP THE DEEP EMBRASURE WITH BLOCKS OF ICE WHICH HE BROKE OFF THE WALLS OF THE HOUSE
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