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"Hit!" exclaimed Altamont. "Hit!" echoed Bell. "Let us repeat the dose," said Hatteras, carefully stopping up the opening meantime. HIT EXCLAIMED ALTAMONT HIT ECHOED BELL LET US REPEAT THE DOSE SAID HATTERAS CAREFULLY STOPPING UP THE OPENING MEANTIME
nd it must be confessed were also so much ashamed of being kept in prison by beasts, that they would even have dared the risk if the captain had not suddenly thought of a new mode of defence. He took Johnson's furnace-poker, and thrust it into the stove while he made an opening in the snow wall, or rather a partial opening, for he left a thin sheet of ice on the outer side. As soon as the poker was red hot, he said to his comrades who stood eagerly watching him, wondering what he was going to do-- "This red-hot bar will keep off the bears when they try to get hold of it, and we shall be able easily to fire across it without letting them snatch away our guns." "A good idea," said Bell, posting himself beside Altamont. Hatteras withdrew the poker, and instantly plunged it in the wall. The melting snow made a loud hissing noise, and two bears ran and made a snatch at the glowing bar; but they fell back with a terrible howl, and at the same moment four shots resounded, one after the other. S HAD GROWN SO IMPATIENT AND IT MUST BE CONFESSED WERE ALSO SO MUCH ASHAMED OF BEING KEPT IN PRISON BY BEASTS THAT THEY WOULD EVEN HAVE DARED THE RISK IF THE CAPTAIN HAD NOT SUDDENLY THOUGHT OF A NEW MODE OF DEFENCE HE TOOK JOHNSON'S FURNACE POKER AND THRUST IT INTO THE STOVE WHILE HE MADE AN OPENING IN THE SNOW WALL OR RATHER A PARTIAL OPENING FOR HE LEFT A THIN SHEET OF ICE ON THE OUTER SIDE AS SOON AS THE POKER WAS RED HOT HE SAID TO HIS COMRADES WHO STOOD EAGERLY WATCHING HIM WONDERING WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO THIS RED HOT BAR WILL KEEP OFF THE BEARS WHEN THEY TRY TO GET HOLD OF IT AND WE SHALL BE ABLE EASILY TO FIRE ACROSS IT WITHOUT LETTING THEM SNATCH AWAY OUR GUNS A GOOD IDEA SAID BELL POSTING HIMSELF BESIDE ALTAMONT HATTERAS WITHDREW THE POKER AND INSTANTLY PLUNGED IT IN THE WALL THE MELTING SNOW MADE A LOUD HISSING NOISE AND TWO BEARS RAN AND MADE A SNATCH AT THE GLOWING BAR BUT THEY FELL BACK WITH A TERRIBLE HOWL AND AT THE SAME MOMENT FOUR SHOTS RESOUNDED ONE AFTER THE OTHER
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