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Hatteras looked at him, but no word of reproach escaped his lips. He only said   "This is a serious business, Doctor." "It is, indeed!" said Clawbonny. "We have not even an instrument, some glass that we might take the lens out of, and use like a burning glass." HATTERAS LOOKED AT HIM BUT NO WORD OF REPROACH ESCAPED HIS LIPS HE ONLY SAID THIS IS A SERIOUS BUSINESS DOCTOR IT IS INDEED SAID CLAWBONNY WE HAVE NOT EVEN AN INSTRUMENT SOME GLASS THAT WE MIGHT TAKE THE LENS OUT OF AND USE LIKE A BURNING GLASS
edge to fetch tinder, and get the steel from Johnson. The old sailor put his hand into his pocket, but was surprised to find the steel missing. He felt in the other pockets, but it was not there. Then he went into the hut again, and shook the blanket he had slept in all night, but his search was still unsuccessful. He went back to his companions and said-- "Are you sure, Doctor, you haven't the steel?" "Quite, Johnson." "And you haven't it either, captain?" "Not I!" replied Hatteras. "It has always been in your keeping," said the Doctor. "Well, I have not got it now!" exclaimed Johnson, turning pale. "Not got the steel!" repeated the Doctor, shuddering involuntarily at the bare idea of its loss, for it was all the means they had of procuring a fire. "Look again, Johnson," he said. The boatswain hurried to the only remaining place he could think of, the hummock where he had stood to watch the bear. But the missing treasure was nowhere to be found, and the old sailor returned in despair.  COULD NOT EVEN GET A RED SPARK HE WENT OUT TO THE SLEDGE TO FETCH TINDER AND GET THE STEEL FROM JOHNSON THE OLD SAILOR PUT HIS HAND INTO HIS POCKET BUT WAS SURPRISED TO FIND THE STEEL MISSING HE FELT IN THE OTHER POCKETS BUT IT WAS NOT THERE THEN HE WENT INTO THE HUT AGAIN AND SHOOK THE BLANKET HE HAD SLEPT IN ALL NIGHT BUT HIS SEARCH WAS STILL UNSUCCESSFUL HE WENT BACK TO HIS COMPANIONS AND SAID ARE YOU SURE DOCTOR YOU HAVEN'T THE STEEL QUITE JOHNSON AND YOU HAVEN'T IT EITHER CAPTAIN NOT I REPLIED HATTERAS IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN YOUR KEEPING SAID THE DOCTOR WELL I HAVE NOT GOT IT NOW EXCLAIMED JOHNSON TURNING PALE NOT GOT THE STEEL REPEATED THE DOCTOR SHUDDERING INVOLUNTARILY AT THE BARE IDEA OF ITS LOSS FOR IT WAS ALL THE MEANS THEY HAD OF PROCURING A FIRE LOOK AGAIN JOHNSON HE SAID THE BOATSWAIN HURRIED TO THE ONLY REMAINING PLACE HE COULD THINK OF THE HUMMOCK WHERE HE HAD STOOD TO WATCH THE BEAR BUT THE MISSING TREASURE WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND AND THE OLD SAILOR RETURNED IN DESPAIR
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