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"They were ours, friends, just ours," exclaimed the Doctor. "We had lost ourselves in the fog, and been wandering in a circle." "But the boot marks," objected Hatteras. "Bell's. He walked about a whole day after he had lost his snow shoes." "So I did," said Bell. THEY WERE OURS FRIENDS JUST OURS EXCLAIMED THE DOCTOR WE HAD LOST OURSELVES IN THE FOG AND HAD BEEN WANDERING IN A CIRCLE BUT THE BOOTMARKS OBJECTED HATTERAS BELLS HE WALKED ABOUT A WHOLE DAY AFTER HE LOST HIS SNOW SHOES SO I DID SAID BELL
outhern horizon, and took out his pocket telescope. But what was his astonishment, to find he could see nothing through it, not even neighbouring objects. He rubbed his eyes and looked again, but with no better result. Then he began to examine the telescope, the object glass was gone! The object glass! This explained the whole mystery, foot-prints and all; and with a shout of surprise he hurried down the hill to impart his discovery to the wondering companions, who came running towards him, startled by his loud exclamation, and full of anxiety at his precipitate descent. "Well, what is the matter now?" said Johnson. The Doctor could hardly speak, he was so out of breath. At last he managed to gasp out-- "The tracks, footmarks, strangers." "What?" said Hatteras, "strangers here?" "No, no, the object glass; the object glass out of my telescope." [Illustration: ] And he held out his spy-glass for them to look at. "Ah! I see," said Altamont; "it is wanting." "Yes." "But then the footmarks? UGHTS HE CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF A HEIGHT WHICH COMMANDED A VIEW OF THE WHOLE SOUTHERN HORIZON AND TOOK OUT HIS POCKET TELESCOPE BUT WHAT WAS HIS ASTONISHMENT TO FIND HE COULD SEE NOTHING THROUGH IT NOT EVEN NEIGHBORING OBJECTS HE RUBBED HIS EYES AND LOOKED AGAIN BUT WITH NO BETTER RESULT THEN HE BEGAN TO EXAMINE THE TELESCOPE THE OBJECT GLASS WAS GONE THE OBJECT GLASS THIS EXPLAINED THE WHOLE MYSTERY FOOTPRINTS AND ALL AND WITH A SHOUT OF SURPRISE HE HURRIED DOWN THE HILL TO IMPART HIS DISCOVERY TO THE WONDERING COMPANIONS WHO CAME RUNNING TOWARDS HIM STARTLED BY HIS LOUD EXCLAMATION AND FULL OF ANXIETY AT HIS PRECIPITATE DESCENT WELL WHAT IS THE MATTER NOW SAID JOHNSON THE DOCTOR COULD HARDLY SPEAK HE WAS SO OUT OF BREATH AT LAST HE MANAGED TO GASP OUT THE TRACKS FOOTMARKS STRANGERS WHAT SAID HATTERAS STRANGERS HERE NO NO THE OBJECT GLASS THE OBJECT GLASS OUT OF MY TELESCOPE AND HE HELD OUT HIS SPYGLASS FOR THEM TO LOOK AT AH I SEE SAID ALTAMONT IT IS WANTING YES BUT THEN THE FOOTMARKS
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