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"Come, Johnson; go in at once, or you will be frost bitten. Look at your hands  they are white already! Come, come this minute." "I am not worth troubling about, Mr. Clawbonny," said the old boatswain. "Never mind me!" COME JOHNSON GO IN AT ONCE OR YOU'LL BE FROSTBITTEN LOOK AT YOUR HANDS THEY ARE WHITE ALREADY COME COME THIS MINUTE I AM NOT WORTH TROUBLING ABOUT MISTER CLAWBONNY SAID THE OLD BOATSWAIN NEVER MIND ME
urning gloomily to the hut, when he perceived a bear of huge dimensions. The old sailor took it into his head that Heaven had sent this beast specially for him to kill; and without waking his comrades, he seized the Doctor's gun, and was soon in pursuit of his prey. On reaching the right distance, he took aim; but, just as his finger touched the trigger, he felt his arm tremble. His thick gloves hampered him, and, flinging them hastily off, he took up the gun with a firmer grasp. But what a cry of agony escaped him! The skin of his fingers stuck to the gun as if it had been red-hot, and he was forced to let it drop. The sudden fall made it go off, and the last ball was discharged in the air. The Doctor ran out at the noise of the report, and understood all at a glance. He saw the animal walking quietly off, and poor Johnson forgetting his sufferings in his despair. [Illustration: ] "I am a regular milksop!" he exclaimed, "a cry-baby, that can't stand the least pain! And at my age, too!  TO FIND THEM ALL EMPTY IN THE MORNING AND WAS RETURNING GLOOMILY TO THE HUT WHEN HE PERCEIVED A BARE OF HUGE DIMENSIONS THE OLD SAILOR TOOK IT INTO HIS HEAD THAT HEAVEN HAD SENT THIS BEAST SPECIALLY FOR HIM TO KILL AND WITHOUT WAKING HIS COMRADES HE SEIZED THE DOCTOR'S GUN AND WAS SOON IN PURSUIT OF HIS PREY ON REACHING THE RIGHT DISTANCE HE TOOK AIM BUT JUST AS HIS FINGER TOUCHED THE TRIGGER HE FELT HIS ARM TREMBLE HIS THICK GLOVES HAMPERED HIM AND FLINGING THEM HASTILY OFF HE TOOK UP THE GUN WITH A FIRMER GRASP BUT WHAT A CRY OF AGONY ESCAPED HIM THE SKIN OF HIS FINGERS STUCK TO THE GUN AS IF IT HAD BEEN RED HOT AND HE WAS FORCED TO LET IT DROP THE SUDDEN FALL MADE IT GO OFF AND THE LAST BALL WAS DISCHARGED IN THE AIR THE DOCTOR RAN OUT AT THE NOISE OF THE REPORT AND UNDERSTOOD ALL AT A GLANCE HE SAW THE ANIMAL WALKING QUIETLY OFF AND POOR JOHNSON FORGETTING HIS SUFFERINGS IN HIS DESPAIR I AM A REGULAR MILKSOP HE EXCLAIMED A CRY BABY THAT CAN'T STAND THE LEAST PAIN AND AT MY AGE TOO
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