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23492Any ice near it?
23492Do you know, Mr Dicey,said he,"wot it is as causes them there ice- bergs?"
23492Does he not say what''s wrong with him?
23492How does it lie?
23492How so?
23492I say, Tom, what''s that up in the sky?
23492Shall we smash the lump, or will it stave in our bows?
23492Well?
23492What now, uncle? 23492 What''s that the cap''en is singin''out?"
23492Where away?
23492Who ever heard of a dark, four- cornered star with a tail? 23492 Why such haste?"
23492Why, Butts,exclaimed Gregory,"what do you mean to do with that big horse- pistol?
23492Wot on airth is yon?
23492You do n''t object to a stiff breeze, uncle?
23492You''ve seen one, have you? 23492 Are they nearly finished?
23492But what has all this to do with ice- bergs?
23492Could it be otherwise?
23492D''ye know what a nip is, Dr Gregory?"
23492He knew nothing but Scotch reels; but what could have been better?
23492If these, then, are the"chips"of the Greenland glaciers, what must the"old blocks"be?
23492It blew"great guns outside,"as Baker said, but what of that?
23492Now that was a bad nip, sir, warn''t it?"
23492Surely you are not afraid of bears after laughing so much at the one that chased me?"
23492Time to rise, is it?
23492What do you advise; shall we back the topsails, or try what our little_ Hope_ is made of, and charge the enemy?"
23492What say you, Mr Mansell, shall we hold on here, or warp out and take our chance in the pack?"
23492What say you, lads, to a game of football?"
23492What says the barometer, Mr Mansell?"
23492What then?
23492What''s the matter with him?"
23492Where am I?"
23492Where was it?"
23492Why, what is it that makes our sailors such trumps?
23492You do n''t think it dangerous to get into the pack, do you?"
23492` A bear?
23492` What is yon round white lump?''
23492cried Tom;"how can you say so?
23492is not this splendid?"
23492nonsense,"cried the captain;"what in the world_ can_ it be?"
23492where are you bound for?"
14882A story, Partner? 14882 Anything else?"
14882Are they coming?
14882Are you sure?
14882But it''s fine out there, and it''s always fine to get back, is n''t it, Jimmy?
14882Ca n''t we get her alongside and turn her over?
14882Can you unfasten the line and drop into the boat, Bobby?
14882Did Bill ever go back?
14882Did he ever tell you about a bank, or why he left home?
14882Did n''t you ever ask the Lord to let you do some big,_ big_ things?
14882Did you ever try new things?
14882Did you find the_ netsek_ and mittens?
14882Did you find''em together, or separate?
14882Do n''t you think we had better build the_ igloo_ first?
14882Do n''t you think we''d better build our_ igloo_ here?
14882Do you call him''Skipper''because he is a sea captain? 14882 Do you think there''s more than one?"
14882Do you think you or Jimmy or I will ever be great men?
14882Father-- and mother-- and Jimmy-- where-- are-- they?
14882Have you no clue that would help you identify yourself? 14882 How are you feeling after your Arctic dip?"
14882How could an Eskimo get out here on the floe?
14882How did it happen you got into the water? 14882 How many are there?"
14882I do n''t feel as though I''d ever been an angel, and I do n''t look it, do I?
14882I wonder if he really was your uncle?
14882I wonder which way we lie from home?
14882If we have to die the sea is as good a place as any to die in, and what difference does it make about our bodies? 14882 Is I goin''t''die?"
14882Is Jimmy asleep, and is he all right?
14882Is it time to get up? 14882 Is that the first thing you think of when you wake up?
14882It''ll be a good hour yet before the tide turns, and two or three hours before sundown, and where''ll we be then?
14882Jumped in to save you? 14882 May-- I-- have-- a-- drink?"
14882Now wherever did they get him?
14882Oh, can it? 14882 Partner and I are Indians, are n''t we, Partner?"
14882See that berg, Jimmy?
14882Shall I not take him, Abel, to the Mission, and care for him there? 14882 Shall we go right at it, and build an_ igloo_ later?"
14882Skipper,said Bobby, as Skipper Ed threw a handful of tea into the simmering teakettle,"do you know what Jimmy did?"
14882The exercise kept me warm, and that''s about the only good I thought it was doing, but it did help, did n''t it?
14882The ice broke loose and cut Jimmy and me off from Skipper Ed]"Take you off the ice?
14882The little one close in?
14882Then you consent, Partner?
14882Tom and Bill are easy names to remember, though, do n''t you think so?
14882Was n''t you?
14882Well, shall we haul the seals over in the morning, and then go home to see if we''ve got any silvers in the traps?
14882What are we going to do?
14882What do you see?
14882What do you suppose killed the man?
14882What has happened? 14882 What is it?"
14882What is my papa''s name?
14882What is your papa''s name?
14882What was it?
14882What was the little sister''s name?
14882What were the names of the boys?
14882What''ll they do now?
14882What''s th''matter with un, Skipper?
14882What''s the matter with the old tin bucket we use for bailing the skiff?
14882What''s the use of worry? 14882 What''s this I hear?
14882What, now, may your name be?
14882Where did he go?
14882Where is Bobby? 14882 Where''s my_ netsek_?
14882Where''s-- Bobby?
14882Who is Skipper Ed?
14882Why ca n''t we?
14882Why not? 14882 Why, Bobby, do n''t you realize what it means?
14882Will you leave him with me, then?
14882Wo n''t the sun feel good when it rises?
14882Yes, but how far?
14882Yes, what is your papa''s name?
14882Yesterday, was it? 14882 You-- don''t-- mean-- you''re Skipper Ed''s people?"
14882Abel?"
14882An''were n''t you comin''from there when you goes adrift?"
14882And my mittens?
14882And whatever brings you driftin''around the sea at this time of the mornin'', and with nary an oar?"
14882And where is Jimmy?"
14882Bobby, you scamp, why are n''t you kissing your mother?
14882But why did He send a man with the boy and a dead man, at that?"
14882CHAPTER XXI WHO WAS THE HERO?
14882Ca n''t we splice up a partnership?
14882Can it?"
14882Carrington?"
14882Did the ice hit the skiff?"
14882Did you find it?
14882Do you agree, Partner?"
14882Do you think He would mind if I used it sometimes?"
14882Do you think so, Jimmy?"
14882For who could tell how long it might be before he would make his escape?
14882Has he always lived on the Labrador coast?
14882He asked several questions, which the child''s mother answered, and then he asked the boy:"How you feeling, little lad?"
14882He took Bobby by the hand, and asked:"Can you talk, little lad?"
14882Home?
14882How''d you like to be_ my_ partner?
14882How''d you like_ me_ for a partner?"
14882How''ll we do it?"
14882I am glad to see you, and how have you been?"
14882I wonder if Father and Mother are right, and what I remember is heaven?
14882Jimmy again declared, adding wistfully:"I wonder if our old_ igloo_ is n''t all right yet, after all?
14882Lonesome for Partner and me?"
14882May we not see the package of which you spoke?
14882No clue as to where you came from?
14882Oh, Bobby, what are we going to do?"
14882One about the sea?"
14882Partner, what will become of our dogs?"
14882See him out there?
14882Shall we sign on as partners?"
14882That bear meat wo n''t keep long unless we pack it in ice or salt it, and I''d rather have it fresh than salted, would n''t you?"
14882Therefore why be excited?
14882Was there nothing to identify the dead man?"
14882What do you say, Partner?"
14882What do you say, lad?
14882What do you say?"
14882What kind of a story?
14882Where did you live before you came here?"
14882Where is Jimmy?
14882Where is Partner?"
14882Where''ll we go?"
14882Who is he?"
14882Why did you bring it in from the sea?"
14882Why, how did you get on it?
14882Would he ever see good old Partner again?
14882Would he ever see the cozy cabin that had been his home through all these happy years?
14882Would n''t ye?"
14882exclaimed Jimmy,"are we as far south as that?"
21711''Ow did you lose the fish, sir?
21711''Ow''orribly''eavy it is, hain''t it?
21711Ah, then, is it yerself, darlint?
21711Ah, then, ye do n''t onderstand me? 21711 Ai n''t it glorious?"
21711An''do n''t ye think it''s worth makin''enquiries about_ me_?
21711And do n''t they_ never_ melt?
21711And what am I to do, Captain?
21711Are you quite sure, Frederick?
21711Arrah, then,_ do n''t_ ye onderstand me?
21711Ba- a- ck ye- e- r to- o- psails, will ye?
21711Bad luck to ye,cried O''Riley,"wo n''t ye spaake?"
21711But how can this be put right, Tom?
21711Ca n''t ye lead us a better road?
21711Can you make her out, Mr Bolton?
21711Did ye see yon?
21711Do n''t you?
21711Do you hope to effect much?
21711Do you know I feel quite sad at quitting this dreary spot?
21711Does he?
21711Good- day, old chap,said the last who made his exit;"tiller''s fixed agin-- nailed amidships?
21711Hallo, West, are you hurt?
21711Have n''t I bin workin''like a naagur for two hours to git out of that hole, and ai n''t I playin''a tune on me pipe now? 21711 Have ye, Capting?
21711Have you seen Dumps or Poker anywhere?
21711Heavy?
21711How many is there, an''ye plaze?
21711How so? 21711 How was that, Jack?"
21711How''s her head, Mr Bolton?
21711How''s her head?
21711I say, Fred, before we go on deck, will you promise to do what I ask you?
21711Ig-- what?
21711Is it to sail on the ice ye''re goin'', boy?
21711Is that not another tomb?
21711Is there any danger, Buzzby?
21711Is there much?
21711Is''t away?
21711Let it go, poor thing?
21711Look here, Mivins,said O''Riley, as the captain went below,"can ye point out the mornin''star to me, lad?"
21711May they not have got some of the stores of the brig we saw nipped some months ago?
21711Mayhap there''s some o''them asleep inside,suggested Tom Green, the carpenter''s mate;"suppose we go in and see?"
21711Och, where''s the ball? 21711 Oh, but it''s good, is n''t it?"
21711Oh, you''re there? 21711 Please, sir, may I remain?"
21711Sky- larking, are you?
21711The morning star?
21711Then why did he not say what he meant? 21711 Tom,"said Fred, after another long silence,"has not the thought occurred to you that God made it all?"
21711Tom,said Fred, breaking another long silence,"you''re very tiresome and stupid tonight; why do n''t you talk to me?"
21711Very good, and who else, think''ee? 21711 Waes me,"cried the big Scotch mate, as he ran up and down the quarter- deck wringing his hands,"what_ is_ to be done noo?"
21711Well, what''s to be done? 21711 What a jolly style of travelling, is n''t it?"
21711What are they?
21711What can yonder mound be?
21711What do you mean, you young rascal?
21711What do you think of her, Buzzby?
21711What have you got there?
21711What if it should be my father''s brig?
21711What is a water- sky, Captain?
21711What is''t all about?
21711What line was that, Buzzby?
21711What mane ye by that, ye blubber- bag?
21711What mean you, girl? 21711 What means all this mystery?"
21711What of your theatricals, Fred? 21711 What think you, Saunders?"
21711What think''ee, Meetuck?
21711What''ll ye bet it was Dumps as did it?
21711What''ll you do, Tom, you''ve no gun?
21711What''s that ahead of us?
21711What''s to be done noo?
21711What''s wrong with O''Riley?
21711What''s wrong, boy? 21711 When shall we sink the canisters, sir?"
21711Where away?
21711Where have you seen such poor wretches, Tom?
21711Where is my husband?--my boy?
21711Where''s my hatchet?
21711Whereabouts is he?
21711Who can accompany you?
21711Why do n''t I, is it? 21711 Why do n''t you answer?"
21711Why do n''t you kick with your right leg, then, stupid, like other people?
21711Why so?
21711Why, ma''am, in coorse I do,replied Buzzby vehemently;"for why?
21711Why, what are you at there, Meetuck?
21711Why, what put_ them_ into your head?
21711Wot a jolly game football is, ai n''t it?
21711Wot is it?
21711Wots come o''Dumps and Poker?
21711''Tis very cold,"( Grim shuddered here tremendously)"and-- and-- what''s next?"
21711Any fun going?"
21711But can you tell me, Mr Saunders,''ow it is that them''ere hicebergs is made?
21711But when a thought about them strikes you, will you always_ think it out_, and, if possible,_ act it out_, as God shall enable you?"
21711But where were Fred Ellice and Tom Singleton all this time?
21711But why do you run down my father''s ship?
21711But you are talking nonsense, boy; do you think that I will believe a man means to say a thing is good when he calls it cracked?
21711Come off, will ye, and take yer turn at the right time, wo n''t ye?"
21711Come, West, lind a hand to fix the dogs, will ye?"
21711Did I sleep many hours?"
21711Did you ever see such a miserable set of creatures as the old Esquimaux women are, at Uppernavik?"
21711Do n''t you think it would be worth while communicating your views on the subject to one of the scientific bodies when we get home again?
21711Do n''t you think so?"
21711Do you see the high cliffs yonder away to the nor''-east?
21711Do you think I''m going to stand that?
21711Does it not seem like a dream, Fred?"
21711Fred fired instantly, and the bear stopped, and looked round, as much as to say:"Did you speak, gentlemen?"
21711Fred, Fred, can you not tell us in which direction we ought to go to search for them?"
21711Have not these women feelings like other women?
21711Have you ever been in these seas before, Buzzby?"
21711How came you to know this?"
21711How say you, Meetuck, shall we take to it again when we get through this place?"
21711I can make nothing of this knot; try what you can do with it, messmate, will you?"
21711I misremember exactly who fired it; wos it you, Meetuck?"
21711I see; is the hut finished?
21711If I kill the two bears you speak of, will you marry me?"
21711Is it not_ very_ strange that the idea of the Creator is so seldom, and so slightly, connected with his works in our minds?"
21711Is n''t it quare?"
21711Is the soup in the coppers, David Mizzle?"
21711Now I, on the contrary, am always--""Inclined to talk too much, and think too little; eh, Fred?"
21711Now, I never saw such a miserable old woman as that before; did you?"
21711Now, is n''t it, West?
21711Now, lads, will you agree to that?"
21711Poker sprang forward, wagging the stump of his tail, and turned his head to one side, as if to say:"Well, what''s up?
21711Seizing Isobel by the shoulder he gasped, rather than said:"Speak quick-- is-- is she alive?"
21711That''s not the morning work, is it?
21711Think you that there are not amongst them those who have` known better times?''
21711Wake up, sir, d''ye hear me?"
21711We start at 10 o''clock a.m., do n''t we?"
21711Well, well, now, is n''t that strange?
21711Were not the goods at Store Island all right this morning, Mr Bolton?"
21711What can be the cause of it?"
21711What do you think of the health of the men, Doctor?"
21711What time is it?"
21711What was to be done?
21711Where did you leave them, say you?"
21711Where have ye comed from, now; tell me, dear,_ doo_ now?"
21711Who d''ye think might go?"
21711Why, do n''t you know that there hain''t no_ morning_ star when it''s_ night_ all round?"
21711Will you take that part, Buzzby?"
21711Write to me, darling Isobel, wo n''t you?
21711Your first harpoon, you know, was a little wide of the mark, if I recollect right, was n''t it?"
21711_ me_?"
21711and I''m sure nobody would say a cracked tea- pot was as good as a whole one; but tell me, Buzzby, do you think they ever_ will_ come back?"
21711and did n''t I hear one of the sailors say that she was a crack ship, a number one?
21711are you ready?"
21711begin to spin the whole yarn o''the voyage afore I''ve had time to say` How d''ye do?''"
21711cried Buzzby, whose appearance was such that you would have hesitated to say whether his breadth or length was greater,--"heavy, d''ye say?
21711did I iver expect to ride in a carriage and six?"
21711do you know what time it is?"
21711do you mean to say it was_ yesterday_ when we started, and that we''ve been walking all night, and got into_ to- morrow morning_ without knowing it?"
21711he exclaimed in an earnest tone;"who calls me father?"
21711is that a bear I sees before me?"
21711is that you?
21711messmates, wot''s ado now?
21711no passage, I suppose?"
21711what''s to be done now?"
21711what''s wrong there for''ard?"
21711where are the rest of you?"
21711where''s Mr Saunders?"
21711where?"
21711ye wo n''t take it, wo n''t ye?
21733A whale usually spouts on coming up, does n''t it?
21733All night?
21733And is not Puiroe my property?
21733And no more islands?
21733And suppose I do n''t insist on carrying these things, what then?
21733And taken the kayaks with them?
21733And what am I responsible for, father?
21733And what does futurity look like?
21733And what have you to say about yourself?
21733And what is the Nort Pole, my son?
21733And what of that, you excitable goose?
21733And what said he to that?
21733Anything damaged?
21733Are not the floes nearer? 21733 Are some men his people and some not?"
21733Are they bound hand and foot?
21733Are you going to try it, father?
21733Are you ready, Ben?
21733Are you sure of what you say, Chingatok?
21733Are you sure, Chingatok, that there is no more ice in this sea?
21733Ay, how?
21733Bright or dark?
21733Bumped? 21733 But I do not know God''s commands; how then can I obey them?"
21733But how are we ever to pass that barrier, uncle?
21733But how are we to cross over it, uncle?
21733But how ever did he cross that ice?
21733But how, uncle?
21733But is n''t that slow work, lad?
21733But is not_ all_ mystery in the long past?
21733But it is pretty tight packed just now, father, and looks wintry- like, does n''t it?
21733But seriously, uncle, what do you mean to do?
21733But, father, if they have got nothing at home, why come here to search for it?
21733But,said the prime minister of Flatland, starting a difficulty,"who is to be_ greatest_ chief?"
21733Can anything have happened to the boat?
21733Can it be part of Greenland?
21733Can it be possible?
21733Could not my friend,replied Chingatok,"change some of the words of his book into the language of the Eskimo and mark them down?"
21733Could not understand?
21733D''you mean to tell me, Alf, that you''ve been true to nature when you sketched that pack?
21733Did Blackbeard tell you that?
21733Did I not say that they were fools?
21733Did I say it was?
21733Did he?
21733Did not I tell you,said Chingatok to his sire that night, in the privacy of his hut,"that the Kablunets are great men?"
21733Do n''t you think we might have supper before taking to the oars?
21733Do n''t you wish you may get me?
21733Do they understand our language?
21733Does Blackbeard,asked Chingatok, after a few seconds''thought,"expect to find this Nothing-- this Nort Pole, in my country?"
21733Does Oblooria think that no one can fight but the giant?
21733Does he ever speak of a Great Spirit?
21733Does he_ look_ afraid?
21733Does my father wish me to get the kayaks ready?
21733Does the Kablunet,he asked,"think I am afraid to die-- afraid of a noise?
21733For what do you require their help, father?
21733Found what, my son?--his nothing-- his Nort Pole?
21733Go, go,said the Eskimo chief, losing temper as he lost ground in the argument;"what can Kablunets know about such matters?
21733Got your hand on the check- string? 21733 Hain''t Buzzby got nuffin''to say on that''ere pint?"
21733Has Chingatok become a fool, like the Kablunets, since he left home?
21733Has he not come to search for new lands_ here_, as you went to search for them_ there_?
21733Has he seen him-- spoken to him?
21733Has the Great Spirit no word of comfort for His Kablunet children?
21733Has your experience extended further north than this point?
21733Have these men got wives?
21733Have you not called?
21733Have you seen them-- have you spoken?
21733How about a tail, father?
21733How are we ever to know that we''re_ not_ dreaming?
21733How can the world float without wings?
21733How can we prevent it?
21733How far off, now, is your land from this island?
21733How long will they take to kill it?
21733How, Anders?
21733How, boy?
21733I vote that we sit up all night,said Benjy,"the sun does it, and why should n''t we?"
21733If it spinned should we not feel the spinning, and grow giddy?
21733Is he black under the clothes?
21733Is he going to carry it away with him in his soft wind- boat?
21733Is it a devil?
21733Is it not the most glorious and altogether astonishing state of things you ever heard or dreamed of, father?
21733Is not the big oomiak with them?
21733Is that worth Flatlander blood? 21733 Is the Kablunet afraid?"
21733Is the thing he searches for something to eat?
21733Is there not some tradition of a mild climate in the furthest north among the Eskimos?
21733Is this your native land, Chingatok?
21733Kin dey tell whar''gold is to be found, massa Alf?
21733May I speak, my father?
21733May it not be that Leo has influenced them peacefully, my father?
21733Me, massa? 21733 Might not the mystery- bundle that you call_ buk_ explain matters?"
21733Mother,returned Chingatok,"when the white bear stands up with his claws above my head and his mouth a- gape, does my hand tremble or my spear fail?"
21733My son,continued Amalatok,"these Kablunets seem to be stout- bodied fellows; can they fight-- are they brave?"
21733My son,said Grabantak one evening to Chingatok,"if we are henceforth to live in peace, why not unite and become one nation?"
21733No one killed?
21733Not want to''scape?
21733Nothing wrong I hope, uncle?
21733Nothing, my son?
21733Now then, all ready?
21733Now, Benjy, are you to go in, or am I?
21733Of course you do not intend that we should swim there, do you, uncle?
21733Of course,said Alf,"you will allow us to carry small libraries with us?"
21733Of what use would it be, my son? 21733 Shall we submit to insult?
21733Something to drink or wear?
21733Steak-- eh?
21733Surely my friend does not think we would forget him? 21733 Surely you''re not going to try to blow it up piecemeal?"
21733Tell me, my son,gasped Toolooha,"is Oblooria-- are the people safe?
21733The highest, uncle?
21733The use?
21733Then why do you speak to me of danger and death?
21733There_ must_ be One,he continued in a lower tone,"who made all things; but who made_ Him_?
21733Was he always black?
21733We''ll come to another berg ere long, no doubt, sha n''t we, Chingatok?
21733Well, my father?
21733Well, uncle, what''s the news?
21733Well, uncle, where is it?
21733Well, what about that?
21733Well, what am I to do?
21733What I you do n''t believe? 21733 What ails Oblooria, Anders?"
21733What am it, massa? 21733 What are_ you_ thinking of, you lump of charcoal?"
21733What d''ye mean, Butterface?
21733What d''ye think o''that, father?
21733What d''you mean, Butterface?
21733What did you do_ that_ for, father?
21733What do they eat?
21733What do you mean, Ben?
21733What does Blackbeard mean by coming here?
21733What does he mean? 21733 What have you got in the kettle?"
21733What have you got there, lad?
21733What if a chasm or a big hummock should turn up?
21733What induced you to keep on sketching all night?
21733What is it all about, father?
21733What is it to be, father?
21733What is it, Anders?
21733What is that?
21733What is the matter?
21733What is the other string?
21733What made him black?
21733What now, lad?
21733What plan do you intend to follow out, uncle?
21733What power is imprisoned in the machinery?
21733What power?
21733What say you, comrades? 21733 What says Chingatok?"
21733What says Oblooria?
21733What shall we do?
21733What sort o''squeak is that?
21733What you say?
21733What''r''ee doin''this for-- ee-- yaou?
21733What''s come of Alf?
21733What''s de use ob dem?
21733What''s de use?
21733What, my boy?
21733What, not even a box of paper collars?
21733What, the one near the middle of the lake, about four hundred yards off?
21733What, then, is to be your motive power, if not oars or sails-- which last would not work well, I fear, in an india- rubber boat?
21733What, your sketch?
21733What? 21733 What?"
21733When do you mean to start?
21733Where ever did you get it, father?
21733Where has Alf gone to?
21733Where have they gone, think you?
21733Where is he?
21733Where?
21733Where_ is_ the bear?
21733Whereaway, boy? 21733 Which s''uth''ard d''you think of going to, father?"
21733Which? 21733 Who are these, my son?"
21733Who did that?
21733Who made me?
21733Who, and what, is this man?
21733Why comes the ancient one here through the snow?
21733Why did you ask me about it, then?
21733Why did you bring these barbarians here?
21733Why do n''t you launch the boat on the lake?
21733Why do you go then?
21733Why do you hesitate? 21733 Why do you speak French to Englishmen, father?"
21733Why do you think so, Chingatok?
21733Why do you think so?
21733Why do you wish to go to war?
21733Why does it not bark?
21733Why goes my son to the ice- cliff?
21733Why not Great Hope?
21733Why not? 21733 Why not?"
21733Why think you so, my son?
21733Why, what''s wrong with you, Benjy?
21733Wo n''t you give them a blow- up first, father?
21733Would n''t you rather some of the squeak?
21733Yes, cuffy, also tee, and shoogre, and seal st- ate-- what?
21733You''re not losing heart, are you, uncle?
21733You''ve brought plenty of supplies, I hope, Alf?
21733You''ve brought the electrical machine, of course, and the dynamite, Alf?
21733You''ve not been bumped very badly in the tumble, father, have you?
21733You, uncle?
21733` If ignorance is bliss,''the poet saith-- why` if?'' 21733 A gleeful look of triumph caused his face, as it were, to sparkle, and he said, eagerly--We''ll winter at the North Pole, father, eh?"
21733Ai n''t it fun, father?
21733Am I a goose for recognising the fulfilment of an ancient prophecy?
21733Am I not saved from all-- and more than all-- of this?
21733And you must give us biskit an''--what do you call that brown stuff?"
21733At last Grabantak looked up, as if smitten by a new idea, and spoke--"Can Kablunet men fight?"
21733Awaking from his reverie at last, he said, abruptly,"How''s her head, father?"
21733Benjy, is not that Leo standing in front of the rest with another man?"
21733Better, I hope?"
21733But I say, Alf, have you nothing better than geological specimens in your box-- no grubological specimens, eh?"
21733But he''s rader a strong rem''dy, massa, don''you tink?
21733But then, how was it to end?
21733But, I say, daddy, how long are you going to keep us in the dark about your plans?
21733But, uncle, what of the Eskimos?
21733Buzzby,"cried the Captain,"but, I say, Alf, do n''t it seem to smack rather too much of selfishness?"
21733Can anything be clearer than that-- except the nose on Benjy''s face?
21733Can he not look on the great salt lake from the hummocks?
21733Can we pass this barrier, and, if not, what would he advise us to do?"
21733Can you blame him for lowering his spear, untying his eyebrows, and smiling blandly as the held out his hand?
21733Can you recall the great rivers of whale- oil from the sea into which they have been poured, or the blood of men from the earth that swallowed it?
21733Chingatok?"
21733Come along, the birds are growing impatient, do n''t you see?"
21733Could such a place have been made for nothing?
21733Could this be another bear?
21733D''ye know what it is, Chingatok?"
21733D''ye see that goose over there?"
21733D''ye see?"
21733D''ye suppose that nobody can swim but you and Benjy?
21733Did I not say that it could shriek and yell?
21733Did you ever make a friend of an enemy by beating him?"
21733Do I not revel in a regal realm of bliss?"
21733Do n''t you know what variation of the compass is?"
21733Do n''t you see that we are in agonies of suspense?"
21733Do n''t you trace it quite plainly?"
21733Do the maidens that weep rejoice?
21733Do the mothers that pine revive?
21733Do they hunt the walrus or the seal?"
21733Do you hear?"
21733Do you suppose I am so weak as to imagine that you would bring a packing- case all the way from England to the North Pole with nothing in it?"
21733Does Buzzby offer no consolatory remarks for such an occasion as this?"
21733Does it come from the moon or the sun?
21733Does it eat fire and smoke?"
21733Does not Benjy always carry him his morning cup of coffee when the weather is too bad for him to come hither?"
21733Does not this notebook prove him to be a Scot?
21733Eat smoke?"
21733Eh,_ Alf_?
21733Go, if you must go, but who will hunt for your poor old mother when you are gone?"
21733Had not meat to be procured, and then consumed?
21733Had the vehicle been suddenly furnished with wings?
21733Have I not heard him say that the world stands on nothing, spins on nothing, and rolls continually round the sun?
21733Have not all mothers acted thus, or similarly, in all times and climes?
21733Have we not just_ found_ him?
21733He ceased to grind his teeth, and stopping in front of the Captain, who had followed him, said in a low growl,"Do you think I will submit to insult?"
21733He said to me in the quietest way possible, just now,` Why do you give me_ your_ reasons when you tell me the Great Spirit has given His?
21733He says-- How can a man live peaceably with all men, and at the same time go to war with some men, kill them, and take their lands?"
21733How can anything spin on nothing?
21733However, this_ may_ be Greenland''s nose-- who knows?
21733I asked Blackbeard-- How can a world spin upon nothing?"
21733I say, Alf,"said the boy with an earnest look,"has n''t your favourite author got something to say about the bliss of ignorance?
21733I say, Anders, what are these creatures off the point there?
21733I say, may I go ahead of you?"
21733I shall now secure as much of our cargo as we have been able to save, and leave it here_ en cache_--""What sort of cash is that, father?"
21733If not, where did our tales and stories come from?
21733If so, what was he to do, whither to fly?
21733If there is no spirit in us that lives, of what use was it to make us at all?
21733If this Nort Pole is only a name and not a_ thing_, how can it_ be_?"
21733If you had been dreaming that would have wakened you-- wouldn''t it?"
21733In the big oomiak that they lost, some of the men did it, so-- puff, pull, puff, puff-- is it not funny?"
21733Is it land?"
21733Is n''t that a bit of water- sky over there?"
21733Is not war_ always_ loss, loss, loss, and_ never_ gain?
21733Is the World- Maker less wise than Pingasuk?
21733Is there no one up there?
21733Is there_ anything_ that passes the lips of man which he can not understand?"
21733Meanwhile, I''ll induce Teyma to get up an expedition to the island of this Maki- what?"
21733Moreover, had not Leo to act the part of physician and surgeon to the community?
21733Need it be said that an instant and vigorous search was instituted?
21733Need we enlarge on this point?
21733Need we say that the effect of the shot was wonderful?
21733Need we say that the feast was a great success?
21733Need we say that the strangers were at first gazed on with speechless wonder?
21733Need we say that, after this, they were careful how they used their axes and ice- chisels?
21733No one?
21733Now, the question is, how did he get there?"
21733Of what use have been all the wars of Flatland from Longtime till now?
21733Resolved to maintain his reputation for coolness, he said to his followers in imitation of Leo:--"Do you see that gull?"
21733Shall we turn in an''have a nap?
21733Surely He who made me and these Eskimos is capable of guarding us?
21733Surely you did n''t do it on purpose?"
21733Tell me, my son, where do the Kablunets live?
21733The chief frowned, clenched his teeth, and grasped a spear--"When did Kablunet men begin to have Eskimo sisters?"
21733The land may be far off, but am I not strong?
21733There are many stories told by fathers to sons, and fathers to sons, till they have all come down to us, and what do these stories teach us?
21733These are propellers-- human web- feet-- to enable me to walk ahead, d''ye see?
21733This kite system is like fitting a gigantic sail to a lilliputian boat, d''ye see?"
21733Was it large or small?
21733Was not the point in question one of vital importance to the wellbeing of the community-- indeed of the whole Arctic world?
21733What d''ye say to try a race with Leo?
21733What does Chingatok want to know?"
21733What does he mean by the three days of hard work coming to an end?"
21733What good has it done them?"
21733What great creature is that?
21733What is this great sea on which I float?
21733What say you, Chingatok?
21733What says Chingatok?"
21733What shall we call it?
21733What shall we call it?"
21733What time is it?"
21733What was to be done?
21733What_ can_ he be going to do?"
21733When Amalatok and Makitok heard the question propounded, they also said,"Why not?"
21733When did the Pole star become visible?"
21733When he comes to the great open sea what will he do without canoes?"
21733When would you like supper?"
21733Where did you leave him?"
21733Whither was he going?
21733Who ever before heard of the men of an expedition to the North Pole being kept in ignorance of the means by which they were to get there?"
21733Who has not?
21733Who made all that which I behold?"
21733Who will volunteer?"
21733Why came you to me alone?"
21733Why do you look perplexed, Butterface?"
21733Why doubt a fact so clearly proven, stubborn, stiff?
21733Why is this?
21733Why should I not go to see their land?
21733Why, where do you think we have got to?"
21733Will Grabantak allow us to be present at the council, think you?"
21733Will that do?"
21733Will you do me a great favour?
21733Will you send a young man in a kayak to Poloeland with a message from me to my people?
21733Would it not rather be deepened?"
21733Wrapped in my robe of ignorance, what_ can_ I miss?
21733You saw four mock- suns round the real one yesterday, did n''t you?
21733You say there is no chance of Grabantak being able to take the reins of government again for a long time?"
21733You''re sure, Anders, that you understood Chingatok''s description of the place?"
21733am I to lose that goose?"
21733and if there is, does he stay there alone?
21733and that the Eskimos kept for some time hovering round them at a respectful distance, as if uncertain how to act, but with their war- spears ready?
21733and the day before you saw icebergs floating in the air, eh?"
21733and when you have got your rock, and recovered your name, and pleased your fancy, do the brave young men that are dead return?
21733asked Leo,"who is that?"
21733asked Leo;"found your latitude higher than you expected?"
21733asked the Captain;"what says he to that, Anders?"
21733does he think that none but white men can kill far off?"
21733exclaimed the Captain,"are you sure?"
21733goin''t''squeeze''m all?"
21733have you been so long at sea with me and never heard yet about the magnetic pole?"
21733he asked in a low tone, when floating alone one day in his kayak, or skin canoe,"whence came I?
21733just like you; why did you do it?
21733muttered Captain Vane to himself in English; then to the giant in Eskimo,"What says Chingatok?"
21733no; what makes you think so?"
21733not even the Maker of it?
21733one of your enemies?"
21733repeated Alf in surprise,"have I been away all night?
21733shall Flatlanders become slaves?
21733shall the courage of the Poloes be questioned by all the surrounding tribes?
21733shall we sit down like frightened birds and see the black- livered cormorant steal what is ours?
21733that land on which I tread?
21733uncle; evil communications, eh?
21733what do you mean?"
21733what''s this?
21733where?
21733whither go I?
21733whom with?"
21733why, do n''t you see it?
21733would you kill me for_ that_?
21733would you not have me defend the Flatland name?"
21733you do n''t intend to carry the packing- case, uncle, do you?"