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"Well, Black Jack, what do you do with your prisoners?" The fierce look died into a broad grin, and he showed his white teeth. "Make fire; eatum," he said, promptly. "Make big feast." "Go back!" growled the so-called king. "No. Mumkull; kill, eatum." "Not now. Be off." The black darted back to his companions, and the beachcomber turned to Carey. "Want some more proof?" he said. Carey was silent.
"Old Grim drove his sledge close up along side of Eatum's, trying to pass; and we went into the village with a perfect rush, the men shouting, the dogs barking, and everything in an uproar generally. "While this race between Old Grim and Eatum was going on, the Dean and I were for a few moments side by side, and near together. The Dean called out to me, 'Hardy, this don't seem real, does it?
"While the dogs were worrying the bear we got out our weapons, the Dean his 'Delight, I 'Old Crumply, and Eatum a spear made of a narwhal horn, and looking, for all the world, just like 'Old Crumply's' twin brother. Then we rushed up to the bear, Eatum leading; and fierce though the animal looked, and awfully as he roared, we closed right in upon him, and quickly made an end of him.
We, of course, learned more rapidly than Eatum, picking up a great many words from him; and, having both of us good memories, we got to be able to make him understand us a little in the course of time; and as fast as we learned we taught him, and he got to know some of our language, in which we encouraged him.
Eatum had taught us how to construct a snow hut, so that we felt sure of being able to shelter ourselves from the storms. "But the sledge was the great difficulty. How should we make a sledge? was the question which most occupied our thoughts, and taxed our ingenuity. Apparently we had nothing to make it of, nor tools to make it with.
"The Dean and I had taken our full share in the hunt, and won much admiration. Before, they had treated us with a kind of pity, but now they had great respect for us. Eatum said, 'Much good hunter you.
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