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Chapter XXV. “We Were the First“

           

           WestnowremindedusthatitwasimprudenttoprolongourstayuponthisLandoftheSphinx—anametoberetained.Timepressed,andafewdays’delaywouldhaveentailedourwinteringatthefootoftheice-barrier.

           Theordertoreturntothebeachhadjustbeengiven,whenthevoiceofthehalf-breedwasagainheard,ashecriedout:

           “There!There!There!”

           Wefollowedthesoundstothebackofthemonster’srightpaw,andwefoundDirkPetersonhisknees,withhishandsstretchedoutbeforeanalmostnakedcorpse,whichhadbeenpreservedintactbythecoldoftheseregions,andwasasrigidasiron.Theheadwasbent,awhitebeardhungdowntothewaist,thenailsofthefeetandhandswerelikeclaws.

           Howhadthiscorpsebeenfixedtothesideofthemoundatsixfeetabovetheground?

           Acrossthebody,heldinplacebyitscross-belt,wesawthetwistedbarrelofamusket,half-eatenbyrust.

           “Pym—mypoorPym!”groanedDirkPeters.

           Hetriedtorise,thathemightapproachandkisstheossifiedcorpse.Buthiskneesbentunderhim,astrangledsobseemedtorendhisthroat,withaterriblespasmhisfaithfulheartbroke,andthehalf-breedfellback—dead!

           Thestorywaseasytoread

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