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           Theengineer’sorderswereobeyed,andwhilethereporterandthelad,thebestmarksmeninthecolony,postedthemselvesinagoodposition,butoutofthemonkeys’sight,Neb,Pencroft,andCyrusclimbedtheplateauandenteredtheforestinordertokillsomegame,foritwasnowtimeforbreakfastandtheyhadnoprovisionsremaining.

           Inhalfanhourthehuntersreturnedwithafewrockpigeons,whichtheyroastedaswellastheycould.Notanapehadappeared.GideonSpilettandHerbertwenttotaketheirshareofthebreakfast,leavingToptowatchunderthewindows.Theythen,havingeaten,returnedtotheirpost.

           Twohourslater,theirsituationwasinnodegreeimproved.Thequadrumanagavenosignofexistence,anditmighthavebeensupposedthattheyhaddisappeared;butwhatseemedmoreprobablewasthat,terrifiedbythedeathofoneoftheircompanions,andfrightenedbythenoiseofthefirearms,theyhadretreatedtothebackpartofthehouseorprobablyevenintothestore-room.Andwhentheythoughtofthevaluableswhichthisstoreroomcontained,thepatiencesomuchrecommendedbytheengineer,fastchangedintogreatirritation,andtherecertainlywasroomforit.

           "Decidedlyitistoobad,"saidthereporter;"andtheworstofitis,thereisnowayofputtinganendtoit."

           "Butwemustdrivethesevagabondsoutsomehow,"criedthesailor."Wecouldsoongetthebetterofthem,eveniftherearetwentyoftherascals;butforthat,wemustmeetthemhandtohand.

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