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But all this can be of little interest to the reader. Indeed, it seems to me the climax of my wonderful travels and strange adventures was reached when the Scotch sailing vessel took me from an iceberg on the Antarctic Ocean. BUT ALL THIS CAN BE OF LITTLE INTEREST TO THE READER INDEED IT SEEMS TO ME THE CLIMAX OF MY WONDERFUL TRAVELS AND STRANGE ADVENTURES WAS REACHED WHEN THE SCOTCH SAILING VESSEL TOOK ME FROM AN ICEBERG ON THE ANTARCTIC OCEAN
e later the captain asked me for an explanation. I told him that my experience had been so horrible that I was fearful of my memory, and begged him to permit me to leave the question unanswered until some time in the future. "I think you are recovering considerably," he said, "but you are not sane yet by a good deal." "Permit me to do such work as you may assign," I replied, "and if it does not compensate you sufficiently, I will pay you immediately after I reach Stockholm--to the last penny." Thus the matter rested. On finally reaching Stockholm, as I have already related, I found that my good mother had gone to her reward more than a year before. I have also told how, later, the treachery of a relative landed me in a madhouse, where I remained for twenty-eight years--seemingly unending years--and, still later, after my release, how I returned to the life of a fisherman, following it sedulously for twenty-seven years, then how I came to America, and finally to Los Angeles, California. Y PLACE AS ONE OF THE SEAMEN A LITTLE LATER THE CAPTAIN ASKED ME FOR AN EXPLANATION I TOLD HIM THAT MY EXPERIENCE HAD BEEN SO HORRIBLE THAT I WAS FEARFUL OF MY MEMORY AND BEGGED HIM TO PERMIT ME TO LEAVE THE QUESTION UNANSWERED UNTIL SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE I THINK YOU ARE RECOVERING CONSIDERABLY HE SAID BUT YOU ARE NOT SANE YET BY A GOOD DEAL PERMIT ME TO DO SUCH WORK AS YOU MAY ASSIGN I REPLIED AND IF IT DOES NOT COMPENSATE YOU SUFFICIENTLY I WILL PAY YOU IMMEDIATELY AFTER I REACH STOCKHOLM TO THE LAST PENNY THUS THE MATTER RESTED ON FINALLY REACHING STOCKHOLM AS I HAVE ALREADY RELATED I FOUND THAT MY GOOD MOTHER HAD GONE TO HER REWARD MORE THAN A YEAR BEFORE I HAVE ALSO TOLD HOW LATER THE TREACHERY OF A RELATIVE LANDED ME IN A MADHOUSE WHERE I REMAINED FOR TWENTY EIGHT YEARS SEEMINGLY UNENDING YEARS AND STILL LATER AFTER MY RELEASE HOW I RETURNED TO THE LIFE OF A FISHERMAN FOLLOWING IT SEDULOUSLY FOR TWENTY SEVEN YEARS THEN HOW I CAME TO AMERICA AND FINALLY TO LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA
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