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It was a deafening roar like the firing of a thousand cannon. We were sailing at the time with great speed, and happened to be near a monstrous iceberg which to all appearances was as immovable as a rockbound island. It seemed, however, that the iceberg had split and was breaking apart, whereupon the balance of the monster along which we were sailing was destroyed, and it began dipping from us. IT WAS A DEAFENING ROAR LIKE THE FIRING OF A THOUSAND CANNON WE WERE SAILING AT THE TIME WITH GREAT SPEED AND HAPPENED TO BE NEAR A MONSTROUS ICEBERG WHICH TO ALL APPEARANCES WAS AS IMMOVABLE AS A ROCKBOUND ISLAND IT SEEMED HOWEVER THAT THE ICEBERG HAD SPLIT AND WAS BREAKING APART WHEREUPON THE BALANCE OF THE MONSTER ALONG WHICH WE WERE SAILING WAS DESTROYED AND IT BEGAN DIPPING FROM US
wever, there were a few icebergs that had floated far northward into the open water still ahead of us on either side, stretching away for many miles. Directly in front of us, and by the compass, which had now righted itself, due north, there was an open sea. "What a wonderful story we have to tell to the people of Stockholm," continued my father, while a look of pardonable elation lighted up his honest face. "And think of the gold nuggets stowed away in the hold!" I spoke kind words of praise to my father, not alone for his fortitude and endurance, but also for his courageous daring as a discoverer, and for having made the voyage that now promised a successful end. I was grateful, too, that he had gathered the wealth of gold we were carrying home. While congratulating ourselves on the goodly supply of provisions and water we still had on hand, and on the dangers we had escaped, we were startled by hearing a most terrific explosion, caused by the tearing apart of a huge mountain of ice. PEN WATER LIES BEFORE US HOWEVER THERE WERE A FEW ICEBERGS THAT HAD FLOATED FAR NORTHWARD INTO THE OPEN WATER STILL AHEAD OF US ON EITHER SIDE STRETCHING AWAY FOR MANY MILES DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF US AND BY THE COMPASS WHICH HAD NOW RIGHTED ITSELF DUE NORTH THERE WAS AN OPEN SEA WHAT A WONDERFUL STORY WE HAVE TO TELL TO THE PEOPLE OF STOCKHOLM CONTINUED MY FATHER WHILE A LOOK OF PARDONABLE ELATION LIGHTED UP HIS HONEST FACE AND THINK OF THE GOLD NUGGETS STOWED AWAY IN THE HOLD I SPOKE KIND WORDS OF PRAISE TO MY FATHER NOT ALONE FOR HIS FORTITUDE AND ENDURANCE BUT ALSO FOR HIS COURAGEOUS DARING AS A DISCOVERER AND FOR HAVING MADE THE VOYAGE THAT NOW PROMISED A SUCCESSFUL END I WAS GRATEFUL TOO THAT HE HAD GATHERED THE WEALTH OF GOLD WE WERE CARRYING HOME WHILE CONGRATULATING OURSELVES ON THE GOODLY SUPPLY OF PROVISIONS AND WATER WE STILL HAD ON HAND AND ON THE DANGERS WE HAD ESCAPED WE WERE STARTLED BY HEARING A MOST TERRIFIC EXPLOSION CAUSED BY THE TEARING APART OF A HUGE MOUNTAIN OF ICE
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