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When I partially recovered my senses, and roused from the swoon of a half drowned man, I found myself wet, stiff, and almost frozen, lying on the iceberg. But there was no sign of my father or of our little fishing sloop. WHEN I PARTIALLY RECOVERED MY SENSES AND ROUSED FROM THE SWOON OF A HALF DROWNED MAN I FOUND MYSELF WET STIFF AND ALMOST FROZEN LYING ON THE ICEBERG BUT THERE WAS NO SIGN OF MY FATHER OR OF OUR LITTLE FISHING SLOOP
a realization dawned upon me. Horror upon horror! The blood froze in my veins. The iceberg was still in motion, and its great weight and force in toppling over would cause it to submerge temporarily. I fully realized what a sucking maelstrom it would produce amid the worlds of water on every side. They would rush into the depression in all their fury, like white-fanged wolves eager for human prey. In this supreme moment of mental anguish, I remember glancing at our boat, which was lying on its side, and wondering if it could possibly right itself, and if my father could escape. Was this the end of our struggles and adventures? Was this death? All these questions flashed through my mind in the fraction of a second, and a moment later I was engaged in a life and death struggle. The ponderous monolith of ice sank below the surface, and the frigid waters gurgled around me in frenzied anger. I was in a saucer, with the waters pouring in on every side. A moment more and I lost consciousness. D ALL IS WELL JUST THEN A REALIZATION DAWNED UPON ME HORROR UPON HORROR THE BLOOD FROZE IN MY VEINS THE ICEBERG WAS STILL IN MOTION AND ITS GREAT WEIGHT AND FORCE IN TOPPLING OVER COULD CAUSE IT TO SUBMERGE TEBOROUGHLY I FULLY REALIZED WHAT A SUCKING MAELSTROM IT WOULD PRODUCE AMID THE WORLDS OF WATER ON EVERY SIDE THEY WOULD RUSH INTO THE DEPRESSION IN ALL THEIR FURY LIKE WHITE FANGED WOLVES EAGER FOR HUMAN PREY IN THIS SUPREME MOMENT OF MENTAL ANGUISH I REMEMBER GLANCING AT OUR BOAT WHICH WAS LYING ON ITS SIDE AND WONDERING IF IT COULD POSSIBLY RIGHT ITSELF AND IF MY FATHER COULD ESCAPE WAS THIS THE END OF OUR STRUGGLES AND ADVENTURES WAS THIS DEATH ALL THESE QUESTIONS FLASHED THROUGH MY MIND IN THE FRACTION OF A SECOND AND A MOMENT LATER I WAS ENGAGED IN A LIFE AND DEATH STROLL THE PONDEROUS MONOLITH OF ICE SANK BELOW THE SURFACE AND THE FRIGID WATERS GURGLED AROUND ME IN FRENZIED ANGER I WAS IN A SAUCER WITH THE WATERS POURING IN ON EVERY SIDE A MOMENT MORE AND I LOST CONSCIOUSNESS
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