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Just then a realization dawned upon me. Horror upon horror! JUST THEN A REALIZATION DAWNED UPON ME HORROR UPON HORROR
ing 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. My father quickly anticipated the danger before I realized its awful possibilities. The iceberg extended down into the water many hundreds of feet, and, as it tipped over, the portion coming up out of the water caught our fishing-craft like a lever on a fulcrum, and threw it into the air as if it had been a foot-ball. Our boat fell back on the iceberg, that by this time had changed the side next to us for the top. My father was still in the boat, having become entangled in the rigging, while I was thrown some twenty feet away. I quickly scrambled to my feet and shouted to my father, who answered: "All is well. TAIN OF ICE 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 MY FATHER QUICKLY ANTICIPATED THE DANGER BEFORE I REALIZED ITS AWFUL POSSIBILITIES THE ICEBERG EXTENDED DOWN INTO THE WATER MANY HUNDREDS OF FEET AND AS IT TIPPED OVER THE PORTION COMING OUT OF THE WATER CAUGHT OUR FISHING CRAFT LIKE A FEVER ON A FULKRUM AND THREW IT INTO THE AIR AS IF IT HAD BEEN A FOOTBALL OUR BOAT FELL BACK ON THE ICEBERG THAT BY THIS TIME HAD CHANGED THE SIDE NEXT TO US FOR THE TOP MY FATHER WAS STILL IN THE BOAT HAVING BECOME ENTANGLED IN THE RIGGING WHILE I WAS THROWN SOME TWENTY FEET AWAY I QUICKLY SCRAMBLED TO MY FEET AND SHOUTED TO MY FATHER WHO ANSWERED ALL IS WELL
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