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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. 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
 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. 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.  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 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
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