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Show WITH DEATH CLOSE AT HAND ! 1 Marry Throng of Carelss Sailer Had 1 Uinchson Ptrty That Just v Mlsssd Bslng Tragedy. ; Bom years ago wbll a French ' nan-of-war was lying at anchor In rmpl bay a number of tbe younger 6 ifBcers conceived the Idea of amusing r hmslve with an Iceberg a mil or s 10 aistaot In tb straits. They decided t 0 bar a luncheon party at th very r op of It j It wa a bright summer morning, md tb jolly boat with a flag went off 0 tb brg. By 12 o'clock tb color r rere flying from the top of tb big I busk of lc, and tb midshipmen were r vallng thereon. For two hours or y aor they backed and clambered ovar ( L They frolicked and tbey feasted, . ughlng at tb lda of danger at this olid 1c. When, like thoughtless cblV " red, tb young man playd tbm- r lvs wsary. tby descended to h heir cockle-shell of a boat and rowed r ay. ( At If time and distance bad been ( saaurd for th vary purpos of per-ilttlng per-ilttlng th young men to view tbe een In safety, tbe great berg lay allot al-lot until tbe boat waa a certain dls- , knee off. Then, aa if It heart bad en volcanlo fir, It burst with awful bunder and filled th surrounding n ater with It rain. Awed and sub- t ued by tb seen of destruction, and t) Jrilled at tbalr narrow cape from satb. tb picnickers rturnd to their tlp. It was their first and last day u t amusement with an Iceberg M |
