. Outing. ippery climbinto git to the top uv the wall, but Ifinally makes it an goes circlin roundan round waitin for the sharks to pokethey heads over. An whenever theydoes so, I kills em with my sword, put-tin away twenty uv the critters befosunrise when I knows theyll leave usalone. Why? I asked. Zeb looked at me curiously. I thought even city folks an Yan-kees knowed that varmints wouldnt at-tack a man in open day, said he. Even at night, if you builds a fire,theyll let you be, but we couldnt dothat, seeins we was out in the middle uvthe ocean. Tharfore when daylightcomes I goes down to th
. Outing. ippery climbinto git to the top uv the wall, but Ifinally makes it an goes circlin roundan round waitin for the sharks to pokethey heads over. An whenever theydoes so, I kills em with my sword, put-tin away twenty uv the critters befosunrise when I knows theyll leave usalone. Why? I asked. Zeb looked at me curiously. I thought even city folks an Yan-kees knowed that varmints wouldnt at-tack a man in open day, said he. Even at night, if you builds a fire,theyll let you be, but we couldnt dothat, seeins we was out in the middle uvthe ocean. Tharfore when daylightcomes I goes down to the lake an turnsin for a leetle rest, puttin Hankins ongyard on top uv the wall. Not forsharks, mind you, but to keep watch forsome ship to take us up. How long I sleeps I dont know, butthe suns mighty high when Hankinscalls me an I goes scramblin up thewall to see what the matter is. What is it, a ship? I asks as Tclimbs up beside him. No, suh, lootenant, says he, salu-tin mighty respectful; its a iceberg!. I SAYS TO HANKINS, LIE LOW AN KEEP QUIET, ANWELL LET THIS CAPTIN TOW US INTER NOR-FOLK thinkin the icebergs HIS. An sure nuff, it is. Likewise its awhoppin big iceberg an it comes rollinan bumpin over the waves straighttoward us ontil pretty soon it hits ourwall an stops thar, sort uv bobbin anjumpin whenever a wave hits it. Now,if wed bin on the level ocean we nevercould a dumb onter it, beins it wasmost a mile high an as slick an slipperyas glass. But we was on top uv thewall an tharfore jest level with the topuv the iceberg. So thinks I to myself,this here thing has bin sent by Provi-dence, Zebalon, an youd better git onboard. At first Hankins dont want to doit count uv its bein so cold, but arfterIve showed him that pretty soon theeffects uv the ilell begin to wear off anwe wont have no lake, he sees the mat-ter in a different light an follers me likea lamb. We makes ourselves as com-fortable as we kin, an then I gives apush aginst the wall with my sword, anaway we goes.
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