{"product_id":"2940013500389","title":"THE VIZIER OF THE TWO-HORNED ALEXANDER","description":"I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI was on a French steamer bound from Havre to New York, when I had a\u003cbr\u003epeculiar experience in the way of a shipwreck. On a dark and foggy\u003cbr\u003enight, when we were about three days out, our vessel collided with\u003cbr\u003ea derelict--a great, heavy, helpless mass, as dull and colorless\u003cbr\u003eas the darkness in which she was enveloped. We struck her almost\u003cbr\u003ehead on, and her stump of a bowsprit was driven into our port bow\u003cbr\u003ewith such tremendous violence that a great hole--nobody knew of what\u003cbr\u003edimensions--was made in our vessel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe collision occurred about two hours before daylight, and the frightened\u003cbr\u003epassengers who crowded the upper deck were soon informed by the officers\u003cbr\u003ethat it would be necessary to take to the boats, for the vessel was\u003cbr\u003erapidly settling by the head.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, of course, all was hurry and confusion. The captain endeavored\u003cbr\u003eto assure his passengers that there were boats enough to carry every\u003cbr\u003esoul on board, and that there was time enough for them to embark\u003cbr\u003equietly and in order. But as the French people did not understand him\u003cbr\u003ewhen he spoke in English, and as the Americans did not readily comprehend\u003cbr\u003ewhat he said in French, his exhortations were of little avail. With such\u003cbr\u003eof their possessions as they could carry, the people crowded into the\u003cbr\u003eboats as soon as they were ready, and sometimes before they were ready;\u003cbr\u003eand while there was not exactly a panic on board, each man seemed to be\u003cbr\u003einspired with the idea that his safety, and that of his family, if he had\u003cbr\u003eone, depended upon precipitate individual action.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079567884528,"sku":"2940013500389","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013500389_p0.jpg?v=1763582188","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013500389","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}