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All’s Well that Ends Well

           "Whatisthematter?"myuncleasked.

           "Thatcompass!"

           "Well?"

           "See,itspolesarereversed!"

           "Reversed?"

           "Yes,theypointthewrongway."

           Myunclelooked,hecompared,andthehouseshookwithhistriumphantleapofexultation.

           Alightbrokeinuponhisspiritandmine.

           "Seethere,"hecried,assoonashewasabletospeak."AfterourarrivalatCapeSaknussemmthenorthpoleoftheneedleofthisconfoundedcompassbegantopointsouthinsteadofnorth."

           "Evidently!"

           "Here,then,istheexplanationofourmistake.Butwhatphenomenoncouldhavecausedthisreversalofthepoles?"

           "Thereasonisevident,uncle."

           "Tellme,then,Axel."

           "DuringtheelectricstormontheLiedenbrocksea,thatballoffire,whichmagnetisedalltheirononboard,reversedthepolesofourmagnet!"

           "Aha!aha!"shoutedtheProfessorwithaloudlaugh."Soitwasjustanelectricjoke!"

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