The Faulkland quiz., 1892-06-25

few honfs,~
drowned while p{e5
full way for aid Among
Of the flood too, have been d.
stances of genuine beroism wn4l
stand out as welcome relief to the
usual somber hues of life.
Among the strangers recently To-
Gated In the locality just above st.
Louis was man from Iowa. He had
settled In little cabin near the river,
and knowing no one, was unaware of
his danger till he found himself in the
center OF sheet of water five miles
wide and rapidly rising. Unable to
escape, be was step by step driven
with his few effects to the fat roof
Of his cabin, and prepared his frugal
meals there for two days Two men
who saw him, finally risked their own
| lives to save him, and succeeded Ia
bringing him safe to dry land.
Other similar cases have occurred,
In striking contrast with those nu-
merous instances where the possess
ors of small boats and skifTs have
compelled unhappy wretches to give
them almost their entire possessions
for merely passage to land.
A pathetic and mysterious incl
dent occurred In southern suburb
ofSt. Louis, known as "Happy Hol-
1ow where poyeF+ and ID sd All
ally reign, which embodied in itself
very evidently the elements of an in
teresting romance. Happy Hollow
on one side of the street or alley or
creek (river Du Peres,) doesn't know
Happy Hollow on the other side. and
doesn't desire TO. The poverty and
misery, and usually the crime, of each
individual, Is surly and desires no
companionship. Hence when gray
haired gentleman and young gill
moved into the neighborhood and
took little shanty down on the
levee, no one asked any questions for
no one cared anything about them
They attracted no attention except
for their neat appearance. Their
clothes were clean, in-spite of their
manifest poverty, as were also their
hands and faces. After Happy Hol-
low recovered from its shock Of sur.
prise at this phenomenal cleanliness,
It went its way Without another
thought OF the strangers.
The new residents of Happy Hollow
had not been thereI long whnnriaSl
food came BY the end era
day they are cut of from escape and =
on the third their little shanty was
'waying to and fro. The few rough
spectators who cared enough to note
their distress werS sadifferent. One
)r tive who had boats called over and
isked how much money he had, and
when the old man shook his head
'adly, they turned of with laugh
Ind went to the nearest saloon.
One man, less brutal than the 9th
'rs, sprang into a skiff and started
,yer, but he was drunk and. capsiz- -
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,ottom like a lumps;of lead. The
kiff righted itself and fIoated alonr
IN the water, and the old man saw
he only chance for escape drifting
way. Springing into the muddy.
waters he succeeded by -.
most superhuman efforts In reach
he little boat only to find that
ars had been lost out. Just as H.
ecame aware of this fact, he turned Il
nd saw the little shanty, washed
rom its foundations, come drifting
own the reslstless stream, while the
oung girl stood In the doorway.
Casting look of regret behind
i'm, he sprang from his boat, which
Tas haven of safety into the water
nee more, and caught the edge of
is shanty as it came past. Climbing
lto the ricketty doorway, he had
Ist clasped his companion In his
rms when pile Of driftwood struck
ne little building, tore 1t to pieces
Ike child's playhouse, and the
luddy, roaring waters swallowed up
)rever two human lives.
A reporter for a morning paper
'und among the debris washed
shore next day several books with
jher things from the little shanty.
mong them were ''Histoire de la
oesie Provencale,n by Fauriel,
ants "Kritik der Keinen Yer
unfit" and well-thumbed copies OF
omer and Shakespeare. Each work
as in its original tongue, and had
'idently been read before. The
ime of the owner on the fy-leaves
inner cover had been carefully cut
1t, and the secret Of their lives, II
Iere was one, was buried with thar