Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-13
A FLOOD MYSTERY.
,s.ec FATE OF A COUPLE ABOUT
whom LITTLE WAS KNOWN.


,.,t.nt only Of tho Terrible De
.,,,,tIon Of Property aud Loss OF h'ie
MAE Of water In Western Rivers.
u.roism and Death
nrrinp the floods Of the Mississippi |
.aJ Missouri rivers and their tribnta-
~ the daily papers chroniclcl nun. |
- ~ cases, humorous, tragic ana
,ho,ic. which occurred along tho
- III these streams from tho june
Kan Of the two great bodies OF water 10
lint, below 81. Louis. But while nun
sreIs Of cases have been described there
80 i,con also hundreds Of cases thns
baye not been mentioned.
TItones have been swept away, pros
,.r,,,s mon made paupers within q few
hmm and poor dumb brutea drowned
stUe nleading IN their pitiful way FOR
s,J Among the incidents OF the Hood,
~, have been u few instances OF gem
s,ne beroism which stand out as q wei.
como relief to tho usual sombor hucs Of
life ,,,
Among the strangers recently located
In this locality just above St. Louis was
man from Iowa. He had settled IN
I,tio cabin near tho river, and knowing
=, ono was unaware Of his danger till
i founl himself In the center of u shcct
M water five miles wide and rapidly ris-
inc Unable 10 escape. ho was step by
tep driven with his few effects TO the
aat roof Of his cabin, and prepared his
f7icnl meals thoro Tor two days. Two
mon who saw him finally riskod thor
live. TO sayo him, aud succeeded IN
bringing him safe 10 dry land.
Other similar cuscs have occurred. In
striking contrast with those numerous
Instances wnorc the posscssors Of small
boats and sbiifs havo compelled nm.
bappy wfctchcs 10 give them almost
thsir entire possessions for merely pas
sage to land.
A pathctic and mysterious incident
occurred ia u southern suburb Of 81
Louis, known rs Happy Hollow,
where poverty aud squi,lor usually
ri,,n, which embodied IN itself very
evidently the elements OF an interesting
romance. Happy Hollow on one side OF
tho street or alloy or creek (Riycr Dt
Peres) doesn't know Happy Hollow ON
tho other side, and doesn't desire Co..
Tho poverty and misery, aud usually
the crimo. " each individual Is surly
and dc Tres no cumpnionship. Ecnco
when gray haired gentleman and
Young ritl moved into the ncighbor-
hood and took u little shanty down on
the lcyco no one asked any questions,
iorno enc cared anything about them.
They attracted 10 attention except fof
their neat appearance Thor clothes
were clcatiu spite Of their mnni.es.
poverty. ns worc also their hands aud
fccs. After Happy HullNv recovered
from its shock OF surpri, Nat this phc'
uomonal cleanliness. 70 wuHt its way
without another thought o. the
strangers.
The now rtsidcnts OF Hnppy Hollow
h,luot been thoro long Whom the flood
cane. Bv the ond OF a second day the,
srcut OF from cscane and on the thirt
hir littlo sannty was swuying TO ant
fro. The few rough spectators VIII,
cared enough to note their distress wer,
Indifferent. Ono or two who had boat.
called over aud asked how much none,
he had. and when the old man shook hi
head sadly. they turned oil with n laugl
and went 20 the nearest saloon.
One man. less brutal than the others
fprang into u skill and started over, bu
he was drunk and, capsizing tho littl
boat, ho went to tho bottom like luml
Of lead. The ska rightod itself nm,
noatod along on tho water, and the oil,
man saw the only chance for oscap
drifting away Springing into tho mud
dy. secthins waters, lie succeeded by al
most supprhuman efforts In reaching tn
little boat, only 20 find that the oars ha
been lost ont. Just ns he became uwar
of this fact no turned aud saw the lttl
shanty. washed from is foundation.
come drifting down therasistless stream
while the young girl stood in the dool
Casting look Of regret behind him