116 PEEP AT OUR NEIGHBORS.

selves, and she held his hands so fast
that he could not move them. The
water was so deep that he could not
touch the bottom. He was in danger
of drowning himself. Meanwhile, the
poor girl was sinking again. Simeon
struggled with all his might. After a
long time he succeeded in dragging her
to the shore. But she was drowned.
The last spark of life had left.

I shall never forget what a gloom
spread over the whole neighborhood,
when the terrible news was known. No
event of such a nature had ever happen-
ed there before; and for months after
that, tears flowed down. the sunburnt