This morning two children froze to death in a car parked in the lot at a casino in Detroit. It is not clear how this happened. It seems they were possibly living in the car because the mother could not get anyone to help them. Things are only going to get worse, I'm afraid.
FSF wrote this story when he was 24, and it was published in the Saturday Evening Post and later in the collection FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS.
A Southern Belle is choosing amongst beaus, much like Scarlett O'Hara in GWTW. She decides on a northerner despite her deep hatred of the cold. He takes her home to meet his family. (Probably in Minnesota where FSF was from and where there are natural Ice Palaces). It doesn't go well, the stark differences between north and south are emphasized. He takes her out one night to a party in the ice palaces where she gets lost and almost freezes. Needless to say, she goes back to Georgia and begins her search again. Sounds a lot like a Zelda story, doesn't it?
Amazing story for a 24 year old. And a strange choice for Valentine's Day as well. Have a happy one.