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- # THE HAPPY FAILURE
## Overview
This is a section titled "THE HAPPY FAILURE" extracted from the text file [the_apple_tree_table_and_other_sketches.txt](arke:01KG6YDD8GKW0DRD5H2MY1NRZ7). It is part of the [Melville](arke:01KG6YCG626JN4FCG8QK17CQCF) collection. The section spans lines 6248 to 6259 of the source file.
## Context
The section is part of the larger segment titled [RICH MAN'S CRUMBS](arke:01KG6YGBGKK3MPVS4R3X6W8FQH) within the text file. It follows an introductory section labeled [Introduction](arke:01KG6YGRYBST4H14M8KXFBRF2Y) and is followed by another section with an automatically generated ID [01KG6YGRYCW63WQY2ZX9JM5TRM](arke:01KG6YGRYCW63WQY2ZX9JM5TRM). The file [the_apple_tree_table_and_other_sketches.txt](arke:01KG6YDD8GKW0DRD5H2MY1NRZ7) is located in the "short_stories" folder.
## Contents
The section contains the title "THE HAPPY FAILURE" and the subtitle "_A STORY OF THE RIVER HUDSON_". The text introduces a narrator who is to meet his uncle at the riverside for a mysterious experiment involving a skiff and apparatus. The narrator arrives early at the village, which is located high up the river.
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- THE HAPPY FAILURE
_A STORY OF THE RIVER HUDSON_
The appointment was that I should meet my elderly uncle at the
riverside, precisely at nine in the morning. The skiff was to be ready,
and the apparatus to be brought down by his grizzled old black man. As
yet, the nature of the wonderful experiment remained a mystery to all
but the projector.
I was first on the spot. The village was high up the river, and the
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- THE HAPPY FAILURE