The Arkansas banner., 1847-06-14

and pilo.ed me up to the sislisg room. whar we sot down and took a good Iook al each other. She looked pooty enough 10 temp, feiler 10 bite a piece on her had all sorts of good things made ID to say when a chance offered, and hsre the chance wnr. but enss me ef ! could get nas the fust nut ter. Whether II wur skesF as the idea Of tue Eienchman, or b:iia' up cf afTeeshun for hls darter that sinck my throat so tight. i'm unable to swar, but that wur. like boat fast on a sand-bar, bIowln' some. hut ma- kim nity liitle headway
 Vat IS de matlar wiz you, Mounseers' sad Marie; you look ysis much like ae leaf ln Eon grand storm. all ossH WIZ de shaken
 Well says 1, I feel as ei war sboet to collapse flue, or burst Iay hiler, toa the fact of the matter ls, Marie, tiev say soar oil daddy's a Iiser, and ef gil caaglu here Ihar'n be suthin' broke--ahurvin' instead oi wedd,n': no, that Fun the least mite skeeS- cd fur myself. but the 5d man might ri, hurt, and shoaid be frets, sis. -ss.v -s.sss d thing
 ''Oh. mon amIe, neTalr b. fear fur hun. he IS ron great, Stroag as val you call de geu- leman COW :--von buil-bn,. mon Dieu what shall do WIZ you, suppose he come. eh; He will cut ou lnio bits all ovalIr '.Bui. my aneeI,' ses 1, 'he shan'l keleh me, fur rll streak Il like hsi boat. ihe mo- men, ihear steam from bis scape- -pipe-lIie old man might as well ny 10 catch Missis- siPpi caity with thread lpe, ss gil hls fin- gers on me l had no sooner sad SD. ;hau, bang. went the door below. and old Ftcho. juicy as melon, came fealn' his wav up stairs. muiierIH' like small piece of fat thunder, and swarln' n Frsnch o:fully. knowed tha5 want much.-tlue 10 spare, so hoisied the wiader and basked out Jest as was about 10 drop, Maze says ,o mc-- Oh, mon Dieu, don't drop into de selIi' and insianier shut the winder My har ril on the eend in momeni-'dolIdr drop into the weln I'll tell you what, h,ys, souse into the Mississippi in ice-time warht half as cold as her last warnin' mace me A was SO SO eternal dark that l couldn't begin :o tell which side oi ihe huildin' Iwur on, and that wur all all important perllcIlar, for Il wgre jest three stories high on ole side, ,owartis the Hollow, and II warn't eniy one on the side next the hili-in courss. ali the chances wur in favor Of the we'll btiug on the low side. I'd gun all had theu 10 know which side was watttn' below for ne looked up, as l hung on. 10 sec ef lsar want star shIain' somewhar. just To gye a hint ol what was below, but they'd all pat on the night caps, and wouldn't be coaxed from under ihe kiyer, and Ed look below. and listen. unui made sartin m my mlnd tha, l could hear the droppin' of water. sonewhar about fifty feet below me Old Fecho was tear in through the room, and rippin' out French oaihs, in an uncommon rapid man. ner. and deciarin iha, he knew some one had bin thar, far he'd bin told SO Two or three times he appeared 10 be rushin' for the wia= der, and tIe lllae gal would coax hm back agIn, and then he'd cuss de Yankee doodIes. and grit his teeth most ordaciously We'll. ct ] want m an oneasy situation all this time. then I'm more than human-mv arms jest stretched out to about ward and half in length, and gin 10 oramp and git orful weak couldn't think on any prayer rd ever heerd--at last. just as one hand was givlH' way is hold. thoFi cl short one 1 used 10 say when was a vounker, and mu,- terin'--'Here drop me down deep, pray the Lord my bones 10 keep SO, pse teeth together, drew long breath, shs: my eyes, and let goi- whlz'--r-r-r-iptZ tZbang i went -as pposed-about dfiy feet, and didn't l hoiler, when rolled oyer. and the water soased all roun1~me, Murder oh. gil me out oh-o-o7s. murder The people came q rushin' n'-out of lheir houses. with lights. and sach another Jargon of questions as they saowered al me-askin,' all together. who'd bin sla5bln' me; what wur he matter: and who'd hi me; opened ny eyes io tell 'em I'd tell from inc thnd story as4 broke every bone in my body, when, on lookin' up, thar wur the old Frenehmsn and his dar,er grin. mn out ot ihe top wihGer. abou; len feet above me- The fact WAT, boys, fddropped out on the hill side of the house, ard jumped down jes, fouT feet from whar my toes req had lii on the edge oi water pal, and ii flowed about me when lei over 7iT- ter old Fecho told them the joke, they pretty nigh busted larhn' al me erawled off arler firm yoIly at old Mounseer. of the hardest kind of cussez, and from that day to this han't gone eoGr,a' in French Hol- low