The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-02-22
gHE HIGH WAFER.


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le ~" Hatah ,caw~r was fun.
An de- new one wasn't dab yet,
Hut den Uncle Jawgc - ole.
Why. when ne come % dis country,
Al desc piney wOod you sees
Was one Maxtn' fNf Of cane brakes.
wid a few peh~immon trees
scattered IA ana out among 'cm,
Not a gum tree In de state.
Might -canty 'coon~ and 'po-snms.
SAh, ! reckon. at DAT rate.
Uncle Jawge toic me de story
90 de hiI high watnh yeah
when ac riNah's cawse got turned 20.
Tell Your III You Want. 90 hcah.
IL was atfuh cotton pickin'.
Almost ~ugah. planfin' time.
Uncle Jnwgc lived nenh dc rivah,
An Ne says. about dat time.
q could see dc watah riSln',
ki0in', ri>in'. high am strong
An de hams was Kept a-workin'
AZ de lcNcc AL night long.
Night an day dey worked an worked dan
Day an night de Matah spread.
In De darkness dey could heah il
iapriu' rom Dc ievee head.
Bayou Rouge wnS o~NerfioMin'
oven nn a. othah side,
An dc thafaiRyah River
Was a-Spreadin' fab an wide.
On de wc-' bank OF dc riveh
MA- 40 Mah~tah'~ big white house,
VIII W. niGg Quahtcn neah IL:
kut between wa- Bayou House.
II was nothin' in de summan,
An dried up one half de- year.
bat Just 4 q couldn't cross IL
Dhout You had "a dug-out neal
80 ~ Mahstah stay ed IL
Ia a. ovc1~eah's place,
y dcy say he got 50 changed dab
fnn'd hardly knowed his face.
HUT If aItLf4t nflf nm ia IpNtA
An De niggahs worked deb hes,
But a. wAtah KEEP a~-risin'.
An. Deb want no time To- res;
An dc rivah Was ie~' ;illed wild
mag dat come n-rn~hin' down,
An wUt druv into dc lcyee
An Went whirlin' rOun' m roun'.
An de Watah got 20 swif dah
seemed a. ~, mos any day..
II would sweep dc Whole embankmcn'
OF Ne lcNte clean away.
But dc boys KEEP wohkin'. wohkin',
Day an night an all night long.
An ~ NutAh KEEP "A rl-in',
CROWN high an CROWN strong.
All he Ne~' Was full uf wafah.
Every Little branch was high;
AT ~ eh~' Was ofcifluwin'
Prom Is Rouge an Chaialay.
One day. when he Mahstah come dab
Dcy seed DC lcvec couidn' las
But ne tnle dem up The riveh
DfN Ntt broke a Dag CfeNAS@e.
An a heap ~ men MAS drOwnded.
/" ~o.f' he said. "dal4's dis Ting shore.
DAT NH take de weight ~ Waiah,
Al you needn't wnhk no mohr
Lake you have been" De boys watched
nim
a. III walked of a. de branch.
DcN hal ati guy IN Och wOhkin
NNtin ~ De boat 70 launch.
H. \ - sittin' in De dux.out
On AZ watah oh az Bouse,
An he called 10 Uncle Jnwge to
Come an row him ~ Dc house;
An, dey say. he sot dah smiiin'
Loukln' crost, like he could see
Little Eustnce Mt de window
An young Mi~tes Euialie.
All AZ once dah came a sudden
Sonn', Ake thunhch in ~ aih,
An, lie wutnh sweep de levce
Like itNA- straw dat had been dehr.
In THE bayOn ruslert a. riVeh.
IA u INFINITE bofe was gone,
y cr bayou WAS de r1Vrh
an dty bpfe wa mixed In one.
Fob d. watah from the riyeh
Caught de watah FROM ~ Bouse,
Till IA seemed like n great ocean
koliin' own Upon the house.
By de time dey hcahd dat thundch
ALI de house was sweep away.
WANT no time ~ give no Ohdehs.
MOI a minute faw 70 pray.
nas drA two web d~riftin'. driffin'
vn dr riveh big an Wide.
Nothln' ncah bur fiuatin' pieces,
SuaH- aruun' on every side.
Uncle Jawge says Mahsfah sot dab
White an still, like he was dead,
Gain Viii his eyes wide open
On ~ watan straight ahead.
! suppose dat he wn- stunned like
via De swifnes~ o. ue whole,
IL seemed ~ n lie Mnfnn-
Was a-roilin' Och his soul.
Ii grew dahk aroun'. an still he
Didn't seem TO draw no bref.
Ant telt ike ipattn' down de
Valley ~ de shade ~ Def.
Dab ~ cot again, gam
straight ahead wild ytarin' eyes,
I'LL he seed "A somethin' near fpm
on d. watah fall an rise.
II was Mahsfnh Eustncr'- cradle.
Dat mad got ont from de house.
washed up, and now was fioatin'
hutfom up'ards down de B0nre.
Uncle Jawge says when he seed IL
Dat ne ies' throwed back his head
An slipped downward. III de dnu-out.
- ~ say him up 70 dead.
an IA KEEP a-growin' dahkeh,
AfrEn while ne seed Il ~fnh.
IN looked % white an awful
An y seemed 80 still an fab
H. was glad de clouds come driftin'
Upde ky and hid dc light,
but. hc SAYS, dab waS AN awful
feelin roun' him al dat night.
o. watnh seemed 70 whispeh
m 70 sob like children's cries.
M when N got light "A little
He could see big. shinin' eyes
~ AZ wafah all aroun' him
An' ~ Mntah fash an smile.
den xh+Speh, whi-peh, whfspch.
Like a little laughin' chile.
DEN he SEED 4 dav a-dawnin'.
EyenIn' rDmc an LET him dab
M alone upon ehaunfed
Watah. dem he knowcd no NAV.
DEW WAS picked np by a steamboat
RAT mex week buf no one knows
ID was ftat killed de MnhStah,
Doctoh saiI de shock, be s'pose.
nclr Jnwgr says when ne watnh
settled bach INTO il place
* lcf az, c-timp channel
Faw 81 neVx one fuhdch wr~'.
M dey called Dc ole False Rlvch:
But r icf inie Puintp Gnupcr:
tUuldnft BEGIN ~ think ~ Mah-tah
An young MiStcs Eulaiie.