The Bossier banner., 1882-06-15
A Flood Sufferer.

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A Flood Sufferer.
'Do you attend to out of town mat
ters,'' asked a tall, carelessIy dressed
individual, walking into the city editor S
room and assuming a stained glass;
attitude against one of the tapestry hung
walls. SNOW and then,n said the city
editor, s'What is your trouble?''
"Well, you see, l just arrived from
the South, = said the visitor, helping him
self to an Eastlake chair, and stretching
his feet out comfortably on one of the
Turkish rugs. sIown-thatis, used to
own-a plantation not far from New
orleans. Now, own q lake. Il
"Then you come from the flooded dis
trictsP said the editor, growing inter-
ested.
Right from the very middle of 'em.,,
said the visitor, curling one long, thin
lmb over the other; and proceeding to
shave off chew of tobacco from very
black looking piece of plug. II tell
you, sir. it's dreadful down there. and
the thing came on us SO sudden like.
Why, woke up one morning and found
ducks sailing around my bed and our
pet hog perched on the mantelpieee puff
ing like a steamboat on mud bank.
How that hog ever got up there lays 'em
out. Well, the water was rising and a
rising, and before long we had to take
to the roof and there we stayed for fifteen
days.
Fifteen days !" said the editor, in
surprise
'.Yes, sir; fifteen days, and we
couldn't get anything to eat for the last
hve, except the moss that sprouted up
atween the shingles. Well, my wife pot
awful thin like and so did the children,
and | kinder fell away myself y
Well, | should remark said the
editor, grimly.
Yes, you see moss diet amt no
way film = said the visitor.
Why didn't you swim out?'' asked
the editor. W
- There Eas the trouble said the
visitor. You see there amt no plan
tatlon nigh onto ten mile from ours, and
l calculated that would be too much of
pull for me. I reckon I'm good
swimmer, but didn't care to tackle
that ten mile. Well, we'd got down to
our last shingle, and there wasn't a
sInitch o. moss ON that roof big 'nough
to wad a shotgun with. Our youngest
had been given the last bit, and he set
there on the chimney chewing it ND and
lookin' like hand-organ monkey down
IN his luck. when see little cloud way
across the the water. didn't say nothin'
for a moment, but knew pretty well
what that could meant, and / watched it
like a. a.nigger would coon. Well, she
grew larger, and made sure it were
steamboat. Then I kinder whispered it
quiet like to the old woman. Well. she
took one look and then Topped over in
a dead faint. and afore / could grab her
she rolled down the roof into the water.
Well, that was the last of her,
You don't mean to say you let her
drownP" said the editor. es.e
. Well, you see, boss, said the visitor,
/" was so weak knew it was death for
both on us for me to 60 after her, and to
make matters worse she pulled in our
youngster with her. tell You we we're
having tough times down our way. At
last somebody On the steamboat saw us
and they took as aboard, but lost every-
thing, not to say nothin' about part of
my family. Well, they took us up to
New Orleans and scraped up cash
enough to come North, and here l am -
:. But what did you come North for?''
asked the editor.
!. Well, you see they put me on Re-
lief Committee, and I'm on here to raise
funds for the sufferers y
O, you are,a said the editor, edgiug
his chair back and looking sharp at the
visitor
:. Yes, I see you newspaper fellows
was throwin' out lots of sympathy for
us, and just thought I'd tackle the
press first, and then work down through
the other professions. y
:. Very thoughtful in you.n said the
editor.
9 Yes, after We gotyo contributions
I'll just see whether the churches are
good for anything" said the visitor.
:. Wait moment,n said the editor,
over to the telephone, and then
he called the instrument g Connect
Eagle with police headquarters but
the relief committee didn't wait for the
reply. Brooklyn Eagle.
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AT recent meeting of the French
Academy of Science, the change which |
seems to have occurred in the French |
climate during the last few years formed
1ne of the chief topics of discussion. II |