The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-31
The Flood Suhsiied
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The Flood Subsided
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 ew people whe hvc ou the h,gh ground heie III N .>eons,n appreciate the troubles that have been experienced ny ei,fcns of 1,nclnnau and other ~a,eune places du,- my the recent floods. \ icw evenings since A water soaked appearing mantcgs ts.escd A the ps.nsipal hotel hcss, si;h hi. wife. and asked for toom w,th d life pfesenct. and asked what taslllties the house afforded ln the ~ay oi LOW -loatS. for escape ln case oi tlood. fhl> Was new inquiry tn the eictk. and he slzed up the guest. The mans elnshes looked as though they had been run through le,hes wrinser. and hls pants appeared io have been ,tnned ~t,h beet steak binilct. Ills satohcl laoked as though !, had been t.shed ou, o' I submerged ~te, k, .nl strapped Ia the sldc oi Il was pau ai long rubber hunting boots and ! os Sanei tuhbei oyeiso.ts. Inc .ss.e said tie, hadn', any lte-pfesetsefs about ihe huusc. hnt ho ouid tet an, tfafn ale.iif= boat ,, hloek et tnn a1at. II t was ecs= s~s-uY.
 l. Well ge, ne a lie pfsaettet. .nd sent | to H, room. fiy wlto s.iss she A1H uese, sieep II ], hatcl aEsln without ,, lltc. .pte,clse et al tl}c ned. " s..4a the taan. .ts hc took tHe lev ta hi. toam. tnt the 6aiote1 msa laet ts3 gP ihc s.tt, h,,. aud he.d | oii ..t am length. ta though Il smeiled ifo&y ttan belag soaked III 4 se~cr
 Nh., h the cause oi her desire ioi a life ptcsssvet su .s Isy country like tn. z asked the clerk. as he took tooth piek k and began to ca, u,
 Well. I'll tell you sad the man. as he spit at a splitoon about twelve fret away and missed II, "l was married two weeks ago. and VIC went ,o C,n.,n. nail, and pu, up at a hotel. The water was pretty high there, but NC didn't think much abou, !, until long ,owards mofning About three o'clos got up stepped into about a foo, of water on the floor, and ] jumped back into bed. didn't say anything about II Ia my wife. because she ,s one oi the most nervous women you ever saw. lay there for an hour, thinking what a level headed man : oah was, and hldmy my sccrc, from my wife About iouf o's lock she got up to look out of the window tn see fn looked like ram. and when she struck the water Il had raised about Sis inches. and she s,feamed murder and 20, back into bed too guIok 1 think she was the dampcSt woman Ina, ever was. and s, ated That don't espfess H. ired to alin her, but a man who is wet and cold IS mol very good caimer, and she lus, laid there and shook from cold and nefyousness. and ~e argued ,ilI day hgh', and when we could see. the water WAS lear up to the rs,I Of the bed. and the furniture was floating around the room. The wash stand tioa,ed up to the bed and got my watch and my siie false teeth. and fcw things my wiic took of when she retired. like han and the like, but tho chair ,ia, had my pants on II seemed to he stationary, and wouldn', come our way. 4 steam tug passed along by our wisdo~ A ouple of times and the men yelled and asked dfthere sas anybody ,ha, wanted io be re.eued. bat my wife sad she would die before she would go out onto a steamboat look ing the way she did, and so VIC lAid there to see fl the water wouldn't go down. The wash bowl hnally foated around, and 1 broke |, up into p,eces and threw them over behind the chair my pants were on, to iry and dsift the chair over ,o the bed Finally 1 con oluded to wade for fl, and 1 go, II and go; my wiic's clothes of the lounge, but stepped on a piece of soap or some- thing, and slipped up and go: every rag soaking wet. We stood ap op the bed and put on sur vet clothes, and 1 dove town tos my sate hxl and w- go, chars up on the bed and sat there for four hours waiting for a boat ,o come and take us io another hotel. A photograph of me and my wife, s,anding on that bed, trying 'o ge, on ogr things, would sell ike hp cakes. Well. j8a before ~e staned, eolsfed man came 10 the sln- do~ n ] skiG. and far i've doliars of wet money he took Us up town 10 4 dry hotel. But my wife has been iroubled @ith water on the bfasn ever E.nce, and se are ,rayeiing for her health. and VIC van; to stay here tonight, and then ~e shall pt.li crt for A.,aB, Afara;. or some high locality, where wan, ,o enter some land. Now, don't forget ,o send up iha, life preserer," and the man took his key and started for the elevator. the clerk telling him tha, there was no more dan ger in that house from wafer than there would be ob top of q m mouniain.