Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-11-26
81 know that, but can't we find some

81 know that, but can't we find some
house?"
Gould find suthin' Of the sort eft we
was outen here, but how air we goin' to
! git out when we air dun hemmed in by
/ the water? The river has riz so fast
that the water is runnin' on all sides Of
| us like mill tall
That's serious" said l, s'but it may
soon fall SO that we can get out"
"Yas,' he responded, IAN it may stay
up for month. Eff we don't starve it
will be wonder
You are deucedly cheerful in your
remarks" said Tom Pruitt. Don't you
think that by straining point you
| could say few more dismal things?'
Gould do it an mout not strain much,
nuther. Down in here summers few
! years ago party of fellers got kotch
out durin' rise, an when the water
went down we found them. They
hadn't lost none O. thar clothes, SO all
the expense we was put to was gittin'
some plank fur the coffins.''
Abner-a rather tinid man he is, too
| -groaned aloud, ludicrous evidence of
fear that brought forth laugh from
Tom. didn't laugh.
All we could do was to wait for morn
ing, and, making down beds of the
boughs of trees, we tumbled into
troubled dreams. The sun was shining
when we awoke, and Walker, taking the
brightness as an evidence that the dan
ger was past, sprang up with a shout.
Bone grunted contemptuously. "You
amt outen the woods yit." said he, SAN
it amt hardly time to holler. 1 went
down to look at the situation jest now,
an the outlook is mighty pore. Look
over yander. Whut do you think of
that?"
1t was nothing to inspire a pleasant
thought, assure you. We were in the
midst of great sea. The great rush OF
water had formed "a cut off, leaving us
on an island. The river, or rather one
of its violent prongs, had torn through a
small cotton field and was rushing past
with terrific sweep.
81 tell you it's dun plum settled
said Bone. mo tellin' when this water
will run out, an I'm mighty Altered
that we'll be mighty gnawish befo' we
see the juice of middlin' of meat
''Oh, I've got to have something to
eat pretty soon; can't stand it,"
Walker declared. "If 1 had a fishing
| line would throw in here and catch
something"
"Mout ketch chunk" said Bone;
''but as fur fish, you mout as well fling
a line in the county road"
1t was useless to stand there and
grieve, so, making the best of our mis-
fortune, we began the construction of a
sort of hut. Thus the long day passed,
and as the sun went down we saw that
the water was still rising. This to me
was exciting, but Bone looked ON COM
placently. The first thing heard the
next morning was piteous moan from
Walker.
mo use to moan an mowl," said our
guide. eve air here. Let me see whut
the water is doin'. She's still risin'
all right" he added, after making
brief inspection.
''Why, you mud turtler' exclaimed
Tom ''you seem to want it to keep on ris-
ing. Do you want to be washed away?"
81 know whut Pm about, youngster,
an don't poster yo'se'f about me.''
"Oh, I'm not bothering about you,'
Tom replied. ''I'm simply concerned
about myself and the other boys"
'Ef we had deck of kyards," Bone
remarked after short silence, 1--WE
mout break off few Of ole man hung
er's teeth"
81 wouldn't play card" said Walker,
"if had ten thousand. What I want
is something to eat and then want to
get out of here"
We had nothing to eat that day. Just
before lying down for the night, Bone
said that he was afraid the water was
falling. Tom called him fool. When
daylight came, Bone sprang up and ran
down to the waters edge, stood there a
moment and shook his head sadly.
''What's the matter?'' asked.
81 am Altered she's fallin'," he
answered.
"Look here, Bone" said I, 1--WE are as
hungry as wolves and don't care about
your barbarous jokes. Let US have no
more of this foolishness."
Four days passed and we were nearly
famished. Bone had ceased speaking
about the water, but I noticed that he
watched it closely. It was about noon,
and we, too weak to stir around, were
sitting near the edge of the water, when
suddenly Bone, uttering an exclamation,
sprang into the stream. We jumped
up. thought the fellow had lost his
mind. 1 saw him seize a yellowish
something and strike out for the shore.
Tom ran down and held out an old rail.
Bone came out, bringing with him an
immense canvassed ham. Then there
arose yell of Joy.
''Wait till shuck him." he said, be-
ginning to remove the canvas. EFF the
water hadn't KEEP on a risin' we
wouldn't got this here. Riz SO high
that it teched some feller's plantation
store. Now let me kyarve him."
He served each of my party before he
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