Daily camera., 1901-08-19
EMMELINE
A Story Of French Canada.
q BY Arthur J. Stringer. :!
Observation-Disclosures ppps

for she always have q leetle smile
Tor mos everybody. from 'Tite Pierre.
who tend de geese. to de kind leetls
cure wit hecs OIL green coat. An in
dose days. by gare, l always tink Nam
zelle Emmeline was de mos pretty girl
of all de Reever, wit cheeks lax dc
peach blossom, an de hair wat she
braid almos' down to de knee. guess
mebbe she have wan douzaine cavalier
all de tam, an de peep say she mus
make de bes' match on de village. But,
by care, msieu. wat you tink she
do!
She 20 an max nariee wit Patrice
Germ, wat was mos oil enough to be
her fadder. Dey say he lax Emmeline
from de tam she was 8 leetle girl an
come an play on hees raft, vile he
watch her so she don't fall in de reever.
an dat he sect up all night wit her
wen she have dc fever. But ! t'ink
he was bout 20 year OIL. vile En-
incline she was bout IS. In dose days
she was very light wit de heart an
sing de chanson all de tam. an tink
il was de mos fonny ting for dat oil
Patrice TO fall in love wit leetle girl
lax dat Mos all de peep on de village
say Emmeline will be sorry for dat
some day. an somebody tell Patrice
dat, but he only smile wit de mout an
say: "Nebbe not" An Emmeline w'n
she hear dat, she put her arms round
Patrice's neck, an say: We'll be de
mos happy peep In de worl', won'twe'
Patrice?"
But Pntrice was YER quit fel!er, an
dough he try hard to max some p!ais-
urement for hers young wife an al
ways was mos kind wit her. de peep
say dat bimeby af'er vile she get
tire wit everything an don't sing on de
house no more. Den Pairice he max
mooch IVORY bout dat. but he soy
mebbe she be all right wen de winter
go by.
But Emmeline she get more an
more thin on de face. an her cheek get
w'ite an dough she always tell her
husban' dat she was YER happy an
content, an dat he was YER good TO
her. all de tam, she get more an more
sad on de eye, too. an say she wish
Patrice don't have to be way on de
boosh so many tam.
Den de mex winter bimeby she have
wan leetle baby, an, by gare. dere
come a change ip Emmeline. an she
seem ver' happy an content. an sing
YER sof' an qui's all de day long 10 dat
leetle baby, vile her husband be away
on de raft, or up on de boosh wit hees
reever gang.
But wan day de ieetle baby die wit
de Group, an af'er dat l tink Enme-
line was get more w'ite an loney dan
ever De peep say she walk up an
down de cabane an wYing her hands.
an wen her huspani be ders she begin
to cry ver' sodden for no matter at all.
Well. de spring come, an dats de
tam for Patriec to go up to de head OF
de reever wit de gang, TO bring down
de log. Wen he leave Emmeline he
say dat will be de las tam he will go
way, an he tell young Cyprien Latour
20 go on de cabane w'enever he can.
an keep Emmeline from ge,tin' too
solitaire. an play hse. yipiin for her,
for Patrice he say mebbe dat make de
leetle femme forget bout dose things
wat make her so trieste.
CypEien promise to do dat for Pat
rice. an, by gsre, he 60 on de cabane
mos every day wit hees violin. for
wen he was de lettle boy he was play
wit Emmeline an dey was grow up
togedder He was hns young garcon
wit black hair an de mos jolly laugh
you never hear. But binchy he change
YER mooeA. sn; get thipp on de face lax
Emmeline. an, De FIRST ting De peep oD
De village know, dey was see dat Cyp-
rien was fall in loaf wit Emmelins, !
.ink Emmelipe see dat, too. an dey
both try ver' mooch npt to do anything
lax dat, but dey can't help heem wan
leetle bit.
first drive OF log. Emmeline go out to
meet him at de Leetle Forks. lak she
was always DO W.su she see heem
she ronpt up "a heem ap' hang on
heem. an cry mos all day. Pstriee
don't know wat to max wit dat. but
de peep don't say nodding. Den OIL
Beaupre he say he tend to dat big
nesse. so he spik quit wit Patrice. an
tail heem he better watch out bout DAT
young wife Of hees. or Beaupre say
dat first ting Patrice look lax As would
kill heem, den he laugh ver' quit an
say Emmeline was as good as de SNOW
V:en' It Arst fall on de ground,
Put De peep say dat wan night w'eE
fatrice come on de cabane from d,
sawmill ar was unstrap his sn owshoe
outside. he hear Cyprten az Emmelin,
ia rome away Wit heem, TO Mo'real
an dat he know ver' wall dat she wa,
In loaf wit heem. Patrice he DOM
wait to hear no more, but walk VI
an down de chemin bout all night
long.
4 DE- mex day he have hees mind max
up. an SEN for CyRFisn an Ak heen
veT qgi'tithed better not join de gang
dis tam an help bring down de neg
drive of log. Cyprien look at Emms
line on dat. an Emmeline look out d.
Yinder. an don't say poddiRs, PEI
/ fyprien look at fatries. an mebbe SCI
spmet'ing in Dc eye vat max AeeH
change hees miad an. say yes. hs vii
60 wit de gang,
| 20 hs join De gang and 60 Wit
Patracs an help bring down de drive
Dey get down % far as de Leetl.
Forks. wen. By gsre. dey have d
worse jam on dc reever. Do log al
pile up across Dc reever an prett,
soon d. water WA hap haok hy IA,