The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-02-07
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startin back when the came n terrible
blast uf win, en- to keep FIN bein' car.
ried into the rivah All crouched low OH
the levy. All heard a creakin'. schriek.
ing crash en- the wearhouse wuz gone
stranger. All struggled TO nah feet
en-, shoutin', plunged aftah the tossin',
grindin' wreck, tightin' en- prayin' to
fin nah parents. \ piece of floatin'
wreckage struck nah head en-, hall
conscious, chokin', blinded, chilled en-
exhausted, All b'arly made nah way tc
the levy agin. All coulden' tell yo' what {
all happened durin' the res uf thet
night, though some triflin' things i'm
pressed themselves upon me with start.
lin distinctness. At one time, when
the waves washed clean ovah me, All
noticed with momentary surprise the
salty taste of the watah, then All re.
membered thet the flood wuz FIN the
sea en- not the rivah. At another time
All placed nah hand on somethin' hard
en- scaly, en- when it began to move All
realized thet il wuz moccasin snake.
II wuz too scared to strike. sub.
daylight broke en- All looked about
TO Edward. At fust All coulden' see
hide nor ha'r uf him nor uf env other
Ivln' human critter, though the wu2
some uf mos every other sort uf animal
en- reptile thar. The wuz hogs en- cat.
tie. hosses, sheep, en- every hyar en- thn,
a wrigglin snake. All don believe the,
Noah made any bettah shown. All saw
NAH saddle hoSs Bill, the thoroughbred
thet nah uncle gev me yars befo', en-
An whistled shrill on nah fincahs e2
All used to do to call him up FIN the
pastur'. He answered with glad whin.
ney en- worked his way along agin the
storm to whar All wuz crouchin'. en- he
rubbed his nose again nah shoulder
en- whinniee soft like ez though he wu2
glad to see me livin. His eyes wuz al.
mos human.
"Ah twisted nah fngahs in his
long, wet name, en-, putin an arm
eroun' his neck, stood creek en- looked
fah away up the line uf the levy to.
ward the plantation whar Genie lived.
Ah saw mans figure in the distance
en- All knew it mus be Edward. All
worked nah way carefully erlong, still
holdin' on to Bill en- the cattle en- sheen
moved on erhead ez though they wuz
glad to be driven. All kivered a mile er
mo- in this way en- could sec the old
pecan tree on the Dupree plantation
wavin en- tossin' in the storm, but
the house wuz gone. Lookin' up the
levy agin, All saw Edward standin'
recklessly en- wavin' his arms frantic
like en- lookin' to the windward uf the
levy. Lookin' again to the pecan tree,
All saw three pussons, one nah Genie
en- NAH heart beat fas'. All whistlrd
en- hollered at the top uf nah voice to
Edward, but coulden get his attention.
All saw him strip off his coat en- plunge
into the ragin' sea during a brief lull
in the sto'm. All hurried on ez fas' ez
An dared. Two er three times 1t looked
ez though he would be beaten back agin
the levy or thrown clar over into the
runnin' rivah beyond. He swan mos'ly
below the surface with wonderful
en- peculiar stroke. All could see him
only at intervals ez he rose on the crest
uf wave EN- All thought uf NAH words
to Genie: 'Go'r Yankee hez no sich
love ez mine fo' yo' Genie ez All saw
him gallantly buffet the waves. Genie
WIZ motionless. en- All knew that she
was prayin' TO Edward.
"He had kivered half or mo- uf the
distance when the sky became sudden
ly black en- the sto'm came on full foce
agin. The win he'd whipped eroun' to
the northwest en- came on fiercer then
evah. All dared not stan creek en-
crouched agin on the levy. All could
see the peach tree bendin' befo' the
sto'm till its branches whipped the
surgin' sea into madder fury. A great
wave swep' ovah me en- Al fell fiat agin
on the levy. All caught a palmetto
root and clung fo' life. At times All
wuz completely submerged TO- several
seconds till the wind. veering mo- en-
mo-, finally came direck FIN the moth
sweeping the watah south to the gulf
with such fo'ce thet the levy seemed
the dividin' line between two rivahs
racing each othah to the sea. Aftah
an hour or mo- the watah began to
lower till the top of the levy was we'll
above the tide. FL soon ez the heavens
erared Ah looked agin to the pecan
tree. The was but two figures thar.
Genie wuz gone en- the swimmer WIZ
nowhar to be seen. The mex day the
relief boats steamed down the rivah
I'm New Orleans. They wanted to take
us away, but we coulden' hev left thar
ct we he'd tried. They lef' us a little
bacon en- cohn meal en- blankets, en-
ez soon as the sto'm subsidized enuff we
wuz ready to take up ous search.
ole man Dupre said Genie he'd been
the life en- hope uf them all till tibet
las bias when she seen her lover 90
down, en- then the ole man diden' know
what happened. He looked eroun' en-
she wan thar nor could anything be
seen uf her on the waves about. She
mus hev just drapped en- Civ up en-
tirely. The ole man en- All went to-
gethah, en- fab down country among
some cypress trees we foun' all tibet
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