The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-07

LIKE UNTO STORM !
! SWEPT GALVESTON !
By Paul p. Harris. !
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800 Yo'RE gwine ovah thar to Gal.
By Paul p. Harris.

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them coast storms, stranger? Did yo'
evan happen to be roun' when the sea
sweep things clar TO miles, leavin' only
hvar en- thar poo stranded cuss to
mourn the loss of loved ones? No?
Thank God fo' tibet, stranger.
"When All saw tibet thar line in the
mo'nin Picayune ez we wuz pullin' out
I'm New Orleans, Ten Thousand Dead,
Twenty Thousand Injured All won
dered how many readers thar wuz ez
would really know what tibet thar
meant. faint them tibet go down be-
meath the waves that hez NAH deepes
pity. Coin down DON las long. All
speaks. sub, uf them tibet hez to stan
bv helpless en- see those tibet he hobs
thousan' times dearer then life itself
sweep away by the mad, rushing tide.
All amt agwine fab yo're way, stranger.
All hev to get off at Crowley, but All
reckon All shll hev time to tell yO'. It's
Just barly possible tibet yo' en- All shall
meet agin en- eff we don mebbe YOU see
fit to tell them thar no'then newspaper
fellers thet All hearn yo' say tibet yo'
worked fo' nah little story of Edwin
en- Genie.
"Ah wuz livin' down near the bayou
Cook. Plaquemine parish, sixty odd
mile below New Orleans. in those days.
not fab FIN Buras township. Genie
wuz a creole. She wuz plain en- simple
uf dress. sweet en- Heavenly. sub. When
All think uf her All seem to heah the
ring of distant church bells ez the
L, Il 10 mic ttf
twelve er tharabouts, in snow-white
gown en- with a sprig uf iessamine er
valley lilies in her ha'r used to trip
erlong past our plantation uf Sunday
mo'nin' on her way to our parish
church. Like the church bells. her
mission seemed TO he to summon souls
to bettah things. The wuzent much
about her pedigree TO brag on, but,
stranger. if yo' could hev took one look
into them deep blue eyes with the
long dark lashes, yo' would hev allowed
tibet the he'd cornered all the sunshine.
All took that look mahself. sub an All
hevent seen the sun shine elsewhar
e,nce.
''Edward-Ah calls him tibet. now
he'd everythin' to brag on in the way
nf pedigree. en-. ez All look at it now,
in everythin' else tibet goes TO make up
the gentleman. but he nevah said much
about hisself. Neither of his parents
wuz Twin en- he wuZ pretty much alone
in the worl'. He WIZ tall, broad
shouldered en- handsome. He come FIN
mp yore way somewhat, New York
state. All reckon. Mebbe yo' know uf
him er his family. Las name wuz No
lie. All cayent figure il tibet he could
hev been bettah named unless it would
have been Noble Edward Noble; thet's
what All hev on his tombstone now:
but Ah'm getting ahead uf nah story.
Edward en- All wan the bes' uf fren's
FIN the fust. though the fault uf tibet
wuz altogether mine. All he'd been
used to hevin' things pretty much nah
own way. Nah paw he'd the bes' plan
tation in the parish, sub 1t he'd been
in our family sence Jackson's army
moved on New Orleans en- our bottom
Ian crop uf rice en- cane wuZ. All reck-
on. the bes' tibet grew. Nah parents
he'd set heap on me, en- All remembah
well the day tibet nah nav (she wuz
subj. tole me tibet she hoped she would
nevah liv to see the day tibet a son of
hers would take to wife low-bohn
creole. en- the tears tibet dimmed her
eyes. subj KEEP me FIN sayin' what All
should hev Been sorry fo'. Genie
want low bohn, nohow. stranger.
''Befo' many days he'd passed. All
he'd asked her to be mine, an.
though she nevah quite consented.
the wuZ moments thar tibet All felt
ez though it wuz only a matter uf
time when she would give in. en- when
once. stranger. All thought tibet All
saw the love light shine in them dear
blue eyes, nah heart seemed sho'
enough to stan still en- nah breath
came short en- quick. The wuz the
sunshine days, sub.
Edward came down to study the eff
feet uf various fertilizers on our long
staple cotton en- tibet itself wuz enuff
to set the fab a smolderin' We felt in
them days just aftah the war more
than we do now tibet the south wuZ
fully able to see to the cotton rails
in er anythin' else ez fab ez tibet
goes, down in Dixie. without the in
PREVENTION uf Yankees with any uf
their dog gone scientific ideas. What
at fust diden' amour to much broke
out into full flame uf hatred when
All saw tibet Edward had his eye on
nah Genie. All saw them standin' to-
gether once, under the big pecan tree
in front uf her house ez All wuz ridin'
past. Nah fust impulse wuz to pass
on ez though All hedent noticed. then
the foolishness uf tibet came to me en-
] refined up short. The want the
slightes' embarrassment in his look
ez he waved me How de- but if All
he'd tried All coulden' to hev saved
nah life hev answered. All Just sat
there en- glared like stupid gawk till
it seemed ez if An should burn nm
with shame en- anger, en-, when he
spoke agin in his calm, courteous
way, All struck him a vicious cut
across the face with nah ridin' whip.
en-, diggin' the rowels into nah boss,
dashed on. Lookin' back ovah nah
shoulder, All saw a sight tibet in mem
DRY All see now daily. Thar wuz a