Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-02

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dat first ting Patrice look lax he would
kill heem, den he laugh YER quit an
say Emmeline was as good as de snow
wen it first fall on de ground.
But de peep say dat wan night wen
Patrice come on de cabane from de
sawmil an was unstrap his snowshoe'
outside, he hear Cyprien ak Emmeline
to rome away wit heem, to Mo'real,
an dat he know YER wall dat she was
in loaf wit heem. Patrice he don't
wait to hear no more, but walk up
an down de chemin bout all night
long.
De mex day he have hees mind max
up, an SEN for Cyprien an ak heem
YER quit if he'd better not join de gang
dis tam an help bring down de mex
| drive of log. Cypfien look at Emme
line on dat, an Emmeline look out de
winder, an don't say nodding. Den
Cyprien look at Patrice, an mebbe see
something in de eye wat max heem
change hees mind an say yes, he will
go wit de gang.
So he join de gang and go witt
Patrice an help bring down de drive.
| Dey get down as far as de Leetle
Forks, wen, by care, dey have de
| worse jam on de reever. De log all
pile up across de reever an pretty
| soon de water was hoP back by dat
| jam bout ten, IL foot high. Emme-
| line was dere, to wait for wen her
| husband was come, an wen she see
dat bad jam she walk up an down
among de leetle pine tree on de bank
an make tree, four long pray'r wit
| herself.
| Patrice look up an see her do
dat. He shut his teet' togedder, but
] don't say nodding. Den he call Cy-
prien an say to heem ver' quit: "Ceep,
I am de boss of dis gang, an have
decide dat you are de bes' man to go
out on de jam an loosen dat key-log!"
| Cyprien he don't say nodding, but I
tink he onderstan' all right. Two tam
he start to spik wit Pa trice, an den he
shut hees teet' an take hees ak an
start out on de log. Patrice STAN on
de bank an look at. heem vile he go,
an den call heem back sodden.
"Ceep," he say, "mebbe you t'ink
dat's not de right ting for me to do.
So t'ink we leave dis ting in de hand
of lie bon Dieu, an bot go out on dis
jam togedder, an de wan dat come
blackwell, I t'ink you understand"
Wen Cyprien hear dat he grow ver'
wife on de face encore, and he say
"ver' wall" An dey bot take deir ak,
an go outon de jam togedder, crawl
in lax two cats from wan log to de
odder.
All dat tam Emmeline was STAN on
de bank an watch everything dat go on.
She was JUS STAN dere, waitin', waitin' j,
wit her ham on her heart, an her face
wife as de foam wat squirt out at de
foot of de rapide.
De two men come to de needle Of
de jam an fin de key-1og. Patrice fin
heem first, an vile he was chop t'ru
dat log de jam geev way an make wan
beeg roar, an go rushin' down de
reever, wit de log all rollin' an jomp-
in an twistin' lax dey was all alive for
sure.
Emmeline look down an see dose
log churnin' in dat feroce current, an
she see bot men go onder, an she was
fall right over on de ground in de faint,
an de peep have to come an carry her
on de house.
All de gang rome down de reever
an maxi de search for de body of
Patrice an Cyprien. Den, by care, de
first ting dey know dey see Patrice in
de water hold on to de end of a log.
Dey help heem outon de bank, but he
was dat bruise' an fatigue he can't say
nodding, SO dey carry heem into Des-
jardin's cabane an geev heem tree,
four dreenk' of wisky blanc. Den he
cry out: de boy! Save de boy!"
But dat was maxi no good, for dey
find de body of Cyprien La tour wash up
on de gravel two mile down de reever.
Dey bring heem back on de village an
somebody say mebbe it was bes' tail
Emmeline bout dat first.
So or Beaupre he go to Emmeline
an shake de head ver' solemn, an EN-
: incline scream out an say: ''W'ere is
: he? Were is hep" An or Beaupre
: shake de head encore an say dat he
was dead, for he t'ink for sure she
: mean Cyprien. Den Emmeline she
5 don't say nodding, but she get up an
go on de leetle closet. an pour some
ting out of de bottle an swallow heem
: OF Beaupre ak her wat she was do
wit dat bottle, an she smile ver' quit
an say she was JUS take de mediseen
!, to cure de pain wat she have in de
/ heart.
Den she fall on de floor, an OF
e Beaupre see dat de mediseen she take
was poison sure 'nough, an he rome
a out an call Patrice quick. Wen de
e girl see heem she t'ink he was ghos
D at first, but Wen he spik to her she
r 1 crawl to his feet an hug hees knee
|, an say, vile she die: ST fought il
D was de odder! fought it was de
;. odderi''
e An or Beaupre toP me dat Patrice
S he pick her up in hees arms an hol
her dere mos all night long. An w'e1
: OF man Beaupre tor me bout dat d.
a | tear rome down bees cheek an he say.