The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-01-10

ried into the rivah All crouched low on
the levy. All heard a creshin' sehriek
ing crash en- the wearhouse wuz gone.
stranger. All struggled TO nah feet
en-, shoutin', plunged aftah the tossin',
grindin' wreck. fightin' en- prayin' to
fin nah parents A piece of floatin
wreckage struck nah head en-. half
conscious, chokin'. blinded. chilled en-
exhausted, All b'arly made NAH way to
the levy agin. All coulden' tell yo' what
all happened durin' the res uf tibet
night, though some trihin' things i'm
pressed themselves upon me with start.
lin distiuctness. 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 tibet the food 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 tibet it wuz a moccasin snake.
1t wuz too scared to strike. sub.
Daylight broke en- All looked about
fo' Edward. At fust All coulden' see
hide nor ha'r uf him nor uf eny other
Twin human critter, though the wuz
some uf mos every other sort uf animal
Sn reptile thar. The wuz hogs en- cat
tie, bosses, sheep. en- every hyar en- thar
a wrigglin' snake. All don believe tibet
Noah made any bettah shown. All saw
NAH saddle boss Bill. the thoroughbred
tibet NAH uncle gev me vars befo', en-
All whistled shrill on nah fingahs ez
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- vsiET'ed soft like ez though he wuz
glad to see me Twin His eyes wuz al
nos human.
"Ah twisted nah fingahs in his
lcng, wet name, en-, putin an arm
eTuun' his neck. stood creek en- looked
fab aw2y up the line uf the levy to-
ward the plantation whar Genie lived.
An saw a mans figure in the distance
EN- All knew it mus be Edward. All
worked NAH way carefully erlong, still
hoIdin' on TO Bill en- the cattle en- sheep
moved on orhead ez though they wuz
glad to be driven. All kivered mile er
mo- in this way en- could see the old
pecan tree on the Dupree plantation
wavn en- tossin' in the storm. but
the house WUz gone. LoOkin' up the
levy agin Nh saw Edward standn'
recklessly EN- wayin' his arms frantic
like en- loolin' to the windward uf the
levy. Lookin' again to the pecan tree,
Nh saw three pussons, one NAH Genie
en- nah heart beat fas'. All whistled
en- hollered at the top uf NAH voice to
Edward. but coulden' get his attent ton
All saw him strip off his Goa en- plunge
into the ragin' sea during brief hull
in the sto'm. All hurried on ez fas' ez
All dared. Two er three times il looked
ez though he would be beaten back agin
the levy or thrown clar over into the
runnin' rivah beyond. He swan mostly
below the surface with a wonderful
en- peculiar stroke. All could see him
only at intervals ez he rose on the crest
uf wave en- Nh thought uf nah words
| to Genie: Yo'r Yankee hez 10 SIGH
love en- mine TO yo' Genie ez Ah saw
him CALAMITY buffet the waves. Genie
wuz motionless. en- Nh knew that She
was prayin TO- Edward.
"He had kivered half or mo- uf the
distance when the sky became sudden
I ~ black en- the sto'm came on full fo'ce
ag'n, The win he'd whipped eroun TO
the northwest en- came on ferccr then
evan. Nh dared not stan creek er