Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-08-02
EMMELINE
A Story of French Canada.
BY Arthur J. Stringer.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES y u OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

TN DOSE days we call her Emmeline.
for she always have leetle smile
for mos everybody, from lite Pierre,
who tend de geese, to de kind leetle
cure wit hees OF green coat. An in
dose days, by care, always tink Nam
zelle Emmeline was de mos pretty girl
of all de Reever, wit cheeks lax de
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 t'ink she
do!
She go an max mariee wit Patrice
Germ, wat was mos OF enough to be
her ladder. Dey say he lax Emmellne
from de tam she was 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 de fever. But t'ink
he was bout 40 year OF, 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 think
it was de mos fonny ting for dat OF
Patrice to fall in love wit a 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: ''Mebbe not" An Emmeline w'n
she hear dat, she put her arms round
Patrice's neck, an say: well be de
mos happy peep in de worl, won't we,
Patrice?"
But Patrice was YER quit Teller, an
dough he try hard to max some plais-
urement for hees 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 Patrice he max
mooch worry bout dat, but he say
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
wife an dough she always tell her
husban' dat she was ver' happy an
content, an dat he was ver' 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 in Emmeline, an she
seem ver' happy an content, an sing
ver' sof' an quit all de day long to dat
leetle baby, vile her husband be away
on de raft, or up on de boosh wit hees
reever gang.
But wan day de leetle baby die wit
40 ,fsn Io{ s.r,1-
line was get more wife an loney dan
ever. De peep say she walk up an
down de eabane an wiring her hands
an Wen her husban' be dere she begin
to cry ver' sodden for no matter at all
Well, de spring come, an OATS de
tam for Patrice 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 &C
way, an he tell young Cyprien LatouI
to go on de cabane Whenever he can
an keep Emmeline from gettin' toe
solitaire, an play hees violin for her
for Patrice he say mebbe dat make de
leetle femme forget bout dose things
wat make her so trieste.
Cyprien promise to do dat for Pat
rice, an. by care. he go on de cabane
mos every day wit hees violin. fol
wen he was de lettle boy he was play
wit Emmeline an dey was grow w
togedder. He was fine young garcor
wit black hair an de mos jolly laugh
you never hear. But bime by he change
YER mooch, an get thin on de face lal
Emmeline, an de first ting de peep or
de village know, dey was see dat Cyp
rien was fall in loaf wit Emmeline.
t'ink Emmeline see dat, too, an de,
both try YER mooch not to do anyt'ins
lax dat, but dey can't help heem wal
leetle bit.
Wen Patrice come down wit d.
first drive of log, Emmeline go out t.
meet him at de Leetle Forks, lax sh,
was always do. Wen she see heeu
she rome up to heem an hang OF
heem, an cry mos all day. Patric.
don't know wat to max wit dat. bu
de peep don't say nodding. Den oil
Beaupre he say he tend to dat biz
nesse, so he spik quit wit Patrice, an