The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-02-02

but his face bore no trace of anger;
the wuz nothin'sbut pity en- grief
thar. Nah Genie had sprung to his
Lside, en- stranger. when All saw tibet
them eyes uf hern wuz. sho' enuff,
shinin' the love light ez they looked
into his, hope lef' nah life, but All
made up NAH min tibet, if All, who
wux willin' to give up nah home
en- birthright fo' her, coulden' hev
her, no one else should, EN- All took
an oath, sub, tibet the'd be KILN,
All should bite the dus'. All diden'
care much which did which sence All
he'd seen whar the love light shone.
All diden' see him TO many days, en-
All reckon that it wuz well tibet All
diden', but All did see Genie, TO- she
came direc' to the levy cane patch
whar she knew All was workin' the
niggas. She he'd he'd a right smart
walk, though their plantation wuz
mex to ours. Her face wuz flushed,
shown to bes' advantage her rich
olive skin tibet shone in such pleasin'
contrast to the eyes with the fringe of
| dark lashes. All diden' even get off
FIN nah boss, sub. Aid hev fallen at
he'd fleet the day befo', but the day be-
TO- All haden' seen whar the love
| light shone, but nevah min about
tibet, sub. All felt all undone, though
she diden' say a word tibet she
shoulder hev. They want even rea-
sonable amour uf scold in her voice.
considerin' what All he'd zone, but All
saw tibet the wuz nothin' TO- me to
look fo' in the blue eyes, nothin' cept-
in an unfathomable well of pity.
"Ah, says to her: He cayent love 70
ez All do, Genie, ez All do, who hev
grown up with yo', en- learned to love
the whole worr cas- you live in it,.
Genie. Yesterday, Aid hev thought it
bettah to hev lived down on the poo
plantation across the river if All could
hev seen yo' smile sometimes en- hev
known that the love light thar wuz TO
me then to hev lived on the mos prince
ly estate in the lam without yo', Genie.
Hain't we gwine to meet no mo- down
in the lane whar the magnolias grow?
All love yo' so, honey, Aid die TO- yo'
thousan' times rather then see yo' care
TO another. Yo're Yankee hain't got
none uf tibet kim uf love fo' you, Genie.
He hain't got even the spirit to resent
an insult-but All got no further, the
look she Civ me, well, All nevah saw its
like befo'.
ut wuz Sunday afternoon in Sep
TENDER tibet the storm broke on the
Louisiana coast. All tibet afternoon she
ragged fiercer en- fiercer. All he'd been
out ON the rivah in the mo'nin' fishin'
fo' croppies till the storm begin to rize.
en- finally drove me in. The 'Mississip'
is pretty wide down thar. It's only
about fo'ty mile above whar she breaks
up into a score uf mouths en- goes into
the gulf. The neck uf Ian we were on
wuz near enuff. not mon eight miles
wide, the rivah included, an we he'd a
wide sweep uf sea on either side.
"Ah lay eroun the wearhouse mos uf
that afternoon. Our warehouse had the
highes' an bes' foundation in the par
ish. The flo stood just even with the
top uf the levy. We used to run the
trucks laden with cotton bales, FIN thar
straight out oyah skids to the levy,
en- FIN thar out ovah the long pier to
the boats TO. New Orleans. Thet after
noon All thought score uf times tibet
the: win would pick us up en- toss us
into the middle uf the rivah en- to'ads
dark All thought that All would take
no mo- chances en- All wen home en-
soon to bed
".Ah had been sleepin' TO- some hours
when All wuz awaken by poundin' on
the side doc by NAH windo.' Paw en-
NAV wuz sleepin' then en- All went to
the doo' quietly. All foun' a family
uf neighbors. Their house he'd blown
Down, stranger. FIN then on till mid
night they KEEP comm; sometimes a
hull family. but mo- often the'd be
some lackin'; en- occasionally some
ole'd start back through the shriekin'
night, lookin' for wife er little ones. Ii
mus hev been two o'clock er thara-
bouts when the watah began to come
in, fust creepin' little, then CROWN
stronger en- stronger till the flo wuz
kivered with right smart uf watah.
while outside we could see only ragin'
storm.
"Ah he'd hearn paw tell how vars ago |
the win he'd sweep the sea FIN the gulf |
right across our narrer neck uf lam en- |
he'd lan'ed full-rigged ship whar our
orange grove he'd sence been planted. /
An calcerlated tibet paw was thinkin' |
uf tibet, though All dom reckolec' tibet
he said word tibet night 'ceptin' when
the watah got SO deep en- our solid ole
house began to shake in the surgin'
sea en- the wind. he pick ed NAV up in his
arms ez though she had been. baby en-.
furn.n', said: ITO the wear house,
All, mahse'f, caught two little
ones, chillen uf neighbors uf ours en-
placed one on each shoulder The, MN,