The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-02-07

her, no one else should, en- An too
an oath, sub, thet the'd be a KILN
en- either thet cold-blooded Yankee e
All should bite the dus'. All dider
care much which did which sence A,
he'd seen whar the love light shone.
All diden' see him TO- many days, el
All reckon that it wuz well thet Al
diden', but All did see Genie, fo' sh
came direc' to the levy cane patel
whar she knew All was workin' tn
niggas. She he'd he'd right smar
walk, though their plantation WI
mex to ours. Her face wuz flushed
showin' to bes' advantage her ricl
olive skin thet shone in such pleasin
contrast to the eyes with the fringe o
dark lashes. All diden' even get of
FIN nah hoss, sub. Aid hev fallen Il
her feet the day befo', but the day be
! fo', All haden' seen whar the low,
! light shone, but nevah min abou
tibet, sub. All felt all undone, though
/ she diden' say word thet sh'
shoulder hev. They want even rea
sonabk amoun' uf scold in her voice
considerin' what All he'd zone, but Al
saw thet the wuz nothin' fo' me tt
look TO in the blue eyes, nothin' cept
, in an unfathomable well of pity.
"Ah, says to her: 'He cayent love Vt
ez All do, Genie, ez All do, who hes
grown up with yo', en- learned TO low
the whole worl' cas- you live in it
Genie. Yesterday, Aid hev thought i
bettah to hev lived down on the poo
plantation across the river il All coult
hev seen yo' smile sometimes en- he
known that the love light thar wuz 70
me then to hev lived on the mos prince
ly estate in the Ian without yo', Genie
Hain't we gwine to meet no mo- dow
in the lane whar the magnolias grow
All love yo' so, honey, Ah'd die fo' yo' ;
thousan' times rather then see yo' carr
fo' another. Yo're Yankee hain't go
none uf tibet kim uf love TO you, Genie
He hain't got even the spirit to resen
an insult-but All got no further. thu
look she Civ me, well, All nevah saw if;
like befo'.
"Ah wen back to nah work en- stale
thar. Nah niggas he'd to git up EN- gi'
thct summer. All nevah lef' the planta
tion.
at wuz a Sunday afternoon in Sep
tember thet the storm broke on tn,
Louisiana coast. All tibet afternoon sh,
ragged fiercer en- fercer. All he'd beer
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 foty mile above whar she break,
up into a score uf mouths en- goes into
the gulf. The neck uf Ian we were OF
wuz near enuff, not mon eight miles
wide, the rivah included, an we he'd {,
wide sweep uf sea on either side.
"Ah lay eroun the wearhouse mos III,
that afternoon. Our warehouse had tn,
highes' an bes' foundation in the par
ish. The flo stood just even with the
top uf the levy. We used to run tn.
trucks laden with cotton bales, I'm thai
straight out ovah skids to the levy
en- I'm thar out svah the long pier te
the boats TO New Orleans. Thet after
noon All thought a score uf times the,
the win would pick us up en- toss III
into the middle uf the rivah en- toad.
dark All thought that All would take
no mo- chances en- All wen home er
soon to bed.
"Ah had been sleepn' fo' some hour,
when All wuz awaken by poundin OF
the side doo' by nah windo.' Paw eI
nav WIZ sleepin' then en- All went tc
the doo' quietly. All foun' family
uf neighbors. Their house he'd blowr
down, stranger. FIN then on till mid
night they k-p comm; sometimes t.
hull family, but mo- often the'd b.,
some lackin'; en- occasionally some
one'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 WI,
kivered with right smart uf watah
while outside we could see only ragin
storm.
"Ah he'd hearn paw tell how yars ag,
the win he'd swep' the sea I'm tn. gul.
right across our narrer neck uf lam en-
he'd lan'ed a full-rigged ship whar our
orange grove he'd sence been planted
All calcerlated thet paw was thinkin
uf thet, though All don reckolec' thet
he said word thet night 'ceptin' when
the watah got so deep en- our solid OLE
house began to shake in the surgin
sea en- the wind, he picked nav up in his
arms ez though she had been baby en-,
turnin, said: ITO the wear house."
"Ah, mahsef, caught two little
ones, chillen uf neighbors uf ours ell
placed one on each shoulder. The wus
few stronger then All in them days.
stranger, but it took every muscle All
he'd to face thet storm. All knew thet
we wuz out uf the path, fo' twice All
tripped en- nearly fell. Nah foot
he'd caught in a tangle uf garden COW
peas. All KEEP ez near ez possible to
paw en- All heard nah prayin' fo' all
on us. About half uf our numbah