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

into his, hope lef' nah life, but All
made up NAH min thet, if All. who
wuz villin' to give up nah home
en- birthright fo' her, coulden' hev
her. no one Else should, en- All took
an oath, sub. thet the'd be a KILN,
en- either tEet cold-blooded Yankee er
An should bite the dus' All diden'
care much which did which sence Ah
he'd seen whar the love light shone.
All diden' see him fo' many days, en-
All reckon that il WIZ well thet 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
neX' to ours. Her face wuz flushed,
shown to bes' advantage her rich
olive skin tibet shone in such p.easin'
contrast to the eyes with the fringe of
dark laShes. Al diden' even set off
FIN NAH boss. sub. Aid hey faien ct.
her feet he day befo, but the day be-
TO, All haden' seen whar the love
light shone, but Eeyah min about
she dden' say a word thet she
shoulder hev. They want even rea-
sonable amour uf scold in her voice,
consderin' what All he'd zone, but All
saw thet the wuz nothin' TO- me to
look TO in the blue eyes, nothip' cept-
in an unfathomable well of pity.
"Ah. says to her: 'He cayent love yo
ez All do. Genie, ez All do, who hey
grown up with yo', en- learned to love
the whole worr cas- you live in It,,
Genie. Yesterday, Aid hev thought 1T
bettah to hev lived down on he poo
plantation across the river if All could
hev seen yo' smile sometimes en- heN
known that the love light thar Wuz TO
me then to hev lived on the mos prince
lv estate in the Ian 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' a
thousan' times rather then see yo' care
TO another. Yo're Yankee hain't got
none uf tibet kim uf love TO you, Genie.
He hain't got even the spirit to resent
an insult-but Nh got no further, the
look she civ me, well, All nevah saw its
like befo
"Ah wen back TO nah work en- staid
thar Nah niggas he'd to git up en- gil
tibet summer. All nevah lef' the planta-
ton.
st wuz a Sunday afternoon in Sep
tembcr tibet the storm broke on the
Louisiana coast. All tibet afternoon she
ragged tiercer en- fercer. All he'd been
out on the rivah in the mo'nin' tishin'
fo' croppieS till the storm begin to rize.
en- finally drove me in. The MISSISSIPPI
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 enutf, not MON eight miles
wide. the rivah included, an we he'd 4
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
sh. The flo stood Just even with the
top uf the levy. We used to run tho
trucks laden with cotton bales, FIN thar
.
en- I'm thar out ovah the long pier to
the boats TO New Orleans Thet after
noon All thought a score If times thet
the win would pick us up en- toss us
into the middle uf the rivah en- to'ada
dark All thought that Ah would take
no mo chances en- All wen home en-
soon to bed.
"Ah had been sleepin' fo' some hours
when All wuz awaken by poundin' or
the side doc by nah windo. Paw en-
nav wuz sleepn' then en- All went to
the doc quietly All foun' family
uf neighbors. Their house he'd blown
down, stranger. FIN then on till mid
night they KEEP a comm; sometimes a
hull family, but mo- often the'd be
some lackin'; en- occasionally some
one'd start back through the hriekin'
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 GROWN
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 Ian en-
| he'd lan'ed a full-rigged ship whar our
| orange grove he'd seuce been planted.
Nh celebrated tibet paw was tEinbin'
uf tibet, though Ah don reckolec' thet
he said word tibet night 'ceptin' whes
the watah got so deep en- cur solid ole
house began TO shake in the surgil
SEA en- the wind, he picked nav up i. hi,
arms Ell though She had beera baby en-.
| turnin', said: TO the wear house"
"Ah. mahse'f, caught two littls
ones, chG!en uf neighhors If ours On
| placed CIe on each shoulder. The Nuz
lew stronger then All in them Gays,
stranger. but it took every muscle All
| he'd to face thet storm. Al knew tibet
we wuz out uf the path, TO twice Al
| trippod en- nearly fell. Nah foot
he'd caught in a tangle uf garden COW
! peas, All KEEP ez near en- possible TO
paw en- Al heard nah prayin TO all