Sharp County record., 1903-05-22


say Emmeline was . good a de snow
wen it first fail on de ground.
But de peep say dat wan night wen
patrice come on de 'aUaHe from de
sawmill an was unst p his snow hoe
outside he hear Cyprien az Emmeline
to ronre away vii heem, to Mo'real,
an dat he know YER wal dat s. = was
in loaf wit heem. Patrice he don't
wait to hear no more, but walk mp
an down de chemin bout al night
long.
De mex day he have hees mind max
up, an sen for C.rpricn an AK heem
YER gait ifhe'd be tier not join de gang
dis tam ar help bring down de mex
drive Of log. Cvpritn look at Emme-
line on dat an Emmelinc look out de
winder, an don't say uodding. Den
Cyprien look Al patrice, an ebhe see
something in de eye wat max heem
change hces mird an say yes, he wiz
go wit de gang.
So he join de gang and go wit
Patrice an help bring down de drive.
Dey get down rs far as de L,etle
Forks, wen, by gare, dey have de
worse jam en- de reever. De log all
pile up across de reever an pretty
soon de water was hol back by DAT
jam bout ten, Il foot nigh. Emme-
line was dere. to wait for wen her
husband was come, an wen she see
dat bad Jam she walk up an down
among de leet!e pine tree on de banr
an make tree, four long pray'r wit
herself
Patrice look up nm see ner do
dat He shut his teet' torcddpr. but
Ion say rodding. Den he. call Cv-
rien an say to heem YER QUIT: "Ceep,
am de boss Of dis gang, an I have
decide dat you are de bes' man to go
out on de jam an loosen dat key-log!"
CyPritn he don't say nodding, but
link he onderstan' all right. Two tam
he start 10 spik Wit Patrice. an den he
shut hees teet' an take hees AK an
start out Oh de log. Patrice stan on
de bank an look at heem vile he 20,
an den call heem back soddcn.
"Cecp," he say, "mebbe You t'iuk
dat'S not de right ting for me tc do.
So I fink we leave dis Ting in de hand
Of le hon nieu, ar bot 60 out on dis
JAIN toreduer an de wan dat come
blackwell, l t'ink you onderstanH"
Wen Cyprien hear dat he grow ver'
wife on de fsce encore, and he say
ever wall" An dey bot take deir ak,
an 60 outon de jam togedder, crawl
in lax two cats from wan log to de
odder,
All dat tam Emmeline was stan on
de bank an watch everything dat go on.
She was JUS stan dere, waitin', waitin',
wit her han on her heart, an her face
wife as de foam wat squirt out at de
foot of de rapide.
De two men come to de needle of
de jam an fin de key-log. Patrice fin
heem first, an vile he was chop t'ru
dat log de jam geev way an make wan
beeg roar, an go rushin' down de
reever, wit de log all rollin' an jomp-
in an twistin' lax dey was all alive for
sure.
Emmeline look down an see dose
log churnin' in dat feroce current an
she see bot men go onder, an she was
fall right over on de ground in de faint,
an de peep have to come an carry her
on de house.
All de gang rome down de reever
an maxi de search for de body of
Patrice an Cyprien. Den, w gare, de
first ting dey know dsy see Patrice in
de water hold on to de vnd of log
Dey help heem outoA de bank, but he
was dat bruse' an fatigue ne can't say
nodding, so dey carry heem into Dcs-
iardin's cnlAne an geev heem tree,
four dreenk' Of wisky blanc. Den he
cry out: "De boy Save de boy"
But dat was MAX no good, for dey
find de body of Cyprieu Latour wash up
on de gravel two mile down de reever.
Dey bring heem back on de village an
somebody say mebDe IL was bes' tail
Emmelne bout dat first.
So OF Beaupre he go g Emmeline
an shake de head YER solemn, an EN-
incline scream on; an say: Were is
he? Were is her, An OF Beaupre
shake de head encore an say dat he
was dead. for he t'ink for sure she
mean Cyprien. Den Emmeine she
don't say nodding, but she get up ar
20 on de leetle closet, an pour some
ting out OF de bottle an swallow heem.
OF Beaupre Ak her wat she was do
wit cat bottle, an she emile ver' quit
an say she was JUS take de mcdiseen
to cure de pain wat she have in de
heart
Den she fall on de floor, an or
Beaupre see dat de rlediseen she take
was poison sure 'nougL, an he rome
ont an call Patrice quick. Wen de
girl see heem she t'inli he was ghos'
al first, but wen he spik 10 her she
crawl TO his feet en- hug hses knee,
an say, vile she die; 81 fought it
was de odderl l fought 4; was De