The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14
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Rev. Mr.. Wyman, of Topeka, was ener-
getic in aiding the flood sufferers. His part
was to convey them In carriage from the
bank of the river TO the auditorium. where
relief quarters had been established. In the
course of a day or two his clothing became
muddy and sorry looking. On one OF his
trips he entered the auditorium and ap-
who was presiding over the distribution of
clothing. She eyed him little suspiciously
and h he said apoGgetically. u guess you do
responded the good woman severely. 1T
have QUILTED you twice already and want
you to get right out Of here"
ing of hero. In the earlier stages of the
great flood at Topeka men volunteered to
man the boats who never before had taken
an oar In hand To penetrate the flooded dis
trict with safety consummate skill in boat
ing required. So it is not surprising
that many of the amateur b0atmen were up
set In the torrents and were forced to take
to trees or roofs of houses In order to save
their own lives.
Among the amateur boatmen who went to
the rescue of people in North Topeka were
Probate Judge Hayden and Sam thinner
man. They had an old flat-bottomed boat
which might not have been conveyed safely
through the cross currents by even the most
expert Of oarsmen. Naturally they upset at
almost the first cross current. Here they
lost an oar. but regained their boat which
swept downward with the current. Present
ticy WCiC lippcQ Jul again anu lOSI Tie
other oar. However. for the second time.
they regained the boat and went drifting
helplessly through the water-covered town.
At last they were swept across Kansas ave-
nue. and plump into window Of Billiards.
mill. AS they crashed into this place of
comparative safety they were astonished to
find a solitary old man sitting on a box and
calmly smoking his pipe. The old man
stared at them moment and then shouted:
by the Jumpin Jehosephat, here comes
Robinson Crusoe and his man Fridayr' And
over in Topeka the boys are trying to find
out which was Robinson Crusoe and which
was Friday.
woman came wailing and almost hys-
terical out of one of the rescue boats sent
to North Topeka She clutched 70 her bosom
a bundle which every one thought con-
tanned baby. But when she reached dry
land she carefully unrolled the bundle and
displayed female poodle dog with four
young puppies.
In one Of the churches in North Topeka
lot or colored folks gathered. They were
terribly frightened and divided their time
between shouting for help and praying for
the Lords assistance. They were taken of
one by one until at last there came a bux-
ON old "aunty. As she struck dry ground
she opened the batteries of her vocabulary
Oar Is de prayin est lot OBJ niggahs in dat
chu'ch you evan saw" she said as she
shook out her ample skirts and adjusted
the bandana on her forehead. Oars mig
gahs ovah dar a-prayin' dat never prayed
In der lives befo Dey Is shoutin TO de
Lord to come an save dem from de watahs
But de Lord say to Hisself, Use gwne TO
shake dem niggahs up a spell to show dem
de sinfulness OBJ der ways, an He's a-shak-
In dem mighty had"
mo. sah," responded the old aunty I'm
response to a question. Il hain't los none oh
my faith in de Lord. don't stand by Him
ION mercy as much L did but Use got
moan probation OF His powerfulness."