Sharp County record., 1903-05-22
EMMELINE
A Story Of French Canada.
BY Arthur J. Stringer.
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~ tJOoE. Gays .Wdttdll hSi ElhLiSllhC,
for she always have leetie smile
for mos everybody, from 'Tite Pierre,
who tend de geese, TO de kind leetle
cure wit hees OF green coat. An in
dose days, by gare, l always t'ink Nam
zelle Emmeline was De mos pretty girl
of all de Reever, wit cheeks lax de
poach-blossom, an de hair wat she
braid almos' down TO de knee. guess
mebbe she have wan douzaine cavalier
:; all de tam, an de peep ny she mus
make de bes' match on De village. But,
by gsre, msieu, wat you tink she
dol
She 60 an max mariee wit Patrice
E Germ, wat was mos OF enough to be
her fadder Dey say he lax Emmeline
from de tam she was lee''e girl an
come an play on hees raft, vile he
. watch her 30 she don't fall in de reever,
an dat. he sect up all night wit her
wen she haye de fever. But tink
he was bout 40 year oP, wife En-
incline she was bout IS. In lose days
she was very light, wit de heart an
sing de chanson all de tam, an t'ink
Il was de mos fonny ting for dat OF
Patrice to fall in love wit !eetle girl
lax dat. Mos all de peep on de vii age
say Emmeline will be soryy for dat
some day, an somebody tell Patrice
, dat, but he only smile wit de mout' an
say, tMehbe not" An Emmehne w'n
, she hear,dst, she put her arms round
Patrice's neck, an say: Wen be de
, mos happy peep in de wori' won'twe,
= Patrice?"
But Patrice wss yer' QUIT feller, an
, dough he try hard to max some pals
urement for hees young wife an al
ways vas mos kind wit her, de peep
say dat bimeby af'er vile she get
. tire wit everything an don't sing on de
, house no more. Den Patrice he max
mooch IVORY bout dat. but he say
, mebbe she be oil right wen de winter
go by.
But Emmehne she get more an
, more thin on de face, an her check get
w'ite an dough she always tell her
, husban' dat she was ver' happy an
content, an dat he was ver' good to
her. all de tam, she get more an more
sad on de eye, too an say she wish
Patrice don't have to be way on de
: boosh 80 many tam.
Den de mex winter bimeby 81 have
wan leetle baby, an, by gare, dere
, come . change in Emmeline, an she
seem YER happy an content, an sing
YER sof' an qui' all de day lorg to dat
leetle baby, vile her husband be away
on de raft, or up on de boosh wit hees
reever gang.
But wan day de leetle baby die wit
de Group, an af'er dat ! t'ink Emme-
line was get more w'ite an loney dan
ever. De peep say she walk up an
down de cabane an wiring her hands,
an wen her husbnn' be dere sh begin
Go cry ver' sodden for no matter az all.
Well, de spring come, an dot's de
tam for Patrice to go ur to hea of
de reever Wit de gang, to bring dow n
de log. Wen he leave Emme'ine he
say dat will be de las tam he will &C
'way an he tell young Cyprien Latour
I to go on de ca5ene w'euever he can,
an keep ,Enmeline from gettin' too
solitaire, an play hees violin for her,
for Patrice he say msbbe dat make de
leetle femme forget bout dose tings
yw'at make her so trieste.
Cyprien promise to do dat for Pat
rice, an by gare, he go on de cabane
mos every d.y wit hees violin, for
wen ne was de lettle boy he was play
wit Emmeline an deg was grow up
;togedder. He was fine young garcon
wit black hair an de mos Jolly laugh
you never hear, But bimeby he change
YER mooch, an get thin on de face lax
Emmeline, an de FIRST ting de peep on
de village know, dey was see dat Cyp.
-ritu was fall in loaf wit Emneline. j
tink Emmeline see DAT, too, an dey
both try ver' mooch not TO do anything
ylak dat, but dey can't help heem war
sleetle bit
Wen ostrice come down wit q,
first drive of log, Emmeline 10 out tC
meet him at de Leetle Forks, lax sh,
was always do. Wen she sec heen
she rome up to heem an hang OF
heem, an cry mos all day. Patric
don't know wat to max wit dat, bu
de peep don't say noddiry. Den o.
Beaupre he say he tend to dat biz
Iaesse. so ne spik quit wit Pstrice. an