The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1921-04-23
PISTAcHE WRITES AMI coco
ABOUT TOMORROW'S DRIVE.

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since dem balls? Doggon, we have
good time, helm? / bet yo leg dey
all git steef an yo coon hit roun mex
| days, hem? | no me caus I'm get
tin long ole like yo, an dat all mite
beezness play lie diable wild us fellas
wat ain no jellies been, helm? Som
peep dey use fo all dat, yo take dat
Rafe fellas, heem shees kin make de
| revicie all mite her an den look fo
mo, vas.
Coco, yo talk nout look 70 mo,
abien, us fellas We goin look TO mo
rite now, yo got fo- no dat we gosn
| do one gran beeZness us apresans TO
| dat Catlik churches wat we got lei,
| wat name Our Lady of de Cuffs. fo
no dat som year pass we have beau
coup fire lei an we hav de unfor-
tunes of burn down our churches
| long side odder places like dem Cou-
vents an nodder house an we start
bid up up all we kin fo long dat we
got monies, helm, mai soon we doan
got no mo monies all hav fo stop
build, anyhow we start one church
es wat goin be some pride TO la belle
Bale st. Louie, an mo pride fo la
Grace de Dieu, an dats goin be one
fine places fo God stay in, helm? Yo
no dem mo fine we make de houses
wat God Heem Hees got fo stay, de
mo good we goin feel by ourself
helm?
Abien, Coco, dat bon Pret Farder
Melsh, heem has git one hidears an
hees call all de big fellas up dat
Casey Halls an hees hav talk wild
dem bout wat dey goin do fo lie
Glorys de Dieu, an dem salvations of
dem churches (No, Coco, doan fool
yoself, dey doan calls yo fren Jac-
ques, Pm no big fellas, me.) Amy
how, lie bon pret heem hees git dem
fellas in dem Caseys Halls an dey all
put dey he'd togedder an com wild
one conclusions dat dey goin toot de
horn an wake up all dem Catliks wat
dey got in dis mans shees towns
her.
Dey all say shees kin be do an
everybodys swear hees goin make
pride wild sheessef on one beaucoup
big drive fo monies fo pay off shees
diets an feeneesh bid shees churches
wat goin be de mo gran wat yo KIN
see on dem coas amy odder coas;
me I'm goin tell yo how dats goin be
do, Coco. Yo sees deys got beau
coup Catliks in dis towns, helm, an
if everybods dey put dey shoulders
fo de wheels and push hard, dem
|Cap;taine de lie Drives say dey no
dat in five year dey goin have nuff
monies fo all dey want fo make one
good jobs on dat churches. Dat
meen, Coco, dey goin feex tings so
dat 70 kin make de sobscribe TO so
moch every years fo five year, so
dat doan goin be hard fo yo, helm?
Yo see dat give yo beaucoup time fo
make de revicie an yo doan goin
| feel dem strains; yo see one fellas
heem shees kin make sine de pep fo
to hundrud dollar, helm, an dat only
goin be bout forty dollar every
years, o tree dollar an tobits fo one
monts, yo see dats not goin be hard,
helm?
Coco, de mo bes ways fo fellas do
dat das fo start wat dey calls one
Savin count Il bleev dats Creesmees
Save, hein?) and when de banks
dey pay yo dat monies yo goin fine
dat yo got some lef fo yo sef, fo
spen Creesmees wid, an lie Bon Dieu
Heem Hees goin bless yo fo wat yo
do on feex up Shoes houses, yas.
Yo no, Coco, one fellas never lose
wat hees Civ God, non, yo kin see dat
wat lie Bon Dieu say heesser In de
Bibe bout yo git mo intrus on dat
monies den yo tink bout.
So, Coco, we goin start mex Son
Il 10
big drive wat yo never see, an we
goin sho de peep dat de Catliks de
Bale ST. Louie got de rite kline
speereet in dem, an take one big in
trus in dey churches; an Coco, wen
dats feeneesh up we sho goin make
pride wild dat work, US, yas, an yo
cot fo com an see dem big celebra-
tons wat we goin have, US, an see at
de same time de mo gran mason de
Dieu wat yo want see, yas, an yo got
fo breeng Teeteens an Coocoone an
Leeza long wild yo let lone all dem
nodder peep wat stay in Bayou Co
codri.
Coco, yo no dat de Maize Generals
ON dat drive goin be Holy Joe? Vas,
dats wat Keekeen tell me; | beleev
de Camps, me Pm goin be private In
date Name strit brigades an | unstan
Pm go;n have be guide my dem
strs, so if / lose ma way yo will no
dats fo de recon dat din have one
compass me, anyhow We goln drive
fass like we kin an we ain goln pay
no nevermine by dem sine watts on
de poses bout Is mile hour, an Coco,
dats one time we goin laff rite IN
Msieu Albere Jone heem shees face,
yas!
Coco, if yo see amy dem fellas
wat make liv in dis Parois, yo tell
dem not fo wait till somboddy run
dem down, mai, jas com across an do
wat ,ley kin in dis drive by tell how
moch dey goin give fo de feenees
dem churches-now yo make de re-
membre dat dey doan have fo give
I'll by one time, yo no, dey sine up
70 Give so moch every years, like dey
wuz goin fo give, les say 200 dollar,
|abien, dey have fo give forty dollar
each years, yo see, an if dey want
give 100 dollar, ab;en dat make jus
20 dollar years, helm, anyhow yo
com down an Sc wat yo kin do, helm?
Abien, w;d big hope dat we goin
make de revicie an goin git mo den
nuff fo wat we want, I'm goin stop
rite 20.
Yo mo bes Fren,
JACQUES PISTACHE.