Woman's enterprise., 1921-09-16

dat night, all Wld moonlight so Wnlte
I had kissed de red flower an Civ it
to him. What day! I can never
forget.
"Mamselle you know we have not de
sugar house at Brusle, so l see de big
rollers 60 up an de rain Of juice, an
all de tings day had to max light
sugar. Den de gret open kettle wild
boys maxi a ILL paddle, an we eat
cutie boiling up to de top. Jim an all
dip our nuts in lik' praline
We dance a plenty too, an tink de big
boat never come.
"At la when de sun mos down dey
come, an we rush to de levee, an
come down de bank. De gret waters
Of de river was churn black an
white. Jim say it SCUM lik' one big
crevasse. l never see befo' or since
such a sight. We hear boat blow on
de Brusle, but never see any at all
not one Dey look lik' dat awful
water, AM too lik' all de candle in de
w0rl' is lit on dem boat, an fame OF
fire come out de black chimbly an
trail over de fuming water. l scared
lik', dey was so close too, on our side
de river. Dose boat burnin' some
pork too, already, we smell, an some
say shame! Every man yell an Pape
say Mon Dieu, de Robert E. Lee is
too much behin',' an anoder may say
she got three hundred mile to catch
up' Den de big cannon boom at Bat
on Rouge. In all de beautiful light
an big wave Of water / could JUS
hear de BAN play Sweet Land of Lib
erty! to thee l sing
"Den we 60 home. All. me, could
not sleep. l could not tink. Some dey
pass, an Jim D'Orville come to tell
Papa de Natchez win, an nobody lik
for de Natchez to beat de Lee, so dey
get up de biggest race ever was in de
worl and go from Nawleans New
Orleans) to St. Louis to prove de
Lee bes' boat ever was, an when dey
race some more he come for US.
"Anoder day he come to bring
Nathalie a rose set, an l tell him
he tax too much fatigue to ride SO
far, an he say, 4 bring you any ting
liz Marie Rose Long time pass. Den
he come to Papa an say, 4 want Ma
rie Rose to come marry wild me- An
Papa say, 'Ah! you too soon, she
swift wild light bread, an SOW fine
long seam to help her Mama Jim he
talk long time, an say he head sugar
maker at LaBelle sugar house, den he
build nice place and hav' money in
bank, also he have two mule to plow,
a horse to ride, an a gentle white OK
for Marie to drive in de cart.
"Papa he call Nathalie, an say will
you dance in your stocking feet ma
file, Monsieur D'Orville would marry
,, wild your little sister,
"Den Nathalie COM run all red af-
ter she tell Papa 4 will let. Armand
speak fus', maybe we wed together.
$50 Jim come to de do an say,
Marie Rose all is we'll if you but
he had his arms round me, an nev-
Ter did say because my face was hid,
an he never say, he so busy kissing
my hair, an l don know how it come
dat Mama make US spin every day, an
brought out de weavin' frame an de
dying vat.
eve maxi good counterpart for de
bed, wild fringe, sheet, towel, an big
piece of cloth. Nathalie TAX blue
for her, an l choose yellow an we
both have white. You see have dem
yet. Mama tell US too of how long
time, my many time grad-mere from
France do de same, den dey come to
Novia Scotia, an we Arcadian people,
we bring all de same wild US. My Pa
pa he 60 out an bring US sto' tings
too-so we have plenty.
"Pretty soon now de marriage day
come. Celeste an Justin too will mar
ry, an we say who de first?' We talk
so much we cannot tell, so we ask
Pere Ienace an he say Nathalie will
wed first. Marie Rose will walk first
benin de music, an Celeste will lead
de gran march at de bal. l tell you
we did laugh plenty. Den one day
come, an in de afternoon, We all dress
jes' lik' one, in white swiss, an or
ange wreath. Mama max Celeste
come an marry wild Us. Torectly we
hear de music, an We all STAN up in
4 row for our groom to come. DE
house an de yard was full of neighbor
and fren'-laughing an drinkin' par