. Highways and byways of the South. arv, and for several days the rain fell in torrents. Thewater come in on our floors on a Saturday night at oneoclock. Wed all gone to bed early. I got up onceand looked out, but it was dark and I thought thewater want any nearer the house than it was in theearly evening. By and by seem like something toldme to get up again ; and this time the moon came frombehind a cloud and I could see the water had got inthe yard ; and I cried out, Oh, mercy, get up quick,Paw ! and he was out of bed in no time and he randownstairs and rang the bell that we have hung onthe
. Highways and byways of the South. arv, and for several days the rain fell in torrents. Thewater come in on our floors on a Saturday night at oneoclock. Wed all gone to bed early. I got up onceand looked out, but it was dark and I thought thewater want any nearer the house than it was in theearly evening. By and by seem like something toldme to get up again ; and this time the moon came frombehind a cloud and I could see the water had got inthe yard ; and I cried out, Oh, mercy, get up quick,Paw ! and he was out of bed in no time and he randownstairs and rang the bell that we have hung onthe porch to call the men to their meals. That wokeeverybody in the house and brought some men fromthe neighbors, and we got the things out of the cellar, On the Banks of the Ohio 203 and then we took up our carpets. We had a big ex-tension table in this room, and we piled the chairs andthe carpets and a trunk full of things on it. Wethought the waterd never get up to em, but it keprisin till Wednesday, and then it was over the mantle-. A Riverside Team ^ piece. The river was full of drift of every description— bridges and houses and fences, hay-stacks and straw-stacks — and it was just awful. Our barn is a little higherthan the house; but the water come in there, too, andMonday we waded our horses and cows away to dry 204 Highways and Byways of the South land farther back. It was the middle of June beforeour cellar dried out, and our doors was all swelled sothey wouldnt shut for months. With all the otherdamage, the steamers did a lot of hurt. Theyd comealong close to shore to keep out of the current, andthe big waves from em would rock the flooded houjesand do em more harm than the water had. Thatmade the people mad, and some would shoot into thesteamers to warn em off. It reminded me of wartimes. Why, said I, was there fighting here in thewar: No, but there was raiding. We had a store-boaton the river then, and it was full of goods, and we usedto peddle from it. We thought t
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