Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1912 — The Intruder. [ARTICLE]

The Intruder.

A certain boat coming up the Mississippi one day during the flood lost her way and bumped up against a frame house. She hadn’t more than touched it before an old darkey rammed his head up through a hole in the roof, where the chimney once came out, and yelled at the captain on the roof: “Whar’s yer gwine wid dat boat? Can’t you see nothin’? Fust thing yer knows yer gwine to turn dls house ober, spill de old woman an’ de chll’en out in de flood an' drown ’em. What yer doin’ out here in de country wid yer boat, anyhow? Go on back yander froo de co’n fields an’ get back into de ribber whar ye b’longs. Ain’t got no business sev’n miles out In the country foolin’ roun’ people’s houses nohow?” And she backed out. —Life.