Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1901-10-17
DOFETCHIrs STORY.
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old man lowed he never was so lone
some in all his days fer it seemed jest
like Sally Jane ought to be here. 'Ole
woman, tell you right now / wish |
may drap stiff dead in mint If airy /
! other one Of these gals marrys. If |
don't take my musket and blow the |
whole top off the low down brutes head |
off who she gifts. Now see If don't. |
Now see If | don't" At last they agreed !
to stay there till craps were geathered,
the old man remarking but we must
keep our eyes open, old woman, and
keep them young skalahoots off of the
premises.
And everything went on loyin for a
flew days til one day the old man picks
up his musket and takes them thar ~
gals and goes out for hunt down on
Hoodoo River, distance of four miles
from home. They was a-hunting dears,
turkeys squirrels and wood hens, and
all walkin up the river in abreast
when they diskivered on the opposite
bank of Hoodoo man, and Mr.. Mogg's
eyes commence getting red, and he pop.
ped his teeth 3 or times, and then he
levelled his musket on that man, an at
that instant Becky she seezed him an
about dozen of the other gals got hol
Of their pa, and he got madden an mad
der and finally he went rayin distract
ed an he got to fightin' them gals and
scratchin' them in the face and him "a
shou tin II wish may drap stiff dead
in minuit if don't blow the top of yer
d----n heads off if yer don't git away"
Mr. Mogg insane an he got off behind
big tree an watched the skirmish, an
the old man he was getting hotter all
the time and one of them gals she got
the musket an discharged the thing,
an the old man thought the man on the
other side done the shootin So he
fell in his tracks in faint. The gals
toted water in their bunnets an poured
on him an washed his face an soon
his pulse begin to beat purity rapid, an
he got to gittin' his breath all rice anC
time to look at each other an they
looked like an old settin' hen had fog
ged all of EN-. Their faces were scratch
1 ed an bleeding and some of their noses
y bleeding and turned the wrong way, al
their hats all tore up and their sleeve,
tore off. You never seed such lookin
set of gals in all yer days. The maj
y on the other side came outfrom ambush
'e to the bank of the river and says, LA
v dies, who am the man yous has haC
i the tug of war with?" Its pap" salt
one. "An what seems ter be the trou
L BILE with him?" "He has spells" replied
another, IAN how long does thes
lt spell last him?" he axes, "Ginerall.
= three or four days at er time" He AK
s. es them if it would be safe fer him +
Il come over an tells EN- he is doctor a
could kure him, and the gals was awful
W glad doctor was so nigh an invite
him over mighty quick an perlite.
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10 down across the river an the DR.. walk
across on that and comes up to wher
u they were an interduces hisself as d
ne Eogg, and after short talk he weT
through the doctors examination, fe
VI of Mr.. Mogg's pulse, prised his mout
open and looked at his tongue and pr
1io nounced him in a bad condition an sa
V" he would have to have the very best
attention if he gets we'll, and they AK
W him if he would go an stay at the
no house until their pap gifts we'll and
100 said he would an they picks him up a
10 starts for home and in about three
oN four hours they gifts home an puts hi
ny in bed and tells the old women all
'SJ about their trouble. The DIR. he go
10 to work on his patient. He had t,
W small bottles in his pocket and a
"" of herbs that he had dug that day a
gay he give the medicine out of them bt
1'' ties an some herbs an said he won
@J' rest good until morning. They all S
up late and the DIR. sorLer cast his e
on L'dside, an she was a purity girl tC
10y and the DR.. and Lidside that night h
~ promised to be married. an the
was sot when she was to steal out to t
'' place where her pap had stampeded
y, the river. In a day or two the old m
began getting to his senses and so
he calls tho gals to his bedside and q
es, Did kill him, gals?' mo"
piled one Odd hurt him any badd
100 than he hurt me?' No pap, he got
way" Il fit like a tiger, didn't
yes, "Ill make him think the
jins has shore got him if he ever con
- back here trying to take my gals, wo
w.. ~" Yes, and at that moment t
DR.. appePed before him. "lVho in t
nam D. are you?" said Mr., Mogg, I"
- that's the Doctor said Mrs. Mogg, So
en- sent after him." ''You leave or | "
u kill you like did another thief on t
river the other day" said Mr.. Mogg
the Dr. thought il best TO take she
and he bid all farewell Mrs. Mogg
fcred to pay him hut he wouldn't ia
no pay. Before he left be gave Lidsi
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