Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1901-12-12
DOFETCHlT's STORY.


loose and is moapin' around with only
few girls and a nifty few at that and
that Is bis study how to keep EN- puz-
zles him so he walks out in the road
and sot down on a rail and hung his
head and was in a. deep study and went
on talkin' to hisself. "D-n IL | don't
die fust. I'll never let another get a.
way, I'll drap stiff dead in a mint II
do. Now see II don't" and he moan
ed out a groan and grunted and the
tears drapped from his eyes. just then
be heard soft footstep and before he
could rase his head soft fingers touched
him on the shoulder. He didn't look
up for be thought IL was his wife but
weeped all the harder, and so those hn-
gers touched him again and a voice
said "Ah, Mister Now Mr.. Mogg
rised up quick and be seed it was a man
and at that minute sparks flew out OF
the corners Of his eyes and he yelled to
the old woman 10 lock the door and he
| jumped up and commenced TO fight and
! the first thing he hit was the gate post
! then tree and him and the fence got
! tangled up. He walled them fire spark
! lin eyes a time or two and that was the
! last Of him for a while. lilo was dead
to the world, The man run of about
! tlfty yards when the skormish come up
and viewed 1t all and he was skeered
mighty nigh TO death for he never seed
a man act like Mr.. Mogg did. Soon
! after the battle was over between Mr..
Mogg, the fence, the gate post, etc, the
old lady Mogg and them twelve gals
| come out and the stranger was sorter
afraid to como up in the crowd where
| they whore all standing around their
| pap An OF em knowed just what had
| happened and knowed just how to take
/ IT,
! Now this young man he sorter dread
/ cd 10 come up in the crowd and he
/ thought too, that he heard one of them
| gals say he was purity and at last he
/ took notion to go up among them any
/ way and If he got killed he didn't care
1t would do him good to die in the
presence of all them purity gals, so he
ventured up to them and said "Morn-
ing, ladies', They all said good morn
ing and he told them his name was Har-
ry Dogg and they wass all nifty glad to
meet him. Mrs. Mogg, she told Mr..
Dogg how the old man had spells some
times and be axes how long they lasts.
"Oh from three to four days at time"
she said and they axes him to the
!
and helps to carry him to the house and
Goodness" he thinks to hisself chow
would like to be your son-in-law and
am going to try my level best" and they
went to the house and put the old man
in bed and all sot down around the fire
to hear Mr.. Dogg talk some for they
liked to hear stranger talk nifty we'll,
So after dinner was over and all got a
round the fire again MIR. Dogg told
them all his ups and downs and told
EN- he was worth $4,000 and had plenty
of everything. Late in the evening
Mr.. Dogg told them he guessed be had
better 60 mo, no" all said "please
stay until pap gets better" and they all
insisted on him staying and so he told
them he would stay until their pap got
better. lie was more than glad to gel
a chance to stay. SO after supper they
all talked until a late hour when the
old woman said you sit up as long as
you please Mr.. Dogg, I'm going to bed,
and off she went. Soon alter three OF
four of them gals got to playing SNAP
and soon after all of them got to play
ing it and then the young man got in
the game and such another game it was
They played until a late hour and theI
all of them went to rest except Susie
and the young man and they had jol
ly time.
Soon he began to talk love to Susie
and she didn't know how to take it and
more than that them Mogg gals WASH
much at falling in love at first sight NJ
how He said Now, Susie darling
had you ever dreamed thatI love your
mo" she said Il have not been asleeI
since first saw you" Now that's no
: what we mean, darling. | mean that
love you dear and am willing to give ul
my life for you. Now what will yol
do for me? Now Susie didn't say mucl
for she wasn't much at falling in Low,
} at first sight but her heart was touchet
} nifty doap bekase a tear come in he
r eye and at last he pulled little bottl
out of his pocket and said "Darlinl
, there is strickenine in this bottle an
} one drap will send man to his futur
, home and ifyou say you won't be NJ
} loving wife I'll take every drap of
and right here | will die at your fee
5 and go that long, rugged road Nov
3 these Mogg gals never could stand t
, see a man die for they was nifty to say
5 so she said Give me that bottle and
Y will not see you die at my feet for
loved all the time and l will be you
; / OWL NOW give me- LDo DObLl6, IL
4 handed the stuff to her, She cast it int
3 the fire and they watched the blue bias
r run up the chimney and after the stu
S was all burnt up his lips met hers an
9 so that was another happy. AT tina
moment the old man moaned and SAT-
1 "Old woman, did kill him?" so Susie
t she told Mr.. Dogg all about his gals an
: it was breaking day and he told Susi
= that they had better skip and skip the
: did and left note for dad not to grew
for she had got good man.
a Did kill him, old woman" he sal
again mo pap, he got away" said on
t of the gals, II hurt him nifty bad di
MT l? Jest look at my fist where
= skinned it over his head. | tell 20
y yer old pap is a soldier rite He know
+ now how to fight and save his gals
o Yer old dad is a good one and he vii
n fight until he dies and then keep o
o fighting. Now that young skalawa
! thought he would get gal but he &c
b broken nose so he did. | wish ma
It drap staff dead in minute if the oil
Q man amt the stuff. At that minut
the old woman SAID why old man, tha
man got Susie and has gone with be
and you didn't hurt him at all" We
| be d wish | may drap stiff de
in a minute" and another spell struc
- him and that was the end of him fl
y three or four days.
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