Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-11-17
JIMMY X. JOHN
Gets Bumped Pretty Badly by
the CrOss-Eyed Man and
His Companions,

the house trying to think of some dew
vilment to get into, when l thought
about that being the day to get let
ter from Sal, SO l got the key and
started to the mail box. When l got
there the mail hadn't come, but l took
my seat to wait. haunt been wait
ing long when the cross-eyed man
came along, but the scent of the rotten
eggs was gone. "Hello, Pal, bow are
you maxi ng it, "said II ok, ! be-
lieve, how are you" "Oh, fine. l
guess. - He says, "Iguess | am able to
give you a humping. well, | don't
know so we'll about that but If you
fool with me will see if that is two
times talk. "Well l can snow you
quicker than l can tell you. Now
Mr.. whatever your name is, | didn't
come out here for any trouble with
you. / only came to get letter from
Sal, but if you are sick | am doctor.
SO Just walk right in and take your
medicine, . and he came, but he gave
me my medicine instead of taking his
own.
He knocked me down and jumped
on me and hollered for some of his
friends and they made ME tell them
everything | knew and some things |
didn't know, but they just made me
talk. They would ask me questions
that l didn't think was any of their
business, SO just answered them my
own way. They believed | was lying
to them. When they had asked all
the questions they could think of, one
of them said, "How many lies have
Won told us. "Not single ONE
was my quick reply, anxious to get
the matter settled, and hadn, told
single one--they were all married and
had big families so | didn't tell sim
gle one. Then they told me that |
had told another one. l raised up and
said, "Gentlemen, you have me in
your possession and you can DO any
thing with me you want to. You ask
me questions and make me answer
them, and then accuse me of lying.
Now, you all lie and whatever you do
to me, your punishment will be lit
tle greater" lyon lie, you lie "
burst from a dozen lips. Then they
came at me like mad hornets, and they
stung me too! They knocked me
down. They knocked me up, and the
fact is they knocked me all around
and mighty nigh killed me. Then
they blind folded me and took me
away off in the woods and tied rope
around my neck and swung me up to
limb and beat me nearly to death.
Then they said "What will we do
with him?' 'We will pull the rope
little tighter and leave him here. |
guess his folks will find him by the
buzzards and that is good enough for
him, the miserable wretch / would
like to leave him dead, but | won't do
it this time. I will leave him, here to
die, and won't be punished for it =
"You had better do your work now
while you can for / tell you you will
be punished in accordance to what you
do to me- ''All right, il you ever
get away from here, we will take
whatever punishment you might put
on us, SO they left me and l don't
know where they went.
My folks became uneasy and started
to hunt me. Some Of them went and
told Sal about it, and they all then
kept right on hunting me till about
noon the next day. / heard Sal say,
.tWhat has become of my JimS Oh,
jim, JIM can't you hear me, and
why don't You answer me. y Right
here am, Sal, come to me quick,
and she came and cut the rope, and the
like of smacking you never heard, but
it was mostly lips smacking together.
The next thing was to find my folks,
SO we started. We hunted for them
until night, and | went on home, and
after while they came. too. You
bet they were glad to see me.
Next week will tell you of my
revenge.
Now, just few words to "Uncle
Tom and will ring off. Now, "Un-
Gle Tom, noticed in your last weeks