Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-09-12
OKOIONA, MISSISSIPPI Thursday SEP rEMBER12 1912

seat Of the pants and was going to
throw it over Lookout Mountain. II
am glad | walked just in time to stop
him and the world owes me a debt OF
gratitude for preventing such an aw-
fui caamity-but don't want my
mind tore up again.
An early breakfast. shine, a coke, |
shave and was ready to 60 out
and see the sights Of the city Jeru-
sha arranged my harness 10 show off
to best advantage, placing my old
Soldiers badge and Masonic pin on
either side Of Zeke's red cravat. de-
clariug that ! looked as we'll as did
AZ years ago when she walked by my
side to the marriage alter and promis-
ed to stand by me as long as there
was a pea in the dish. took a street
car for the corner of ninth and Mar
ket St. with Jerushas pous instruc.
tions ringing in my ears to hold up
my head and step spry SO they
woulndt AXE me for a country Jake.
soon was in the swim with everybody
going somewhere but me. | was
awful lonesome. Nobody had time to
talk to me, thought was somebody
when left home but they seemed to
think ! was mistaken, They weren't
polite enough to speak to a stranger
when they passed, thought | would
cross the street and see It they had
any manners over there. | saw an
QUITO coming one way and a street car
the other with motorcycle and buggy
coming the other two ways and be-
fore you could bat your eye they bad
your Uncle Eli hemmed in. | shook
my fist at them and told them was
the King Bee at Owl FIoller and
would die before ! would run, but
they got so ding close | forgot my
roomatiz and jumped 3 feet high and
kicked over the motorcycle man and
the street car ran over my Sunday
hat and cut it half in two. was so
mad that | started to jump the son OF
a gun who ran the machine but two
of those big blue bellies with short
sticks stopped me in my mad career
and wanted to know what kind 0,
whisky had been drinking | told
him not to give me- >any Of his sass
was temperance lecturer when
was at home. said 40 years ago
fought blod and made my escape to
bring this city into notice and now
dern lheir pictures they couIdn'i ruf
! over me; butl am not going bact
there I'LL get DR., Byron Mitchell tl
put me glass eye on each side o
my head so can see 4 di1leren
ways at the same time, | told hin
my track could be seen on the cas-
side Of Missionary Ridge, where
left in disgust, because the Yankee
we're so reckless in handling thei
r. guns. When the policeman found b.
! had run up against somebody, h
paaed me on the back and sale
Come in I'll buy you q bat AM
charge it to the City, and took m
a. into blind tiger and gave me q sol
" drink, that he SAID was spiked. ] te
! you it left farewell that fingers wit
me I'LL yit. 1t melted my anger, re
- ~ stored the tranquility Of MY mind an
like old time religion made me Iov
every body. He introduced me
J the Mayor, and when he found OF
:. who | was, where | came from an
the part had played in maxim
) Chatanoogas military history, he e'
tended to me the freedom Of the Git
" and free car tickets to all the bait
" fields around town. AS | had born
a CONSPICUOUS part in Lookout Mour
tain, Missionary Ridge and Chickt
manga. he detailed a policeman *
= my body guard and felt like | was
:. bigger Bug there than when at hon
and people wondered who that eentI'
y man was that strutted around like
h turkey gobler on a spring morning.
.e ELI PERKINS.
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