Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-06-04

t.,an opened in due and legal form
,.,run UOkc assumed what he con
rcd a proper judicial dignity and
,EI:
THIS ar case such as we hey new
,r had af0re US before, but we think
~. kin straighten out the kinks and
r., iestice to all. Three days ago that
,,I headed critter over thar, who calls
i,t,self Tom Jones, come humpin' down |
the trail from Big Find to Ak if thar
vls any law in this kcntry and to |
ho,ler fur 5estice He had Il wife up
sllar at Big Find. He went home one
..nniu' to find that she had skipped
nth auCther man. The name OF that
man was Ate Skinner, and that's him
ivar thar with the broken nose.
What gincraly happens out we're in
his land O. gold ana hard times when
rvr wife runs away? If we amt
mighty glad OF it, which we mostly be,
Va cit on to her tracks and foller 'em
,ul we oveltake her. II she's alone
wa take h,l' by the ear and lead her
Jack If she's With Il critter we pop
aim over. Thar Amt no law in the
ase. but the custom is purity we'll
en0wn. The man who steals another
,nan'S wife expects to be popped by
he injoored husband. and he likewise
Expects to pop that same injoored hus-
nanl if he gifts the chance.
Tom Jones didn't pursoo Thar was
he broad trail before him, and he had
guns and knives and a boss. but he
hadn't the sand. He Jest comes a
uumpin' down yere to holler fur the
law ana shrek fur jestice and to git
II mon, includin' this court, down on
nm tur his doggonenesS. His wife.
who ar that female over thar with a
Mouth as big us barl, had gone off
with Abe Skinner us aforesaid and
had him headed for this very camp
rs they flies from Big I'ind they meets
I'D with jim Hope. who's the cuss over
tlar With the game leg and one eye
gone. Jim he stops 'cm and seq:
Abe Skinner, what you got thar?
On female
who IS she?'
"'TNm Jones' wife
and what YOU a-tioin' with her?'
A"Cuunil AWAY Ito tNduuS iatUu-
Then you ncedn't 90 NO further
I've been Wantin a wife fur the las
six months, aud l reckon IN take he
All Your hands,
WAL" continued his honor. ".Jir
Hope I've had his gun plump Oh .s+5
Skinner and his finger on the trigger
and Abe had to give in. This Yer
court can't Iarn that the woman OF
iacted to the change On the contrary
thar is evidence that she didn't keer
Continental. as jim Hope is bette
tookin' critter than Abe Skinner. Th
couple heads this way by the trai
while Abe Skinner takes a short cl
and arrives fustly and comes 70 me
yell fur jestice. Thars two felle
yeliin' fur jesticc and third one wit
the woman. The woman gifts yere
900 time, along with Jim Hope, ar
ever by the creek they meets j
Scott, who stops to say:
Jim Hope. / was jest goiA out
hunt fur one
What you mean?
az want female woman fur vii
md you git down and skip
Thar was a gun on Jim, and he q
to give the woman up. This cou
can't Farm that she shed tear or q
eny Iliclkin', but Jim he comes whoop
Down to me and wants law and JEST
8ai all that That makes three OF (
8-wantin, and so | tells the cOnstai
to arrest Joe and the woman. \ or
four men and one woman, and the Ii
pears to be purity badly tangled
Tustlv. Tom Jones, is this woman yc
wife"
"Sartin she is,'' answered Tom
"Hev you got the dockyments
prove it,"
me. but / married her in the I'm,
Territory var ago."
WAL, this court has nothin' to
with the Injun Territory, and that q
rage won't stand yere unless the W.
An wants it to. Mrs. Jones, as l
call you, what made We run away II
POm?"
Got tired Of him." replied the
man.
''Do you prefer Jim Hope or
ScOttf"
Il amt pertickler."
THAT makes the case easier
Williams, stand up"
Hank stood up and proved 20
middle aged man of decent appeara
Hank, dye want a wife, ASKED
court.
x dew was the reply.
Then I'll marry We to this woma
Hank Williams, will We take tni