August 3 1916
Atticus said goodnight to us Sunday as he left for town. He took the car and an extension cord and said he’d be back when we were in bed. Scout and I thought it odd as he never drove so I decided to go downtown to check on him once everyone was asleep. As I was changing into my pants, to go out, there was a knock on the door followed by the question, “Why ain’t you in bed?” I told Scout where I was headed. She insisted on coming. I knew arguing would only antagonise Aunty so I gave in and allowed her to come. Then we had to go get Dill because Scout said that he would want to come. When we got there I whistled Bobwhite and Dill emerged. He asked what was up and I told him I had a feeling. We set off downtown and as we rounded the corner, I saw our car sitting out front of the bank and announced, “He’s in there.” I peered into the window where his office was but saw nothing so I turned the doorknob to make sure it was locked and it didn’t budge. I wondered if he was visiting Mr. Underwood up the street so we decided to look. As we walked up the sidewalk we saw a solitary light burning in the distance. “That’s funny`` I said, ``the jail doesn’t have an outside light``. The closer I got, I noticed a long extension cord running between the bars of one of the cells. The extension cord was the one Atticus had taken from the house. He was sitting, propped up against the jail doors, and reading. Scout began to run towards him. I caught her and said we were going home that I just wanted to see where Atticus was. As we turned around to leave, a long line of vehicles began to move towards the jail. I pulled Scout and Dill back across the street to the cover of Jitney Jungle’s door. I peered our and notice that we could get a little closer, so we ran to Tyndal`s Hardware Store door. By then, the men had begun leaving their cars in ones and twos. As they approached the jail, they asked Atticus, “He in there?” Atticus replied, “Yes, but he is asleep.” They told Atticus that he knew what they wanted but Atticus told them to turn around and go home. We realized that somebody’s man was about to be jumped and Scout tore off towards the circle of men. I shrieked and chased her but she had a lead. She broke through the circle and yelled to Atticus. When Dill and I caught up we saw a look of fear on Atticus` face. He told me to take Scout home. Scout kicked him and the men told Atticus to get us out of there however I kept refusing Atticus` threats, requests and pleas. I had a reason for what I was doing. Scout then began to talk to Mr. Cunningham about his entailments and then about his son until he finally left.
Atticus said goodnight to us Sunday as he left for town. He took the car and an extension cord and said he’d be back when we were in bed. Scout and I thought it odd as he never drove so I decided to go downtown to check on him once everyone was asleep. As I was changing into my pants, to go out, there was a knock on the door followed by the question, “Why ain’t you in bed?” I told Scout where I was headed. She insisted on coming. I knew arguing would only antagonise Aunty so I gave in and allowed her to come. Then we had to go get Dill because Scout said that he would want to come. When we got there I whistled Bobwhite and Dill emerged. He asked what was up and I told him I had a feeling. We set off downtown and as we rounded the corner, I saw our car sitting out front of the bank and announced, “He’s in there.” I peered into the window where his office was but saw nothing so I turned the doorknob to make sure it was locked and it didn’t budge. I wondered if he was visiting Mr. Underwood up the street so we decided to look. As we walked up the sidewalk we saw a solitary light burning in the distance. “That’s funny`` I said, ``the jail doesn’t have an outside light``. The closer I got, I noticed a long extension cord running between the bars of one of the cells. The extension cord was the one Atticus had taken from the house. He was sitting, propped up against the jail doors, and reading. Scout began to run towards him. I caught her and said we were going home that I just wanted to see where Atticus was. As we turned around to leave, a long line of vehicles began to move towards the jail. I pulled Scout and Dill back across the street to the cover of Jitney Jungle’s door. I peered our and notice that we could get a little closer, so we ran to Tyndal`s Hardware Store door. By then, the men had begun leaving their cars in ones and twos. As they approached the jail, they asked Atticus, “He in there?” Atticus replied, “Yes, but he is asleep.” They told Atticus that he knew what they wanted but Atticus told them to turn around and go home. We realized that somebody’s man was about to be jumped and Scout tore off towards the circle of men. I shrieked and chased her but she had a lead. She broke through the circle and yelled to Atticus. When Dill and I caught up we saw a look of fear on Atticus` face. He told me to take Scout home. Scout kicked him and the men told Atticus to get us out of there however I kept refusing Atticus` threats, requests and pleas. I had a reason for what I was doing. Scout then began to talk to Mr. Cunningham about his entailments and then about his son until he finally left.
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