It didn't take no private detective to figure out who had
played me this little joke. Nobody could of thought it up
but Jim Kendall. He certainly was a card!
I tell you this incident just to show you how he could
disguise his voice and make you believe it was somebody
else talkin'. I'd of swore it was Mrs. Scott had called
me. Anyways, some woman.
Well, Jim waited till he had Doc Stair's voice down pat;
then he went after revenge.
He called Julie up on a night when he knew Doc was
over in Carterville. She never questioned but what it
was Doc's voice. Jim said he must see her that night;
he couldn't wait no longer to tell her somethin'. She was
all excited and told him to come to the house. But he
said he was expectin' an important long distance call
and wouldn't she please forget her manners for once
and come to his office. He said they couldn't nothin'
hurt her and nobody would see her and he just must
talk to her a little w'ile. Well, poor Julie fell for it.
Doc always keeps a night light in his office, so it looked
to Julie like they was somebody there.
Meanw'ile Jim Kendall had went to Wright's poolroom,
where they was a whole gang amusin' themselves. The
most of them had drank plenty of gin, and they was a
rough bunch even when sober. They was always strong
HYLAND
