Show l JOHN J HN SHELL ELL ELL- AINT AINT DEAD DEAD YIT yi Uncle Johnny Shell SheU who is goIng going go go- fi ing on his year does not purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose to be bossed by any upstart q law in w by heck A few days 7 c 3 s ago the second wife VUe of the worlds world's i oldest man a young woman oman in her y thirties died cUed at their mountain home on hell Fur Hell l bur Sartin creek In Leslie LesUe VL count county bi y v Uncle Johns John's aft year six year old son s Jils liis constant companion since the little little litts lit litt s i ri tle tee fellow was old enough to walk rte was all aU that was left to him He would be a comfort during the short period left for him the old mountaineer mountain mountain- h eer told his neighbors p f George Chappell a man in n his sixties Is Uncle Johns John's father father in in inlaw law lie He took charge of his grandson and started ted home with him Uncle yf ry John was teas too old law in held to take care of the boy He lIe should be sent to school His protests going unheeded Uncle JOhll appeared with wilh his flintlock of his Indian fight days He shouted to Chappell to stop Knowing the old mans man's reputation as the best shot In an Leslie county Chappell Chap pell pen obeyed The boy ran bac back to his father as the law in retreated retreat d hastily from the farm I aint dead by a long shot declared the old man J |