"The Hound", 159 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2016-05-13 10:35
Text: 
"The Hound"
Location: 
Varner's Store in "The Hound" (Location)
Page Number: 
159
Order within Page: 
4
First 8-10 words of event: 
He entered Varner's store. It was in mid-afternoon;
Page Event Ends: 
160
Era: 
The Twenties (1920-1929)
Characters Present: 
Ernest Cotton
Snopes
Characters Mentioned: 
Vernon Tull
Unnamed Negro Who Finds Gun
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Thursday, July 11, 1929
Summary: 

At Varner's store the clerk shows Cotton a "Hadley ten-gage" shotgun that was found "in a slough" by a Negro hunting squirrels and been identified as his (159). Cotton denies ownership.

Chronological Order: 
14.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Gun:Shotgun, Finding, Ownership, Hunting:Squirrel, Secret
Environment:
Public›Store
Actions:
Economic›Shopping | Physical›Finding | Verbal›Denial
Cultural Issues:
Law›Property
Themes and Motifs:
Objects›Shotgun

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