Old Alton Bridge
Chapter 2: Oscar gets lynched and a tornado appears
The Klansmen hung Oscar over the bridge; what is strange is that when they threw him over, they never heard a splash. He was not at the end of the noose, he just mysteriously disappeared, the Klansmen also went across the bridge to Oscar’s home and killed his wife and his child.
First Klansmen: I don’t think I heard a splash after we threw him over the bridge, was the rope we used to hang him with too short?
Third, Klansmen: I’ll go look under the bridge.
Second Klansmen: Yea… Considering the length of the rope, and the point where we threw him off the bridge, I was expecting to hear a splash soon after we threw him over the bridge.
The third Klansmen came back from underneath the bridge.
Third Klansmen: I’ve looked everywhere under the bridge, there is no sight of him dead or alive, and there is no fight of the hanging rope.
Just then there was another burst of wind in the atmosphere, the wind whistled through the trees just as the earlier spooky burst of wind had.
Fourth, Klansmen: That’s the second time today that the wind acted strangely, and gave me a chill down my spine for no apparent reason. We need to quit wasting time and finish what we came to do.
First, Klansmen: Okay… let’s go back to the farmhouse and take care of the farmer’s wife and daughter, besides we can’t leave any witnesses.
The Klansmen got back on their horses and rode back the distance to the farmhouse. The Klansman dismounted from their horses and entered the farmhouse.
They made their way down the one hall of the farmhouse toward the room where they had earlier locked up Oscar's wife and daughter with their hands tied behind their backs. and the gags still in their mouths.
As the Klansmen opened the door and entered the room they were met with the worried eyes of Oscar’s wife and daughter.
Fourth Klansmen: Leave the gags in their mouth. it will prevent them from screaming.
Oscar’s wife: mmm… mmm… mmm,
Oscar’s daughter: mmm… mmm… mmm…
Fifth Klansmen: How are supposed to take care of them
Third, Klansmen: I don’t know. I’m a dentist during the day.
Then the first Klansmen entered the room, he didn’t hesitate when holding his colt .45 two inches away from both of the women’s heads and pulling the triggers.
First Klansmen: Now didn’t that look easy, we need to light a fire under our parts and leave this place as soon as we can.
Suddenly there was another burst of air high from the atmosphere. As the other burst of air, earlier that day had, this burst of air made shrieking noises through the trees and gave the onlookers a chill through their spines.
This act of nature seemed to worry the Klansmen very much, Klansmen. were so scared they were stumbling into each either mounting their horses trying to leave the farmhouse.
First Klansmen: Let’s get on our horses and go back to the bridge sere we hung that farmer earlier. We need to find that farmer and make sure he's dead
It was almost too dark for the Klansmen to stealthily ride their horses away from the bridge. They briefly looked for the farmer and couldn't find him or the noose they hung him with.
Second Klansmen: We can't find any trace of the farmer or the noose we hung him with.
Third, Klansmen: It’s odd that none of us ever heard a splash, either.
First, Klansmen: We need to leave now before it gets any darker.
The Klansmen then made sure they were wearing their white sheets properly, so they wouldn't be recognized by anyone that happened to be looking their way.
One by one, they rode their horses across Old Alton Bridge and further away from the farm Oscar had worked.
As the Klansmen rode away, they were afraid to look back due to the mysterious acts that happened earlier in the day.
Second Klansmen: What did you think about that weird stuff that happened earlier?
First, Klansmen: You won’t find me going back there.
The sky then got rigorously darker, and it started to lightning, Rain began to fall, making the Klansmen uncomfortable. They rode past a Pius funeral procession. And, as they traveled past, the members of the procession gazed up at the Klansmen, seeming to sense the evil they had been up to.
The mounted Klansmen stepped up their pace as the rain began to fall harder.
Second Klansmen: It’s beginning to rain harder. We should pick up the pace,
First Klansmen: Sounds like a good idea.
The first Klansmen then yelled, “Everyone for themselves. Everyone head to your homes!”
The Klansmen then scurried off in their separate directions. They looked undisciplined as they rode off, trying to use their Klansmen hoods for shields from the rain.
They violated one of their own rules in treating anonymity with levity. As soon as they got to their own homes. And felt securely sheltered out of the rain and next to their warm fireplaces, they were easily able to forget the evil they had done earlier that day.
Years later, a descendant of the Klansmen who lynched Oscar, William, a young boy, was sitting in his rural Texas home when he was surprised by a tornado. The tornado struck so quickly that William had to seek shelter under a bed instead of the safer storm cellar.
Chapter 1: A typical Summer Day
Chapter 3: Willian gets claustrophobia
