Jem, Scout and I went lookin' for Atticus downtown at his office. Jem said he had a feeling somethin' was wrong. When we didn't find him there, we went to see if he had visited Mr. Underwood. Mr. Underwood lived above a jail, which was mighty strange to me. We saw Atticus there, and we were 'bout to leave, when a mob of angry men arrived. They wanted to hurt Tom, a man that was inside the jail.
Atticus didn't let 'em. I was pretty sure the mob was goin' to hurt him, but Scout ran up to Atticus and greeted him. Everyone was surprised. Jem and I followed, but I stayed quiet. Scout spotted Mr. Cunningham in the crowd, and began talkin' to him about his son. She was being so kind and all, the man told the others to leave. I think it was smart of us to be there, or the men would have hurt Atticus.
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