Thanks to everyone who is reading and reviewing. Sorry it took me so long to post this chapter, but I had to take a vacation and escape to Hazzard by way of the Hazzard Homecoming! I got to see all the cast and also got to meet Jaded and her husband which was an added bonus for us.

Chapter 67

A mist the bellowing curses and insults from Steve Campbell the only other sound that registered to John Duke was the clang of the cell door. The shiver that ran up and down his spine was all too familiar despite the late June temperatures. John shook his head. He was stone cold sober. He had been very much in control of his actions, had minded his manners and his mouth.

That had been right up until Campbell had started in about the twins, had implied that they were Karen and Jeb's and not his and Pauline's. Just the thought of Karen and Jeb being anything other than brother and sister was wrong on so many levels. They were typical teenage siblings who were usually on the 'outs' with each other. In fact, John found himself worrying more when the two did agree on something, ... anything. He had also seen just how fast their differences were forgotten and how protective of each other the two were, when an outsider was trying to start trouble. That is one reason that he was glad that Jeb had moved to the back of the court room before Campbell opened his mouth. John was almost certain that if Jeb would have been any closer to Mr. Campbell that it was likely that Jeb would have been right in the middle of things.

John flexed his right hand a couple times. It was already getting stiff and would likely be sore by morning. He turned around and looked at the all too familiar bars as he could still hear Campbell ranting all the way up here from the cells below. John knew that he should be regretting the fix he'd been baited into, but right now, most likely due to the adrenaline, John wasn't regretting anything. Well, except standing behind those blamed bars, that is.

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By the time that Jesse got Pauline outside she was nearly ready to hyperventilate. Jesse knew he'd been somewhat lucky that Pauline had flown mad at Campbell's remarks or else he was sure that she would have fainted dead away on him.

Jesse hadn't agreed with John about taking the kids anymore than he had when Bo and Daisy wanted to go with Luke. But right now, Jesse was glad the older teens had been with them in court, since the twins had been taken along. He wasn't so sure he could have handled Pauline and the twins alone with the way things had turned out.

"Pauline just sit down here a second." Jesse insisted once they had gotten out side on the courthouse steps.

Pauline leaned up against one of the columns, "I'm fine, Jesse. I just can NOT believe that man had the nerve! ..."

"Now, Pauline, there is no sense in getting yourself all worked up again." Jesse began. "Give Jeb your keys so he can bring the car around."

Jeb sat Emma's basket down on the courthouse steps beside Jesse as he reached for his mother's car key's. He'd have given his eye teeth to have been able to have gotten to that Campbell fella before his dad and the police. Jeb knew being under eighteen there would not have been a heck of a lot they could have done to him if it had been him that had swung on the man instead of his father. He pulled the car up to the steps and helped get his sisters loaded up in the car. Jeb dreaded the drive back to the farm, he knew he'd been volunteered to drive his mother and twins back.

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Sheriff Coltrane believed in the saying, "Rank had its privileges." He'd heard enough of Campbell's mouth in the last hour to do him a life time. "Keep an eye on him, Deputy. I'm going upstairs for a bit. Hopefully he'll run out of steam soon." Rosco said as he straightened his tie and tucked his shirt back in.

As he went out the gate, the Deputy locked it behind Rosco, "I sure hope so Sheriff."

Just as Rosco had topped the stairs there was a knock on the locked double doors of the Sheriff's office and jail. Rosco stepped to the door, "I done told you Dukes, ..."

The gruff voice on the other side of the door replied, "It's NOT the Dukes. It's Judge Hardcastle."

Rosco unlocked and opened the door, "Oh, sorry Judge."

"Here are Duke and Campbell's court orders. You'll notice on the second page it states that they are not to be transported or housed together." Hardcastle pointed out.

Still hearing Campbell ranting, Rosco giggled, "I'll take care of it Judge, with pleasure."

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Daisy was hanging out the wash while Bo and Luke were in the nearby garden gathering what was ready to be picked. "Looks like we're going to be busy this evening." Bo said as he finished filling the second bushel basket of corn.

"Looks like." Luke added. He was no where near the end of the green beans and was already on his third basket, "I just hope we have some extra hands this evening."

"Looks like we'll know soon enough." Bo said as he pointed to his aunt's car followed by Jesse's pickup coming up the driveway.

Both boys gathered up their baskets and started toward the house. They were almost to the driveway when Luke cursed.

Bo looked up to see what Luke had seen. Jeb was driving Pauline's car. John wasn't seen in either vehicle. "Danged!" Bo added to Luke's curse.

The boys sat their baskets down on the edge of the porch and went to the vehicles where everyone was far to quiet. Jeb for one was glad that his mother had fallen into a quiet mad after leaving the courthouse.

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Rosco was beaming as he reached for the phone on his desk, "Get me Tri-Counties Jail."

"Right away Sheriff." Maybelle said fully ready to listen to this conversation.

"Tri-Counties Jail, Sgt. Blevins speaking. How can I help you." Peggy said officially.

Sheriff Coltrane looked around the empty room then over his shoulder, ... twice, before speaking to make sure that no one heard him, "This is Sheerriifff Rooosscooo P. Coltraannnee from Hazzard County. I have a couple of prisoners that have been sentenced to your jail for THIRTY days." He giggled nearly bursting with pride and joy.

Sgt. Blevins picked up her ink pen and a piece of paper, "Alright, you have two male or female inmates?"

Rosco acted a bit shocked at the question, since he'd not known of many females to get into much trouble with the law. "Male, of course."

"Alright, two males for thirty days. I was in the middle of working up a transport schedule when you called. I'll get a van out there as soon as I can." Peggy said.

Rosco giggled, "I'll be looking forward to it. Oh, yeah, by the way, ... the transport orders I got say that these two can not be housed or transported together."

Peggy swore silently. That would mean having to run two vans with double the man power and they would have to play 'keep away' with the two men for the entire thirty days. "Glad you told me that Sheriff. Since that is the case, it may take a bit longer to get there to pick them up."

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After getting the twins inside, changed, fed and down for a nap, while lunch was getting started, Pauline walked out on the porch and announced, "I am mad enough to spit!" and promptly did so!

As funny as seeing the most proper lady in the family actually spit, which was considered very unladylike, it nearly caused every Duke who saw Pauline actually spit to loose any composure they had. Jeb grimaced at the others near reaction. Karen gasped. Jesse nearly spit his teeth out.

"I just can NOT believe that Judge actually is locking John up for thirty days!" Pauline declared.

"Thirty days?" Bo and Luke repeated.

Jeb confirmed, "Yeah at Tri-Counties Jail."

"You have got to be kidding!" Luke said in disbelief. "I only got ten days for Fighting."

"You also waited until you was out of the Courtroom to get into Round 2. Those two fools got into an all out brawl right in front of the Judge." Jesse fumed.

Bo and Luke asked together, "They did WHAT?"

"You all heard me." Jesse replied. "Campbell baited John into loosing his cool by implying some untruths about the family."

" 'About the family?' What did he say?" Luke said ready to fly mad his own self.

Bo seconded, "Yeah, what did he say?"

Jesse looked up to see Karen and Jeb both turn purple, though he wasn't really sure if it was from embarrassment or anger. "Never mind that, I'm sure that he will think twice before saying anything like that again after John adjusted his attitude. Now let's go get a bite of lunch so we can finish working up these beans and corn."

Everyone nodded and slowing began their way into the kitchen where Daisy had put out sandwich and veggie stuff with plenty of iced tea for a light lunch.

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The rest of this post is for Avidreader1993JS since I can not PM you a reply to review. As those who review know I like to respond to each review I get.

I am also wrote this as I read your review. I strive to write to the best of my ability and feel I do as good as any and FAR better than most on this and other fandoms. I do appreciate a good review whether it is praise or critical, however, I do hope the readers read to enjoy the story first and find errors secondly.

With you, "Anyway, one with the show." I figure you meant 'on' not 'one', but what's in an 'e' or three right?

As for the "there is no comma before the ellipsis". As I read it, an ellispe is "Printing . a mark or marks as —, …, or * * *, to indicate an omission or suppression of letters or words. ( browse/ellipsis) Ok, so I did have to look it up. My use of the aforementioned ( , ... ) was not used as such, but to show a break in the sentence. An extra long pause, if you will. This may not be the correct grammatical way to write it, but if a comma is used for a short pause in a sentence, then I figured it would work for me. I also noticed you picked chapter 66 to mention this on. I used it in Chapter 1. Did you bother to read the whole story and only now choose to review? Or did you just jump in, read one chapter and try to show only the negatives of the story?

As for the Judge, he recognized the Duke name.

As for the breakfast preparation, didn't want to 'drop' anyone into limbo so all were included in the scene. On a farm gathering eggs and milking the cow for breakfast as well as setting the table for the eight adults can all be considered fixing breakfast, so yes I see all them pitching in.

As for court, Jesse was more against the older kids going than the twins.

As for the 'seen' tense, yes I do agree and admit that I should have used the word 'saw' in it's place. See, saw, had seen. Hey us hicks can conjugate!

As for #9 on your list again, ooopppsssie! Scene was originally written where he addressed 2 not 3 people and I missed it. Sorry!

#10 I think you are right!

#11 Yes I left out the apostrophe.

#12 That would have been Jeb. Note the paragraph change between Jeb's exclamation and Jesse's action.

#13 Again you are very right and after that accusation I think John would react the same way again.

No, you have not alienated me anymore than my reply should you. I am NOT an English teacher, English major or any such thing. I write for relaxation, escape and entertainment. Thank you for your honesty and review. I do hope you continue to read and I will try to improve, but I find it hard to enjoy reading a story if I over analyze it too much. Dixie