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in the county to catch the Hill People I

wasn't so sure we've been trying to hire

some for a week with no results

Addie good afternoon my name's spru Eli

Chandler nice to meet you you all

looking for work yep where you from

Eureka Springs I'm looking for field

hands how much you paying 160

100 only want

do 160 I think we should take it you

think

uh what kind of cotton

Stoneville bowls are ready be easy to

pick well we made 160 last

year it was the same well we was kind of

hoping to make a little more what's your

name Luke sorry what's yours Callie how

old are

you 10 how old are you 17

how long you've been riding that

trailer day and a

half this is

Trot he ain't

right nice to meet you trot

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your payment Chip's getting better

Luke where's your

grandfather across the street checking

on the Mexicans y'all using heal people

too

yep just found

some when is di seor

one last year one toau me some Mexican

he Li worried about paying them too much

your grandfather worries about

everything he's a farmer are you going

to be a farmer no ma'am baseball player

for the Cardinals of

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course hey

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fore is this

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guys to L close

I thought you told them to sit up behind

the barn I did they sit up right on my

baseball

field I finally got the Mexicans seven

of them yes ma'am that's good what are

those people doing in our front yard I

asked them to set up behind the barn I

don't know why they pick that spot can

you ask them to move I cannot they pack

up they'll leave you know how heal

people are see

charers going out to the fields until

your dad's supp's almost ready

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it's very nice very clean it is isn't

it

um The Garden's full and I'll bring you

a baset every other day y'all don't have

to pay for it it's just part of the deal

gracias as I rode back from the fields

holding on to my father his shirt and

overalls were soaked with sweat but his

arms were like

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steel my mother was waiting for us by

the water pump she had grown up in a

house full of girls and had been raised

in part by a couple of old prissy ants I

think they had bathed more than Farm

people and her passion for C piness had

rubbed off on my father I got a complete

scrubbing every Saturday afternoon

whether I needed it or

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not or

something you are dirty

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ended a 1on investigation of

mismanagement and Scandals in the

Justice Department reporting elimination

of most of the conditions had been

investiga no cinal game rained

out to worry about it's all the way up

to St L minutes and then adjourned again

still tightly deadlocked they will meet

again September 12th

in related news Chinese troops hit

Bunker Hill east of panmun Jong in two

small fer actions as nine other enemy

groups probed along the eth Army front

artillery Chinese troops stormed the

hill an estimated 300 en were killed in

this action meanwhile Northwest of Ron

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if our luck holds out we can

expect what to break even this year

that's the

goal breaking Even's not a bad thing we

don't want for anything what about the

debt you and your daddy are carrying

from previous years

we owe 2,000 of the Jin for 51 we owe

the John Deere dealer Jonesboro for

parts Co-op for seed and supplies and

Watson for groceries I know the

situation someday it'll be different

I'll own my own land free and clear and

how different will it be Jesse

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for

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py how you

doing

okay I'm getting myself a carinal jacket

oh yeah a carnal red it's shiny

gun cost

$7.50 in 10 days I'll picked enough to

get it that's real nice

Luke yeah what are you doing I had to

take a pee keep up now yes

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sir no

address 52

right

lunch the heat got

him thank you

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Luke we'd like you to stay with TR up

here at the house for the rest of the

afternoon and if he takes a turn for the

worst y'all just come out to the lower

40 and fetch one of the

RS well what about my carnal

jacket there 80 acres of cotton out

there I guess we could save you a little

bit

Tru are you

okay I

gu does telly like basball

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foreign

speech spech

spee guys

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pick 300 lb then the heat got me

fetch me some water boy sir fetch me

some

water cold water boy from the house and

hurry I've been working all day you

ain't

give me another

glass you got anything to

eat do you um no

you mean no

sir don't you boy no

sir you farm people are right up a you

know

that think you're better than us Hill

folk cuz you have this land cuz you pay

us to work

it we're just one Notch above them wet

backs ain't we

boy just a bunch of hell

billies ain't that right

boy we got a house nicer than yours

boy lot

nicer it's

bigger got a long front

porch and you know what else it's got

you ain't going to believe this but our

house has got paint on

it white

paint you ever see paint

boy why don't you saw Busters paint your

houses stop it h

stay up ma'am SL need Fly ball to Right

Center it might be out of here no it's

off the center field one run two runs

will score and here comes stank they're

waving him in for number three the Thro

of the plate he slides he's safe stanky

is safe and Slaughter will make it

safely into third be right back Paul

holy cow this game is TI theal what a

seven

innings was having a great night theal

why

they TR told me about what Hank

said what he

did you tell your daddy

didn't tell no

one you

scared

no my poy would take a stick to

Hank he's got a Mean Streak my

granddaddy

has why

then

because because if papy punishes Hank

folks will pack up and move down the

road to another

Farm we'll be left

shorthanded that's

why you're smarter than I

thought well if it means anything I'm

sorry about what Hank dun and said

ever think a paint in the house

foolishness it cost too much Luke

someday we'll have a house with indoor

plumbing and shrubs around the porch and

with paint on the boards maybe even

brick

12:00 quitting

time on Saturdays we'll take a half day

just a half day

today from day you can go to the movie I

understand I don't need a movie I need

all the work I can

get on Saturdays we work half day

Sundays we don't work at all we observe

the

sabbath on Saturdays we work half day

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town on Saturday afternoon was very busy

all the farmers and all their families

were loading up on supplies talking

weather and trading

gossip hey

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DS okay so 5 cents for the MAA

5 cents for Double Cola 3 cents for

popcorn that there's an advance against

your picking earnings you got to pay

that back yes

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ma'am bye Bye Mom

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there's a fight behind the co-op get out

my

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way oh bet it's Cisco

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Brothers told

you who that don't know probably know

bil

come on Jerry come on let's go let's go

come on that ain't fair fight like a man

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hey you stupid heill Bly let go my

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brother any want

more come on come on get you

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some come on y'all don't need to see

this I awoke to the sound of rain and

the tin roof sang under the Torrance my

thoughts were on the fight I wanted to

tell my father mother but then I did not

want to be a

witness

Luke papy says the rain's going to stop

in time for

church what you want for

breakfast

biscuits then I'll make some

biscuits I had a dream last night about

Ricky good dream yes very good I dream

the War suddenly ended they forgot to

tell us we were all sitting out here on

the porch one night and out there on

that road we saw a man running toward us

it was

Ricky I wish I can have a dream like

that well I think the Lord is telling us

something Uncle Ricky coming

home yes maybe not right away but the

war will be ended soon

and we'll look up and we'll see him

walking across the yard

there gr

uhhuh I pray for Uncle Ricky every night

oh

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oh St you working on Sunday crime don't

seem to respect the

Sabbath one of them Cisco boys is dead

murder good folks get murdered white

trash like the cisos get killed I still

going to investigate going need to come

out and speak to one of your hands I

have to wait till after church some

folks go to church sech I'm on

duty and a big fight yesterday in town

couple of local boys got into it with a

fell from the Hills one of them died

this morning fractured

skull ain't none of us we're peaceful

folk is that

so y' all going to town yesterday we

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did we dead you got a boy named

Hank maybe don't play games with me I

ask you a question you give me a Stam

answer got big jail over in Jonesboro

with a lot of room I'm Hanks BR did you

go into town yesterday and getting the

fight behind the co-op nope I stopped

the fight couple fellas was beating up

on a boy from The Hills I stopped it you

use a piece of wood didn't need to I

asked you a question did you use a piece

of wood nope they had a two by4 well I

guess I better take you in

oh if he goes we go slow down

stick you and I both know cisos ain't

good for nothing they fight off when

they fight dirty seems to me they just

picked on the wrong

fell I got a body Eli you understand he

was just breaking up a fight I heard

after the fight was over he picked up a

piece of wood and beat the

boys now I know two against one ain't

fair and I know it's the

cisos but I ain't sure one of a man to

get killed I didn't kill nobody I broke

up a fight and there was three of them

not two in a court in this country

convict three against

one that's if he's telling the

truth he's going to need Witnesses

little shandler saw it come here

Luke you see the

fact yes

sir what were you doing there heard

there was a

fight so I took off and watched it tell

me what you saw and tell the truth my

boy don't

lie Jared Cisco was fighting some man

from The Hills when Mr Hank stepped in

and helped the man from The

Hills the first Hill man he

left I think he was hurt pretty bad

then all of a sudden bobas Cisco charged

from The Crow and attacked Mr

Hank it's three against one just like Mr

Hank

said that settles it who used the

2x4 tell them

boy one of them Cisco boys picked up

that stick of wood didn't

he didn't he boy

you watch yourself

boy sck they scaring my boy to death

must be a lot of people who saw this

fight say we go bevil them I'm going to

keep asking

around and I might be back

Luke why don't you tell us about that

fight I was scared I guess scared scared

of what scared of getting cut I'm the

co-op watching

fight uh Luke I'm not too worried about

you watching a fight we're keeping

secrets and getting you into trouble you

should have told us what you saw saw all

fight never knew Jer Cisco was going to

die and you told stick pow the

truth yes sir one of them Cisco boys

picked up that stick of wood or was it

Hank

spru

well to be honest

dad things happen so fast there's bodies

falling and flying everywhere hanck was

throwing those boys around like they

were little

toys the crowd was moving and hollering

then I saw a stick of wood Luke honey

little boys who keep secrets from their

parents can get in big

trouble you can tell us

anything yes ma'am supper in an hour

okay

okay dear Mom and Dad and Jesse and

Kathleen and

Luke I hope all is well at home

I never thought I'd miss cotton picking

but I sure wish I was home right now I

miss

everything the

farm the fried chicken the

Cardinals anyway I'm doing fine over

here things are quiet we're not on the

front anymore my unit is 5 miles back

and nobody is shooting at us and we're

not shooting at any

anybody I really think I'll be home

soon I got your last batch of letters

and they mean a lot to

me so keep riding got to run love to all

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Ricky we you won't be going to town

Saturday why not because I say so you

ain't afraid of the cisos are

you be best if the spru stay out of town

for a while I discussed it with Mr spru

and we decided it' be best to stay put

on Saturday even the Mexicans hey I

ain't afraid of nobody's

son don't you sass me

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I don't see why I got to do this if

we're not going to town I'll do

it I'm going to pop and Pearls for a few

things you want to go

Lou no sir

by

Cola no

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thanks hey no need to be just as

stubborn as he

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is after 5 days of endless labor and

heat and without the prospect of going

to town we all got together and played

baseball Cowboy pitch for the Mexicans

and was surprisingly good he struck me

out easily I was humiliated especially

in front of

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tally give it a whack tally he ain't no

pitcher it's all right

let's go tally give it a

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ride when tally got a hit my humiliation

enormous grew even

greater oh strike

two come on Hank

Hank wasn't having any better luck than

me against cowboy and when he struck out

I was glad my father was around don't

throw the bat you can't be a sport and

don't

play it was now Hank's turn to pitch to

Cowboy he reached back for all the juice

he could find and hurled a fast fall

directly at

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him he

hey he he

down put it down Fight Like a Man

nobody's fighting here Miguel get him

back to the B come on

Hank kill that boy you've killed enough

all right come on Hank let's go come on

kill him stay away from the barn Hank I

want come

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on will you do me a favor Luke your

grandma told my mom there's a creek

close by we can bathe in do you know

where it is sers Creek I half smile that

way are there any

snakes maybe a little water snake or two

no cotton

mouth

well will you go with

me why I don't

know make sure nobody sees

me are you scared

maybe a

little I'm real sorry about

Hank he's always causing

trouble did you see the fight the one in

town no was it awful yeah pretty

bad he beat those boys so bad he beat

them long after the fight was over you

tell me the truth Luke did he pick up

that stick

first happened real

fast has he ever killed anyone

before not that I know

of he went up north once and he got into

some trouble up

there but we never knew what

happened that's the best spot how deep

is

it about

here when you go on back up by the trail

and make sure nobody's looking okay

okay go on

okay and Luke no peeking okay of course

not

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L yeah is everything

clear yep

a

thanks Luke I feel so much

better you saw me didn't you

Luke yes that's okay I'm not mad you're

not no

I guess it's only natural you

know for boys to look at girls

someone's

coming hey everybody look who's

back Jimmy Dale why it's Jimmy Dale D

Jimmy we haven't seen you in ages how

you doing hey folks this here is my

bride Stacy she's from Michigan this

here is my uncle Eli and uh his son my

cousin Jess and that there is Gran and

Kathleen Jess's wife and Kathleen's boy

Luke I BR Stacy down to meet all the

relatives I'm so pleased to meet you

some car Jimmy y brand new got it last

week me and Stacy got married a month

ago and uh it's our wedding present

Stacy and I got married not me and

Stacy what is it 52 no no it's

53 newest thing on the road built it

myself you don't say yeah Buick lets us

custom order our own cars and then they

uh we get to watch them when they come

down the line I put the dashboard in

this one how much did it cost

Luke

$2700 it's no secret every dealer in the

country knows how much they

cost Hill

People yeah eica

Springs why do they live like that how

else could they

live can't you provide housing for

them anyway um bu could let us Finance

the cars for 24 months some sweet tea

tea with

ice none for me thank you do you have

any hot tea we don't drink hot tea

around here well up in Michigan we don't

drink it with ice this ain't

Michigan would you like to see my garden

Stacy yeah that's a great idea go on

sweetheart uh Kathleen's got just about

the prettiest garden in Arkansas I'll go

with

you where in Pete's sake you find her

Jimmy Dale she's a sweet girl Eli

yeah she is a Yankee Yankees ain't so

bad well they're smart enough to avoid

cotton they they make good money and

they build good schools sty f lives in a

real nice house with indoor plumbing a

telephone and television how's Luther

he's doing real well I got him on with

the plant he's making $3 an hour 40

hours a week Luther ain't never seen so

much money he was picking cotton for

other people around here making what a

1,000 bucks a year now he makes 6,000 a

year plus a bonus and

retirement

$66,000 yes sir Luke go check on your

mama go on

where's the clutch ain't got no clutch

it's

automatic yeah I don't think I inherited

it we seem to have a lot of green thumbs

in my

family we get almost everything we eat

out of

here it's amazing how much can provide

for the winter time too it's it's really

incredible actually look what you found

I

really oh my gosh it's just a green

one don't they have snakes up in

Michigan oh dear

I'll make some hot tea I'll help you

Luke you watch after

Stacy I've never ridden in a

car we have a truck how old are you 10

years old you're 10 and you've never

ridden in a

car you ever seen a

television in the catalogs

ever use a

telephone no ma'am

unbelievable do you go to school yes

ma'am well thank

heavens I just can't believe how

backward you people are here we

are Jimmy

Dale if we don't get going we're going

to be

late oh that's

right um she has to go to the

bathroom oh come with

me she don't have indoor

plumbing oh well this is it

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oh

just I'll give you some privacy

a Miss Stacy it's me Luke I'm

occupied well um don't come out right

now there's a big black snake out here

oh my oh my

oh be quiet otherwise I'll know that

you're in

there do

something I can't he's big and E

bites get Jimmy

Dale okay but don't come out he's right

by the door

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is this some practice Luke yes sir you

be careful you don't bother the Mexicans

and keep an eye out for them big biting

black

snakes that was a good look served her

right you little Dickens come with me to

the

latches the latches were a family of

sharecroppers who live no more than a

mile from our house their rundown Shack

contained a horde of little latches

they had no electricity mom's delivery

was one part kindness and one part

gossip hello Mrs Chandler um I'm glad

you're here it's it's Libby she's about

to have the baby a baby yes she's in

labor well we better get the doctor oh

no we can't do that no one can know

about this no one we've got to keep it

quiet we're so ashamed she won't tell us

who the father is and right now I don't

care if the doctor comes the whole

County or know

we got to keep this quiet Mrs Chandler

please can you promise me I'll get Grand

she's done this many times please

do and hurry I'll be back in half an

hour

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let's get this right in the

truck Miguel you please tell Jessie to

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watch Mom and gr were up to something

but I didn't know what I saw tally over

at the water pump and decided we could

figure it out together

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Luke what are you

doing promise you won't tell

promise and storm clouds gathering in

the northern part of the state moving in

a southsouth easterly Direction so we

can see

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Mr L you got those tail here you go

ma'am

thank

breathe okay you ready water push now

push push push good good good good girl

you're doing a couple more now only

going to be rest girl rest

rest doing

good wait wait wait wait wait wait till

I tell you wait okay now push push

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push it's coming it's coming you're

doing

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good it's a

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boy your

baby

congratulations M better come and see

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this H still fresh

someone's painting her house you know I

bet it's Trot he's the only one who has

the time and he's here by the house all

day with nothing to do wonder why he do

such a

thing where' to get the paint it's a

mystery

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everybody in the

house c c get

him

the let's go

hurry

Luke

hry tornado es were common in our part

of Arkansas and I'd heard many stories

about them we watched the funnel in

muted Fascination and as suddenly as it

appeared it was

gone after 3 days of peace and hard work

I was awakened in the middle of the

night I crept toward my window and

peered through the darkness

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and there was Hank still angry and

determined to torment Cowboy and the

other Mexicans

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I like you very

much what does that mean you

too it is Bita what does that

mean you are very beautiful

you think I'm

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beautiful

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sweetheart mom mhm there's something I

need to tell you what is it I think

tally and cowboy like each other oh

really now how do you know

this I caught them in the Cotton Patch

what were they doing I don't know but

they were

together do you think they were kissing

probably oh

well I'll talk to your father about it

hi girl hi Mrs

Chandler hi Mrs Chandler hi Luke

hey thank you very much well you're

welcome yes chanler how's the baby oh

he's fine I I guess you want to see him

yes I

would

Luke how a piercing we're going to whoop

your behind

Luke what cuz you're a Chandler and your

Ricky did that to Libby was my fault

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stop what in the

world Luke are you all right cut this a

switch what do you mean beating up on a

little boy like that he ain't done

nothing I want you to watch this no

darlo we're leaving what was that all

about for what Ricky did liby we don't

know that for sure

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you're not going to believe what

happened three of them jump Lo little

criminals we're taking food over and

they pull a stunt like this three didn't

run away did you no he did not he was

kicking and claing just as much as they

were you land a good punch they were all

crime when I left say there were three

of them huh I'm good for you boy it'll

make you

tough no I think it's broken you okay

Luke yep come on let's get you out of

those muddy clothes oh no come on champ

come on over here

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where you going I don't know just

walking going to the

creek you'd like that wouldn't

you not this time I'm I'm not bathing

it's just to sit on

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Jesse how much did Hank pick today under

200 say

190 he was picking 400 a week

ago I've got a good mind to driving into

town tomorrow find stick Powers tell him

I'm done with a boy Mexicans are saying

somebody's still rocks at the barn at

night well it seems to me the thing to

do is tell Mr spru that stick is coming

after Hank let the boy sneak away at

night he'll be gone that's all that

matters Mr spru will be thankful you

kept him from getting arrested

papy we done pass the car Mr Watson was

to say

it come here I want to show you

something World

Series I don't have to tell you game

three Dodgers at y stum game this is for

crost Town

Rivals who you pulling for I don't know

daughters gu you know he got to pull for

the national league wind

up and the pitch wow he got under all of

that one and it's a high

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arch

yes that's right

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yeah had some heavy rains up in North

County last night 6 in of you you no

tell them when they going to be able to

get wagons in them field my cousin in

Oklahoma got flooded out we ain't had a

flood in October in 20 years hey hey T I

just saw the World Series on the

television I'm going to have a

television of my own

someday what's the paint for

oh

nothing let's go

Luke stick told him he's coming out here

to take Hank I'll talk to him all

probably better if it heads out all

right well like I say I'll talk to

him how they take it huh they need the

the

money they say that old Sheriff stick's

coming to get you I ain't afraid of that

dumb Sheriff but you don't want to get

arrested I didn't do nothing the

Chandlers want you to leave oh I got

more money in my pocket than them saw

Busters will ever have it just go on

back home now son let let things cool

down come on I'm be best all right I'll

leave

[Laughter]

what's going on

here none of your business

Hank going

home you heard him get on out of here

I'll tell M and Pa what you doing go

home come on up here brown skin I'm

fixing to teach you something

now I'm going to settle your hash once

and for

all you like my sister

meico

huh slippery little wet back ain't you

no

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a yes

h

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come here come

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here

silence you've been to the

river then where have you been

you speak one word of this to anyone and

I will kill your

mother

understand no matter you tell them next

year you tell them when I'm

gone I will come back and I will kill

your

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mother you okay Luke

didn't eat enough to feed a

bird just

tired it's not you go to bed early

okay any reason the truck could be gone

say

what truck's gone I left it right

here where was the key the radio same as

always we lost T I can't find her no

place can you drive a truck no she

can don't suppose Hank took it Hank

would not steal your truck Hank's

halfway home by now you better go check

the barn for

cowboy morning Miguel hang on there a

problem pleas a little problem what is

it C boy is gone must be contagious

thank he took her I don't know what to

think he took my baby we need to get a

law on this I'm going to go unhook the

truck from the tent Jesse will go with

you course

sir no Luke honey it's not your place

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when the weather didn't let up papy got

concerned that the rain would swell the

river it' be flooded out

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but there was a secret part of me that

prayed the river would rise and wash

everything away

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we'll check it later

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found it in the bus station over in

Jonesboro where's the key under the seat

and it had a full tank of gas I don't

know if it had a full one when it left

here but it's full now it was half empty

it must have just bared that's the way I

see it you still want to press charges I

guess

not did anybody say him they bought two

tickets to

Chicago when the bus Got Loaded they

both got on and S again what time the

bus leave 6:00 this

morning found this on the front

seat it's a note from tally to y'all I

ain't read

it ain't none of my business ma'am but

uh there's any useful information I

didn't even

know she says she ain't coming

home she says she and cowboy are getting

married going to live up north where

they can find good jobs and

such they going to stay in Chicago don't

say just say up north

like SI bringing the truck back must

blasted oh ain't

nothing say

Eli what's that big one Hank he took off

for

home well I'm going to call the sheriff

up in Eureka Springs I ain't through

with him you

know when I find him I'm going to put

him in the jail and Jonesboro and we're

going to have us at trial yeah you do

that

stti although there were occasional

clear days the news was somber and

threatening heavy rains had hit Clay

County North of us the creeks and

streams were flooded up there and

pouring into the river the water was

Rising

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well ground's too soft Cotton's too

wet guess they've had enough

over

here it's for

you tell about

it thanks

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how am I doing oh it's beautiful

Luke just go slow and take your

time and don't fall I'm not going to

fall

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pick near 1100 lb between

us the rain starts driving the prices up

a few more dry days we're clear

Al

don't let me

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the Reigns had forced us all to kill

long hours in and around the house even

on days when the sun tried to break

through the clouds the cotton was too

wet and the ground was too soft the

Mexicans were delighted to have

something to do and we all attacked the

unpainted house with a

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vengeance

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fore

foree spee

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happy if I told you a

secret would you promise not to tell

anybody

else let's try it

out Hank is dead

Cowboy killed

him with a knife of his I saw it

all HKS all cowboy and tally

together tally Su this

too no

sir Cowboy sent her

away they fought at the bridge Hank

landed in the middle of the river and he

never came back

up you should have told me then I just

couldn't Cowboy see

you what are we going to do

happy killed their son and stole their

daughter my oh

my are we going to tell anybody

nope I don't think

so nothing we can say is going to bring

that boy back and tell him folks that

just make a fuss none of us

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need well what about Mr Mrs

spr it' only heard him if they

knew we ain't telling nobody just be our

secret one we take to our Graves just

you and me

but you done right telling

me don't you worry none I'll handle

this hey don't

worry I'll

handle so the

banks it's flooding

four cans of paint coming right

in that's not enough that'll do for now

that'll be uh $10 plus tax of 36

C well looks like I just brought 10 with

me I'll bring in the tax next time time

well sure Jesse I'm going to go talk to

rigs you help Mr Watson put this paint

in the truck back in a few

minutes how much is two gallons 250 a

gallon total of

$5 here's

five did you pick cotton for that

money yes

sir what does your day know you're

buying paint not yet what are you all

painting out there our house why you

doing that cuz ain't never been painting

before plus 18 cents for tax you got

that how much does my daddy owe you for

tax 36

Cents take from

this all right

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it's a very good job Luke how much paint

is

left none it's all

gone how much you need to paint the

front reckon four or five gallons I

don't want you to spend your own money

on paint it's my money y'all said I

could spend it on whatever I wanted what

about your

jacket maybe Santa Claus will bring you

one oh maybe so you ready for some lunch

yep all right

backwat is tricking across the main road

at the back

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40 B girl

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it's here 2 Ines of it

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Cotton's

wet Sun breaks we maybe can get 100 lb

each Jesse going into town check on the

co-op see if there's another Farm or the

Mexican might get

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work this cotton is Soak bad they're not

going to get 50 lb it's a waste of

time can I go to town well yeah we need

more

paint what foolishness spending good

money on house paint when we're losing

another crop can't leave the house half

and half we got to finish the

job

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must I have secret for

you can you keep a secret sure

your daddy and I are thinking about

going up

north what about me well you're going

to what about py and Grand they're going

to be

okay it's going to be exciting Luke

trust me it'll be an

adventure

okay get in that bag

night

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night iing

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safe I sure hope

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so hey Jesse Jackie how you

doing now little Chandler what could

possibly bring you here ice cream it's

Sunday for the boys

H y'all picking out there a creek came

over last night moved more than half a

mile Before Sunrise lower 40 is

gone yeah all the Creeks are backing up

just putting a lot of pressure on the St

Francis you know someone who needs any

Mexicans we got six of them now nothing

to do ready to go

home I think rigs might know some

Farmers up north of bille they might

take them

thanks Jack

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I had another dream last night that

Ricky came

home it was windy and he was standing

out on the road in the

wind and he made it just in time for

Christmas

Mr

latcher Excuse me ma'am I need to speak

to Mr chander he's in the barn what is

it we've been flooded out water's up

past the porch and in the

house can you help us we ain't got no

place to go of course we can help you

folks can stay here the loft is clean

the Mexicans just left you'll have a

warm bed and plenty of food let's get a

move on we'll get the Loft

ready come on let's go get dry come on

honey now after you get dressed you run

down to the kitchen and get something to

eat they ain't much but they're dry some

been in the family for Generations

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what's his night don't have one

yet when's Ricky coming

home I don't

know you say goodbye to the Mexicans yes

m ma'am does that mean we're done

picking cotton sure looks like

it why does our land flood so quick

because it's low and close to the river

it's just not very good land Luke that's

one reason why we're leaving here how

long we going to be up north not

long we'll stay until we save some

money when we come back what do we going

to do well we're not going to

farm we'll get a job in Memphis A Little

Rock and we'll buy us a house with a

television and a

telephone and we'll have a nice car in

the driveway and you can play baseball

on a team that has really uniforms how's

that sound to you sounds pretty

good we'll always come back and visit

papy and Gran and Ricky

but be a new life

Luke the crop loans can be rolled over

to next spring and the other bills can

be put off

too I hate the thought of riding those I

owe but how do we get through the

winter we got plenty of food but what

about gasoline and electricity and all

for the the

truck

yeah about a third of the crop's still

out there standing in water weather

breaks we might be able to sell us a bit

of it get us some money G will take most

of

that Jimmy

Dale is holding a job for me at the

Buick

plant but he can't wait long jobs are

tight right now so we need to get on up

there

he says I can make as much as $200 a

week we'll send home as much as we

can but we got to leave day after

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tomorrow at your food son

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you'll be leaving

tomorrow yes sir she'll be coming back

soon yes

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sir been thinking more about Hank cowboy

just leave it be like we

agreed can't nothing good come from

telling

nobody it's our

secret

deal

deal don't forget about your papy up

there are you

here I w't

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mle blowing Chinese Communist troops 14

separate attacks at United Nations

Forces

bloody all

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knocking out close to 50 communist and

killing 58 en elsewhere

surf look I've written Ricky a letter

telling him all about the baby do you

have his

dress yeah I got it do you have an

envelope

sure could you mail my letter for me

please Luke I don't think riy knows

about the

baby I guess I can mail it thank you

Luke

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don't come back here talking like a

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yankie we're going to be fine I know

I'm just going to miss you so

much good job

Luke you done a good

job just wish we'd finished

yeah I figure another

gallon yes sir that's about

right I'll get it done this

winter thanks

papy when you all come home it'll be

finished how about

that a shake on it

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when we pulled away Gran was standing by

the front porch wiping her face my

father told me not to cry but I couldn't

help it my heart

ACH but at the same time I knew knew our

adventure was just

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beginning and I hoped when I returned

one day my Uncle Ricky would be coming

home

too just like in gr's

dreams we would be a complete family

again

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