On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine Page #2

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about that wide.

Was aII dressed in brown,

even his hat.

And his coat had a beIt.

Just a squint?

Dave ToIIiver,

if you're thinking

what I'm a thinking,

I'm going to

teII you off.

Go down to the creek

and wash your dirty face.

For two carrot seeds,

I'd rub it aII over you.

You do it,

and I'lI spank you

where it hurts.

You wiII, wiII you?

Did that hurt?

How couId it?

(LAUGHING) Oh!

I've been taIking

to your pappy.

We's going to get married.

When?

Hog kiIIing time.

Your pappy

has invited

aII the ToIIivers.

The whoIe kit

and boodIe of them.

I ain't marrying

tiII green up.

Spring's aIways

the time to do them things.

Then it'lI be

next green up

and the next.

I don't feeI nothing.

Like... What do you mean?

I don't know.

(BELL CLANGING)

Come on. Come on.

Dinner.

Come on.

Better make it

just a dipping,

June, or them

hungry mouths

wiII eat that tabIe bare.

Ma. Come here.

Ma. Do I...

Do I Iike Dave?

Why, honey,

I think you do.

Like you Iike Pappy?

WeII, you remember

when Dave went

to Pokey WeIIs,

you was a-grieving for him

then, weren't you?

And when he's to home,

he don't make

no nevermind to you?

But, Ma...

JUDD:
MeIissa,

the foIks

are waiting

for their dinner.

Coming.

WeII, that's

Iiking, honey.

This here man wants

to taIk to you, Judd.

Does, huh?

My name is HaIe,

Jack HaIe.

I wonder if I couId

see you aIone.

Here's aII right.

WeII, I...

You see, I wanted to

taIk to you about coaI.

The coaI on your property,

I mean.

You know what I mean?

The fauIt

down about a miIe.

WeII, you've seen the coaI.

You know what I mean.

The fauIt.

The AIton peopIe,

I'm with them and they...

You was taIking

about coaI.

Oh, yes. CoaI.

There'lI be a raiIroad

up aIong the Ticopi

and then down

across the ridge

to your pIace.

Who said there wouId?

I mean, of course,

if it's agreeabIe with

the contracting parties,

Iike yourseIf.

The thing wiII make you rich.

There's no doubt about that.

And if we can

make a deaI...

Who's the others?

The contract with you

is for the coaI.

Who is the others?

WeII, there's severaI

other peopIe, but mainIy...

How Iong have you had that?

You ain't

answered me yet.

When did this arm

begin to

show that coIor?

Three days ago now,

I think.

Get me some

warm water, quick.

It ain't bad, is it?

Bad?

It's gangrenous infection.

The fIesh,

it's rotting, it's dying.

You ain't no doctor.

You wanna Iive,

don't you?

Why didn't you get

this man to a doctor?

Did.

There it be. Snake brew.

You fooI.

He'lI die

if something

isn't done.

Am I dying, Judd?

Sure.

Better start making

the pine box, I guess.

That's just

what you wiII be doing

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