The Hired Hand Page #3

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I don't want you saying

no different.

Sure.

Come on.

Get ready for bed.

Shout me when you're in.

Not 100, mama.

I counted.

Off you go.

I'll add them to tomorrow night.

There's some sacks in the shed

And some clean straw

in the rack.

Should be a lamp there, too.

Tomorrow we'll talk about

what you're going to do.

Need some thinking

what to put you to.

Mama, Im in!

Coming, Janey.

All right.

See you in the morning.

Don't mind me asking, ma'am.

How come you don't have a dog?

I notice when we rolled up

there wasn't one.

Had one, but it ran away.

Never bothered to get another.

Good night, ma'am.

Welcome home, harry.

Yeah.

The straw smells good.

Beats sleeping on the ground.

What do you think, harry?

You think you'll stay?

Harry's turned in.

He's so tired,

he can't see proper.

By your leave, ma'am,

Ill just finish my smoke.

Surely.

What are you getting

out of this, Mr. Harris?

Ma'am, if I wasn't doing this,

Id be doing something else.

Be more prospects

in something else.

Well, me and harry, we rid

around together a long time.

He's keen to try this for a while,

So Ill just string along.

Why'd he come back?

Just got tired

of drifting around.

He'll go.

It's just a matter of time.

Well, most things are, ma'am,

one way or the other.

Ask Mr. Marshall at the store

If that lead paint

has come yet.

We can paint the house

before winter comes.

And don't forget

the jars for preserving fruit

And don't forget my candy.

Candy?

You don't eat candy, do you?

Look there, it's write

n down -- "Candy for Janey."

Come on. Hey!

Bye, Janey.

I'll go on over

to the general store.

You go set up the beers.

Sounds like a reasonable

division of labor.

Give me two beers.

Hello, there.

You riding on through?

No, sir,

we picked up a job.

You with somebody else?

Yes, sir.

We're working

for miss Collings.

Oh? Both of you?

Yes, sir, that's right.

Well, now, she's really down

to some serious business.

She's a fair woman

to work for, all right.

Fair?

Why, the widow Collings

is more than fair.

She's downright generous.

You can always tell a man

who's got something on his mind.

He keeps talking to people

he don't know.

Now what is it

you're trying to tell me?

What Im trying to tell you,

mister,

Is that most men who work

for the widow Collings

Get paid in more than cash and keep.

I'll surely remember that.

Save me getting

a lot of fancy notions.

And you can tell her

when you get back

That Ed Plummer

might take a ride out to see her.

One of these

moonshine nights.

What's he talking about,

arch?

There's your partner.

How do you work it, boys?

Night about,

or do you each do a week?

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