Their Eyes Were Watching God Page #3

nothing but a raw place in the woods,

Well, we only been a town for about a year,

PIace is just getting started,

Got Iots to Iook forward to,

Amen.

She's right,

Y'all got a Iot of opportunity here,

Why don't you and your daughter

join us for supper?

I'm a really good cook,

and I'd be really happy to have you,

Amos Hicks is my name,

and I ain't got no wife as yet,

And I ain't nowhere near old enough

to have a daughter, Mr, Hicks,

This here's my wife,

If you and your wife

is thinkin' about settlin' here,

you're welcome to stay with my family,

Until we build our own house,

We'd be happy to put you up,

Willy, tie up his horse,

- (man) Yeah,

- We thank you,

I'm gonna get me a wife just Iike that,

You ain't got

but a fish sandwich to your name,

You can't get the Iikes of her

with no fish sandwich,

(Joe) How many acres y'all got now?

- 'Bout 50,

- That ain't enough for no town,

Well, we was real fortunate that Captain

Eaton gave us the acres to get started,

Captain Eaton own the sawmill

we work in, He's a fairer man than most,

Y'all want this to be

a town of significance, don't you?

Sure, but Captain Eaton

ain't gonna give us no more Iand now,

Cap'n Eaton?

He's generous, but he ain't stupid,

He might not give you no more,

but you can buy more,

Been a town a whole year, You would think

they'd have more happening by now,

They just need you to show 'em what to do,

I pray to God

they ain't a bunch of Iazy no-counts,

They need a Ieader, that's all,

Look to me Iike Joe Starks'd

be the perfect man for the job,

Look at this face, Good-Iookin' enough

to be on a silver dollar,

This chest,,, strong and broad,

Bet you got a big speech-making voice

in there, don't you?

These hands,,, Lord knows, these hands

We'II buy a hundred acres,

And then we'II buy a hundred more,

I'II sell the Iand we don't need

to newcomers,

and we'II put Eatonville

in the middle of the map,

And with the money we make,

we'II buy you your very own train guard,

and we gonna

crisscross this country first class,

Call me Jody Iike you do sometimes,

Call me Jody,

Jody,,,

He ain't gonna buy nothing,

I'm tellin' you, He all talk,

I been tellin' y'all

we needs to buy more Iand, ain't I?

(man) Lord, I don't know,

I hope he can,,,

- (man) Now what?

- Joe pullin' out his money,

He gonna buy more Iand, I told y'all!

Captain Eaton's signin' the paper!

- (woman) What you see?

- (man) Shh!

- And Joe done signed the paper too!

- (cheering and shouting)

(Janie) The next day,

we all voted Joe to be the mayor,

Wasn't nobody

more proud of him than me,

Hold on,

(Janie) He just strolled around,

all wrapped up in his new dignity,

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