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about fifteen fried chickens。 Or five pairs of shoes or five 
dresses。 Or installments on a radio。' She thought about a 
piano�察�but she did not mention that aloud。272 

'It would tide us over��' their Mama said。 *But at the same time 
I rather keep Mick at home for a while。 Now�察�
when Etta' 
'Wait��' She felt hot and reckless。 'I want to take the job。 I can 
hold it down。 I know I can。' 'Listen to little Mick��' Bill said。 
Their Dad picked his teeth with a matchstick and took his feet 
down from the banisters。 'Now�察�let's not rush into anything。 I 
rather Mick take her time and think this out。 We can get along 


somehow without her working。 I mean 
to increase my watch work by sixty per cent soon as' 
'I forgot��' Hazel said。 'I think there's a Christmas bonus every 
year。' 
Mick frowned。 ;But I wouldn't be working then。 I'd be in 
school。 I just want to work during vacation and then go back 
to school。' 'Sure��' Hazel said quickly。 
;But tomorrow I'll go down with you and take the job if I can 
get it' 
It was as though a great worry and tightness left the family。 In 
the dark they began to laugh and talk。 Their Dad did a trick for 
George with a matchstick and a handkerchief。 Then he gave 
the kid fifty cents to go down to the corner store for Coca´
Colas to be drunk after supper。 The smell of cabbage was 
stronger in the hall and pork chops were frying。 Portia called。 
The boarders already waited at the table。 Mick had supper in 
the dining´room。 The cabbage leaves were limp and yellow on 
her plate and she couldn't eat。 When she reached for the bread 
she knocked a pitcher of iced tea over the table。 
Then later she waited on the front porch by herself for Mister 
Singer to come home。 In a desperate way she wanted to see 
him。 The excitement of the hour before had died down and she 
was sick to the stomach。 She was going to work in a ten´cent 
store and she did not want to work there。 It was like she had 
been trapped into something。 The job wouldn't be just for the 
summer!but for a long time�察�as long as she could see ahead。 
Once they were used to the money coming in it would be 
impossible to do without again。 That was the way things were。 
She stood in the dark and held tight to the banisters。 A long 
time passed and Mister Singer still did not come。 At eleven 
o'clock she 

went out to see if she could find him。 But suddenly she got 
frightened in the dark and ran back home。 
Then in the morning she bathed and dressed very careful。 
Hazel and Etta loaned her the clothes to wear and primped her 
to look nice。 She wore Hazel's green silk dress and a green hat 
and high´heeled pumps with silk stockings。 They fixed her 
face with rouge and lipstick and plucked her eyebrows。 She 
looked at least sixteen years old when they were finished。 


It was too late to back down now。 She was really grown and 
ready to earn her keep。 Yet if she would go to her Dad and tell 
him how she felt he would tell her to wait a year。 And Hazel 
and Etta and Bill and their Mama�察�even now�察�would say that 
she didn't have to go。 But she couldn't do it。 She couldn't lose 
face like that。 She went up to see Mister Singer。 The words 
came all in a rush�此�
'Listen!I believe I got this job。 What do you think�拭�Do you 
think it's a good idea�拭�Do you think it's O。K。 to drop out of 
school and work now�拭�You think it's good��' 
At first he did not understand。 His gray eyes half´closed and 
he stood with his hands deep down in his pockets。 There was 
the old feeling that they waited to tell each other things that 
had never been told before。 The thing she had to say now was 
not much。 But what he had to tell her would be right!and if 
he said the job sounded O。K。 then she would feel better about 
it。 She repeated the words slowly and waited。 
'You think it's good��' 
Mister Singer considered。 Then he nodded yes。 
She got the job。 The manager took her and Hazel back to a 
little office and talked with them。 Afterward she couldn't 
remember how the manager looked or anything that had been 
said。 But she was hired�察�and on the way out of the place she 
bought ten cents' worth of Chocolate and a little modeling clay 
set for George。 On June the fifth she was to start work。 She 
stood for a long while before the window of Mister Singer's 
jewelry store。 Then she hung around on the corner。TT4 
CARSON Me CULLERS 
15 
_l HE time had come for Singer to go to Antonapoulos again。 
The journey was a long one。 For�察�although the distance 
between them was something less than two hundred miles�察�the 
train meandered to points far out of the way and stopped for 
long hours at certain stations during the night。 Singer would 
leave the town in the afternoon and travel all through the night 
and until the early morning of the next day。 As usual�察�he was 
ready far in advance。 He planned to have a full week with his 
friend this visit。 His clothes had been sent to the cleaner's�察�his 
hat blocked�察�and his bags were in readiness。 The gifts he 
would carry were wrapped in colored tissue paper!and in 


addition there was a deluxe basket of fruits done up in 
cellophane and a crate of late´shipped strawberries。 On the 
morning before his departure Singer cleaned his room。 In his 
ice box he found a bit of left´over goose liver and took it out 
to the alley for the neighborhood cat。 On his door he tacked 
the same sign he had posted there before�察�stating that he would 
be absent for several days on business。 During all these 
preparations he moved about leisurely with two vivid spots of 
color on his cheekbones。 His face was very solemn。 
Then at last the hour for departure was at hand。 He stood on 
the platform�察�burdened with his suitcases and gifts�察�and 
watched the train roll in on the station tracks。 He found 
himself a seat in the day coach and hoisted his luggage on the 
rack above his head。 The car was crowded�察�for the most part 
with mothers and children。 The green plush seats had a grimy 
smell。 The windows of the car were dirty and rice thrown at 
some recent bridal pair lay scattered on the floor。 Singer 
smiled cordially to his fellow´travelers and leaned back in his 
seat。 He closed his eyes。 The lashes made a dark�察�curved 
fringe above the hollows of his cheeks。 His right hand moved 
nervously inside his pocket 
For a while his thoughts lingered in the town he was leaving 
behind him。 He saw Mick and Doctor Copeland and Jake 
Blount and Biff Brannon。 The faces crowded in on him out of 
the darkness so that he felt smothered。 He thought of the 
quarrel between Blount and the Negro。 The 

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nature of this quarrel was hopelessly confused in his mind !but each 
of them had on several occasions broken out into a bitter tirade 
against the other�察�the absent one。 He had agreed with each of them in 
turn�察�though what it was they wanted him to sanction he did not 
know。 And Mick !her face was urgent and she said a good deal that 
he did not understand in the least。 And then Biff Brannon at the New 
York Caf6。 Brannon with his dark�察�iron´like jaw and his watchful 
eyes。 And strangers who followed him about the streets and 
buttonholed him for unexplainable reasons。 The Turk at the linen 
shop who flung his hands up in his face and babbled with his tongue 
to make words the shape of which Singer had never imagined before。 
A certain mill foreman and an old black woman。 A businessman on 
the main street and an urchin who solicited soldiers for a whorehouse 
near the river。 Singer wriggled his shoulders uneasily。 The train 


rocked with a smooth�察�easy motion。 His head nodded to rest on his 
shoulder and for a short while he slept。 
When he opened his eyes again the town was far behind him。 The 
town was forgotten。 Outside the dirty window there was the brilliant 
midsummer countryside。 The sun slanted in strong�察�bronze´colored 
rays over the green fields of the new cotton。 There were acres of 
tobacco�察�the plants heavy and green like some monstrous jungle 
weed。 The orchards of peaches with the lush fruit weighting down the 
dwarfed trees。 There were miles of pastures and tens of miles of 
wasted�察�washed´out land abandoned to the hardier weeds。 The train 
cut through deep green pine forests where the ground was covered 
with the slick brown needles and the tops of the trees stretched up 
virgin and tall into the sky。 And farther�察�a long way south of the 
town�察�the cypress swamps!with the gnarled roots of the trees 
writhing down into the brackish waters�察�where the gray�察�tattered moss 
trailed from the branches�察�where tropical water flowers blossomed in 
dankness and gloom。 Then out again into the open beneath the sun 
and the indigo´blue sky。 
Singer sat solemn and timid�察�his face turned fully toward the window。 
The great sweeps of space and the hard�察�elemental coloring almost 
blinded him。 This kaleidoscopic variety of scene�察�this abundance of 
growth and color��276 

seemed somehow connected with his friend;。 His thoughts 
were with Antonapoulos。 The bliss of their reunion almost 
stifled him。 His nose was pinched and he breathed with quick�察�
short breaths through his slightly open mouth。 
Antonapoulos would be glad to see him。 He would enjoy the 
fresh fruits and the presents。 By now he would be out of the 
sick ward and able to go on an excursion to the movies�察�and 
afterward to the hotel where they had eaten dinner on the first 
visit。 Singer had written many letters to Antonapoulos�察�but he 
had not posted them。 He surrendered himself wholly to 
thoughts of his friend。 
The half´year since he had last been with him seemed neither 
a long nor a short span of time。 Behind each waking moment 
there had always been his friend。 And this submerged 
communion with Antonapoulos had grown and changed as 
though they were together in the flesh。 Sometimes he thought 
of Antonapoulos with awe and self´abasement�察�sometimes 
with pride!always with love unchecked by criticism�察�freed of 
will。 When he dreamed at night the face of his friend was 


always before him�察�massive and gentle。 And in his waking 
thoughts they were eternally united。 
The summer evening came slowly。 The sun sank down behind 
a ragged line o

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