1 00:02:37,090 --> 00:02:39,251 Possum, put that up, now. 2 00:02:53,173 --> 00:02:54,697 Our Heavenly Father... 3 00:02:54,908 --> 00:02:57,672 ...bless this meal and those who are about to receive it. 4 00:02:57,878 --> 00:03:02,144 Make us thankful for your generous bounty and your unceasing love. 5 00:03:02,649 --> 00:03:05,914 Please remind us, in these hard times... 6 00:03:06,119 --> 00:03:08,212 ...to be grateful for what we have been given... 7 00:03:08,822 --> 00:03:11,154 ...and not to ask for what we cannot have. 8 00:03:11,758 --> 00:03:14,989 And make us mindful of those less fortunate among us... 9 00:03:15,195 --> 00:03:18,289 ...as we sit at this table with all of thy bounty. 10 00:03:18,699 --> 00:03:21,224 - Amen. - Amen. 11 00:03:23,070 --> 00:03:24,697 Turn your plate over. 12 00:03:25,272 --> 00:03:27,137 Put your napkin in your lap. 13 00:03:29,476 --> 00:03:31,444 Frank, you want to take some... 14 00:03:32,179 --> 00:03:33,305 - okra and pass it to your pa? 15 00:03:33,513 --> 00:03:34,377 Yes, ma'am. 16 00:03:35,482 --> 00:03:38,713 Forgot to tell you, we got a letter from your Aunt Gladys. 17 00:03:39,252 --> 00:03:42,653 She was hoping we could come to Oklahoma and visit them... 18 00:03:42,856 --> 00:03:44,721 ...during your vacation. 19 00:03:45,959 --> 00:03:49,588 But, I don't know. I was hoping we could paint the house. 20 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:54,531 I'll get it. 21 00:03:56,670 --> 00:03:57,967 Thank you. 22 00:03:58,472 --> 00:04:00,963 - Frank, one biscuit. - Yes, ma'am. 23 00:04:02,676 --> 00:04:04,667 Right on my biscuit. 24 00:04:04,945 --> 00:04:07,140 Excuse me, Mrs. Spalding. The sheriff home? 25 00:04:07,347 --> 00:04:10,612 He is, but we just sat down to dinner. Can't this wait? 26 00:04:10,817 --> 00:04:12,341 No, ma'am. It seems like we got a problem down... 27 00:04:12,552 --> 00:04:14,918 It's all right! I'll be right there, Jack! 28 00:04:15,122 --> 00:04:18,888 Sorry to bother you, sheriff, but there's a drunk Negro by the track. 29 00:04:19,092 --> 00:04:21,424 - I thought you ought to... - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 30 00:04:34,541 --> 00:04:36,475 - Where are you going? - With Pa. 31 00:04:36,676 --> 00:04:37,540 Royce? 32 00:04:38,411 --> 00:04:42,177 No one excused you from the table, young man. You stay here. 33 00:04:43,083 --> 00:04:44,880 I won't be gone long. 34 00:04:48,355 --> 00:04:51,950 - Who'd you say it was? - That Wylie boy, sheriff... 35 00:05:10,343 --> 00:05:14,211 Hey, boys, get on back now, you hear me? You hear? 36 00:05:16,149 --> 00:05:17,377 Wylie! 37 00:05:22,589 --> 00:05:24,113 Wylie! 38 00:05:26,860 --> 00:05:28,828 Howdy, Mr. Royce. 39 00:05:29,029 --> 00:05:30,291 Nice day. 40 00:05:32,666 --> 00:05:35,794 Wylie, you're drunk as a skunk. 41 00:05:36,002 --> 00:05:38,470 I sure am, Mr. Royce. 42 00:05:38,672 --> 00:05:39,969 You know better than that. 43 00:05:40,807 --> 00:05:42,707 I'm sorry, Mr. Royce. 44 00:05:42,909 --> 00:05:46,367 - You ready to come with me now? - Just a minute. 45 00:05:58,124 --> 00:06:00,649 Wylie, are you done? 46 00:06:21,047 --> 00:06:22,344 Royce... 47 00:06:48,074 --> 00:06:49,473 Frank! 48 00:06:50,277 --> 00:06:51,642 Frank! 49 00:06:51,845 --> 00:06:54,405 Frank, give me my doll! 50 00:07:01,588 --> 00:07:04,318 Frank. Possum. 51 00:07:05,425 --> 00:07:08,121 - Give me my doll! - Frank. Possum. 52 00:07:08,328 --> 00:07:09,852 Come here. 53 00:07:10,764 --> 00:07:12,095 Come on. 54 00:07:24,778 --> 00:07:26,803 Something's happened to your pa. 55 00:07:48,969 --> 00:07:50,937 - What do you think? - Get her out here. 56 00:07:52,138 --> 00:07:53,332 Ma? 57 00:07:54,374 --> 00:07:55,204 Ma? 58 00:07:55,542 --> 00:07:57,601 Never you mind, hon. Don't you look. 59 00:08:07,887 --> 00:08:08,854 Come on. 60 00:08:10,623 --> 00:08:13,217 For pity's sake, what do you think you're doing? 61 00:08:18,798 --> 00:08:21,130 You get out of here. Right now. 62 00:08:21,334 --> 00:08:24,929 - Right now, Glen. I mean it. - Guess we can go now. 63 00:08:32,979 --> 00:08:33,968 Oh, sis. 64 00:08:35,081 --> 00:08:37,345 Rosalie, you go down. 65 00:08:37,550 --> 00:08:39,415 Go inside, both of you. 66 00:08:40,553 --> 00:08:41,713 Oh, sis. 67 00:08:42,489 --> 00:08:44,354 Sis, I'm so sorry. 68 00:08:45,291 --> 00:08:46,918 I am so sorry. 69 00:08:48,595 --> 00:08:50,859 I don't want anybody to see me. 70 00:08:51,064 --> 00:08:54,898 - I don't want anybody to see me. - I'm not gonna let anybody see you. 71 00:08:56,269 --> 00:08:57,964 Nobody's gonna see you. 72 00:09:10,116 --> 00:09:13,677 We would have been married 15 years this October. 73 00:09:15,889 --> 00:09:17,652 We had two children. 74 00:09:20,527 --> 00:09:24,327 And I never knew till just now Royce had a scar right there. 75 00:09:29,469 --> 00:09:31,369 I never knew that. 76 00:10:51,384 --> 00:10:52,442 I was afrai... 77 00:10:52,652 --> 00:10:55,018 I was afraid you wasn't gonna make it. 78 00:12:17,870 --> 00:12:20,338 Just don't worry about anything. 79 00:12:23,576 --> 00:12:24,770 Darling, I'm sorry. 80 00:12:24,978 --> 00:12:27,037 I just heard. I got here as fast as I could. 81 00:12:27,247 --> 00:12:29,374 You all right? Come here. It's all right. 82 00:12:29,582 --> 00:12:31,140 It's all right. 83 00:12:38,157 --> 00:12:41,354 Oh, honey, everything's gonna be all right. 84 00:12:41,561 --> 00:12:43,358 I'm here now. 85 00:12:43,563 --> 00:12:45,758 I know how bad you feel. 86 00:12:47,133 --> 00:12:49,863 There now, there now. I'm sorry. 87 00:12:50,470 --> 00:12:52,267 All I could think of... 88 00:12:54,874 --> 00:12:57,434 ...when I saw that poor man in there... 89 00:13:00,546 --> 00:13:03,140 ...was what would I do if it was you? 90 00:13:05,718 --> 00:13:07,743 What would I do if something was to happen to you? 91 00:13:07,954 --> 00:13:10,149 Ain't nothing gonna happen to me. 92 00:13:12,091 --> 00:13:13,490 I'm too ornery. 93 00:13:15,094 --> 00:13:17,460 I don't think I could live without you. 94 00:13:20,266 --> 00:13:21,631 Oh, I love you. 95 00:13:22,568 --> 00:13:24,502 I love you so much. 96 00:13:26,706 --> 00:13:28,435 I love you too. 97 00:13:43,923 --> 00:13:45,390 Sorry to hear about it. 98 00:13:45,591 --> 00:13:47,252 Thank you. We appreciate it. 99 00:13:50,263 --> 00:13:52,128 - Wayne. - Viola. 100 00:13:52,799 --> 00:13:55,632 - Where's Edna? - She's in the kitchen with Margaret. 101 00:13:57,737 --> 00:13:58,704 All right. 102 00:13:59,672 --> 00:14:00,696 Hi, Buddy. 103 00:14:00,907 --> 00:14:03,273 Hello, Wayne. How you doing? 104 00:14:03,876 --> 00:14:05,810 - How's Mrs. Spalding? - She's all right. 105 00:14:08,981 --> 00:14:10,346 Excuse me. 106 00:14:16,789 --> 00:14:17,721 Vi... 107 00:14:17,924 --> 00:14:21,052 You want to take this for a minute? I'll be right back. 108 00:14:40,279 --> 00:14:41,803 Here, sug. 109 00:14:45,184 --> 00:14:47,243 Come on, you gotta eat something. 110 00:14:49,355 --> 00:14:51,220 Marie Thornton made that. 111 00:14:53,159 --> 00:14:54,558 It's real good. 112 00:15:02,301 --> 00:15:03,700 Margaret. 113 00:15:08,141 --> 00:15:10,268 What's gonna happen to us? 114 00:15:14,447 --> 00:15:17,177 I can't support this family. 115 00:15:20,286 --> 00:15:23,119 I haven't the least idea how to go about it. 116 00:15:27,727 --> 00:15:29,285 It seems... 117 00:15:31,531 --> 00:15:35,490 ...like I have never done anything all my life... 118 00:15:36,002 --> 00:15:37,629 ...but raise kids... 119 00:15:38,671 --> 00:15:40,502 ...and take care of this house. 120 00:15:42,742 --> 00:15:44,676 Royce paid all the bills. 121 00:15:48,448 --> 00:15:51,178 I never even knew how much salary he made. 122 00:15:58,124 --> 00:16:00,092 What's gonna happen to us? 123 00:16:29,422 --> 00:16:31,982 And thou shalt eat the herbs of the field. 124 00:16:33,259 --> 00:16:36,786 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread... 125 00:16:36,996 --> 00:16:39,396 ...till thou return unto the ground... 126 00:16:39,832 --> 00:16:42,198 ...for out of it wast thou taken. 127 00:16:42,401 --> 00:16:44,301 For dust thou art... 128 00:16:44,504 --> 00:16:47,337 ...and unto dust thou shall return. 129 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:48,937 Amen. 130 00:17:44,096 --> 00:17:46,394 Lord, I thought those people would never leave. 131 00:17:46,599 --> 00:17:50,535 - Margaret, let me get this now. - No, you go on and rest. 132 00:17:50,736 --> 00:17:52,135 I'll get that. 133 00:17:58,144 --> 00:17:59,111 Evening, ma'am. 134 00:17:59,312 --> 00:18:02,907 Excuse me, but I was wondering if you have any work around here? 135 00:18:03,749 --> 00:18:06,741 No. There's nothing here. 136 00:18:06,953 --> 00:18:09,581 You go on now. Shoo. 137 00:18:10,056 --> 00:18:11,353 What is it? 138 00:18:11,557 --> 00:18:14,720 I was just asking if you had any chores I can help with. 139 00:18:14,927 --> 00:18:17,157 Oh, no, there's no work around here. 140 00:18:17,363 --> 00:18:19,593 I can make you a plate of food. 141 00:18:20,466 --> 00:18:21,899 Thank you, ma'am. 142 00:18:22,335 --> 00:18:23,996 You wait out by the gate. 143 00:18:24,203 --> 00:18:25,135 Yes, ma'am. 144 00:19:10,683 --> 00:19:12,207 Excuse me! 145 00:19:12,885 --> 00:19:14,250 Morning! 146 00:19:15,054 --> 00:19:18,785 I thought I told you last night you can't stay around here. 147 00:19:19,091 --> 00:19:22,151 Well, I seen you was almost out of firewood... 148 00:19:22,361 --> 00:19:24,386 ...so I thought I'd chop some for you. 149 00:19:25,364 --> 00:19:29,027 I could fix you some breakfast, but after that, you got to go. 150 00:19:29,568 --> 00:19:30,830 Thank you, ma'am. 151 00:19:42,481 --> 00:19:44,039 You know, ma'am... 152 00:19:45,251 --> 00:19:48,084 ...you got a nice henhouse over here. 153 00:19:48,788 --> 00:19:51,348 Of course, it's about ready to fall down. 154 00:19:52,291 --> 00:19:55,624 A mighty good-looking milk cow. 155 00:19:56,262 --> 00:19:58,730 She sure need taking care of, though. 156 00:20:02,501 --> 00:20:05,629 There must be close to 40 acres out back. 157 00:20:06,305 --> 00:20:08,796 I reckon with the right kind of help... 158 00:20:09,008 --> 00:20:12,239 ...you'd make yourself a handsome living just farming cotton. 159 00:20:12,745 --> 00:20:14,713 All you need is somebody like me... 160 00:20:14,914 --> 00:20:18,577 ...who knows most everything there is to know about farming cotton. 161 00:20:19,585 --> 00:20:21,553 I was thinking that maybe... 162 00:20:21,754 --> 00:20:25,053 ...I could work around here for food and a place to stay. 163 00:20:25,257 --> 00:20:27,691 No. I can't give you any work. 164 00:20:27,893 --> 00:20:30,885 I could fix you some breakfast, and then you've got to leave. 165 00:20:36,068 --> 00:20:39,265 - No such thing as a job, nowadays. - I'm sorry. 166 00:20:39,472 --> 00:20:40,996 I'll fix you a nice plate of food. 167 00:20:41,207 --> 00:20:43,937 You go wait out there and I'll bring it to you, okay? 168 00:20:44,210 --> 00:20:45,541 Yes, ma'am. 169 00:20:52,351 --> 00:20:57,379 I can mend this fence with no trouble at all, right after breakfast. 170 00:20:57,957 --> 00:21:00,391 Oh, that'd be fine, just fine. 171 00:21:00,893 --> 00:21:03,293 Okay. I'll be right out here. 172 00:21:30,189 --> 00:21:31,850 Good afternoon, Mrs. Spalding. 173 00:21:32,057 --> 00:21:33,319 Mr. Denby. 174 00:21:33,526 --> 00:21:34,891 I hope I'm not bothering you. 175 00:21:35,094 --> 00:21:38,257 - No. Won't you come in? - Oh, thank you. 176 00:21:42,768 --> 00:21:45,100 - Please. - Thank you. 177 00:21:47,006 --> 00:21:52,239 Mrs. Spalding, on behalf of everyone down at the First Farmers Bank... 178 00:21:52,444 --> 00:21:56,540 ...if there's anything we can do in this hour of need, please ask. 179 00:21:56,749 --> 00:21:57,977 Thank you. 180 00:21:59,318 --> 00:22:00,945 Mrs. Spalding... 181 00:22:01,153 --> 00:22:05,112 ...I don't know how much your husband told you about his business. 182 00:22:06,492 --> 00:22:08,858 But at the close of banking hours yesterday... 183 00:22:09,061 --> 00:22:13,498 ...you had a balance of $116.72. 184 00:22:13,833 --> 00:22:16,358 However, when your husband bought this place... 185 00:22:16,569 --> 00:22:19,037 ...he did borrow money from the bank. 186 00:22:19,939 --> 00:22:22,567 At the time of his death he still owed... 187 00:22:22,775 --> 00:22:27,644 ...$3681, to be paid twice a year. 188 00:22:29,381 --> 00:22:31,042 What that means, Mrs. Spalding, is... 189 00:22:31,250 --> 00:22:36,517 ...come October 15th, you will owe the bank $240. 190 00:22:36,722 --> 00:22:41,056 We were wondering if you had any idea how you were gonna make that payment. 191 00:22:43,395 --> 00:22:44,521 Yes. 192 00:22:45,364 --> 00:22:47,355 Matter of fact, I do. 193 00:22:48,234 --> 00:22:49,963 I was thinking... 194 00:22:50,169 --> 00:22:53,366 Rilla Langsford and her sister have that nice little gift shop... 195 00:22:53,572 --> 00:22:55,335 ...and, well, I thought I could do the same thing. 196 00:22:55,541 --> 00:22:58,874 I could get some pretty little things, and I could set them out... 197 00:22:59,078 --> 00:23:02,411 Mrs. Spalding, why would someone come all the way out here... 198 00:23:02,615 --> 00:23:05,311 ...when the Langsfords' place is there on the square? 199 00:23:06,819 --> 00:23:07,751 Oh. 200 00:23:07,953 --> 00:23:12,014 Mrs. Spalding, what we at the bank suggest is that you sell this place. 201 00:23:12,224 --> 00:23:14,192 Now I know times are hard... 202 00:23:14,393 --> 00:23:19,330 ...but maybe we can pay off the loan and have something to tide you over. 203 00:23:19,665 --> 00:23:21,895 But where would we live? 204 00:23:22,101 --> 00:23:24,934 I believe you have a sister that resides here. 205 00:23:25,137 --> 00:23:28,698 No, Margaret couldn't take us in. 206 00:23:28,908 --> 00:23:31,672 She couldn't afford it, and besides, she hasn't got room. 207 00:23:31,877 --> 00:23:34,903 Mrs. Spalding, when tragedies like this happen... 208 00:23:35,481 --> 00:23:39,508 ...sometimes we have to face up to things that are real hard. 209 00:23:41,053 --> 00:23:45,581 Sometimes it's necessary to split families up, temporarily. 210 00:23:45,791 --> 00:23:48,954 I believe your husband has some family up in Oklahoma. 211 00:23:49,161 --> 00:23:51,755 I'm sure they could take one of your children. 212 00:23:51,964 --> 00:23:53,625 I can't talk about this right now. 213 00:23:53,832 --> 00:23:57,097 If you'll excuse me, you can let yourself out. 214 00:24:00,806 --> 00:24:03,172 I think that just about does the trick. 215 00:24:03,542 --> 00:24:04,736 That'll be... 216 00:24:06,045 --> 00:24:07,637 ...75 cents. 217 00:24:11,216 --> 00:24:12,979 I'll see you in a couple weeks. 218 00:24:13,185 --> 00:24:15,244 Right. Thank you, Ruby. 219 00:24:16,255 --> 00:24:17,882 I didn't know you were busy. 220 00:24:18,090 --> 00:24:20,558 That's all right. I was just leaving. 221 00:24:20,759 --> 00:24:21,885 - Bye, Ruby. - Bye-bye. 222 00:24:22,094 --> 00:24:23,755 - Kids, come on in. - Hi, Aunt Margaret. 223 00:24:23,963 --> 00:24:25,362 Don't touch anything, Possum. 224 00:24:25,564 --> 00:24:28,158 Watch your sister. Don't let her touch anything. 225 00:24:28,367 --> 00:24:32,531 Mrs. Parks offered to buy five pounds of tomatoes from us. 226 00:24:32,738 --> 00:24:35,138 So we thought we'd come by and say hello. 227 00:24:35,474 --> 00:24:36,668 Where's Rosalie? 228 00:24:36,875 --> 00:24:39,435 I'm sorry. She's gone off with her daddy. 229 00:24:40,045 --> 00:24:43,537 But if you go in the kitchen, I got some Coca-Cola in the icebox. 230 00:24:43,749 --> 00:24:46,013 - Can we, Mommy? - Yeah, you can. 231 00:24:47,953 --> 00:24:50,581 - Frank, split one with your sister. - Okay, Mom! 232 00:24:50,789 --> 00:24:52,780 It's all right. You can each have one. 233 00:24:53,492 --> 00:24:56,518 - What do you say? - Thank you, Aunt Margaret. 234 00:25:16,148 --> 00:25:18,946 Margaret, I've been thinking. 235 00:25:21,353 --> 00:25:22,843 Maybe I could work for you. 236 00:25:23,055 --> 00:25:26,320 I don't know much about this work, but I could learn. 237 00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:28,459 I'm a real good worker. 238 00:25:29,928 --> 00:25:31,293 Oh, hon. 239 00:25:34,333 --> 00:25:37,996 I hardly got enough customers these days to support me and Wayne. 240 00:25:38,537 --> 00:25:41,973 I understand, Margaret. Don't you even think about it. 241 00:25:42,174 --> 00:25:44,404 Kids, come on. We got to go. It's getting dark. 242 00:25:44,610 --> 00:25:46,805 - Here, I got $28 saved. - I don't want that. 243 00:25:47,012 --> 00:25:50,004 Take it. Wayne will just spend it on some fool thing. 244 00:25:50,215 --> 00:25:51,910 I don't need it. 245 00:25:52,117 --> 00:25:53,641 Come on, kids! 246 00:25:53,852 --> 00:25:56,685 - Bye, Aunt Margaret. - Goodbye, Aunt Margaret. 247 00:25:58,323 --> 00:26:00,416 I swear you are just like Daddy. 248 00:26:01,193 --> 00:26:04,822 You'd think he was sawing off his leg to ask for the least thing. 249 00:26:06,131 --> 00:26:07,996 I'll talk to you tomorrow. 250 00:26:32,157 --> 00:26:34,352 I'm sorry to bother you so late. 251 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:38,792 We caught this nigger with a bunch of things I think might belong to you. 252 00:26:39,731 --> 00:26:41,289 Found him down by the tracks. 253 00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:43,127 He claimed he was working for you... 254 00:26:43,335 --> 00:26:45,394 ...but it looks like he was leaving town. 255 00:26:47,773 --> 00:26:49,570 No, he's working for me. 256 00:26:50,876 --> 00:26:53,674 I needed somebody to help out around here, and so I took on... 257 00:26:53,879 --> 00:26:55,779 Moses. Moses Hadnot. 258 00:26:55,981 --> 00:27:00,042 I took on Moses to do some chores until I could get straightened away. 259 00:27:00,252 --> 00:27:01,844 Mrs. Spalding, are you sure? 260 00:27:02,054 --> 00:27:04,215 I mean, I found all that silver on him. 261 00:27:05,691 --> 00:27:08,751 Oh, it's Mama's, and Margaret wanted to borrow it. 262 00:27:08,961 --> 00:27:12,954 If you had gone straight there and back, you wouldn't have this trouble. 263 00:27:13,165 --> 00:27:14,154 Yes'm. 264 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,398 Mrs. Spalding, are you sure you're all right? 265 00:27:19,138 --> 00:27:19,968 Well... 266 00:27:21,306 --> 00:27:22,204 ...good night. 267 00:27:22,407 --> 00:27:23,806 Good night, Jack. 268 00:27:42,494 --> 00:27:44,325 Ma'am, I appreciate what you've done... 269 00:27:44,530 --> 00:27:46,794 How much could I make if I was to plant cotton? 270 00:27:46,999 --> 00:27:48,125 Cotton? 271 00:27:48,567 --> 00:27:51,331 Well, last year cotton fetched six cents a pound. 272 00:27:51,537 --> 00:27:54,472 You got, say, 30 acres here, you figure... 273 00:27:55,174 --> 00:27:57,404 That's 300 and some dollars. If you take out... 274 00:27:57,609 --> 00:27:59,270 You sure you can do it? 275 00:27:59,511 --> 00:28:02,537 Ma'am, I been chopping cotton since I was 5 years old. 276 00:28:02,748 --> 00:28:04,875 I know all there is to know about cotton. 277 00:28:06,151 --> 00:28:09,052 All right, you stay in the shed beside the barn. 278 00:28:09,254 --> 00:28:11,916 Ma'am, I wanted to say that I appreciate... 279 00:28:12,124 --> 00:28:15,457 If you ever steal from me again, I'll shoot you myself. 280 00:28:15,661 --> 00:28:16,992 You understand that? 281 00:28:32,144 --> 00:28:33,736 Thank you. See you next week. 282 00:28:33,946 --> 00:28:35,277 Good to see you. 283 00:28:37,316 --> 00:28:40,046 - Good morning, Mrs. Spalding. - Thanks. 284 00:28:40,452 --> 00:28:43,683 Hello, Mrs. Spalding. It's nice to see you again so soon. 285 00:28:43,889 --> 00:28:46,255 Won't you come right in here? 286 00:28:50,028 --> 00:28:52,155 Why don't you take a seat right over there? 287 00:29:01,807 --> 00:29:03,741 Mr. Denby... 288 00:29:03,942 --> 00:29:06,536 ...I was wondering if you would... 289 00:29:06,745 --> 00:29:08,872 ...show me how to fill out a check? 290 00:29:10,082 --> 00:29:12,448 I never did it before, and I'd best learn how. 291 00:29:12,651 --> 00:29:17,088 Certainly, Mrs. Spalding. It's just the simplest thing in the world. 292 00:29:17,289 --> 00:29:20,747 Now up here, this is where you put the date. 293 00:29:20,959 --> 00:29:22,722 Mr. Denby... 294 00:29:22,928 --> 00:29:26,921 ...I'm thinking it won't be necessary for me to sell my farm after all. 295 00:29:27,132 --> 00:29:31,228 Of course it's necessary. I explained all that to you yesterday. 296 00:29:31,436 --> 00:29:33,631 - Down here... - I was thinking... 297 00:29:33,839 --> 00:29:35,602 ...if I was to plant cotton... 298 00:29:35,807 --> 00:29:38,799 Mrs. Spalding, you don't know a thing about cotton farming. 299 00:29:39,011 --> 00:29:42,412 - Yes, I know, but Moses says... - Moses? Who's Moses? 300 00:29:42,614 --> 00:29:43,581 He's this Negro man. 301 00:29:43,782 --> 00:29:46,649 I don't know any Negro around here named Moses. 302 00:29:46,852 --> 00:29:50,413 He was just passing through, and I gave him a job doing some chores. 303 00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:55,559 You're telling me you let some Negro hobo talk you into planting cotton? 304 00:29:55,761 --> 00:29:58,229 Did you ever hear of the Depression? 305 00:29:59,097 --> 00:30:00,223 Now... 306 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,061 ...you see these? 307 00:30:03,502 --> 00:30:06,835 These are all foreclosures. And that's just in the last three months. 308 00:30:07,039 --> 00:30:11,601 White men who've cotton-farmed all their lives and can't make a go of it. 309 00:30:12,177 --> 00:30:14,407 And you listening to some no-account nigger. 310 00:30:15,113 --> 00:30:16,808 You'll excuse me, Mrs. Spalding... 311 00:30:17,015 --> 00:30:20,075 ...but that's just about the most ignorant thing I've ever heard. 312 00:30:21,186 --> 00:30:22,585 Mr. Denby... 313 00:30:22,788 --> 00:30:24,619 ...I'm not ignorant... 314 00:30:24,823 --> 00:30:27,383 ...and I'm not selling my land. 315 00:30:27,592 --> 00:30:32,052 And I'm not giving my children over to anyone else to raise. 316 00:30:32,264 --> 00:30:37,065 I'm going out and I'm buying $15 worth of cottonseed. 317 00:30:37,269 --> 00:30:41,262 So I'd appreciate it if you would show me again how to write a check. 318 00:30:46,144 --> 00:30:48,408 Okay, Mrs. Spalding, that's... 319 00:30:49,848 --> 00:30:54,478 Let's see, 450 pound of cottonseed at .03 cent a pound. 320 00:30:54,686 --> 00:30:56,017 That comes to... 321 00:30:57,589 --> 00:30:59,420 ...$13.50. 322 00:30:59,624 --> 00:31:01,819 - $13.50? - Yes, ma'am. 323 00:31:02,027 --> 00:31:03,654 Load up Mrs. Spalding's wagon. 324 00:31:03,862 --> 00:31:05,625 - Miz Spalding? - Yes. 325 00:31:06,064 --> 00:31:08,123 That ain't the seed you're paying for. 326 00:31:08,333 --> 00:31:12,793 He's charging you for grade-A seed, but that's gin-run quality. 327 00:31:14,473 --> 00:31:15,770 Something wrong, ma'am? 328 00:31:16,775 --> 00:31:21,007 Mr. Simmons, I think maybe you gave us the wrong seed? 329 00:31:25,517 --> 00:31:27,109 Well, so I did. 330 00:31:27,919 --> 00:31:30,911 That's just an honest mistake, isn't it, boy? 331 00:31:31,590 --> 00:31:33,353 Isn't it, boy? 332 00:31:34,659 --> 00:31:35,887 Yes, sir. 333 00:31:37,496 --> 00:31:40,659 Now you idiots gave Mrs. Spalding the wrong seed. 334 00:31:40,866 --> 00:31:42,925 We're lucky her nigger caught it. 335 00:31:43,168 --> 00:31:46,899 That's a smart nigger you got there. He's a credit to his race. 336 00:31:52,644 --> 00:31:56,603 Why did you have to go shoot off your big mouth in front of that white man? 337 00:31:58,316 --> 00:32:00,614 I swear, you ain't never gonna learn nothing. 338 00:32:01,653 --> 00:32:05,111 You just got yourself into a carload of trouble. 339 00:32:05,323 --> 00:32:08,190 This ain't your land. You just passing through. 340 00:32:08,393 --> 00:32:10,156 That white woman ain't nothing to you. 341 00:32:11,196 --> 00:32:14,529 These people ain't no reason to get yourself killed. 342 00:32:16,902 --> 00:32:17,960 Howdy. 343 00:32:20,205 --> 00:32:21,365 Howdy. 344 00:32:22,374 --> 00:32:23,602 What's your name? 345 00:32:23,975 --> 00:32:25,533 Moses. 346 00:32:28,380 --> 00:32:30,245 My name's Frank. 347 00:32:31,550 --> 00:32:36,317 - My pa was killed. - I heard about it. I'm sure sorry. 348 00:32:38,356 --> 00:32:39,755 He was shot. 349 00:32:41,159 --> 00:32:43,286 It was a nigger killed him. 350 00:32:57,542 --> 00:32:59,169 How old are you, child? 351 00:33:00,212 --> 00:33:03,181 Nine, and 4 months. 352 00:33:04,316 --> 00:33:07,513 You mean to tell me you got to be 9 years and 4 months old... 353 00:33:07,719 --> 00:33:09,846 ...and nobody told you it's bad luck... 354 00:33:10,055 --> 00:33:12,250 ...to rock a rocking chair with nobody in it? 355 00:33:12,858 --> 00:33:15,952 Don't do no good now. The damage is done. 356 00:33:16,862 --> 00:33:19,558 I knew a man who rocked a empty rocking chair. 357 00:33:19,764 --> 00:33:22,961 Before nightfall, he got run over by a cotton wagon. 358 00:33:25,470 --> 00:33:27,836 Here, take this rabbit foot. 359 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:32,032 And you do what I do and say what I say, you understand? 360 00:33:32,677 --> 00:33:34,770 First thing is you turn around three times. 361 00:33:34,980 --> 00:33:36,709 One... 362 00:33:36,915 --> 00:33:38,883 ...two... 363 00:33:39,084 --> 00:33:40,210 ...three. 364 00:33:40,685 --> 00:33:44,678 Next thing is you walk backwards. Seven, six... 365 00:33:44,890 --> 00:33:45,720 ...five... 366 00:33:45,924 --> 00:33:46,754 ...four... 367 00:33:46,958 --> 00:33:47,890 ...three... 368 00:33:48,093 --> 00:33:49,856 ...two, one. 369 00:33:50,061 --> 00:33:51,551 Thank you, Lord Jesus! Amen! 370 00:33:51,763 --> 00:33:53,958 Thank you, Lord Jesus! Amen! 371 00:33:54,566 --> 00:33:55,897 Give back my rabbit foot. 372 00:33:56,101 --> 00:34:00,094 Got too much to do around here to go around saving your life all the time. 373 00:34:05,510 --> 00:34:09,276 If you're just gonna stand around, you might as well be of some use. 374 00:34:09,481 --> 00:34:11,676 Fetch me some of them nails over there. 375 00:34:23,795 --> 00:34:25,854 What are you thinking about? 376 00:34:27,566 --> 00:34:30,034 I grew up in a place just like this. 377 00:34:31,937 --> 00:34:33,700 Boy, I hated it. 378 00:34:35,006 --> 00:34:37,873 I used to run away every chance I got. 379 00:34:40,378 --> 00:34:42,369 I'd sneak out of the house... 380 00:34:43,548 --> 00:34:45,413 ...go out behind the barn. 381 00:34:47,018 --> 00:34:48,315 Then I'd... 382 00:34:49,354 --> 00:34:53,518 ...head out across the pasture and down to this grove of elm trees. 383 00:34:55,527 --> 00:34:57,324 And right in the middle... 384 00:34:57,529 --> 00:35:01,795 ...was this little spot where I used to go and sit all the time. 385 00:35:18,984 --> 00:35:20,281 Hello! 386 00:35:21,953 --> 00:35:23,352 Watch your step here. 387 00:35:23,989 --> 00:35:26,890 And another one. And a little step up. 388 00:35:32,597 --> 00:35:34,224 Mrs. Spalding? 389 00:35:34,699 --> 00:35:37,532 Yes, Mr. Denby, I'm in the back yard! 390 00:35:37,736 --> 00:35:39,465 I'll be right there. 391 00:35:45,110 --> 00:35:46,805 Now put that thing away. 392 00:35:47,012 --> 00:35:49,879 This woman may not like people smoking in her house. 393 00:35:50,081 --> 00:35:54,347 Now, please, for once in your life, try and make a good impression. 394 00:36:03,094 --> 00:36:06,120 Good afternoon, Mrs. Spalding. How are you? 395 00:36:06,331 --> 00:36:07,457 I'm just fine. 396 00:36:08,333 --> 00:36:11,063 I don't believe you know my brother-in-law, Will. 397 00:36:12,237 --> 00:36:13,727 How do you do? 398 00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:16,964 Mind if we come in? 399 00:36:17,976 --> 00:36:20,342 No. No, not at all. 400 00:36:24,883 --> 00:36:28,046 Poor Will, here, lost his sight in the big war. 401 00:36:28,253 --> 00:36:30,881 It was the Battle of the Somme, wasn't it, Will? 402 00:36:33,191 --> 00:36:36,592 He was a real war hero. Weren't you, Will? 403 00:36:38,229 --> 00:36:41,494 Will, he doesn't like to talk about these things too much. 404 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,400 - Do you, Will? - No. 405 00:36:46,071 --> 00:36:49,268 Will's been living with his mama until she passed away... 406 00:36:49,474 --> 00:36:53,035 ...and since that time he's been visiting with my wife and me. 407 00:36:54,012 --> 00:36:55,775 Now then, Mrs. Spalding... 408 00:36:55,980 --> 00:36:59,507 ...in spite of the fact that I have great doubts about... 409 00:36:59,718 --> 00:37:03,586 ...this misguided attempt of yours to hold on to this place... 410 00:37:03,788 --> 00:37:07,815 ...as a Christian and deacon of the church, it's my beholden duty to... 411 00:37:08,026 --> 00:37:11,120 ...reach out the hand of charity to a human being in need. 412 00:37:11,329 --> 00:37:15,493 And I got to thinking, now what better way to help out this poor woman... 413 00:37:15,700 --> 00:37:17,895 ...than if she took in a boarder. 414 00:37:18,103 --> 00:37:22,972 Someone who could move in here, and by paying a modest rent, help her out. 415 00:37:23,942 --> 00:37:28,276 What if my brother-in-law was to move in here and rent a room from you? 416 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:29,310 Move in here? 417 00:37:29,514 --> 00:37:33,814 Will makes a living caning chairs and making brooms, so don't you worry. 418 00:37:36,421 --> 00:37:40,653 Oh, Mr. Denby, I'm... 419 00:37:43,161 --> 00:37:46,653 I so appreciate your thoughtfulness. 420 00:37:49,901 --> 00:37:51,835 This just isn't a good time. 421 00:37:54,839 --> 00:37:56,170 Sit down, Will. 422 00:38:00,278 --> 00:38:01,267 Will? 423 00:38:07,485 --> 00:38:09,043 Mrs. Spalding... 424 00:38:10,421 --> 00:38:13,015 ...speaking on behalf of the bank... 425 00:38:13,224 --> 00:38:17,593 ...we'd take it as a sign that you're trying to provide for your family. 426 00:38:19,931 --> 00:38:22,695 When would you like your brother-in-law to move in? 427 00:38:24,269 --> 00:38:27,830 As a matter of fact, I have his things out in the car right now. 428 00:38:41,519 --> 00:38:43,214 Anything special you like to eat? 429 00:38:43,421 --> 00:38:45,912 I'm not a very good cook, but I'm willing to try. 430 00:38:46,624 --> 00:38:51,960 I don't want me to be here any more than you do. I won't be any trouble. 431 00:38:52,163 --> 00:38:56,156 And all I'll ask in return is to be left alone in peace and quiet. 432 00:38:56,367 --> 00:38:58,130 - I thought... - I know what you thought. 433 00:38:58,336 --> 00:39:02,568 But I don't need your help, and I don't need you to feel sorry for me. 434 00:39:30,735 --> 00:39:31,759 Honey? 435 00:39:32,103 --> 00:39:34,230 I'm in back, darling. 436 00:39:36,207 --> 00:39:38,937 Where you been? We're real late for the dance. 437 00:39:39,777 --> 00:39:43,474 Old man Wilson ought to put that Studebaker of his out to pasture. 438 00:39:43,681 --> 00:39:47,515 Not a week goes by without something going wrong with that fool thing. 439 00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:51,177 And the trouble is, he thinks he can fix it all by himself. 440 00:39:51,389 --> 00:39:53,516 So he goes in there and messes everything up... 441 00:39:53,725 --> 00:39:56,319 ...and makes it worse than it was in the first place. 442 00:39:56,527 --> 00:40:01,123 I think he does it on purpose, just so I'll come out and talk to him. 443 00:40:02,634 --> 00:40:06,468 You know that carburetor I fixed for him last week? He... 444 00:40:19,150 --> 00:40:20,742 Where's Rosalie? 445 00:40:22,420 --> 00:40:26,220 She's over at your mama's. She's gonna sleep there tonight. 446 00:40:32,230 --> 00:40:35,666 You ought not to eat that. You'll get fat. 447 00:40:35,867 --> 00:40:36,856 What about you? 448 00:40:37,068 --> 00:40:40,367 - A lot you'd notice. - I'd notice. 449 00:40:42,307 --> 00:40:45,743 Wayne, we gotta go. Everybody's waiting. 450 00:40:45,944 --> 00:40:47,502 Wayne, you got to... 451 00:41:19,344 --> 00:41:20,504 Hi! 452 00:41:30,388 --> 00:41:31,616 Howdy. 453 00:41:37,061 --> 00:41:38,790 Let's go inside and dance. 454 00:41:39,998 --> 00:41:41,863 Come on, let's go dance. 455 00:41:45,737 --> 00:41:47,295 I'll get it. I'll get it. 456 00:41:48,306 --> 00:41:49,898 Thank you, baby. 457 00:41:55,346 --> 00:41:57,246 - You warm enough? - I'm fine. 458 00:41:57,448 --> 00:41:58,745 You sure? 459 00:41:59,550 --> 00:42:01,313 - Want my coat? - No. 460 00:42:02,487 --> 00:42:04,421 That's a nice table. 461 00:42:04,989 --> 00:42:06,320 Hey, Wayne! 462 00:42:06,758 --> 00:42:08,020 Howdy, Hank. 463 00:42:09,627 --> 00:42:13,063 I sure am glad Rosalie took that little trip tonight. 464 00:42:13,264 --> 00:42:15,095 Why are you saying that? 465 00:42:15,299 --> 00:42:17,699 Where were you two? We were getting worried. 466 00:42:17,902 --> 00:42:19,836 - Where you been? - Hi, you guys! 467 00:42:20,071 --> 00:42:22,232 - Hi, Buddy. - Come here. I'll buy us a drink. 468 00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:24,806 We're getting a bottle of good-for-what-ails-you. 469 00:42:25,009 --> 00:42:26,169 Be right back. 470 00:42:28,980 --> 00:42:30,277 Just be a minute. 471 00:42:31,215 --> 00:42:33,274 - How you been? - I been just fine. 472 00:42:33,484 --> 00:42:35,145 Hey, I hear you... 473 00:42:37,121 --> 00:42:39,089 Where were you two? 474 00:43:01,579 --> 00:43:03,911 Put that down. Come on. 475 00:44:00,304 --> 00:44:02,101 Frank, are you craz...? 476 00:44:02,773 --> 00:44:06,231 That man catches us in here, he's gonna skin us alive. 477 00:44:06,444 --> 00:44:09,777 I got something important to show you. Do you want to see it or not? 478 00:44:31,269 --> 00:44:34,329 Recordings for the Blind presents: 479 00:44:34,705 --> 00:44:37,833 Trent's Last Case, by E.C. Bentley. 480 00:44:38,042 --> 00:44:40,533 Chapter one, "Bad News." 481 00:44:41,245 --> 00:44:44,544 Between what matters and what seems to matter... 482 00:44:44,749 --> 00:44:48,378 ...how should the world we know judge wisely? 483 00:44:48,586 --> 00:44:52,647 When the scheming, indomitable brain of Sigfried Manderson was scattered... 484 00:44:52,857 --> 00:44:54,757 Frank! 485 00:44:56,060 --> 00:44:57,618 Possum! 486 00:45:00,231 --> 00:45:01,630 Coming, Mama! 487 00:45:12,009 --> 00:45:14,136 Ten minutes later, he's driving a new Buick. 488 00:45:14,345 --> 00:45:15,972 - You through? - Yeah. 489 00:45:16,180 --> 00:45:17,738 Vi and me are gonna dance. 490 00:45:17,949 --> 00:45:19,507 I don't want to dance, Wayne. 491 00:45:19,717 --> 00:45:22,686 Don't say no. You have to dance. Come on. 492 00:45:25,656 --> 00:45:27,783 Haven't danced all night. Excuse me. 493 00:45:29,460 --> 00:45:30,984 You look pretty tonight. 494 00:45:38,035 --> 00:45:41,436 Let's go up to Dallas this weekend, all right? 495 00:45:41,639 --> 00:45:43,504 Take in a picture show... 496 00:45:43,708 --> 00:45:46,336 ...then have supper out just like an old married couple? 497 00:45:46,544 --> 00:45:49,945 You can tell Buddy you're visiting that aunt of yours up in Dallas... 498 00:45:50,147 --> 00:45:53,241 - No. - Why not? Nobody will know. 499 00:45:53,451 --> 00:45:57,820 - Wayne, I can't go on like this. - Honey, just be patient. 500 00:45:58,022 --> 00:46:01,981 I'll work everything out, don't worry. Just give me a little bit of time. 501 00:46:02,193 --> 00:46:04,684 I'll think of something, all right? 502 00:46:05,429 --> 00:46:09,991 What's the matter, Vi? We'll be fine. Just trust me. 503 00:46:10,201 --> 00:46:12,692 Wayne, we're not gonna see each other anymore. 504 00:46:12,903 --> 00:46:14,200 - What? - Not like we have been. 505 00:46:14,405 --> 00:46:16,930 - Why? - This is goodbye. 506 00:47:23,574 --> 00:47:25,235 Mrs. Spalding? 507 00:47:27,311 --> 00:47:28,903 Mrs. Spalding? 508 00:47:31,716 --> 00:47:33,240 Mrs. Spalding? 509 00:47:43,994 --> 00:47:45,825 Yes, Mr. Will. I'm right here. 510 00:47:46,030 --> 00:47:47,725 Mrs. Spalding, believe me... 511 00:47:48,432 --> 00:47:51,094 ...if I had anyplace else to go tonight besides... 512 00:47:51,302 --> 00:47:54,601 ...the State Home for the Infirm, I'd gladly leave right now. 513 00:47:55,306 --> 00:47:58,173 When I came here, all I asked was to be left alone. 514 00:47:58,376 --> 00:48:01,504 I am not some kind of freak that is here on display... 515 00:48:01,712 --> 00:48:04,977 ...for the amusement of those hooligans you call children. 516 00:48:05,182 --> 00:48:06,240 - I will not... - What? 517 00:48:06,450 --> 00:48:08,816 ...have them vandalizing my personal property. 518 00:48:09,019 --> 00:48:12,079 Don't come in my house and talk about my children like that! 519 00:48:12,289 --> 00:48:16,020 They are not hooligans or vandals! They're well brought up children! 520 00:48:16,227 --> 00:48:18,457 - You can't walk into my house... - Fine! 521 00:48:30,775 --> 00:48:31,764 Fine. 522 00:48:32,676 --> 00:48:36,373 Whatever they are, you just keep them out of my room. 523 00:48:39,717 --> 00:48:41,412 That's all right, I'll get it. 524 00:48:46,924 --> 00:48:48,721 The door's on your right. 525 00:48:49,427 --> 00:48:50,655 Thank you. 526 00:49:04,008 --> 00:49:05,999 Good night, Mrs. Spalding. 527 00:49:07,077 --> 00:49:08,669 Good night, Mr. Will. 528 00:49:45,749 --> 00:49:47,216 Ready, ma'am? 529 00:49:49,220 --> 00:49:51,245 Get along, mules! Get along! 530 00:49:54,525 --> 00:49:56,356 Now get along, mules! 531 00:49:58,662 --> 00:50:02,758 Hah! Hah! Get along there! Hah! 532 00:50:05,803 --> 00:50:07,737 Keep them straight, ma'am. 533 00:50:08,639 --> 00:50:11,608 That's fine. That's just fine. 534 00:50:55,619 --> 00:50:59,111 Right, Spalding. You don't know the first thing about smoking. 535 00:50:59,323 --> 00:51:01,655 I do so. I been smoking since I was little. 536 00:51:01,859 --> 00:51:05,420 - Then how come you can't inhale? - I can so. I can inhale real good. 537 00:51:05,663 --> 00:51:07,426 Mr. Will! Mr. Will! 538 00:51:07,631 --> 00:51:10,657 Frank got caught smoking in school and the teacher told Ma... 539 00:51:10,868 --> 00:51:12,768 ...and Frank's gonna catch it! 540 00:51:16,574 --> 00:51:19,099 Frank, I'll see you at school tomorrow. 541 00:51:31,956 --> 00:51:36,290 Well, young man? What would your pa do if he were here? 542 00:51:37,061 --> 00:51:39,029 He'd spank me, I reckon. 543 00:51:41,131 --> 00:51:43,122 I guess that's what we got to do, then. 544 00:52:02,820 --> 00:52:05,687 Frank, what's she gonna do to you? Frank! 545 00:52:05,923 --> 00:52:08,323 - Ma, what are you gonna do to him? - It's okay. 546 00:52:08,525 --> 00:52:11,756 Ma, what you gonna do to Frank? Are you gonna spank him? 547 00:52:11,962 --> 00:52:13,327 Can I watch? Can I? 548 00:52:13,530 --> 00:52:14,724 Possum! 549 00:52:24,375 --> 00:52:27,401 Frank, when your pa did this, how'd he do it? 550 00:52:27,611 --> 00:52:28,737 Most times... 551 00:52:29,113 --> 00:52:32,810 ...I'd lean over the table, grab hold, and he'd let me have it. 552 00:52:34,284 --> 00:52:35,774 How many times? 553 00:52:36,353 --> 00:52:39,652 Pa would be mad over something like this. 554 00:52:40,224 --> 00:52:43,716 I reckon he'd give me 10 good licks. 555 00:52:54,505 --> 00:52:55,836 I'm ready. 556 00:53:09,653 --> 00:53:10,642 Ma? 557 00:53:11,221 --> 00:53:12,654 I'm ready. 558 00:53:35,012 --> 00:53:36,036 What's wrong? 559 00:53:36,246 --> 00:53:38,237 Frank's getting a licking. 560 00:53:45,889 --> 00:53:47,322 Did it hurt? 561 00:53:55,365 --> 00:53:56,491 Come on. 562 00:53:56,867 --> 00:53:59,802 Let's let old Frank be by himself for a bit. 563 00:54:00,938 --> 00:54:04,237 Tell you what, why don't you help me with my chores? 564 00:54:12,349 --> 00:54:13,976 Mrs. Spalding? 565 00:54:15,185 --> 00:54:18,313 I won't do that again. Ever. 566 00:54:22,526 --> 00:54:23,925 Are you all right? 567 00:54:28,766 --> 00:54:30,791 God, I miss my husband. 568 00:54:50,254 --> 00:54:53,485 Lord, I can't hardly see my hand in front of my face. 569 00:54:53,690 --> 00:54:55,453 Feels like rain. 570 00:54:55,759 --> 00:54:59,422 - Must be coming up a real storm. - Sure is. 571 00:55:10,774 --> 00:55:12,298 Help me wash dishes. 572 00:55:12,509 --> 00:55:15,410 Now don't be mad, baby. You're a good baby. 573 00:55:15,612 --> 00:55:17,910 I made each of you some cookies too. 574 00:55:31,662 --> 00:55:32,993 Come on, boy. Let's git. 575 00:55:33,297 --> 00:55:34,787 Come on, git! Git! 576 00:55:37,634 --> 00:55:40,660 Git on, git on! Come on! Come on! 577 00:55:41,004 --> 00:55:44,405 We got to get inside, ma'am. Storm's coming from over there! 578 00:55:44,608 --> 00:55:45,597 Git on! Git on, boy! 579 00:56:01,658 --> 00:56:03,683 Come on! Let him be! 580 00:56:04,127 --> 00:56:05,321 Come on, boy! 581 00:56:06,530 --> 00:56:07,963 Come on, won't you? 582 00:56:08,165 --> 00:56:11,328 Let him go! Come on! Run! 583 00:56:18,809 --> 00:56:20,572 Girls, get in the schoolroom. 584 00:56:20,777 --> 00:56:23,268 Boys! Robert, let's go! 585 00:56:24,014 --> 00:56:26,278 Come on! Come on! No dawdling! 586 00:56:26,817 --> 00:56:28,114 Sally! 587 00:56:28,552 --> 00:56:31,851 Come on! Come along! Be careful getting up these stairs. 588 00:56:34,057 --> 00:56:35,547 Everybody get inside! 589 00:56:38,395 --> 00:56:40,124 - Where's Frank? - I don't know. 590 00:56:40,564 --> 00:56:41,963 Let's go! 591 00:56:42,566 --> 00:56:43,897 Toby! 592 00:56:45,235 --> 00:56:46,463 All right. 593 00:56:57,014 --> 00:56:59,039 Get the windows open before the house blows! 594 00:56:59,249 --> 00:57:01,513 You get the dining room, then get on the floor! 595 00:57:01,718 --> 00:57:03,879 I'll get these in here! Hurry up! 596 00:57:09,593 --> 00:57:11,390 You're a little baby. 597 00:57:16,466 --> 00:57:17,558 Possum! 598 00:57:44,394 --> 00:57:45,884 Here! Give me him! 599 00:57:57,541 --> 00:57:58,872 Possum! 600 00:58:24,868 --> 00:58:28,235 - Possum, it's okay. - Mr. Will! Mr. Will! 601 00:58:28,438 --> 00:58:29,598 It's okay. 602 00:58:41,118 --> 00:58:43,279 Step down! Step down! 603 00:58:43,887 --> 00:58:48,324 Step down! Step down! Step down! 604 00:58:54,998 --> 00:58:58,525 Frank Spalding! There's a tornado coming! 605 00:58:58,869 --> 00:59:02,032 Get on in here! You'll get yourself killed. 606 00:59:02,239 --> 00:59:05,208 I can't! I gotta get home! 607 00:59:23,293 --> 00:59:24,817 Here! 608 00:59:26,496 --> 00:59:27,827 I got him, ma'am! 609 00:59:30,534 --> 00:59:32,161 Come on, Mr. Will. 610 00:59:34,771 --> 00:59:38,468 It's all right. It's all right. Get in now. 611 00:59:41,378 --> 00:59:45,109 Mr. Will! Step down! Step down! 612 00:59:47,951 --> 00:59:49,441 Watch your head! 613 00:59:52,656 --> 00:59:54,715 Ma! 614 01:00:01,598 --> 01:00:03,930 - Ma! - Oh, my God, it's Frank! 615 01:00:05,635 --> 01:00:07,933 Frank, stay there! 616 01:00:24,421 --> 01:00:25,888 Frank, come on! 617 01:00:26,089 --> 01:00:28,148 Now, come on, we got to get inside. 618 01:00:28,358 --> 01:00:29,791 Come on, hurry up! 619 01:00:37,300 --> 01:00:39,268 Get him in! Get him in! 620 01:01:24,014 --> 01:01:26,175 Okay! Come on! Get in there! 621 01:01:29,519 --> 01:01:31,384 Hurry up! Get inside! 622 01:02:56,706 --> 01:02:57,900 Get off...! 623 01:03:00,877 --> 01:03:02,174 It's okay now. 624 01:03:02,479 --> 01:03:04,811 It's all over now. Come on out. 625 01:03:05,849 --> 01:03:08,875 It's all right. It's all... 626 01:03:13,556 --> 01:03:14,887 Vi? 627 01:03:18,995 --> 01:03:21,327 Hey, baby, it's okay. 628 01:03:23,033 --> 01:03:26,366 It's okay now. Everything's gonna be all right. 629 01:03:27,470 --> 01:03:30,496 Oh, darling, I was so scared. 630 01:03:31,341 --> 01:03:33,241 I was so scared something would... 631 01:03:34,811 --> 01:03:37,109 I don't know what I'd do if anything happened to you. 632 01:04:12,248 --> 01:04:13,545 Come on, ma'am. 633 01:04:20,890 --> 01:04:23,484 Here, give me your hand, Mr. Will. 634 01:04:23,693 --> 01:04:25,388 How bad is it? 635 01:04:26,062 --> 01:04:28,826 Everything's a little bent, but it's still here. 636 01:04:59,396 --> 01:05:00,488 Come on. 637 01:05:01,865 --> 01:05:04,766 - Come on, Vi. - Oh, Bud, let's leave this town. 638 01:05:04,968 --> 01:05:08,233 There'll always be tornadoes. Everybody'll always be poor. 639 01:05:08,438 --> 01:05:10,201 Nothing can work out here. 640 01:05:10,974 --> 01:05:13,807 I want to move, Buddy. Please. I want... 641 01:05:14,010 --> 01:05:15,238 Sure. 642 01:05:16,346 --> 01:05:17,711 Hold me. 643 01:05:45,141 --> 01:05:48,008 - Good morning, Mr. Will. - Morning. 644 01:05:55,518 --> 01:05:58,351 - Morning, Mr. Will. - Good morning. 645 01:06:00,924 --> 01:06:03,358 - Good morning, Mr. Will. - Morning. 646 01:06:07,464 --> 01:06:09,455 - In Chicago yesterday. 647 01:06:09,666 --> 01:06:12,032 Cotton held steady after dropping to a record low... 648 01:06:12,235 --> 01:06:15,261 ...of 3.5 cents a pound over the last four days. 649 01:06:15,472 --> 01:06:17,770 Poultry and eggs were down to a seasonal low. 650 01:06:17,974 --> 01:06:20,636 Corn remains unchanged. Soybeans gained... 651 01:06:21,044 --> 01:06:24,878 So let me see. At 3.5 cents a pound... 652 01:06:25,081 --> 01:06:27,208 ...30 acres, that would be... 653 01:06:27,417 --> 01:06:29,578 That comes to $175. 654 01:06:34,057 --> 01:06:36,992 Think there's any chance cotton prices'll go back up? 655 01:06:41,464 --> 01:06:43,796 How much money you got left in your account? 656 01:06:44,934 --> 01:06:47,402 Twenty-four dollars. That's all. 657 01:06:48,872 --> 01:06:52,308 - It's not enough for your payment. - I know. 658 01:06:55,612 --> 01:06:57,045 I was wondering... 659 01:06:57,881 --> 01:07:01,977 What I made from my cotton would cover most of the payment. 660 01:07:03,386 --> 01:07:04,410 Could you all... 661 01:07:04,888 --> 01:07:06,913 ...maybe, wait for the rest? 662 01:07:07,290 --> 01:07:10,691 That's something only the president of the bank can decide. 663 01:07:11,227 --> 01:07:13,787 - You shouldn't get your hopes up. - Could you ask? 664 01:08:09,185 --> 01:08:12,643 There ain't no chance you'll ever get that prize money. 665 01:08:13,222 --> 01:08:15,918 - It won't work. - It's a hundred dollars. 666 01:08:16,125 --> 01:08:18,457 And that plus a crop would be enough to make the payment. 667 01:08:18,661 --> 01:08:21,425 You cannot begin to get that cotton picked on time. 668 01:08:21,631 --> 01:08:23,496 Why? Moses has said that it's ready. 669 01:08:23,700 --> 01:08:25,133 Moses always says things. 670 01:08:25,335 --> 01:08:28,395 - It's not always true. - I said cotton comes in early here. 671 01:08:28,605 --> 01:08:29,833 But in a couple days... 672 01:08:30,039 --> 01:08:32,405 ...the pickers will get up to this county. 673 01:08:32,609 --> 01:08:35,203 They pick it fast as you can say Jack Robinson! 674 01:08:35,411 --> 01:08:38,244 - Then we'll start right now! - You got 30 acres to pick. 675 01:08:38,448 --> 01:08:39,642 The kids can help. 676 01:08:39,849 --> 01:08:41,248 That won't be nearly enough. 677 01:08:41,451 --> 01:08:44,420 - I'll pick 24 hours a day. - Did you ever pick cotton? 678 01:08:44,621 --> 01:08:46,782 After an hour, the hulls start cutting your fingers. 679 01:08:46,990 --> 01:08:48,651 By noon your hands is bleeding. 680 01:08:48,858 --> 01:08:50,689 Later your fingers start to swell. 681 01:08:50,893 --> 01:08:53,418 Later there ain't no feeling in your hands. 682 01:08:53,630 --> 01:08:57,259 I ain't even speaking about what it does to your knees and your back. 683 01:08:57,467 --> 01:09:01,028 Get that through your head. Once and for all, we can't do it. 684 01:09:01,237 --> 01:09:03,501 Stop thinking about it before you kill yourself! 685 01:09:03,706 --> 01:09:05,697 Now you listen to me. 686 01:09:05,908 --> 01:09:08,741 If we lose this place, you're going back to begging for meals. 687 01:09:08,945 --> 01:09:10,674 They'll put you in a state home. 688 01:09:10,880 --> 01:09:12,780 I'll lose what's left of my family. 689 01:09:12,982 --> 01:09:14,210 I won't let that happen. 690 01:09:14,417 --> 01:09:16,851 I don't care what it takes. I don't care if it kills me. 691 01:09:17,053 --> 01:09:19,317 I don't care if it kills you. I won't give up. 692 01:09:19,622 --> 01:09:23,058 And if the two of you do, you can go straight to hell! 693 01:09:23,860 --> 01:09:25,350 Careful with that now, hon. 694 01:09:31,267 --> 01:09:32,564 I bet she isn't ready. 695 01:09:32,769 --> 01:09:35,704 All the time we been coming here, she's never been ready. 696 01:09:36,873 --> 01:09:39,137 I'm here. I'm coming. 697 01:09:39,442 --> 01:09:42,104 I start out an hour early, I always end up a half-hour late. 698 01:09:42,311 --> 01:09:43,778 Okay, what can I do to help? 699 01:09:43,980 --> 01:09:46,312 Get the cards on top of the chest of drawers. 700 01:09:46,516 --> 01:09:48,711 - That looks good. - Want me to do something? 701 01:09:48,918 --> 01:09:50,977 Set up the table, would you, Buddy? 702 01:10:06,469 --> 01:10:08,437 Let me help you with that, Margaret. 703 01:10:30,793 --> 01:10:32,886 Can you find them? Here, let me get the light. 704 01:10:34,630 --> 01:10:35,995 Right here. 705 01:10:38,735 --> 01:10:39,793 Come on. 706 01:11:05,695 --> 01:11:07,287 You want my peanuts, honey? 707 01:11:09,232 --> 01:11:13,669 I'll take your six, honey. Discard and rummy. 708 01:11:14,470 --> 01:11:15,869 I don't believe you. 709 01:11:16,239 --> 01:11:17,638 Thirty-two here. 710 01:11:18,207 --> 01:11:21,267 Thirty-two. What's the damage, Margaret? 711 01:11:22,145 --> 01:11:23,339 Seventy-three. 712 01:11:23,546 --> 01:11:25,070 Seventy-three? 713 01:11:28,651 --> 01:11:31,745 Listen, you two. Vi and me got a little announcement. 714 01:11:34,190 --> 01:11:36,351 Next time you want to play cards with us... 715 01:11:36,559 --> 01:11:38,424 ...you'll have to go to Houston. 716 01:11:38,628 --> 01:11:41,290 I got an offer from an oil company down there... 717 01:11:41,764 --> 01:11:43,061 ...too good to pass up. 718 01:11:45,935 --> 01:11:47,425 You've lived here all your lives. 719 01:11:47,837 --> 01:11:50,067 Well, don't look at me. It was Vi's idea. 720 01:11:50,506 --> 01:11:53,942 You know how hard it is to change her mind once she gets it set. 721 01:11:54,243 --> 01:11:56,302 We'll miss you, Margaret. 722 01:11:57,647 --> 01:12:00,980 It's just such a wonderful opportunity for Bud. 723 01:12:02,018 --> 01:12:03,918 We just can't pass it up. 724 01:12:07,790 --> 01:12:11,282 We'll miss you a lot more than you'll miss us. 725 01:12:15,565 --> 01:12:17,396 Congratulations. 726 01:12:18,334 --> 01:12:20,097 Congratulations, Buddy. 727 01:12:20,336 --> 01:12:21,667 We're real happy for you. 728 01:12:21,871 --> 01:12:25,136 Thanks. I'll get another drink. You want one? 729 01:12:39,322 --> 01:12:40,789 It's my deal. 730 01:13:13,222 --> 01:13:16,589 Whatever happened between you and Vi, I don't want to know about it. 731 01:13:18,527 --> 01:13:20,586 I don't ever want to hear about it. 732 01:13:21,163 --> 01:13:22,494 Am I right? 733 01:13:24,567 --> 01:13:26,091 Am I right? 734 01:13:29,005 --> 01:13:30,302 Yes. 735 01:13:33,009 --> 01:13:37,673 I'm not the same dumb beauty operator you married eight years ago. 736 01:13:47,390 --> 01:13:48,721 What are you gonna do? 737 01:13:53,429 --> 01:13:54,862 I don't know. 738 01:13:56,999 --> 01:13:58,626 I got the shop. 739 01:14:00,102 --> 01:14:02,400 Rosalie and me can get along without you. 740 01:14:05,107 --> 01:14:07,439 I'm never going to see Viola again. 741 01:14:08,377 --> 01:14:11,574 - It's over between us. - It's too late for that. 742 01:14:13,983 --> 01:14:16,281 I don't think I can live with you anymore. 743 01:14:19,822 --> 01:14:22,154 I don't think I love you anymore. 744 01:14:26,128 --> 01:14:27,925 Please don't say that. 745 01:16:24,180 --> 01:16:25,807 Lord, this ain't gonna work. 746 01:16:26,015 --> 01:16:28,984 Ain't no way we gonna get all this cotton picked... 747 01:16:29,185 --> 01:16:31,312 ...and yet you sent us out here anyway. 748 01:16:31,520 --> 01:16:34,887 I swear, sometimes I don't know what's gotten into you. 749 01:16:59,748 --> 01:17:01,545 Mr. Will, you gotta talk to that woman. 750 01:17:01,750 --> 01:17:04,014 She won't pay me no mind, but she listens to you. 751 01:17:04,220 --> 01:17:05,881 It won't do any good. 752 01:17:06,422 --> 01:17:09,448 We only picked 2 acres today. Should've done at least 4. 753 01:17:09,992 --> 01:17:13,120 And that's when we're fresh. What's it gonna be in a week? 754 01:17:13,329 --> 01:17:16,457 How many pickers would it take to get the cotton in on time? 755 01:17:19,368 --> 01:17:20,767 Nine or 10, at least. 756 01:17:22,304 --> 01:17:23,896 Okay. We better hire them. 757 01:17:25,207 --> 01:17:27,300 - Hire pickers? - With what, Mrs. Spalding? 758 01:17:27,510 --> 01:17:29,910 You said yourself you only had $24 in the bank. 759 01:17:30,112 --> 01:17:32,376 That ain't near enough to hire 10 pickers. 760 01:17:32,581 --> 01:17:34,242 I'll pay them out of the first bale. 761 01:17:34,450 --> 01:17:36,077 And what happens if you don't get the first bale in? 762 01:17:36,285 --> 01:17:38,685 Then I'll pay them out of the money I get from the gin. 763 01:17:38,888 --> 01:17:41,322 If you do that, you'll have hardly any money left. 764 01:17:42,324 --> 01:17:43,882 I'll take that chance. 765 01:18:10,486 --> 01:18:13,751 We ain't got much time before them pickers in the South... 766 01:18:17,426 --> 01:18:19,792 All right, ma'am. You got what you asked for. 767 01:18:21,463 --> 01:18:23,158 Have they had breakfast yet? 768 01:18:24,667 --> 01:18:25,998 I doubt it. 769 01:18:44,920 --> 01:18:47,718 Governor Johnson appealed to President Roosevelt today... 770 01:18:47,923 --> 01:18:51,086 ...for emergency relief due to the failure of the WPA program... 771 01:18:51,293 --> 01:18:53,158 ...to get started in Dallas. 772 01:18:53,362 --> 01:18:55,489 The governor had asked the administration... 773 01:18:55,698 --> 01:18:58,599 ...for $1,000,000 in direct relief yesterday. 774 01:18:58,801 --> 01:19:02,066 Texas was allotted $500,000 instead. 775 01:19:02,271 --> 01:19:05,707 Governor Johnson said the situation was becoming critical. 776 01:19:06,041 --> 01:19:07,736 Meanwhile, in Baton Rouge... 777 01:19:07,943 --> 01:19:11,936 ...Huey Long's last legislative measures, 37 of them... 778 01:19:12,147 --> 01:19:15,878 ...took a fall last Tuesday, as the administration he left behind him... 779 01:19:16,085 --> 01:19:19,384 ...pushed its investigation of his assassination 10 days ago... 780 01:19:19,588 --> 01:19:22,022 ...by Dr. Carl A. Weiss, Jr. 781 01:19:23,859 --> 01:19:28,353 The Chicago Cubs retained their lead in the National League pennant race... 782 01:19:28,564 --> 01:19:30,930 ...by defeating the New York Giants 8-3... 783 01:19:31,133 --> 01:19:33,601 ...before a crowd of 29, 740... 784 01:19:33,802 --> 01:19:35,793 ...at Wrigley Field in Chicago. 785 01:19:36,005 --> 01:19:38,405 It was the Cubs' 13th straight victory. 786 01:19:38,607 --> 01:19:42,236 Second place St. Louis Cardinals beat Brooklyn 1-0... 787 01:19:42,444 --> 01:19:45,777 The Giants are now 4 1/2 games behind the Cubs. 788 01:19:49,752 --> 01:19:53,119 The weather in central Texas today will be clear, no sign of rain. 789 01:20:19,315 --> 01:20:21,374 Over here, Mr. Will! 790 01:20:25,921 --> 01:20:28,981 - Moze, the pickers are here. - How you know that? 791 01:20:29,558 --> 01:20:31,526 I heard 11 trucks pass by the house... 792 01:20:31,727 --> 01:20:33,820 ...and from the direction they were headed... 793 01:20:34,029 --> 01:20:35,894 ...they were going out to the Rapp place. 794 01:20:36,098 --> 01:20:37,929 - How much land the Rapps have? - Four hundred acres. 795 01:20:39,368 --> 01:20:41,199 That means we got three days left. 796 01:20:41,403 --> 01:20:44,634 We ain't got no time to waste! Let's get to work! 797 01:21:57,413 --> 01:21:58,744 Git along there! 798 01:21:59,348 --> 01:22:00,679 Git along now. 799 01:22:01,917 --> 01:22:04,647 You ain't no more tired than I am. Git along! 800 01:22:38,587 --> 01:22:39,952 Morning, ma'am. 801 01:22:55,204 --> 01:22:58,571 Mrs. Spalding, I hate to be the one to tell you this... 802 01:22:58,774 --> 01:23:02,835 ...but that sister of yours doesn't have a natural talent for cooking. 803 01:23:10,552 --> 01:23:14,818 I got to thinking, if we all weren't gonna die of ptomaine poisoning... 804 01:23:15,023 --> 01:23:17,389 ...I'd have to do something about it. 805 01:23:23,499 --> 01:23:27,265 So I'm fixing us some green beans like my mother used to make. 806 01:23:30,906 --> 01:23:32,373 Mrs. Spalding? 807 01:23:37,312 --> 01:23:38,939 Mrs. Spalding, are you okay? 808 01:23:43,418 --> 01:23:45,443 I was remembering a dream. 809 01:23:53,495 --> 01:23:55,326 What day is this? 810 01:23:56,832 --> 01:23:58,390 It's Friday, ma'am. 811 01:24:00,936 --> 01:24:03,029 When do we have to be at the gin? 812 01:24:05,440 --> 01:24:06,839 Tomorrow morning. 813 01:25:12,341 --> 01:25:15,276 Recordings for The Blind presents: 814 01:25:15,477 --> 01:25:18,878 Trent's Last Case, by E.C. Bentley. 815 01:25:19,081 --> 01:25:21,982 Chapter one, "Bad News." 816 01:25:22,250 --> 01:25:25,515 "Between what matters and what seems to matter... 817 01:25:25,721 --> 01:25:28,281 ...how should the world we know judge...? 818 01:25:40,736 --> 01:25:41,828 You all right? 819 01:26:28,917 --> 01:26:30,111 The end. 820 01:26:49,538 --> 01:26:50,698 Ma'am? 821 01:26:53,008 --> 01:26:53,838 Miz Spalding. 822 01:26:55,610 --> 01:26:56,907 Hey, Miz Spalding! 823 01:27:00,315 --> 01:27:01,748 We're finished. 824 01:27:02,651 --> 01:27:03,583 We done it. 825 01:27:06,555 --> 01:27:08,523 He'll be here any minute. Get this straight. 826 01:27:08,724 --> 01:27:10,988 He'll try to charge you for ginning the cotton. 827 01:27:11,193 --> 01:27:12,854 I'll tell him no, do it for the seed. 828 01:27:13,061 --> 01:27:14,961 He'll say he'll take all the seed. 829 01:27:15,163 --> 01:27:16,892 I say he can only have half. 830 01:27:17,099 --> 01:27:19,932 No, we offer a third and settle for half. 831 01:27:20,135 --> 01:27:23,036 We gotta get 31/2 cent a pound, even with the prize money. 832 01:27:23,238 --> 01:27:25,069 You gotta remember that... 833 01:27:26,041 --> 01:27:27,474 Here he comes. 834 01:27:48,230 --> 01:27:49,959 - Howdy, Mrs. Spalding. - Howdy, Mr. Simmons. 835 01:27:50,165 --> 01:27:52,725 Nice load of cotton. You ought to be real proud. 836 01:27:52,934 --> 01:27:56,563 Let's go into my office and see if we can do some business. 837 01:28:05,580 --> 01:28:07,047 Well, look who's here. 838 01:28:11,686 --> 01:28:13,119 Go on and have a seat. 839 01:28:14,589 --> 01:28:17,581 I ought to explain to you how things work around here. 840 01:28:17,793 --> 01:28:22,730 I gin the cotton for a fee, then I buy your cotton if we agree on a price. 841 01:28:22,931 --> 01:28:25,923 For ginning, it's customary to charge $5 on the ton. 842 01:28:26,134 --> 01:28:27,567 Excuse me. 843 01:28:28,170 --> 01:28:31,469 I was told that you sometimes gin the cotton for the seed. 844 01:28:31,673 --> 01:28:36,337 Yes, that's another way of working it. I gin the cotton and keep the seed. 845 01:28:37,646 --> 01:28:41,412 The way it was explained to me, you're supposed to keep... 846 01:28:42,150 --> 01:28:43,412 ...a third. 847 01:28:46,154 --> 01:28:49,385 I'll tell you right now, I won't pay that. Excuse me. 848 01:28:50,792 --> 01:28:52,419 A little too much sun. 849 01:28:52,627 --> 01:28:56,757 Out of respect for your late husband, I am prepared to go 50/50. 850 01:28:57,766 --> 01:28:58,596 Fine. 851 01:28:58,800 --> 01:29:02,236 I expect you realize the bottom dropped out of the cotton market. 852 01:29:02,437 --> 01:29:05,702 I'm pretty much doing you a favor, taking it off your hands. 853 01:29:07,175 --> 01:29:10,804 Mr. Simmons, I want 41/2 cents a pound for my cotton. 854 01:29:11,012 --> 01:29:13,378 You don't want me, you want Santa Claus. 855 01:29:13,582 --> 01:29:16,574 I'll pay you 2.75 and not a red cent more. 856 01:29:17,385 --> 01:29:18,283 Four? 857 01:29:18,920 --> 01:29:21,411 Maybe you haven't heard about the Depression. 858 01:29:21,623 --> 01:29:24,091 I can't pay that or anything close to that. 859 01:29:24,292 --> 01:29:26,419 Three cents a pound, take it or leave it. 860 01:29:30,966 --> 01:29:35,164 You know what your trouble is? You're the victim of unbridled greed. 3.5. 861 01:29:38,206 --> 01:29:40,470 Ma'am, that is the honest price. 862 01:29:41,176 --> 01:29:42,302 That's it. 863 01:29:42,878 --> 01:29:44,778 I did my best. I tried to help. 864 01:29:44,980 --> 01:29:47,915 You can't blame me. I can't do no more for you. 865 01:29:48,116 --> 01:29:52,052 Go on down to the square and see how much you get for your cotton. 866 01:30:09,504 --> 01:30:10,630 Mr. Simmons? 867 01:30:13,608 --> 01:30:17,635 It just occurred to me. I was looking at the pictures here on your wall. 868 01:30:17,846 --> 01:30:20,508 I remember how much store your daddy set... 869 01:30:20,715 --> 01:30:23,343 ...on ginning the first bale of cotton each year. 870 01:30:26,321 --> 01:30:28,949 This'll be the first year since I don't remember when... 871 01:30:29,157 --> 01:30:30,749 ...that y'all aren't first. 872 01:30:31,526 --> 01:30:36,293 I guess Mr. Wheeler at Wheeler's Gin will be pleased to meet my price... 873 01:30:36,498 --> 01:30:39,433 ...just so he can show off all next year at the Masons. 874 01:30:39,634 --> 01:30:40,760 Mrs. Spalding... 875 01:30:42,470 --> 01:30:43,960 ...come back and sit down. 876 01:30:50,412 --> 01:30:52,812 - Thank you. - Thank you. 877 01:30:54,182 --> 01:30:56,742 Let's get this wagon to the loading bay. 878 01:30:56,952 --> 01:30:57,941 Well? 879 01:30:59,654 --> 01:31:01,713 What happened? How much did you get? 880 01:31:01,923 --> 01:31:04,721 3.75 cents per pound. 881 01:31:05,460 --> 01:31:07,223 That's more than market price. 882 01:31:07,429 --> 01:31:11,832 If we'd planted the other 10 acres in cotton, think what we would've made. 883 01:31:12,033 --> 01:31:13,830 We would've been dead. 884 01:31:14,035 --> 01:31:18,404 - Mr. Estes is selling 12 acres. - Have you taken leave of your senses? 885 01:31:18,606 --> 01:31:21,666 - We'd have almost 60 acres of land. - You can't afford that! 886 01:31:21,876 --> 01:31:23,741 We only need one crop of cotton. 887 01:31:23,945 --> 01:31:27,711 Just one good crop, and we could afford to buy us a tractor. 888 01:31:28,183 --> 01:31:29,013 A tractor. 889 01:31:29,985 --> 01:31:32,044 I always wanted to have a tractor. 890 01:31:32,253 --> 01:31:36,485 I always thought if I had a tractor, ain't no telling what I could do! 891 01:31:52,240 --> 01:31:53,104 Mrs. Spalding? 892 01:31:55,977 --> 01:31:58,605 Could I trouble you for a cup of tea? 893 01:31:59,647 --> 01:32:01,979 Of course. I'll put the water on for you. 894 01:32:05,053 --> 01:32:07,351 Do you mind if I wait in here? 895 01:32:07,555 --> 01:32:08,852 Not at all. 896 01:32:25,040 --> 01:32:28,476 Trying to fix Frank's shoe. It's got a big hole in it. 897 01:32:33,915 --> 01:32:36,383 Mrs. Spalding, can I ask you a question? 898 01:32:41,856 --> 01:32:43,619 What do you look like? 899 01:32:57,005 --> 01:33:00,736 I have long hair and I tie it up in the back. 900 01:33:01,609 --> 01:33:03,577 And I have brown eyes. 901 01:33:05,280 --> 01:33:09,341 I always wanted to have blue eyes, like my mama, but... 902 01:33:10,218 --> 01:33:12,277 ...Margaret got those. 903 01:33:16,191 --> 01:33:19,820 And my teeth stick out in front a little... 904 01:33:23,298 --> 01:33:27,894 ...because I sucked my thumb a long time when I was a little girl. 905 01:33:38,146 --> 01:33:39,943 I'm no real beauty. 906 01:33:42,917 --> 01:33:44,214 I'm all right. 907 01:33:45,920 --> 01:33:47,148 Thank you. 908 01:33:51,926 --> 01:33:53,223 Your tea's ready. 909 01:34:06,541 --> 01:34:07,974 All right, friends... 910 01:34:08,176 --> 01:34:11,839 ...one of our all-time favorites: "A Golden Dream." 911 01:34:27,829 --> 01:34:28,853 Mama? 912 01:34:30,131 --> 01:34:32,190 May I please have this dance? 913 01:34:36,204 --> 01:34:37,796 Frank Spalding... 914 01:34:38,773 --> 01:34:40,604 ...I'd be most pleased. 915 01:34:53,121 --> 01:34:54,247 One... 916 01:35:18,613 --> 01:35:20,205 Twenty-five dollars. 917 01:35:20,515 --> 01:35:23,450 Miz Spalding give me $25. 918 01:35:23,851 --> 01:35:26,251 She ought not to have done that. 919 01:35:26,454 --> 01:35:30,550 She can't afford to go around... What's the matter? 920 01:35:35,697 --> 01:35:37,289 I thought I heard something. 921 01:35:37,832 --> 01:35:40,357 Course you did. You heard me talking. 922 01:35:40,568 --> 01:35:44,265 You ought to speak with her. If she goes around spending money... 923 01:35:44,472 --> 01:35:46,633 Moze, there's somebody out there. 924 01:35:47,442 --> 01:35:51,970 I don't expect so, but I'll go see, just to make you feel better. 925 01:35:58,253 --> 01:36:01,120 Light's on in the barn. Be right back. 926 01:36:44,966 --> 01:36:45,796 Get him! 927 01:36:56,044 --> 01:36:57,306 Moze! 928 01:37:01,816 --> 01:37:02,976 Hold him! 929 01:37:07,622 --> 01:37:10,853 I'm gonna hit him again. Get hold of him for me. 930 01:37:11,059 --> 01:37:12,117 Give me him! 931 01:37:17,765 --> 01:37:21,394 - Grab him! Come on! - Goddamn nigger son of a bitch. 932 01:37:25,406 --> 01:37:26,270 Get him! 933 01:37:27,108 --> 01:37:28,370 Moze! 934 01:37:29,544 --> 01:37:31,774 Keep out of this. It's none of your business. 935 01:37:31,979 --> 01:37:33,970 You move away from him right now. 936 01:37:34,415 --> 01:37:37,111 Put that away, Mr. Will, before you hurt somebody. 937 01:37:37,352 --> 01:37:38,683 Goddamn! 938 01:37:40,955 --> 01:37:41,979 Now! 939 01:38:34,809 --> 01:38:38,176 Hold it, Mr. Will. We don't have any quarrel with you. 940 01:38:38,379 --> 01:38:41,371 Mr. Thompson, why are you doing this to him? 941 01:38:41,883 --> 01:38:44,374 You got the wrong man. That ain't Thompson. 942 01:38:44,819 --> 01:38:48,846 That's Mr. Thompson. I've been selling him brooms for years. 943 01:38:49,056 --> 01:38:50,853 As sure as you're Mr. Shaw. 944 01:38:51,058 --> 01:38:54,357 And that's Mr. Simmons over there by the barn. 945 01:38:55,396 --> 01:38:57,330 All right, boys, let's go home. 946 01:39:12,146 --> 01:39:13,545 All right, nigger. 947 01:39:14,515 --> 01:39:16,483 But I ain't through with you yet. 948 01:40:06,167 --> 01:40:07,828 - Want a Coke? - No. 949 01:40:10,505 --> 01:40:12,473 Would you rather just go on home? 950 01:40:15,977 --> 01:40:17,569 Want to dance with me? 951 01:40:19,080 --> 01:40:20,445 I guess. 952 01:40:23,918 --> 01:40:25,146 You sure? 953 01:40:29,891 --> 01:40:32,485 - Howdy, Wayne. Margaret. - Hi, Mr. Cheeves. 954 01:40:32,693 --> 01:40:35,685 - Good evening. - My, don't you two look nice together. 955 01:40:35,897 --> 01:40:37,296 Thank you, ma'am. 956 01:40:44,338 --> 01:40:46,738 Been a long time since we danced together. 957 01:40:51,512 --> 01:40:53,207 That dress sure looks pretty. 958 01:40:53,648 --> 01:40:54,979 It's new. 959 01:40:55,449 --> 01:40:57,747 The color. I really like the color. 960 01:41:05,793 --> 01:41:08,489 What do I have to do to tell you I'm sorry? 961 01:41:30,751 --> 01:41:32,548 He's out in the shack. 962 01:41:42,096 --> 01:41:42,926 Moze! 963 01:41:46,133 --> 01:41:47,566 Yes, ma'am. 964 01:41:54,508 --> 01:41:57,033 Ma'am, I'm gonna have to be moving along. 965 01:41:57,244 --> 01:42:01,806 Won't be long before that bunch comes back, and I'd best be gone by then. 966 01:42:02,850 --> 01:42:04,977 What am I gonna do without you? 967 01:42:09,590 --> 01:42:13,117 I'd appreciate it if you say goodbye to Frank and Possum for me. 968 01:42:13,427 --> 01:42:16,396 I'd soon as not have them see me like this. 969 01:42:20,434 --> 01:42:22,902 I been making on this doll for Possum. 970 01:42:23,104 --> 01:42:26,164 If you could give it to her, I'd be most grateful. 971 01:42:27,008 --> 01:42:31,843 And old Frank, he had his eye on this rabbit foot of mine for a spell... 972 01:42:32,647 --> 01:42:35,013 ...so I expect he might as well have it. 973 01:42:38,152 --> 01:42:39,141 Here. 974 01:42:40,921 --> 01:42:42,513 This is for you. 975 01:42:43,891 --> 01:42:46,689 It's a handkerchief belonged to my mama. 976 01:42:47,094 --> 01:42:49,221 I thought maybe you could use it. 977 01:42:56,437 --> 01:43:00,498 I reckon I got a bit more attached to this place than I intended to. 978 01:43:04,679 --> 01:43:06,340 Well, Miz Spalding... 979 01:43:11,819 --> 01:43:13,377 I'm gonna miss you. 980 01:43:23,164 --> 01:43:24,529 Yes, ma'am. 981 01:43:25,800 --> 01:43:27,859 You took a no-account piece of land... 982 01:43:28,069 --> 01:43:30,697 ...and people that didn't know what they were doing... 983 01:43:30,905 --> 01:43:34,033 ...and you farmed that land better than anybody could... 984 01:43:34,241 --> 01:43:35,299 ...colored or white. 985 01:43:35,976 --> 01:43:39,173 You brought in the first bale of cotton this year. 986 01:43:40,214 --> 01:43:42,512 Don't you ever forget that. 987 01:43:43,684 --> 01:43:45,208 Yes, ma'am. 988 01:43:47,621 --> 01:43:49,384 Reckon I did that. 989 01:43:54,995 --> 01:43:56,724 I reckon I did. 990 01:44:57,124 --> 01:45:00,150 This morning we take our text from First Corinthians... 991 01:45:00,361 --> 01:45:04,354 ...the 13th chapter, verses one through eight. 992 01:45:05,499 --> 01:45:09,196 "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels... 993 01:45:09,403 --> 01:45:11,234 ...and have not love... 994 01:45:11,438 --> 01:45:15,738 ...I am become as a sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. 995 01:45:16,677 --> 01:45:18,872 Though I have the gift of prophecy... 996 01:45:19,079 --> 01:45:23,812 ...and all knowledge and have not love, I am nothing. 997 01:45:24,351 --> 01:45:29,288 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and have not love... 998 01:45:29,723 --> 01:45:32,055 ...it profiteth me nothing. 999 01:45:33,060 --> 01:45:37,997 Love is patient, kind. Love is not jealous or boastful. 1000 01:45:39,300 --> 01:45:41,768 Love never ends." 1001 01:46:03,090 --> 01:46:05,854 On the night before his crucifixion... 1002 01:46:06,060 --> 01:46:08,858 ...our Lord gathered with his disciples. 1003 01:46:10,097 --> 01:46:12,463 He broke the bread and blessed it... 1004 01:46:12,666 --> 01:46:16,830 ...saying, "Take, eat. This is my body." 1005 01:46:17,504 --> 01:46:19,404 And he took the cup and said: 1006 01:46:19,607 --> 01:46:23,941 "Drink. This is my blood which I shed for thee." 1007 01:46:30,918 --> 01:46:32,146 Peace of God. 1008 01:46:57,811 --> 01:46:59,210 Peace of God. 1009 01:47:34,748 --> 01:47:35,976 Peace of God. 1010 01:47:37,518 --> 01:47:38,917 Peace of God. 1011 01:47:55,402 --> 01:47:56,869 Peace of God. 1012 01:51:14,402 --> 01:51:14,869 {{{ the end }}}