1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,074 Subtitles downloaded from www.OpenSubtitles.org 2 00:02:37,590 --> 00:02:39,751 Possum, put that up, now. 3 00:02:53,673 --> 00:02:55,197 Our Heavenly Father... 4 00:02:55,408 --> 00:02:58,172 ...bless this meal and those who are about to receive it. 5 00:02:58,378 --> 00:03:02,644 Make us thankful for your generous bounty and your unceasing love. 6 00:03:03,149 --> 00:03:06,414 Please remind us, in these hard times... 7 00:03:06,619 --> 00:03:08,712 ...to be grateful for what we have been given... 8 00:03:09,322 --> 00:03:11,654 ...and not to ask for what we cannot have. 9 00:03:12,258 --> 00:03:15,489 And make us mindful of those less fortunate among us... 10 00:03:15,695 --> 00:03:18,789 ...as we sit at this table with all of thy bounty. 11 00:03:19,199 --> 00:03:21,724 - Amen. - Amen. 12 00:03:23,570 --> 00:03:25,197 Turn your plate over. 13 00:03:25,772 --> 00:03:27,637 Put your napkin in your lap. 14 00:03:29,976 --> 00:03:31,944 Frank, you want to take some... 15 00:03:32,679 --> 00:03:33,805 - okra and pass it to your pa? 16 00:03:34,013 --> 00:03:34,877 Yes, ma'am. 17 00:03:35,982 --> 00:03:39,213 Forgot to tell you, we got a letter from your Aunt Gladys. 18 00:03:39,752 --> 00:03:43,153 She was hoping we could come to Oklahoma and visit them... 19 00:03:43,356 --> 00:03:45,221 ...during your vacation. 20 00:03:46,459 --> 00:03:50,088 But, I don't know. I was hoping we could paint the house. 21 00:03:53,700 --> 00:03:55,031 I'll get it. 22 00:03:57,170 --> 00:03:58,467 Thank you. 23 00:03:58,972 --> 00:04:01,463 - Frank, one biscuit. - Yes, ma'am. 24 00:04:03,176 --> 00:04:05,167 Right on my biscuit. 25 00:04:05,445 --> 00:04:07,640 Excuse me, Mrs. Spalding. The sheriff home? 26 00:04:07,847 --> 00:04:11,112 He is, but we just sat down to dinner. Can't this wait? 27 00:04:11,317 --> 00:04:12,841 No, ma'am. It seems like we got a problem down... 28 00:04:13,052 --> 00:04:15,418 It's all right! I'll be right there, Jack! 29 00:04:15,622 --> 00:04:19,388 Sorry to bother you, sheriff, but there's a drunk Negro by the track. 30 00:04:19,592 --> 00:04:21,924 - I thought you ought to... - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 31 00:04:35,041 --> 00:04:36,975 - Where are you going? - With Pa. 32 00:04:37,176 --> 00:04:38,040 Royce? 33 00:04:38,911 --> 00:04:42,677 No one excused you from the table, young man. You stay here. 34 00:04:43,583 --> 00:04:45,380 I won't be gone long. 35 00:04:48,855 --> 00:04:52,450 - Who'd you say it was? - That Wylie boy, sheriff... 36 00:05:10,843 --> 00:05:14,711 Hey, boys, get on back now, you hear me? You hear? 37 00:05:16,649 --> 00:05:17,877 Wylie! 38 00:05:23,089 --> 00:05:24,613 Wylie! 39 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:29,328 Howdy, Mr. Royce. 40 00:05:29,529 --> 00:05:30,791 Nice day. 41 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:36,294 Wylie, you're drunk as a skunk. 42 00:05:36,502 --> 00:05:38,970 I sure am, Mr. Royce. 43 00:05:39,172 --> 00:05:40,469 You know better than that. 44 00:05:41,307 --> 00:05:43,207 I'm sorry, Mr. Royce. 45 00:05:43,409 --> 00:05:46,867 - You ready to come with me now? - Just a minute. 46 00:05:58,624 --> 00:06:01,149 Wylie, are you done? 47 00:06:21,547 --> 00:06:22,844 Royce... 48 00:06:48,574 --> 00:06:49,973 Frank! 49 00:06:50,777 --> 00:06:52,142 Frank! 50 00:06:52,345 --> 00:06:54,905 Frank, give me my doll! 51 00:07:02,088 --> 00:07:04,818 Frank. Possum. 52 00:07:05,925 --> 00:07:08,621 - Give me my doll! - Frank. Possum. 53 00:07:08,828 --> 00:07:10,352 Come here. 54 00:07:11,264 --> 00:07:12,595 Come on. 55 00:07:25,278 --> 00:07:27,303 Something's happened to your pa. 56 00:07:49,469 --> 00:07:51,437 - What do you think? - Get her out here. 57 00:07:52,638 --> 00:07:53,832 Ma? 58 00:07:54,874 --> 00:07:55,704 Ma? 59 00:07:56,042 --> 00:07:58,101 Never you mind, hon. Don't you look. 60 00:08:08,387 --> 00:08:09,354 Come on. 61 00:08:11,123 --> 00:08:13,717 For pity's sake, what do you think you're doing? 62 00:08:19,298 --> 00:08:21,630 You get out of here. Right now. 63 00:08:21,834 --> 00:08:25,429 - Right now, Glen. I mean it. - Guess we can go now. 64 00:08:33,479 --> 00:08:34,468 Oh, sis. 65 00:08:35,581 --> 00:08:37,845 Rosalie, you go down. 66 00:08:38,050 --> 00:08:39,915 Go inside, both of you. 67 00:08:41,053 --> 00:08:42,213 Oh, sis. 68 00:08:42,989 --> 00:08:44,854 Sis, I'm so sorry. 69 00:08:45,791 --> 00:08:47,418 I am so sorry. 70 00:08:49,095 --> 00:08:51,359 I don't want anybody to see me. 71 00:08:51,564 --> 00:08:55,398 - I don't want anybody to see me. - I'm not gonna let anybody see you. 72 00:08:56,769 --> 00:08:58,464 Nobody's gonna see you. 73 00:09:10,616 --> 00:09:14,177 We would have been married 15 years this October. 74 00:09:16,389 --> 00:09:18,152 We had two children. 75 00:09:21,027 --> 00:09:24,827 And I never knew till just now Royce had a scar right there. 76 00:09:29,969 --> 00:09:31,869 I never knew that. 77 00:10:51,884 --> 00:10:52,942 I was afrai... 78 00:10:53,152 --> 00:10:55,518 I was afraid you wasn't gonna make it. 79 00:12:18,370 --> 00:12:20,838 Just don't worry about anything. 80 00:12:24,076 --> 00:12:25,270 Darling, I'm sorry. 81 00:12:25,478 --> 00:12:27,537 I just heard. I got here as fast as I could. 82 00:12:27,747 --> 00:12:29,874 You all right? Come here. It's all right. 83 00:12:30,082 --> 00:12:31,640 It's all right. 84 00:12:38,657 --> 00:12:41,854 Oh, honey, everything's gonna be all right. 85 00:12:42,061 --> 00:12:43,858 I'm here now. 86 00:12:44,063 --> 00:12:46,258 I know how bad you feel. 87 00:12:47,633 --> 00:12:50,363 There now, there now. I'm sorry. 88 00:12:50,970 --> 00:12:52,767 All I could think of... 89 00:12:55,374 --> 00:12:57,934 ...when I saw that poor man in there... 90 00:13:01,046 --> 00:13:03,640 ...was what would I do if it was you? 91 00:13:06,218 --> 00:13:08,243 What would I do if something was to happen to you? 92 00:13:08,454 --> 00:13:10,649 Ain't nothing gonna happen to me. 93 00:13:12,591 --> 00:13:13,990 I'm too ornery. 94 00:13:15,594 --> 00:13:17,960 I don't think I could live without you. 95 00:13:20,766 --> 00:13:22,131 Oh, I love you. 96 00:13:23,068 --> 00:13:25,002 I love you so much. 97 00:13:27,206 --> 00:13:28,935 I love you too. 98 00:13:44,423 --> 00:13:45,890 Sorry to hear about it. 99 00:13:46,091 --> 00:13:47,752 Thank you. We appreciate it. 100 00:13:50,763 --> 00:13:52,628 - Wayne. - Viola. 101 00:13:53,299 --> 00:13:56,132 - Where's Edna? - She's in the kitchen with Margaret. 102 00:13:58,237 --> 00:13:59,204 All right. 103 00:14:00,172 --> 00:14:01,196 Hi, Buddy. 104 00:14:01,407 --> 00:14:03,773 Hello, Wayne. How you doing? 105 00:14:04,376 --> 00:14:06,310 - How's Mrs. Spalding? - She's all right. 106 00:14:09,481 --> 00:14:10,846 Excuse me. 107 00:14:17,289 --> 00:14:18,221 Vi... 108 00:14:18,424 --> 00:14:21,552 You want to take this for a minute? I'll be right back. 109 00:14:40,779 --> 00:14:42,303 Here, sug. 110 00:14:45,684 --> 00:14:47,743 Come on, you gotta eat something. 111 00:14:49,855 --> 00:14:51,720 Marie Thornton made that. 112 00:14:53,659 --> 00:14:55,058 It's real good. 113 00:15:02,801 --> 00:15:04,200 Margaret. 114 00:15:08,641 --> 00:15:10,768 What's gonna happen to us? 115 00:15:14,947 --> 00:15:17,677 I can't support this family. 116 00:15:20,786 --> 00:15:23,619 I haven't the least idea how to go about it. 117 00:15:28,227 --> 00:15:29,785 It seems... 118 00:15:32,031 --> 00:15:35,990 ...like I have never done anything all my life... 119 00:15:36,502 --> 00:15:38,129 ...but raise kids... 120 00:15:39,171 --> 00:15:41,002 ...and take care of this house. 121 00:15:43,242 --> 00:15:45,176 Royce paid all the bills. 122 00:15:48,948 --> 00:15:51,678 I never even knew how much salary he made. 123 00:15:58,624 --> 00:16:00,592 What's gonna happen to us? 124 00:16:29,922 --> 00:16:32,482 And thou shalt eat the herbs of the field. 125 00:16:33,759 --> 00:16:37,286 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread... 126 00:16:37,496 --> 00:16:39,896 ...till thou return unto the ground... 127 00:16:40,332 --> 00:16:42,698 ...for out of it wast thou taken. 128 00:16:42,901 --> 00:16:44,801 For dust thou art... 129 00:16:45,004 --> 00:16:47,837 ...and unto dust thou shall return. 130 00:16:48,140 --> 00:16:49,437 Amen. 131 00:17:44,596 --> 00:17:46,894 Lord, I thought those people would never leave. 132 00:17:47,099 --> 00:17:51,035 - Margaret, let me get this now. - No, you go on and rest. 133 00:17:51,236 --> 00:17:52,635 I'll get that. 134 00:17:58,644 --> 00:17:59,611 Evening, ma'am. 135 00:17:59,812 --> 00:18:03,407 Excuse me, but I was wondering if you have any work around here? 136 00:18:04,249 --> 00:18:07,241 No. There's nothing here. 137 00:18:07,453 --> 00:18:10,081 You go on now. Shoo. 138 00:18:10,556 --> 00:18:11,853 What is it? 139 00:18:12,057 --> 00:18:15,220 I was just asking if you had any chores I can help with. 140 00:18:15,427 --> 00:18:17,657 Oh, no, there's no work around here. 141 00:18:17,863 --> 00:18:20,093 I can make you a plate of food. 142 00:18:20,966 --> 00:18:22,399 Thank you, ma'am. 143 00:18:22,835 --> 00:18:24,496 You wait out by the gate. 144 00:18:24,703 --> 00:18:25,635 Yes, ma'am. 145 00:19:11,183 --> 00:19:12,707 Excuse me! 146 00:19:13,385 --> 00:19:14,750 Morning! 147 00:19:15,554 --> 00:19:19,285 I thought I told you last night you can't stay around here. 148 00:19:19,591 --> 00:19:22,651 Well, I seen you was almost out of firewood... 149 00:19:22,861 --> 00:19:24,886 ...so I thought I'd chop some for you. 150 00:19:25,864 --> 00:19:29,527 I could fix you some breakfast, but after that, you got to go. 151 00:19:30,068 --> 00:19:31,330 Thank you, ma'am. 152 00:19:42,981 --> 00:19:44,539 You know, ma'am... 153 00:19:45,751 --> 00:19:48,584 ...you got a nice henhouse over here. 154 00:19:49,288 --> 00:19:51,848 Of course, it's about ready to fall down. 155 00:19:52,791 --> 00:19:56,124 A mighty good-looking milk cow. 156 00:19:56,762 --> 00:19:59,230 She sure need taking care of, though. 157 00:20:03,001 --> 00:20:06,129 There must be close to 40 acres out back. 158 00:20:06,805 --> 00:20:09,296 I reckon with the right kind of help... 159 00:20:09,508 --> 00:20:12,739 ...you'd make yourself a handsome living just farming cotton. 160 00:20:13,245 --> 00:20:15,213 All you need is somebody like me... 161 00:20:15,414 --> 00:20:19,077 ...who knows most everything there is to know about farming cotton. 162 00:20:20,085 --> 00:20:22,053 I was thinking that maybe... 163 00:20:22,254 --> 00:20:25,553 ...I could work around here for food and a place to stay. 164 00:20:25,757 --> 00:20:28,191 No. I can't give you any work. 165 00:20:28,393 --> 00:20:31,385 I could fix you some breakfast, and then you've got to leave. 166 00:20:36,568 --> 00:20:39,765 - No such thing as a job, nowadays. - I'm sorry. 167 00:20:39,972 --> 00:20:41,496 I'll fix you a nice plate of food. 168 00:20:41,707 --> 00:20:44,437 You go wait out there and I'll bring it to you, okay? 169 00:20:44,710 --> 00:20:46,041 Yes, ma'am. 170 00:20:52,851 --> 00:20:57,879 I can mend this fence with no trouble at all, right after breakfast. 171 00:20:58,457 --> 00:21:00,891 Oh, that'd be fine, just fine. 172 00:21:01,393 --> 00:21:03,793 Okay. I'll be right out here. 173 00:21:30,689 --> 00:21:32,350 Good afternoon, Mrs. Spalding. 174 00:21:32,557 --> 00:21:33,819 Mr. Denby. 175 00:21:34,026 --> 00:21:35,391 I hope I'm not bothering you. 176 00:21:35,594 --> 00:21:38,757 - No. Won't you come in? - Oh, thank you. 177 00:21:43,268 --> 00:21:45,600 - Please. - Thank you. 178 00:21:47,506 --> 00:21:52,739 Mrs. Spalding, on behalf of everyone down at the First Farmers Bank... 179 00:21:52,944 --> 00:21:57,040 ...if there's anything we can do in this hour of need, please ask. 180 00:21:57,249 --> 00:21:58,477 Thank you. 181 00:21:59,818 --> 00:22:01,445 Mrs. Spalding... 182 00:22:01,653 --> 00:22:05,612 ...I don't know how much your husband told you about his business. 183 00:22:06,992 --> 00:22:09,358 But at the close of banking hours yesterday... 184 00:22:09,561 --> 00:22:13,998 ...you had a balance of $116.72. 185 00:22:14,333 --> 00:22:16,858 However, when your husband bought this place... 186 00:22:17,069 --> 00:22:19,537 ...he did borrow money from the bank. 187 00:22:20,439 --> 00:22:23,067 At the time of his death he still owed... 188 00:22:23,275 --> 00:22:28,144 ...$3681, to be paid twice a year. 189 00:22:29,881 --> 00:22:31,542 What that means, Mrs. Spalding, is... 190 00:22:31,750 --> 00:22:37,017 ...come October 15th, you will owe the bank $240. 191 00:22:37,222 --> 00:22:41,556 We were wondering if you had any idea how you were gonna make that payment. 192 00:22:43,895 --> 00:22:45,021 Yes. 193 00:22:45,864 --> 00:22:47,855 Matter of fact, I do. 194 00:22:48,734 --> 00:22:50,463 I was thinking... 195 00:22:50,669 --> 00:22:53,866 Rilla Langsford and her sister have that nice little gift shop... 196 00:22:54,072 --> 00:22:55,835 ...and, well, I thought I could do the same thing. 197 00:22:56,041 --> 00:22:59,374 I could get some pretty little things, and I could set them out... 198 00:22:59,578 --> 00:23:02,911 Mrs. Spalding, why would someone come all the way out here... 199 00:23:03,115 --> 00:23:05,811 ...when the Langsfords' place is there on the square? 200 00:23:07,319 --> 00:23:08,251 Oh. 201 00:23:08,453 --> 00:23:12,514 Mrs. Spalding, what we at the bank suggest is that you sell this place. 202 00:23:12,724 --> 00:23:14,692 Now I know times are hard... 203 00:23:14,893 --> 00:23:19,830 ...but maybe we can pay off the loan and have something to tide you over. 204 00:23:20,165 --> 00:23:22,395 But where would we live? 205 00:23:22,601 --> 00:23:25,434 I believe you have a sister that resides here. 206 00:23:25,637 --> 00:23:29,198 No, Margaret couldn't take us in. 207 00:23:29,408 --> 00:23:32,172 She couldn't afford it, and besides, she hasn't got room. 208 00:23:32,377 --> 00:23:35,403 Mrs. Spalding, when tragedies like this happen... 209 00:23:35,981 --> 00:23:40,008 ...sometimes we have to face up to things that are real hard. 210 00:23:41,553 --> 00:23:46,081 Sometimes it's necessary to split families up, temporarily. 211 00:23:46,291 --> 00:23:49,454 I believe your husband has some family up in Oklahoma. 212 00:23:49,661 --> 00:23:52,255 I'm sure they could take one of your children. 213 00:23:52,464 --> 00:23:54,125 I can't talk about this right now. 214 00:23:54,332 --> 00:23:57,597 If you'll excuse me, you can let yourself out. 215 00:24:01,306 --> 00:24:03,672 I think that just about does the trick. 216 00:24:04,042 --> 00:24:05,236 That'll be... 217 00:24:06,545 --> 00:24:08,137 ...75 cents. 218 00:24:11,716 --> 00:24:13,479 I'll see you in a couple weeks. 219 00:24:13,685 --> 00:24:15,744 Right. Thank you, Ruby. 220 00:24:16,755 --> 00:24:18,382 I didn't know you were busy. 221 00:24:18,590 --> 00:24:21,058 That's all right. I was just leaving. 222 00:24:21,259 --> 00:24:22,385 - Bye, Ruby. - Bye-bye. 223 00:24:22,594 --> 00:24:24,255 - Kids, come on in. - Hi, Aunt Margaret. 224 00:24:24,463 --> 00:24:25,862 Don't touch anything, Possum. 225 00:24:26,064 --> 00:24:28,658 Watch your sister. Don't let her touch anything. 226 00:24:28,867 --> 00:24:33,031 Mrs. Parks offered to buy five pounds of tomatoes from us. 227 00:24:33,238 --> 00:24:35,638 So we thought we'd come by and say hello. 228 00:24:35,974 --> 00:24:37,168 Where's Rosalie? 229 00:24:37,375 --> 00:24:39,935 I'm sorry. She's gone off with her daddy. 230 00:24:40,545 --> 00:24:44,037 But if you go in the kitchen, I got some Coca-Cola in the icebox. 231 00:24:44,249 --> 00:24:46,513 - Can we, Mommy? - Yeah, you can. 232 00:24:48,453 --> 00:24:51,081 - Frank, split one with your sister. - Okay, Mom! 233 00:24:51,289 --> 00:24:53,280 It's all right. You can each have one. 234 00:24:53,992 --> 00:24:57,018 - What do you say? - Thank you, Aunt Margaret. 235 00:25:16,648 --> 00:25:19,446 Margaret, I've been thinking. 236 00:25:21,853 --> 00:25:23,343 Maybe I could work for you. 237 00:25:23,555 --> 00:25:26,820 I don't know much about this work, but I could learn. 238 00:25:27,025 --> 00:25:28,959 I'm a real good worker. 239 00:25:30,428 --> 00:25:31,793 Oh, hon. 240 00:25:34,833 --> 00:25:38,496 I hardly got enough customers these days to support me and Wayne. 241 00:25:39,037 --> 00:25:42,473 I understand, Margaret. Don't you even think about it. 242 00:25:42,674 --> 00:25:44,904 Kids, come on. We got to go. It's getting dark. 243 00:25:45,110 --> 00:25:47,305 - Here, I got $28 saved. - I don't want that. 244 00:25:47,512 --> 00:25:50,504 Take it. Wayne will just spend it on some fool thing. 245 00:25:50,715 --> 00:25:52,410 I don't need it. 246 00:25:52,617 --> 00:25:54,141 Come on, kids! 247 00:25:54,352 --> 00:25:57,185 - Bye, Aunt Margaret. - Goodbye, Aunt Margaret. 248 00:25:58,823 --> 00:26:00,916 I swear you are just like Daddy. 249 00:26:01,693 --> 00:26:05,322 You'd think he was sawing off his leg to ask for the least thing. 250 00:26:06,631 --> 00:26:08,496 I'll talk to you tomorrow. 251 00:26:32,657 --> 00:26:34,852 I'm sorry to bother you so late. 252 00:26:35,060 --> 00:26:39,292 We caught this nigger with a bunch of things I think might belong to you. 253 00:26:40,231 --> 00:26:41,789 Found him down by the tracks. 254 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,627 He claimed he was working for you... 255 00:26:43,835 --> 00:26:45,894 ...but it looks like he was leaving town. 256 00:26:48,273 --> 00:26:50,070 No, he's working for me. 257 00:26:51,376 --> 00:26:54,174 I needed somebody to help out around here, and so I took on... 258 00:26:54,379 --> 00:26:56,279 Moses. Moses Hadnot. 259 00:26:56,481 --> 00:27:00,542 I took on Moses to do some chores until I could get straightened away. 260 00:27:00,752 --> 00:27:02,344 Mrs. Spalding, are you sure? 261 00:27:02,554 --> 00:27:04,715 I mean, I found all that silver on him. 262 00:27:06,191 --> 00:27:09,251 Oh, it's Mama's, and Margaret wanted to borrow it. 263 00:27:09,461 --> 00:27:13,454 If you had gone straight there and back, you wouldn't have this trouble. 264 00:27:13,665 --> 00:27:14,654 Yes'm. 265 00:27:15,100 --> 00:27:17,898 Mrs. Spalding, are you sure you're all right? 266 00:27:19,638 --> 00:27:20,468 Well... 267 00:27:21,806 --> 00:27:22,704 ...good night. 268 00:27:22,907 --> 00:27:24,306 Good night, Jack. 269 00:27:42,994 --> 00:27:44,825 Ma'am, I appreciate what you've done... 270 00:27:45,030 --> 00:27:47,294 How much could I make if I was to plant cotton? 271 00:27:47,499 --> 00:27:48,625 Cotton? 272 00:27:49,067 --> 00:27:51,831 Well, last year cotton fetched six cents a pound. 273 00:27:52,037 --> 00:27:54,972 You got, say, 30 acres here, you figure... 274 00:27:55,674 --> 00:27:57,904 That's 300 and some dollars. If you take out... 275 00:27:58,109 --> 00:27:59,770 You sure you can do it? 276 00:28:00,011 --> 00:28:03,037 Ma'am, I been chopping cotton since I was 5 years old. 277 00:28:03,248 --> 00:28:05,375 I know all there is to know about cotton. 278 00:28:06,651 --> 00:28:09,552 All right, you stay in the shed beside the barn. 279 00:28:09,754 --> 00:28:12,416 Ma'am, I wanted to say that I appreciate... 280 00:28:12,624 --> 00:28:15,957 If you ever steal from me again, I'll shoot you myself. 281 00:28:16,161 --> 00:28:17,492 You understand that? 282 00:28:32,644 --> 00:28:34,236 Thank you. See you next week. 283 00:28:34,446 --> 00:28:35,777 Good to see you. 284 00:28:37,816 --> 00:28:40,546 - Good morning, Mrs. Spalding. - Thanks. 285 00:28:40,952 --> 00:28:44,183 Hello, Mrs. Spalding. It's nice to see you again so soon. 286 00:28:44,389 --> 00:28:46,755 Won't you come right in here? 287 00:28:50,528 --> 00:28:52,655 Why don't you take a seat right over there? 288 00:29:02,307 --> 00:29:04,241 Mr. Denby... 289 00:29:04,442 --> 00:29:07,036 ...I was wondering if you would... 290 00:29:07,245 --> 00:29:09,372 ...show me how to fill out a check? 291 00:29:10,582 --> 00:29:12,948 I never did it before, and I'd best learn how. 292 00:29:13,151 --> 00:29:17,588 Certainly, Mrs. Spalding. It's just the simplest thing in the world. 293 00:29:17,789 --> 00:29:21,247 Now up here, this is where you put the date. 294 00:29:21,459 --> 00:29:23,222 Mr. Denby... 295 00:29:23,428 --> 00:29:27,421 ...I'm thinking it won't be necessary for me to sell my farm after all. 296 00:29:27,632 --> 00:29:31,728 Of course it's necessary. I explained all that to you yesterday. 297 00:29:31,936 --> 00:29:34,131 - Down here... - I was thinking... 298 00:29:34,339 --> 00:29:36,102 ...if I was to plant cotton... 299 00:29:36,307 --> 00:29:39,299 Mrs. Spalding, you don't know a thing about cotton farming. 300 00:29:39,511 --> 00:29:42,912 - Yes, I know, but Moses says... - Moses? Who's Moses? 301 00:29:43,114 --> 00:29:44,081 He's this Negro man. 302 00:29:44,282 --> 00:29:47,149 I don't know any Negro around here named Moses. 303 00:29:47,352 --> 00:29:50,913 He was just passing through, and I gave him a job doing some chores. 304 00:29:51,122 --> 00:29:56,059 You're telling me you let some Negro hobo talk you into planting cotton? 305 00:29:56,261 --> 00:29:58,729 Did you ever hear of the Depression? 306 00:29:59,597 --> 00:30:00,723 Now... 307 00:30:01,900 --> 00:30:03,561 ...you see these? 308 00:30:04,002 --> 00:30:07,335 These are all foreclosures. And that's just in the last three months. 309 00:30:07,539 --> 00:30:12,101 White men who've cotton-farmed all their lives and can't make a go of it. 310 00:30:12,677 --> 00:30:14,907 And you listening to some no-account nigger. 311 00:30:15,613 --> 00:30:17,308 You'll excuse me, Mrs. Spalding... 312 00:30:17,515 --> 00:30:20,575 ...but that's just about the most ignorant thing I've ever heard. 313 00:30:21,686 --> 00:30:23,085 Mr. Denby... 314 00:30:23,288 --> 00:30:25,119 ...I'm not ignorant... 315 00:30:25,323 --> 00:30:27,883 ...and I'm not selling my land. 316 00:30:28,092 --> 00:30:32,552 And I'm not giving my children over to anyone else to raise. 317 00:30:32,764 --> 00:30:37,565 I'm going out and I'm buying $15 worth of cottonseed. 318 00:30:37,769 --> 00:30:41,762 So I'd appreciate it if you would show me again how to write a check. 319 00:30:46,644 --> 00:30:48,908 Okay, Mrs. Spalding, that's... 320 00:30:50,348 --> 00:30:54,978 Let's see, 450 pound of cottonseed at .03 cent a pound. 321 00:30:55,186 --> 00:30:56,517 That comes to... 322 00:30:58,089 --> 00:30:59,920 ...$13.50. 323 00:31:00,124 --> 00:31:02,319 - $13.50? - Yes, ma'am. 324 00:31:02,527 --> 00:31:04,154 Load up Mrs. Spalding's wagon. 325 00:31:04,362 --> 00:31:06,125 - Miz Spalding? - Yes. 326 00:31:06,564 --> 00:31:08,623 That ain't the seed you're paying for. 327 00:31:08,833 --> 00:31:13,293 He's charging you for grade-A seed, but that's gin-run quality. 328 00:31:14,973 --> 00:31:16,270 Something wrong, ma'am? 329 00:31:17,275 --> 00:31:21,507 Mr. Simmons, I think maybe you gave us the wrong seed? 330 00:31:26,017 --> 00:31:27,609 Well, so I did. 331 00:31:28,419 --> 00:31:31,411 That's just an honest mistake, isn't it, boy? 332 00:31:32,090 --> 00:31:33,853 Isn't it, boy? 333 00:31:35,159 --> 00:31:36,387 Yes, sir. 334 00:31:37,996 --> 00:31:41,159 Now you idiots gave Mrs. Spalding the wrong seed. 335 00:31:41,366 --> 00:31:43,425 We're lucky her nigger caught it. 336 00:31:43,668 --> 00:31:47,399 That's a smart nigger you got there. He's a credit to his race. 337 00:31:53,144 --> 00:31:57,103 Why did you have to go shoot off your big mouth in front of that white man? 338 00:31:58,816 --> 00:32:01,114 I swear, you ain't never gonna learn nothing. 339 00:32:02,153 --> 00:32:05,611 You just got yourself into a carload of trouble. 340 00:32:05,823 --> 00:32:08,690 This ain't your land. You just passing through. 341 00:32:08,893 --> 00:32:10,656 That white woman ain't nothing to you. 342 00:32:11,696 --> 00:32:15,029 These people ain't no reason to get yourself killed. 343 00:32:17,402 --> 00:32:18,460 Howdy. 344 00:32:20,705 --> 00:32:21,865 Howdy. 345 00:32:22,874 --> 00:32:24,102 What's your name? 346 00:32:24,475 --> 00:32:26,033 Moses. 347 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,745 My name's Frank. 348 00:32:32,050 --> 00:32:36,817 - My pa was killed. - I heard about it. I'm sure sorry. 349 00:32:38,856 --> 00:32:40,255 He was shot. 350 00:32:41,659 --> 00:32:43,786 It was a nigger killed him. 351 00:32:58,042 --> 00:32:59,669 How old are you, child? 352 00:33:00,712 --> 00:33:03,681 Nine, and 4 months. 353 00:33:04,816 --> 00:33:08,013 You mean to tell me you got to be 9 years and 4 months old... 354 00:33:08,219 --> 00:33:10,346 ...and nobody told you it's bad luck... 355 00:33:10,555 --> 00:33:12,750 ...to rock a rocking chair with nobody in it? 356 00:33:13,358 --> 00:33:16,452 Don't do no good now. The damage is done. 357 00:33:17,362 --> 00:33:20,058 I knew a man who rocked a empty rocking chair. 358 00:33:20,264 --> 00:33:23,461 Before nightfall, he got run over by a cotton wagon. 359 00:33:25,970 --> 00:33:28,336 Here, take this rabbit foot. 360 00:33:29,540 --> 00:33:32,532 And you do what I do and say what I say, you understand? 361 00:33:33,177 --> 00:33:35,270 First thing is you turn around three times. 362 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:37,209 One... 363 00:33:37,415 --> 00:33:39,383 ...two... 364 00:33:39,584 --> 00:33:40,710 ...three. 365 00:33:41,185 --> 00:33:45,178 Next thing is you walk backwards. Seven, six... 366 00:33:45,390 --> 00:33:46,220 ...five... 367 00:33:46,424 --> 00:33:47,254 ...four... 368 00:33:47,458 --> 00:33:48,390 ...three... 369 00:33:48,593 --> 00:33:50,356 ...two, one. 370 00:33:50,561 --> 00:33:52,051 Thank you, Lord Jesus! Amen! 371 00:33:52,263 --> 00:33:54,458 Thank you, Lord Jesus! Amen! 372 00:33:55,066 --> 00:33:56,397 Give back my rabbit foot. 373 00:33:56,601 --> 00:34:00,594 Got too much to do around here to go around saving your life all the time. 374 00:34:06,010 --> 00:34:09,776 If you're just gonna stand around, you might as well be of some use. 375 00:34:09,981 --> 00:34:12,176 Fetch me some of them nails over there. 376 00:34:24,295 --> 00:34:26,354 What are you thinking about? 377 00:34:28,066 --> 00:34:30,534 I grew up in a place just like this. 378 00:34:32,437 --> 00:34:34,200 Boy, I hated it. 379 00:34:35,506 --> 00:34:38,373 I used to run away every chance I got. 380 00:34:40,878 --> 00:34:42,869 I'd sneak out of the house... 381 00:34:44,048 --> 00:34:45,913 ...go out behind the barn. 382 00:34:47,518 --> 00:34:48,815 Then I'd... 383 00:34:49,854 --> 00:34:54,018 ...head out across the pasture and down to this grove of elm trees. 384 00:34:56,027 --> 00:34:57,824 And right in the middle... 385 00:34:58,029 --> 00:35:02,295 ...was this little spot where I used to go and sit all the time. 386 00:35:19,484 --> 00:35:20,781 Hello! 387 00:35:22,453 --> 00:35:23,852 Watch your step here. 388 00:35:24,489 --> 00:35:27,390 And another one. And a little step up. 389 00:35:33,097 --> 00:35:34,724 Mrs. Spalding? 390 00:35:35,199 --> 00:35:38,032 Yes, Mr. Denby, I'm in the back yard! 391 00:35:38,236 --> 00:35:39,965 I'll be right there. 392 00:35:45,610 --> 00:35:47,305 Now put that thing away. 393 00:35:47,512 --> 00:35:50,379 This woman may not like people smoking in her house. 394 00:35:50,581 --> 00:35:54,847 Now, please, for once in your life, try and make a good impression. 395 00:36:03,594 --> 00:36:06,620 Good afternoon, Mrs. Spalding. How are you? 396 00:36:06,831 --> 00:36:07,957 I'm just fine. 397 00:36:08,833 --> 00:36:11,563 I don't believe you know my brother-in-law, Will. 398 00:36:12,737 --> 00:36:14,227 How do you do? 399 00:36:15,940 --> 00:36:17,464 Mind if we come in? 400 00:36:18,476 --> 00:36:20,842 No. No, not at all. 401 00:36:25,383 --> 00:36:28,546 Poor Will, here, lost his sight in the big war. 402 00:36:28,753 --> 00:36:31,381 It was the Battle of the Somme, wasn't it, Will? 403 00:36:33,691 --> 00:36:37,092 He was a real war hero. Weren't you, Will? 404 00:36:38,729 --> 00:36:41,994 Will, he doesn't like to talk about these things too much. 405 00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:44,900 - Do you, Will? - No. 406 00:36:46,571 --> 00:36:49,768 Will's been living with his mama until she passed away... 407 00:36:49,974 --> 00:36:53,535 ...and since that time he's been visiting with my wife and me. 408 00:36:54,512 --> 00:36:56,275 Now then, Mrs. Spalding... 409 00:36:56,480 --> 00:37:00,007 ...in spite of the fact that I have great doubts about... 410 00:37:00,218 --> 00:37:04,086 ...this misguided attempt of yours to hold on to this place... 411 00:37:04,288 --> 00:37:08,315 ...as a Christian and deacon of the church, it's my beholden duty to... 412 00:37:08,526 --> 00:37:11,620 ...reach out the hand of charity to a human being in need. 413 00:37:11,829 --> 00:37:15,993 And I got to thinking, now what better way to help out this poor woman... 414 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:18,395 ...than if she took in a boarder. 415 00:37:18,603 --> 00:37:23,472 Someone who could move in here, and by paying a modest rent, help her out. 416 00:37:24,442 --> 00:37:28,776 What if my brother-in-law was to move in here and rent a room from you? 417 00:37:28,980 --> 00:37:29,810 Move in here? 418 00:37:30,014 --> 00:37:34,314 Will makes a living caning chairs and making brooms, so don't you worry. 419 00:37:36,921 --> 00:37:41,153 Oh, Mr. Denby, I'm... 420 00:37:43,661 --> 00:37:47,153 I so appreciate your thoughtfulness. 421 00:37:50,401 --> 00:37:52,335 This just isn't a good time. 422 00:37:55,339 --> 00:37:56,670 Sit down, Will. 423 00:38:00,778 --> 00:38:01,767 Will? 424 00:38:07,985 --> 00:38:09,543 Mrs. Spalding... 425 00:38:10,921 --> 00:38:13,515 ...speaking on behalf of the bank... 426 00:38:13,724 --> 00:38:18,093 ...we'd take it as a sign that you're trying to provide for your family. 427 00:38:20,431 --> 00:38:23,195 When would you like your brother-in-law to move in? 428 00:38:24,769 --> 00:38:28,330 As a matter of fact, I have his things out in the car right now. 429 00:38:42,019 --> 00:38:43,714 Anything special you like to eat? 430 00:38:43,921 --> 00:38:46,412 I'm not a very good cook, but I'm willing to try. 431 00:38:47,124 --> 00:38:52,460 I don't want me to be here any more than you do. I won't be any trouble. 432 00:38:52,663 --> 00:38:56,656 And all I'll ask in return is to be left alone in peace and quiet. 433 00:38:56,867 --> 00:38:58,630 - I thought... - I know what you thought. 434 00:38:58,836 --> 00:39:03,068 But I don't need your help, and I don't need you to feel sorry for me. 435 00:39:31,235 --> 00:39:32,259 Honey? 436 00:39:32,603 --> 00:39:34,730 I'm in back, darling. 437 00:39:36,707 --> 00:39:39,437 Where you been? We're real late for the dance. 438 00:39:40,277 --> 00:39:43,974 Old man Wilson ought to put that Studebaker of his out to pasture. 439 00:39:44,181 --> 00:39:48,015 Not a week goes by without something going wrong with that fool thing. 440 00:39:48,219 --> 00:39:51,677 And the trouble is, he thinks he can fix it all by himself. 441 00:39:51,889 --> 00:39:54,016 So he goes in there and messes everything up... 442 00:39:54,225 --> 00:39:56,819 ...and makes it worse than it was in the first place. 443 00:39:57,027 --> 00:40:01,623 I think he does it on purpose, just so I'll come out and talk to him. 444 00:40:03,134 --> 00:40:06,968 You know that carburetor I fixed for him last week? He... 445 00:40:19,650 --> 00:40:21,242 Where's Rosalie? 446 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:26,720 She's over at your mama's. She's gonna sleep there tonight. 447 00:40:32,730 --> 00:40:36,166 You ought not to eat that. You'll get fat. 448 00:40:36,367 --> 00:40:37,356 What about you? 449 00:40:37,568 --> 00:40:40,867 - A lot you'd notice. - I'd notice. 450 00:40:42,807 --> 00:40:46,243 Wayne, we gotta go. Everybody's waiting. 451 00:40:46,444 --> 00:40:48,002 Wayne, you got to... 452 00:41:19,844 --> 00:41:21,004 Hi! 453 00:41:30,888 --> 00:41:32,116 Howdy. 454 00:41:37,561 --> 00:41:39,290 Let's go inside and dance. 455 00:41:40,498 --> 00:41:42,363 Come on, let's go dance. 456 00:41:46,237 --> 00:41:47,795 I'll get it. I'll get it. 457 00:41:48,806 --> 00:41:50,398 Thank you, baby. 458 00:41:55,846 --> 00:41:57,746 - You warm enough? - I'm fine. 459 00:41:57,948 --> 00:41:59,245 You sure? 460 00:42:00,050 --> 00:42:01,813 - Want my coat? - No. 461 00:42:02,987 --> 00:42:04,921 That's a nice table. 462 00:42:05,489 --> 00:42:06,820 Hey, Wayne! 463 00:42:07,258 --> 00:42:08,520 Howdy, Hank. 464 00:42:10,127 --> 00:42:13,563 I sure am glad Rosalie took that little trip tonight. 465 00:42:13,764 --> 00:42:15,595 Why are you saying that? 466 00:42:15,799 --> 00:42:18,199 Where were you two? We were getting worried. 467 00:42:18,402 --> 00:42:20,336 - Where you been? - Hi, you guys! 468 00:42:20,571 --> 00:42:22,732 - Hi, Buddy. - Come here. I'll buy us a drink. 469 00:42:22,940 --> 00:42:25,306 We're getting a bottle of good-for-what-ails-you. 470 00:42:25,509 --> 00:42:26,669 Be right back. 471 00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:30,777 Just be a minute. 472 00:42:31,715 --> 00:42:33,774 - How you been? - I been just fine. 473 00:42:33,984 --> 00:42:35,645 Hey, I hear you... 474 00:42:37,621 --> 00:42:39,589 Where were you two? 475 00:43:02,079 --> 00:43:04,411 Put that down. Come on. 476 00:44:00,804 --> 00:44:02,601 Frank, are you craz...? 477 00:44:03,273 --> 00:44:06,731 That man catches us in here, he's gonna skin us alive. 478 00:44:06,944 --> 00:44:10,277 I got something important to show you. Do you want to see it or not? 479 00:44:31,769 --> 00:44:34,829 Recordings for the Blind presents: 480 00:44:35,205 --> 00:44:38,333 Trent's Last Case, by E.C. Bentley. 481 00:44:38,542 --> 00:44:41,033 Chapter one, "Bad News." 482 00:44:41,745 --> 00:44:45,044 Between what matters and what seems to matter... 483 00:44:45,249 --> 00:44:48,878 ...how should the world we know judge wisely? 484 00:44:49,086 --> 00:44:53,147 When the scheming, indomitable brain of Sigfried Manderson was scattered... 485 00:44:53,357 --> 00:44:55,257 Frank! 486 00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:58,118 Possum! 487 00:45:00,731 --> 00:45:02,130 Coming, Mama! 488 00:45:12,509 --> 00:45:14,636 Ten minutes later, he's driving a new Buick. 489 00:45:14,845 --> 00:45:16,472 - You through? - Yeah. 490 00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:18,238 Vi and me are gonna dance. 491 00:45:18,449 --> 00:45:20,007 I don't want to dance, Wayne. 492 00:45:20,217 --> 00:45:23,186 Don't say no. You have to dance. Come on. 493 00:45:26,156 --> 00:45:28,283 Haven't danced all night. Excuse me. 494 00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:31,484 You look pretty tonight. 495 00:45:38,535 --> 00:45:41,936 Let's go up to Dallas this weekend, all right? 496 00:45:42,139 --> 00:45:44,004 Take in a picture show... 497 00:45:44,208 --> 00:45:46,836 ...then have supper out just like an old married couple? 498 00:45:47,044 --> 00:45:50,445 You can tell Buddy you're visiting that aunt of yours up in Dallas... 499 00:45:50,647 --> 00:45:53,741 - No. - Why not? Nobody will know. 500 00:45:53,951 --> 00:45:58,320 - Wayne, I can't go on like this. - Honey, just be patient. 501 00:45:58,522 --> 00:46:02,481 I'll work everything out, don't worry. Just give me a little bit of time. 502 00:46:02,693 --> 00:46:05,184 I'll think of something, all right? 503 00:46:05,929 --> 00:46:10,491 What's the matter, Vi? We'll be fine. Just trust me. 504 00:46:10,701 --> 00:46:13,192 Wayne, we're not gonna see each other anymore. 505 00:46:13,403 --> 00:46:14,700 - What? - Not like we have been. 506 00:46:14,905 --> 00:46:17,430 - Why? - This is goodbye. 507 00:47:24,074 --> 00:47:25,735 Mrs. Spalding? 508 00:47:27,811 --> 00:47:29,403 Mrs. Spalding? 509 00:47:32,216 --> 00:47:33,740 Mrs. Spalding? 510 00:47:44,494 --> 00:47:46,325 Yes, Mr. Will. I'm right here. 511 00:47:46,530 --> 00:47:48,225 Mrs. Spalding, believe me... 512 00:47:48,932 --> 00:47:51,594 ...if I had anyplace else to go tonight besides... 513 00:47:51,802 --> 00:47:55,101 ...the State Home for the Infirm, I'd gladly leave right now. 514 00:47:55,806 --> 00:47:58,673 When I came here, all I asked was to be left alone. 515 00:47:58,876 --> 00:48:02,004 I am not some kind of freak that is here on display... 516 00:48:02,212 --> 00:48:05,477 ...for the amusement of those hooligans you call children. 517 00:48:05,682 --> 00:48:06,740 - I will not... - What? 518 00:48:06,950 --> 00:48:09,316 ...have them vandalizing my personal property. 519 00:48:09,519 --> 00:48:12,579 Don't come in my house and talk about my children like that! 520 00:48:12,789 --> 00:48:16,520 They are not hooligans or vandals! They're well brought up children! 521 00:48:16,727 --> 00:48:18,957 - You can't walk into my house... - Fine! 522 00:48:31,275 --> 00:48:32,264 Fine. 523 00:48:33,176 --> 00:48:36,873 Whatever they are, you just keep them out of my room. 524 00:48:40,217 --> 00:48:41,912 That's all right, I'll get it. 525 00:48:47,424 --> 00:48:49,221 The door's on your right. 526 00:48:49,927 --> 00:48:51,155 Thank you. 527 00:49:04,508 --> 00:49:06,499 Good night, Mrs. Spalding. 528 00:49:07,577 --> 00:49:09,169 Good night, Mr. Will. 529 00:49:46,249 --> 00:49:47,716 Ready, ma'am? 530 00:49:49,720 --> 00:49:51,745 Get along, mules! Get along! 531 00:49:55,025 --> 00:49:56,856 Now get along, mules! 532 00:49:59,162 --> 00:50:03,258 Hah! Hah! Get along there! Hah! 533 00:50:06,303 --> 00:50:08,237 Keep them straight, ma'am. 534 00:50:09,139 --> 00:50:12,108 That's fine. That's just fine. 535 00:50:56,119 --> 00:50:59,611 Right, Spalding. You don't know the first thing about smoking. 536 00:50:59,823 --> 00:51:02,155 I do so. I been smoking since I was little. 537 00:51:02,359 --> 00:51:05,920 - Then how come you can't inhale? - I can so. I can inhale real good. 538 00:51:06,163 --> 00:51:07,926 Mr. Will! Mr. Will! 539 00:51:08,131 --> 00:51:11,157 Frank got caught smoking in school and the teacher told Ma... 540 00:51:11,368 --> 00:51:13,268 ...and Frank's gonna catch it! 541 00:51:17,074 --> 00:51:19,599 Frank, I'll see you at school tomorrow. 542 00:51:32,456 --> 00:51:36,790 Well, young man? What would your pa do if he were here? 543 00:51:37,561 --> 00:51:39,529 He'd spank me, I reckon. 544 00:51:41,631 --> 00:51:43,622 I guess that's what we got to do, then. 545 00:52:03,320 --> 00:52:06,187 Frank, what's she gonna do to you? Frank! 546 00:52:06,423 --> 00:52:08,823 - Ma, what are you gonna do to him? - It's okay. 547 00:52:09,025 --> 00:52:12,256 Ma, what you gonna do to Frank? Are you gonna spank him? 548 00:52:12,462 --> 00:52:13,827 Can I watch? Can I? 549 00:52:14,030 --> 00:52:15,224 Possum! 550 00:52:24,875 --> 00:52:27,901 Frank, when your pa did this, how'd he do it? 551 00:52:28,111 --> 00:52:29,237 Most times... 552 00:52:29,613 --> 00:52:33,310 ...I'd lean over the table, grab hold, and he'd let me have it. 553 00:52:34,784 --> 00:52:36,274 How many times? 554 00:52:36,853 --> 00:52:40,152 Pa would be mad over something like this. 555 00:52:40,724 --> 00:52:44,216 I reckon he'd give me 10 good licks. 556 00:52:55,005 --> 00:52:56,336 I'm ready. 557 00:53:10,153 --> 00:53:11,142 Ma? 558 00:53:11,721 --> 00:53:13,154 I'm ready. 559 00:53:35,512 --> 00:53:36,536 What's wrong? 560 00:53:36,746 --> 00:53:38,737 Frank's getting a licking. 561 00:53:46,389 --> 00:53:47,822 Did it hurt? 562 00:53:55,865 --> 00:53:56,991 Come on. 563 00:53:57,367 --> 00:54:00,302 Let's let old Frank be by himself for a bit. 564 00:54:01,438 --> 00:54:04,737 Tell you what, why don't you help me with my chores? 565 00:54:12,849 --> 00:54:14,476 Mrs. Spalding? 566 00:54:15,685 --> 00:54:18,813 I won't do that again. Ever. 567 00:54:23,026 --> 00:54:24,425 Are you all right? 568 00:54:29,266 --> 00:54:31,291 God, I miss my husband. 569 00:54:50,754 --> 00:54:53,985 Lord, I can't hardly see my hand in front of my face. 570 00:54:54,190 --> 00:54:55,953 Feels like rain. 571 00:54:56,259 --> 00:54:59,922 - Must be coming up a real storm. - Sure is. 572 00:55:11,274 --> 00:55:12,798 Help me wash dishes. 573 00:55:13,009 --> 00:55:15,910 Now don't be mad, baby. You're a good baby. 574 00:55:16,112 --> 00:55:18,410 I made each of you some cookies too. 575 00:55:32,162 --> 00:55:33,493 Come on, boy. Let's git. 576 00:55:33,797 --> 00:55:35,287 Come on, git! Git! 577 00:55:38,134 --> 00:55:41,160 Git on, git on! Come on! Come on! 578 00:55:41,504 --> 00:55:44,905 We got to get inside, ma'am. Storm's coming from over there! 579 00:55:45,108 --> 00:55:46,097 Git on! Git on, boy! 580 00:56:02,158 --> 00:56:04,183 Come on! Let him be! 581 00:56:04,627 --> 00:56:05,821 Come on, boy! 582 00:56:07,030 --> 00:56:08,463 Come on, won't you? 583 00:56:08,665 --> 00:56:11,828 Let him go! Come on! Run! 584 00:56:19,309 --> 00:56:21,072 Girls, get in the schoolroom. 585 00:56:21,277 --> 00:56:23,768 Boys! Robert, let's go! 586 00:56:24,514 --> 00:56:26,778 Come on! Come on! No dawdling! 587 00:56:27,317 --> 00:56:28,614 Sally! 588 00:56:29,052 --> 00:56:32,351 Come on! Come along! Be careful getting up these stairs. 589 00:56:34,557 --> 00:56:36,047 Everybody get inside! 590 00:56:38,895 --> 00:56:40,624 - Where's Frank? - I don't know. 591 00:56:41,064 --> 00:56:42,463 Let's go! 592 00:56:43,066 --> 00:56:44,397 Toby! 593 00:56:45,735 --> 00:56:46,963 All right. 594 00:56:57,514 --> 00:56:59,539 Get the windows open before the house blows! 595 00:56:59,749 --> 00:57:02,013 You get the dining room, then get on the floor! 596 00:57:02,218 --> 00:57:04,379 I'll get these in here! Hurry up! 597 00:57:10,093 --> 00:57:11,890 You're a little baby. 598 00:57:16,966 --> 00:57:18,058 Possum! 599 00:57:44,894 --> 00:57:46,384 Here! Give me him! 600 00:57:58,041 --> 00:57:59,372 Possum! 601 00:58:25,368 --> 00:58:28,735 - Possum, it's okay. - Mr. Will! Mr. Will! 602 00:58:28,938 --> 00:58:30,098 It's okay. 603 00:58:41,618 --> 00:58:43,779 Step down! Step down! 604 00:58:44,387 --> 00:58:48,824 Step down! Step down! Step down! 605 00:58:55,498 --> 00:58:59,025 Frank Spalding! There's a tornado coming! 606 00:58:59,369 --> 00:59:02,532 Get on in here! You'll get yourself killed. 607 00:59:02,739 --> 00:59:05,708 I can't! I gotta get home! 608 00:59:23,793 --> 00:59:25,317 Here! 609 00:59:26,996 --> 00:59:28,327 I got him, ma'am! 610 00:59:31,034 --> 00:59:32,661 Come on, Mr. Will. 611 00:59:35,271 --> 00:59:38,968 It's all right. It's all right. Get in now. 612 00:59:41,878 --> 00:59:45,609 Mr. Will! Step down! Step down! 613 00:59:48,451 --> 00:59:49,941 Watch your head! 614 00:59:53,156 --> 00:59:55,215 Ma! 615 01:00:02,098 --> 01:00:04,430 - Ma! - Oh, my God, it's Frank! 616 01:00:06,135 --> 01:00:08,433 Frank, stay there! 617 01:00:24,921 --> 01:00:26,388 Frank, come on! 618 01:00:26,589 --> 01:00:28,648 Now, come on, we got to get inside. 619 01:00:28,858 --> 01:00:30,291 Come on, hurry up! 620 01:00:37,800 --> 01:00:39,768 Get him in! Get him in! 621 01:01:24,514 --> 01:01:26,675 Okay! Come on! Get in there! 622 01:01:30,019 --> 01:01:31,884 Hurry up! Get inside! 623 01:02:57,206 --> 01:02:58,400 Get off...! 624 01:03:01,377 --> 01:03:02,674 It's okay now. 625 01:03:02,979 --> 01:03:05,311 It's all over now. Come on out. 626 01:03:06,349 --> 01:03:09,375 It's all right. It's all... 627 01:03:14,056 --> 01:03:15,387 Vi? 628 01:03:19,495 --> 01:03:21,827 Hey, baby, it's okay. 629 01:03:23,533 --> 01:03:26,866 It's okay now. Everything's gonna be all right. 630 01:03:27,970 --> 01:03:30,996 Oh, darling, I was so scared. 631 01:03:31,841 --> 01:03:33,741 I was so scared something would... 632 01:03:35,311 --> 01:03:37,609 I don't know what I'd do if anything happened to you. 633 01:04:12,748 --> 01:04:14,045 Come on, ma'am. 634 01:04:21,390 --> 01:04:23,984 Here, give me your hand, Mr. Will. 635 01:04:24,193 --> 01:04:25,888 How bad is it? 636 01:04:26,562 --> 01:04:29,326 Everything's a little bent, but it's still here. 637 01:04:59,896 --> 01:05:00,988 Come on. 638 01:05:02,365 --> 01:05:05,266 - Come on, Vi. - Oh, Bud, let's leave this town. 639 01:05:05,468 --> 01:05:08,733 There'll always be tornadoes. Everybody'll always be poor. 640 01:05:08,938 --> 01:05:10,701 Nothing can work out here. 641 01:05:11,474 --> 01:05:14,307 I want to move, Buddy. Please. I want... 642 01:05:14,510 --> 01:05:15,738 Sure. 643 01:05:16,846 --> 01:05:18,211 Hold me. 644 01:05:45,641 --> 01:05:48,508 - Good morning, Mr. Will. - Morning. 645 01:05:56,018 --> 01:05:58,851 - Morning, Mr. Will. - Good morning. 646 01:06:01,424 --> 01:06:03,858 - Good morning, Mr. Will. - Morning. 647 01:06:07,964 --> 01:06:09,955 - In Chicago yesterday. 648 01:06:10,166 --> 01:06:12,532 Cotton held steady after dropping to a record low... 649 01:06:12,735 --> 01:06:15,761 ...of 3.5 cents a pound over the last four days. 650 01:06:15,972 --> 01:06:18,270 Poultry and eggs were down to a seasonal low. 651 01:06:18,474 --> 01:06:21,136 Corn remains unchanged. Soybeans gained... 652 01:06:21,544 --> 01:06:25,378 So let me see. At 3.5 cents a pound... 653 01:06:25,581 --> 01:06:27,708 ...30 acres, that would be... 654 01:06:27,917 --> 01:06:30,078 That comes to $175. 655 01:06:34,557 --> 01:06:37,492 Think there's any chance cotton prices'll go back up? 656 01:06:41,964 --> 01:06:44,296 How much money you got left in your account? 657 01:06:45,434 --> 01:06:47,902 Twenty-four dollars. That's all. 658 01:06:49,372 --> 01:06:52,808 - It's not enough for your payment. - I know. 659 01:06:56,112 --> 01:06:57,545 I was wondering... 660 01:06:58,381 --> 01:07:02,477 What I made from my cotton would cover most of the payment. 661 01:07:03,886 --> 01:07:04,910 Could you all... 662 01:07:05,388 --> 01:07:07,413 ...maybe, wait for the rest? 663 01:07:07,790 --> 01:07:11,191 That's something only the president of the bank can decide. 664 01:07:11,727 --> 01:07:14,287 - You shouldn't get your hopes up. - Could you ask? 665 01:08:09,685 --> 01:08:13,143 There ain't no chance you'll ever get that prize money. 666 01:08:13,722 --> 01:08:16,418 - It won't work. - It's a hundred dollars. 667 01:08:16,625 --> 01:08:18,957 And that plus a crop would be enough to make the payment. 668 01:08:19,161 --> 01:08:21,925 You cannot begin to get that cotton picked on time. 669 01:08:22,131 --> 01:08:23,996 Why? Moses has said that it's ready. 670 01:08:24,200 --> 01:08:25,633 Moses always says things. 671 01:08:25,835 --> 01:08:28,895 - It's not always true. - I said cotton comes in early here. 672 01:08:29,105 --> 01:08:30,333 But in a couple days... 673 01:08:30,539 --> 01:08:32,905 ...the pickers will get up to this county. 674 01:08:33,109 --> 01:08:35,703 They pick it fast as you can say Jack Robinson! 675 01:08:35,911 --> 01:08:38,744 - Then we'll start right now! - You got 30 acres to pick. 676 01:08:38,948 --> 01:08:40,142 The kids can help. 677 01:08:40,349 --> 01:08:41,748 That won't be nearly enough. 678 01:08:41,951 --> 01:08:44,920 - I'll pick 24 hours a day. - Did you ever pick cotton? 679 01:08:45,121 --> 01:08:47,282 After an hour, the hulls start cutting your fingers. 680 01:08:47,490 --> 01:08:49,151 By noon your hands is bleeding. 681 01:08:49,358 --> 01:08:51,189 Later your fingers start to swell. 682 01:08:51,393 --> 01:08:53,918 Later there ain't no feeling in your hands. 683 01:08:54,130 --> 01:08:57,759 I ain't even speaking about what it does to your knees and your back. 684 01:08:57,967 --> 01:09:01,528 Get that through your head. Once and for all, we can't do it. 685 01:09:01,737 --> 01:09:04,001 Stop thinking about it before you kill yourself! 686 01:09:04,206 --> 01:09:06,197 Now you listen to me. 687 01:09:06,408 --> 01:09:09,241 If we lose this place, you're going back to begging for meals. 688 01:09:09,445 --> 01:09:11,174 They'll put you in a state home. 689 01:09:11,380 --> 01:09:13,280 I'll lose what's left of my family. 690 01:09:13,482 --> 01:09:14,710 I won't let that happen. 691 01:09:14,917 --> 01:09:17,351 I don't care what it takes. I don't care if it kills me. 692 01:09:17,553 --> 01:09:19,817 I don't care if it kills you. I won't give up. 693 01:09:20,122 --> 01:09:23,558 And if the two of you do, you can go straight to hell! 694 01:09:24,360 --> 01:09:25,850 Careful with that now, hon. 695 01:09:31,767 --> 01:09:33,064 I bet she isn't ready. 696 01:09:33,269 --> 01:09:36,204 All the time we been coming here, she's never been ready. 697 01:09:37,373 --> 01:09:39,637 I'm here. I'm coming. 698 01:09:39,942 --> 01:09:42,604 I start out an hour early, I always end up a half-hour late. 699 01:09:42,811 --> 01:09:44,278 Okay, what can I do to help? 700 01:09:44,480 --> 01:09:46,812 Get the cards on top of the chest of drawers. 701 01:09:47,016 --> 01:09:49,211 - That looks good. - Want me to do something? 702 01:09:49,418 --> 01:09:51,477 Set up the table, would you, Buddy? 703 01:10:06,969 --> 01:10:08,937 Let me help you with that, Margaret. 704 01:10:31,293 --> 01:10:33,386 Can you find them? Here, let me get the light. 705 01:10:35,130 --> 01:10:36,495 Right here. 706 01:10:39,235 --> 01:10:40,293 Come on. 707 01:11:06,195 --> 01:11:07,787 You want my peanuts, honey? 708 01:11:09,732 --> 01:11:14,169 I'll take your six, honey. Discard and rummy. 709 01:11:14,970 --> 01:11:16,369 I don't believe you. 710 01:11:16,739 --> 01:11:18,138 Thirty-two here. 711 01:11:18,707 --> 01:11:21,767 Thirty-two. What's the damage, Margaret? 712 01:11:22,645 --> 01:11:23,839 Seventy-three. 713 01:11:24,046 --> 01:11:25,570 Seventy-three? 714 01:11:29,151 --> 01:11:32,245 Listen, you two. Vi and me got a little announcement. 715 01:11:34,690 --> 01:11:36,851 Next time you want to play cards with us... 716 01:11:37,059 --> 01:11:38,924 ...you'll have to go to Houston. 717 01:11:39,128 --> 01:11:41,790 I got an offer from an oil company down there... 718 01:11:42,264 --> 01:11:43,561 ...too good to pass up. 719 01:11:46,435 --> 01:11:47,925 You've lived here all your lives. 720 01:11:48,337 --> 01:11:50,567 Well, don't look at me. It was Vi's idea. 721 01:11:51,006 --> 01:11:54,442 You know how hard it is to change her mind once she gets it set. 722 01:11:54,743 --> 01:11:56,802 We'll miss you, Margaret. 723 01:11:58,147 --> 01:12:01,480 It's just such a wonderful opportunity for Bud. 724 01:12:02,518 --> 01:12:04,418 We just can't pass it up. 725 01:12:08,290 --> 01:12:11,782 We'll miss you a lot more than you'll miss us. 726 01:12:16,065 --> 01:12:17,896 Congratulations. 727 01:12:18,834 --> 01:12:20,597 Congratulations, Buddy. 728 01:12:20,836 --> 01:12:22,167 We're real happy for you. 729 01:12:22,371 --> 01:12:25,636 Thanks. I'll get another drink. You want one? 730 01:12:39,822 --> 01:12:41,289 It's my deal. 731 01:13:13,722 --> 01:13:17,089 Whatever happened between you and Vi, I don't want to know about it. 732 01:13:19,027 --> 01:13:21,086 I don't ever want to hear about it. 733 01:13:21,663 --> 01:13:22,994 Am I right? 734 01:13:25,067 --> 01:13:26,591 Am I right? 735 01:13:29,505 --> 01:13:30,802 Yes. 736 01:13:33,509 --> 01:13:38,173 I'm not the same dumb beauty operator you married eight years ago. 737 01:13:47,890 --> 01:13:49,221 What are you gonna do? 738 01:13:53,929 --> 01:13:55,362 I don't know. 739 01:13:57,499 --> 01:13:59,126 I got the shop. 740 01:14:00,602 --> 01:14:02,900 Rosalie and me can get along without you. 741 01:14:05,607 --> 01:14:07,939 I'm never going to see Viola again. 742 01:14:08,877 --> 01:14:12,074 - It's over between us. - It's too late for that. 743 01:14:14,483 --> 01:14:16,781 I don't think I can live with you anymore. 744 01:14:20,322 --> 01:14:22,654 I don't think I love you anymore. 745 01:14:26,628 --> 01:14:28,425 Please don't say that. 746 01:16:24,680 --> 01:16:26,307 Lord, this ain't gonna work. 747 01:16:26,515 --> 01:16:29,484 Ain't no way we gonna get all this cotton picked... 748 01:16:29,685 --> 01:16:31,812 ...and yet you sent us out here anyway. 749 01:16:32,020 --> 01:16:35,387 I swear, sometimes I don't know what's gotten into you. 750 01:17:00,248 --> 01:17:02,045 Mr. Will, you gotta talk to that woman. 751 01:17:02,250 --> 01:17:04,514 She won't pay me no mind, but she listens to you. 752 01:17:04,720 --> 01:17:06,381 It won't do any good. 753 01:17:06,922 --> 01:17:09,948 We only picked 2 acres today. Should've done at least 4. 754 01:17:10,492 --> 01:17:13,620 And that's when we're fresh. What's it gonna be in a week? 755 01:17:13,829 --> 01:17:16,957 How many pickers would it take to get the cotton in on time? 756 01:17:19,868 --> 01:17:21,267 Nine or 10, at least. 757 01:17:22,804 --> 01:17:24,396 Okay. We better hire them. 758 01:17:25,707 --> 01:17:27,800 - Hire pickers? - With what, Mrs. Spalding? 759 01:17:28,010 --> 01:17:30,410 You said yourself you only had $24 in the bank. 760 01:17:30,612 --> 01:17:32,876 That ain't near enough to hire 10 pickers. 761 01:17:33,081 --> 01:17:34,742 I'll pay them out of the first bale. 762 01:17:34,950 --> 01:17:36,577 And what happens if you don't get the first bale in? 763 01:17:36,785 --> 01:17:39,185 Then I'll pay them out of the money I get from the gin. 764 01:17:39,388 --> 01:17:41,822 If you do that, you'll have hardly any money left. 765 01:17:42,824 --> 01:17:44,382 I'll take that chance. 766 01:18:10,986 --> 01:18:14,251 We ain't got much time before them pickers in the South... 767 01:18:17,926 --> 01:18:20,292 All right, ma'am. You got what you asked for. 768 01:18:21,963 --> 01:18:23,658 Have they had breakfast yet? 769 01:18:25,167 --> 01:18:26,498 I doubt it. 770 01:18:45,420 --> 01:18:48,218 Governor Johnson appealed to President Roosevelt today... 771 01:18:48,423 --> 01:18:51,586 ...for emergency relief due to the failure of the WPA program... 772 01:18:51,793 --> 01:18:53,658 ...to get started in Dallas. 773 01:18:53,862 --> 01:18:55,989 The governor had asked the administration... 774 01:18:56,198 --> 01:18:59,099 ...for $1,000,000 in direct relief yesterday. 775 01:18:59,301 --> 01:19:02,566 Texas was allotted $500,000 instead. 776 01:19:02,771 --> 01:19:06,207 Governor Johnson said the situation was becoming critical. 777 01:19:06,541 --> 01:19:08,236 Meanwhile, in Baton Rouge... 778 01:19:08,443 --> 01:19:12,436 ...Huey Long's last legislative measures, 37 of them... 779 01:19:12,647 --> 01:19:16,378 ...took a fall last Tuesday, as the administration he left behind him... 780 01:19:16,585 --> 01:19:19,884 ...pushed its investigation of his assassination 10 days ago... 781 01:19:20,088 --> 01:19:22,522 ...by Dr. Carl A. Weiss, Jr. 782 01:19:24,359 --> 01:19:28,853 The Chicago Cubs retained their lead in the National League pennant race... 783 01:19:29,064 --> 01:19:31,430 ...by defeating the New York Giants 8-3... 784 01:19:31,633 --> 01:19:34,101 ...before a crowd of 29, 740... 785 01:19:34,302 --> 01:19:36,293 ...at Wrigley Field in Chicago. 786 01:19:36,505 --> 01:19:38,905 It was the Cubs' 13th straight victory. 787 01:19:39,107 --> 01:19:42,736 Second place St. Louis Cardinals beat Brooklyn 1-0... 788 01:19:42,944 --> 01:19:46,277 The Giants are now 4 1/2 games behind the Cubs. 789 01:19:50,252 --> 01:19:53,619 The weather in central Texas today will be clear, no sign of rain. 790 01:20:19,815 --> 01:20:21,874 Over here, Mr. Will! 791 01:20:26,421 --> 01:20:29,481 - Moze, the pickers are here. - How you know that? 792 01:20:30,058 --> 01:20:32,026 I heard 11 trucks pass by the house... 793 01:20:32,227 --> 01:20:34,320 ...and from the direction they were headed... 794 01:20:34,529 --> 01:20:36,394 ...they were going out to the Rapp place. 795 01:20:36,598 --> 01:20:38,429 - How much land the Rapps have? - Four hundred acres. 796 01:20:39,868 --> 01:20:41,699 That means we got three days left. 797 01:20:41,903 --> 01:20:45,134 We ain't got no time to waste! Let's get to work! 798 01:21:57,913 --> 01:21:59,244 Git along there! 799 01:21:59,848 --> 01:22:01,179 Git along now. 800 01:22:02,417 --> 01:22:05,147 You ain't no more tired than I am. Git along! 801 01:22:39,087 --> 01:22:40,452 Morning, ma'am. 802 01:22:55,704 --> 01:22:59,071 Mrs. Spalding, I hate to be the one to tell you this... 803 01:22:59,274 --> 01:23:03,335 ...but that sister of yours doesn't have a natural talent for cooking. 804 01:23:11,052 --> 01:23:15,318 I got to thinking, if we all weren't gonna die of ptomaine poisoning... 805 01:23:15,523 --> 01:23:17,889 ...I'd have to do something about it. 806 01:23:23,999 --> 01:23:27,765 So I'm fixing us some green beans like my mother used to make. 807 01:23:31,406 --> 01:23:32,873 Mrs. Spalding? 808 01:23:37,812 --> 01:23:39,439 Mrs. Spalding, are you okay? 809 01:23:43,918 --> 01:23:45,943 I was remembering a dream. 810 01:23:53,995 --> 01:23:55,826 What day is this? 811 01:23:57,332 --> 01:23:58,890 It's Friday, ma'am. 812 01:24:01,436 --> 01:24:03,529 When do we have to be at the gin? 813 01:24:05,940 --> 01:24:07,339 Tomorrow morning. 814 01:25:12,841 --> 01:25:15,776 Recordings for The Blind presents: 815 01:25:15,977 --> 01:25:19,378 Trent's Last Case, by E.C. Bentley. 816 01:25:19,581 --> 01:25:22,482 Chapter one, "Bad News." 817 01:25:22,750 --> 01:25:26,015 "Between what matters and what seems to matter... 818 01:25:26,221 --> 01:25:28,781 ...how should the world we know judge...? 819 01:25:41,236 --> 01:25:42,328 You all right? 820 01:26:29,417 --> 01:26:30,611 The end. 821 01:26:50,038 --> 01:26:51,198 Ma'am? 822 01:26:53,508 --> 01:26:54,338 Miz Spalding. 823 01:26:56,110 --> 01:26:57,407 Hey, Miz Spalding! 824 01:27:00,815 --> 01:27:02,248 We're finished. 825 01:27:03,151 --> 01:27:04,083 We done it. 826 01:27:07,055 --> 01:27:09,023 He'll be here any minute. Get this straight. 827 01:27:09,224 --> 01:27:11,488 He'll try to charge you for ginning the cotton. 828 01:27:11,693 --> 01:27:13,354 I'll tell him no, do it for the seed. 829 01:27:13,561 --> 01:27:15,461 He'll say he'll take all the seed. 830 01:27:15,663 --> 01:27:17,392 I say he can only have half. 831 01:27:17,599 --> 01:27:20,432 No, we offer a third and settle for half. 832 01:27:20,635 --> 01:27:23,536 We gotta get 31/2 cent a pound, even with the prize money. 833 01:27:23,738 --> 01:27:25,569 You gotta remember that... 834 01:27:26,541 --> 01:27:27,974 Here he comes. 835 01:27:48,730 --> 01:27:50,459 - Howdy, Mrs. Spalding. - Howdy, Mr. Simmons. 836 01:27:50,665 --> 01:27:53,225 Nice load of cotton. You ought to be real proud. 837 01:27:53,434 --> 01:27:57,063 Let's go into my office and see if we can do some business. 838 01:28:06,080 --> 01:28:07,547 Well, look who's here. 839 01:28:12,186 --> 01:28:13,619 Go on and have a seat. 840 01:28:15,089 --> 01:28:18,081 I ought to explain to you how things work around here. 841 01:28:18,293 --> 01:28:23,230 I gin the cotton for a fee, then I buy your cotton if we agree on a price. 842 01:28:23,431 --> 01:28:26,423 For ginning, it's customary to charge $5 on the ton. 843 01:28:26,634 --> 01:28:28,067 Excuse me. 844 01:28:28,670 --> 01:28:31,969 I was told that you sometimes gin the cotton for the seed. 845 01:28:32,173 --> 01:28:36,837 Yes, that's another way of working it. I gin the cotton and keep the seed. 846 01:28:38,146 --> 01:28:41,912 The way it was explained to me, you're supposed to keep... 847 01:28:42,650 --> 01:28:43,912 ...a third. 848 01:28:46,654 --> 01:28:49,885 I'll tell you right now, I won't pay that. Excuse me. 849 01:28:51,292 --> 01:28:52,919 A little too much sun. 850 01:28:53,127 --> 01:28:57,257 Out of respect for your late husband, I am prepared to go 50/50. 851 01:28:58,266 --> 01:28:59,096 Fine. 852 01:28:59,300 --> 01:29:02,736 I expect you realize the bottom dropped out of the cotton market. 853 01:29:02,937 --> 01:29:06,202 I'm pretty much doing you a favor, taking it off your hands. 854 01:29:07,675 --> 01:29:11,304 Mr. Simmons, I want 41/2 cents a pound for my cotton. 855 01:29:11,512 --> 01:29:13,878 You don't want me, you want Santa Claus. 856 01:29:14,082 --> 01:29:17,074 I'll pay you 2.75 and not a red cent more. 857 01:29:17,885 --> 01:29:18,783 Four? 858 01:29:19,420 --> 01:29:21,911 Maybe you haven't heard about the Depression. 859 01:29:22,123 --> 01:29:24,591 I can't pay that or anything close to that. 860 01:29:24,792 --> 01:29:26,919 Three cents a pound, take it or leave it. 861 01:29:31,466 --> 01:29:35,664 You know what your trouble is? You're the victim of unbridled greed. 3.5. 862 01:29:38,706 --> 01:29:40,970 Ma'am, that is the honest price. 863 01:29:41,676 --> 01:29:42,802 That's it. 864 01:29:43,378 --> 01:29:45,278 I did my best. I tried to help. 865 01:29:45,480 --> 01:29:48,415 You can't blame me. I can't do no more for you. 866 01:29:48,616 --> 01:29:52,552 Go on down to the square and see how much you get for your cotton. 867 01:30:10,004 --> 01:30:11,130 Mr. Simmons? 868 01:30:14,108 --> 01:30:18,135 It just occurred to me. I was looking at the pictures here on your wall. 869 01:30:18,346 --> 01:30:21,008 I remember how much store your daddy set... 870 01:30:21,215 --> 01:30:23,843 ...on ginning the first bale of cotton each year. 871 01:30:26,821 --> 01:30:29,449 This'll be the first year since I don't remember when... 872 01:30:29,657 --> 01:30:31,249 ...that y'all aren't first. 873 01:30:32,026 --> 01:30:36,793 I guess Mr. Wheeler at Wheeler's Gin will be pleased to meet my price... 874 01:30:36,998 --> 01:30:39,933 ...just so he can show off all next year at the Masons. 875 01:30:40,134 --> 01:30:41,260 Mrs. Spalding... 876 01:30:42,970 --> 01:30:44,460 ...come back and sit down. 877 01:30:50,912 --> 01:30:53,312 - Thank you. - Thank you. 878 01:30:54,682 --> 01:30:57,242 Let's get this wagon to the loading bay. 879 01:30:57,452 --> 01:30:58,441 Well? 880 01:31:00,154 --> 01:31:02,213 What happened? How much did you get? 881 01:31:02,423 --> 01:31:05,221 3.75 cents per pound. 882 01:31:05,960 --> 01:31:07,723 That's more than market price. 883 01:31:07,929 --> 01:31:12,332 If we'd planted the other 10 acres in cotton, think what we would've made. 884 01:31:12,533 --> 01:31:14,330 We would've been dead. 885 01:31:14,535 --> 01:31:18,904 - Mr. Estes is selling 12 acres. - Have you taken leave of your senses? 886 01:31:19,106 --> 01:31:22,166 - We'd have almost 60 acres of land. - You can't afford that! 887 01:31:22,376 --> 01:31:24,241 We only need one crop of cotton. 888 01:31:24,445 --> 01:31:28,211 Just one good crop, and we could afford to buy us a tractor. 889 01:31:28,683 --> 01:31:29,513 A tractor. 890 01:31:30,485 --> 01:31:32,544 I always wanted to have a tractor. 891 01:31:32,753 --> 01:31:36,985 I always thought if I had a tractor, ain't no telling what I could do! 892 01:31:52,740 --> 01:31:53,604 Mrs. Spalding? 893 01:31:56,477 --> 01:31:59,105 Could I trouble you for a cup of tea? 894 01:32:00,147 --> 01:32:02,479 Of course. I'll put the water on for you. 895 01:32:05,553 --> 01:32:07,851 Do you mind if I wait in here? 896 01:32:08,055 --> 01:32:09,352 Not at all. 897 01:32:25,540 --> 01:32:28,976 Trying to fix Frank's shoe. It's got a big hole in it. 898 01:32:34,415 --> 01:32:36,883 Mrs. Spalding, can I ask you a question? 899 01:32:42,356 --> 01:32:44,119 What do you look like? 900 01:32:57,505 --> 01:33:01,236 I have long hair and I tie it up in the back. 901 01:33:02,109 --> 01:33:04,077 And I have brown eyes. 902 01:33:05,780 --> 01:33:09,841 I always wanted to have blue eyes, like my mama, but... 903 01:33:10,718 --> 01:33:12,777 ...Margaret got those. 904 01:33:16,691 --> 01:33:20,320 And my teeth stick out in front a little... 905 01:33:23,798 --> 01:33:28,394 ...because I sucked my thumb a long time when I was a little girl. 906 01:33:38,646 --> 01:33:40,443 I'm no real beauty. 907 01:33:43,417 --> 01:33:44,714 I'm all right. 908 01:33:46,420 --> 01:33:47,648 Thank you. 909 01:33:52,426 --> 01:33:53,723 Your tea's ready. 910 01:34:07,041 --> 01:34:08,474 All right, friends... 911 01:34:08,676 --> 01:34:12,339 ...one of our all-time favorites: "A Golden Dream." 912 01:34:28,329 --> 01:34:29,353 Mama? 913 01:34:30,631 --> 01:34:32,690 May I please have this dance? 914 01:34:36,704 --> 01:34:38,296 Frank Spalding... 915 01:34:39,273 --> 01:34:41,104 ...I'd be most pleased. 916 01:34:53,621 --> 01:34:54,747 One... 917 01:35:19,113 --> 01:35:20,705 Twenty-five dollars. 918 01:35:21,015 --> 01:35:23,950 Miz Spalding give me $25. 919 01:35:24,351 --> 01:35:26,751 She ought not to have done that. 920 01:35:26,954 --> 01:35:31,050 She can't afford to go around... What's the matter? 921 01:35:36,197 --> 01:35:37,789 I thought I heard something. 922 01:35:38,332 --> 01:35:40,857 Course you did. You heard me talking. 923 01:35:41,068 --> 01:35:44,765 You ought to speak with her. If she goes around spending money... 924 01:35:44,972 --> 01:35:47,133 Moze, there's somebody out there. 925 01:35:47,942 --> 01:35:52,470 I don't expect so, but I'll go see, just to make you feel better. 926 01:35:58,753 --> 01:36:01,620 Light's on in the barn. Be right back. 927 01:36:45,466 --> 01:36:46,296 Get him! 928 01:36:56,544 --> 01:36:57,806 Moze! 929 01:37:02,316 --> 01:37:03,476 Hold him! 930 01:37:08,122 --> 01:37:11,353 I'm gonna hit him again. Get hold of him for me. 931 01:37:11,559 --> 01:37:12,617 Give me him! 932 01:37:18,265 --> 01:37:21,894 - Grab him! Come on! - Goddamn nigger son of a bitch. 933 01:37:25,906 --> 01:37:26,770 Get him! 934 01:37:27,608 --> 01:37:28,870 Moze! 935 01:37:30,044 --> 01:37:32,274 Keep out of this. It's none of your business. 936 01:37:32,479 --> 01:37:34,470 You move away from him right now. 937 01:37:34,915 --> 01:37:37,611 Put that away, Mr. Will, before you hurt somebody. 938 01:37:37,852 --> 01:37:39,183 Goddamn! 939 01:37:41,455 --> 01:37:42,479 Now! 940 01:38:35,309 --> 01:38:38,676 Hold it, Mr. Will. We don't have any quarrel with you. 941 01:38:38,879 --> 01:38:41,871 Mr. Thompson, why are you doing this to him? 942 01:38:42,383 --> 01:38:44,874 You got the wrong man. That ain't Thompson. 943 01:38:45,319 --> 01:38:49,346 That's Mr. Thompson. I've been selling him brooms for years. 944 01:38:49,556 --> 01:38:51,353 As sure as you're Mr. Shaw. 945 01:38:51,558 --> 01:38:54,857 And that's Mr. Simmons over there by the barn. 946 01:38:55,896 --> 01:38:57,830 All right, boys, let's go home. 947 01:39:12,646 --> 01:39:14,045 All right, nigger. 948 01:39:15,015 --> 01:39:16,983 But I ain't through with you yet. 949 01:40:06,667 --> 01:40:08,328 - Want a Coke? - No. 950 01:40:11,005 --> 01:40:12,973 Would you rather just go on home? 951 01:40:16,477 --> 01:40:18,069 Want to dance with me? 952 01:40:19,580 --> 01:40:20,945 I guess. 953 01:40:24,418 --> 01:40:25,646 You sure? 954 01:40:30,391 --> 01:40:32,985 - Howdy, Wayne. Margaret. - Hi, Mr. Cheeves. 955 01:40:33,193 --> 01:40:36,185 - Good evening. - My, don't you two look nice together. 956 01:40:36,397 --> 01:40:37,796 Thank you, ma'am. 957 01:40:44,838 --> 01:40:47,238 Been a long time since we danced together. 958 01:40:52,012 --> 01:40:53,707 That dress sure looks pretty. 959 01:40:54,148 --> 01:40:55,479 It's new. 960 01:40:55,949 --> 01:40:58,247 The color. I really like the color. 961 01:41:06,293 --> 01:41:08,989 What do I have to do to tell you I'm sorry? 962 01:41:31,251 --> 01:41:33,048 He's out in the shack. 963 01:41:42,596 --> 01:41:43,426 Moze! 964 01:41:46,633 --> 01:41:48,066 Yes, ma'am. 965 01:41:55,008 --> 01:41:57,533 Ma'am, I'm gonna have to be moving along. 966 01:41:57,744 --> 01:42:02,306 Won't be long before that bunch comes back, and I'd best be gone by then. 967 01:42:03,350 --> 01:42:05,477 What am I gonna do without you? 968 01:42:10,090 --> 01:42:13,617 I'd appreciate it if you say goodbye to Frank and Possum for me. 969 01:42:13,927 --> 01:42:16,896 I'd soon as not have them see me like this. 970 01:42:20,934 --> 01:42:23,402 I been making on this doll for Possum. 971 01:42:23,604 --> 01:42:26,664 If you could give it to her, I'd be most grateful. 972 01:42:27,508 --> 01:42:32,343 And old Frank, he had his eye on this rabbit foot of mine for a spell... 973 01:42:33,147 --> 01:42:35,513 ...so I expect he might as well have it. 974 01:42:38,652 --> 01:42:39,641 Here. 975 01:42:41,421 --> 01:42:43,013 This is for you. 976 01:42:44,391 --> 01:42:47,189 It's a handkerchief belonged to my mama. 977 01:42:47,594 --> 01:42:49,721 I thought maybe you could use it. 978 01:42:56,937 --> 01:43:00,998 I reckon I got a bit more attached to this place than I intended to. 979 01:43:05,179 --> 01:43:06,840 Well, Miz Spalding... 980 01:43:12,319 --> 01:43:13,877 I'm gonna miss you. 981 01:43:23,664 --> 01:43:25,029 Yes, ma'am. 982 01:43:26,300 --> 01:43:28,359 You took a no-account piece of land... 983 01:43:28,569 --> 01:43:31,197 ...and people that didn't know what they were doing... 984 01:43:31,405 --> 01:43:34,533 ...and you farmed that land better than anybody could... 985 01:43:34,741 --> 01:43:35,799 ...colored or white. 986 01:43:36,476 --> 01:43:39,673 You brought in the first bale of cotton this year. 987 01:43:40,714 --> 01:43:43,012 Don't you ever forget that. 988 01:43:44,184 --> 01:43:45,708 Yes, ma'am. 989 01:43:48,121 --> 01:43:49,884 Reckon I did that. 990 01:43:55,495 --> 01:43:57,224 I reckon I did. 991 01:44:57,624 --> 01:45:00,650 This morning we take our text from First Corinthians... 992 01:45:00,861 --> 01:45:04,854 ...the 13th chapter, verses one through eight. 993 01:45:05,999 --> 01:45:09,696 "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels... 994 01:45:09,903 --> 01:45:11,734 ...and have not love... 995 01:45:11,938 --> 01:45:16,238 ...I am become as a sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. 996 01:45:17,177 --> 01:45:19,372 Though I have the gift of prophecy... 997 01:45:19,579 --> 01:45:24,312 ...and all knowledge and have not love, I am nothing. 998 01:45:24,851 --> 01:45:29,788 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and have not love... 999 01:45:30,223 --> 01:45:32,555 ...it profiteth me nothing. 1000 01:45:33,560 --> 01:45:38,497 Love is patient, kind. Love is not jealous or boastful. 1001 01:45:39,800 --> 01:45:42,268 Love never ends." 1002 01:46:03,590 --> 01:46:06,354 On the night before his crucifixion... 1003 01:46:06,560 --> 01:46:09,358 ...our Lord gathered with his disciples. 1004 01:46:10,597 --> 01:46:12,963 He broke the bread and blessed it... 1005 01:46:13,166 --> 01:46:17,330 ...saying, "Take, eat. This is my body." 1006 01:46:18,004 --> 01:46:19,904 And he took the cup and said: 1007 01:46:20,107 --> 01:46:24,441 "Drink. This is my blood which I shed for thee." 1008 01:46:31,418 --> 01:46:32,646 Peace of God. 1009 01:46:58,311 --> 01:46:59,710 Peace of God. 1010 01:47:35,248 --> 01:47:36,476 Peace of God. 1011 01:47:38,018 --> 01:47:39,417 Peace of God. 1012 01:47:55,902 --> 01:47:57,369 Peace of God. 1013 01:51:14,902 --> 01:51:15,369 {{{ the end }}} 1014 01:51:16,000 --> 01:51:19,137 Best watched using Open Subtitles MKV Player