All Mine to Give Page #6

would have been the one.

- She wasn't her favorite.

- Shh!

You wouldn't care to shoulder

this responsibility, would you, Grace?

Wouldn't I just.

Look, Frank.

Her eyes are just like yours.

Now, you boys come and see us

whenever you can, huh?

Yes, ma'am.

Her eyes

aren't like that old schoolteacher's.

Of course not.

They're like Papa's.

Gee.

She didn't even wave goodbye.

Kids forget awful fast.

Yeah.

Now you stay out of here.

Robbie, Jimmie.

Mrs. Runyon's inside.

Says she's gonna take Jane.

Runyon?

Yes, says it's her Christian duty.

She's putting her things on.

What are we gonna do?

Tell her she's already promised

to the Ellises.

She knows them. She'd ask them.

Well, what are we gonna do, Robbie?

I don't know.

Well?

You can't have Jane, Mrs. Runyon.

She... She's already promised.

She is? To whom?

You don't know them.

I know everybody in Eureka.

Well, these folks,

they don't live in Eureka.

They... They're...

- Up to Berlin.

- That's right, up to Berlin.

I don't believe you.

By whose authority

are you children being disposed of?

Mama said I was to decide.

You?

Well, I'll see about this.

I'll call an emergency meeting

of the council.

And I'll be back.

You take Kirk over

to Mr. And Mrs. Cramer.

But we had the Gustaffsons

wrote down for Kirk.

But they live way up country,

and we only got a short time.

What's that got to do

with the price of eggs?

Don't you see? I can't start off with Janie

until we get Kirk placed.

But the Cramers,

they don't have no kids neither.

But Mrs. Cramer's got

the only real piano in town.

Tell her Kirk can fiddle pretty good.

But I don't wanna go.

I want to stay with you.

You can't, Kirk.

Nobody's gonna stay here anymore.

But I don't wanna go.

And get a move on. Don't be a crybaby.

I don't wanna go, Robbie.

Who do you think you are?

Annie didn't cry, and Lizzie didn't cry.

You're 10 years old, Kirk.

Don't you cause no trouble.

Stand on your own two feet.

I don't wanna go, Robbie.

Go on, get out.

Get out.

Go on.

Go on.

Did the Cramers take Kirk?

Yeah.

You didn't see old Runyon, did you?

What you gonna do with Janie?

Take her up to Berlin.

But I just said that.

Berlin's 10 miles.

I'll pull her up by sled

and bring it back to you sometime.

You gonna stay up there?

Yeah.

I'm gonna work at Cullen's logging camp.

And not go to school no more?

- Mm-mm.

- Lucky.

You can keep the sled.

The sled and my skates for your red sled.

Fair enough?

Fair enough.

You talked to the Raidens?

No, but I don't have to.

They'll take me.

Mrs. Raiden's always lollygagging about

how she wished she had a boy like me.

Well, she got her wish.

I'll go get the sled.

You better get a move on, or first thing

you know, old Runyon will get you.

You like them all right, don't you?

Like who?

The Raidens.

I like them all right.

Then what's eating you?

All those girls.

I can just hear them:

"This is our new brother, Jimmie.

Ain't he cute?"

Well, ain't you?

Give up?

Give up. Let me go.

Not till you say you're cute.

I'm cute.

Say it again.

All right, I'm cute.

I'm sorry I popped you one, Robbie.

I had it coming to me.

But you ought to watch your temper,

Jimmie.

Yeah, I got a terrible temper.

You gonna sell it?

Not right away.

You go first.

You'll come down once in a while?

Sure, every chance I get.

And don't start wearing dresses

with all those girls around.

You shut up.

Well, for mercy's sake.

Please, ma'am, I was wondering

if you'd care to have my sister.

You're sure you'll be all right?

Yes, ma'am, I'll be fine.

Well, don't worry about your baby sister.

We'll take care of her.

Thank you, ma'am.

You come see her sometime.

Yes, ma'am.

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