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all that killing out here, all them

people dying? What... what do you mean?

What's been going on? I believe in 1934, a lady

by the name of Mrs. mullins, a mule kicked

that woman to death. Then drug her husband all the

way in the back of the field. It was in all the newspapers, but I tell it better than

the newspapers do. Get up there! Come on! Come on, Linus! Eugene! Eugene? Eugene? Eugene? Eugene? Eugene, are you in there? Eugene? Eugene? Always been scared to

come up here, but I'm glad to see

nice folks like you living here. Ruth? We're late for service.

Find anything you like? No. I've got twelve long horn hens

out there. If you're interested in them, pay them in a day or two. Well, what's a barn

without chickens? - You bring 'em around.

- Yes, I'll bring 'em here. When you come by, well, you could chop some stove wood

for me if you want. Pay you five dollars for

the chickens and for the work. It sounds like a deal.

Be here in a day or two. Alright. Mr. and Mrs. Watkins.

How are you? Fine, thank you. I've been invited to

Mr. Buckner's picnic today, - I hope I see you there.

- You will. - See you later.

- Alright. Stop right here, Bobby. I want to say

good morning to y'all. Good morning. I'm the writer of

that mysterious note, but I haven't seen

you yet for coffee and cakes! - Oh, she meant the other note.

- Oh! Mrs. Gibson. Oh, nice to meet you. I'm sorry we haven't been able

to come over, we've just been running around

like crazy doing things. Now, no apologies

are necessary. Say honey,

if you ever get lonely and you need somebody

to talk to, you come right on over

and see me, ya hear? Yes, I will. Alright Bobby, earn your money.

Wheel me on home. 'Bye bye.

- Bye bye, see you later. Well I like that lady. Yeah, that's a nice lady. Ben, thank you for coming to

church with me today. Well, I'm glad I did. Now, let's go to the picnic. The rest of this day

belongs to you. Alright. Here comes Ben now. Come on, I'd like for you to

meet Mr. Buckner. Mr. Buckner, I'd like for you

to meet Ben Watkins and his wife, Ruth. - How do you do?

- How do you do? - Good to see you.

- Thank you. - Nice to meet you.

- Good to see you, ma'am nice to meet

you Mrs. Watkins, so glad you could make it. There are some ladies

I'd like for you to meet today. - This is Mrs. bland.

- Hello. And her little daughter,

Barbara. Now Ben,

we just don't have money to replace these machines.

But that's all there is to it. Well now, um. I might be able

to patch them up, but uh, I've got a list of

parts that I need. But the only problem is

they're down in little rock. That ain't no problem. You can leave for little rock

tomorrow and get what you need. Alright. There's something else that I've

been thinking about too. I'm working on you

at draft deferment. Now, uncle Sam needs you

right here. If you can get

this mess straightened out, you're gonna get a promotion

plus a big bonus. Well, I thank you. Mrs. Buckner,

telephone please. I'm sorry,

would you excuse me please? Looks like we're going to get

some money this evening. Hello Mr. rudd. Hi. It seems that you sold us that

house without telling us a few important things about it. Like what? I was referring to what

happened in 1934. Oh, you mean about those

accidents? Well... A lot of rumors connected

with those and... Why should I open a can of

worms like that, huh? Yeah, especially if they were

really murders, not accidents. You look real nice when you

get angry. Who'd want to put a thought

like that into your pretty little head? To answer your question, it was

the peddler who told me about it. And Mr. rudd,

I'd appreciate it if um, the next time you speak to me you remember please

that I'm a married woman. How could I forget? You know Ben, we get

around 74 bales of cotton through that old gin

the shape it's in now. That thing ain't gonna

take much... Excuse me, but Ben, can i

talk to you for a second? - Yeah. Sure.

-L'm sorry. Well, yeah. That's fine. I believe Ben's a good man,

Mr. Buckner. What's the matter, hon? Those women are talking

about the house. You know, every time I'd invite

them over for coffee, every one of them found

an excuse. Is that right? Yeah, they keep giving me

the strangest looks, Ben I don't know what it is. Kind of gives me

an eerie feeling. Well... You might be shy, you know.

Feeling shy you know, it takes time to get

to know people. Who makes time to come knocking

your door down to come get that coffee

and cake? I don't know but, do you

mind if we go? - I would like to go.

- Really? Yeah.

Do you mind? Alright. - Mr. Watkins?

- Yes ma'am? Mr. Watkins, are you

folks leaving? Yes ma'am. I wouldn't want you

to leave without taking this pie with you. - Thank you.

- Thank you. You folks come back and see us

again real soon. - Thank you, ma'am.

- We will, thanks. - Bye, bye,

139"] Bye, bye. You want a piece of pie before

we go to bed? - You tryin' to fatten me up?

- Mm-hmm. Well you know I will. Go on upstairs and get

ready, I'll bring it up to you. You don't have to do that. Well, I know I don't have to

do that Ben, but I want to. Ben, I'm sorry I was sitting

there crying the whole time you were telling me that

good news. It's your day and I want it to

end right, okay? 0k3)!- go on upstairs, I'll be

right there. Alright, you hurry it up. I will. Ben! Ben! There's somebody on the porch! Ben, he was standing

right there. Give me that flashlight. Stay inside. I didn't see anybody. Ben, look at that. And that's exactly where

he was standing too. Ben, who do you think it was? I don't know. It could have been... One of the hobos, you know? Railroad tracks out on south 40. Looking for a place to sleep,

you know, in the rain. Probably thought this place

was still vacant. Your scream probably scared him

more than he did you. Yeah I guess so. Oh, my China. Well, you want a piece of pie? No, no thanks. Ruth, come on!

We're gonna be late. All

passengers for the cotton line railroad

now boarding. Little rock, Memphis,

and Chicago. I brought some more cookies! Would you like some more tea? Yes please, I would. Thank you. Oh, it is so nice of you

to drop by and see me, Mrs. Watkins. Oh, call me Ruth, please. Alright, I'll do just that Ruth. I'm also gonna give you

some friendly advice about all this worrying

you've been doing, hm? Now you listen to me honey, I know exactly how you feel. Before I moved here,

i didn't see too much of my husband either. He's all the time working

the fields, and at night

he had a part time job. We had to live like that

because that's the only way we could make ends meet. Ever since he passed away I... I learned

how to live alone. Ruth... You be right thankful that

you've got a good man like Ben Watkins. Even if you don't see him

as often as you'd like to. My, it is so nice to see

that old house come alive again. You know that old place

was built back in the... 1840 I believe. Yeah, I know. I also heard

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