
The Farmer Takes a Wife Page #3
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- 1935
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MY, AIN'T THA TOO BAD NOW?
- I DIDN'T MEAN, MA'AM- -
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE CANAL,
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA
WORK ON IT FOR?
SO AS I CAN GO EAST AND MAKE
SOME MONEY TILL I GET SETTLED.
I AIM:
TO GET ME A FARM.
I WAS:
BORN ON ONE.
ARE YOU ANY GOOD
WITH HORSES?
YES, MA'AM.
MOSTLY, THOUGH,
I ADMIRE COWS.
COWS?
YES, MA'AM.
WELL, I COULDN' STAND A FARM.
I'VE ALWAYS GOT TO BE
ON THE UP AND GO.
I WOULDN'T EXCHANGE
- YOU SURE LIKE IT, DON'T YOU?
- I LOVE IT.
I GUESS THAT'S THE WAY
I FEEL ABOUT A FARM.
IT MUST BE FINE TO
HAVE LAND ALL YOUR OWN.
THE CANAL'S
ALL OUR OWN.
YOU AIN' GOT A DEED.
MY PART'S MINE.
TRY TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME.
WHAT ABOU THE RAILROADS?
WHAT ABOUT 'EM?
SOME SAY THEY'LL PUT THE
CANAL OUT OF BUSINESS.
ANYWAYS, IT AIN' THE WHOLE OF LIFE.
TO ME, IT IS
THE WHOLE OF LIFE.
THINGS HAPPEN:
ON THE CANAL.
THERE'S BOATS COMIN',
AND THERE'S BOATS GOIN'
AND PASSING:
ALL THE WHILE.
AND LIKE US NOT, THERE'S
A FIGHT AT EVERY LOCK,
AND THERE'S EXCITEMEN ALL THE TIME AND SPEED.
WHY, ONCE LAST YEAR I WAS IN FOUR
DIFFERENT CITIES IN ONLY TWO DAYS.
NATURALLY, THOUGH,
YOU WOULDN'T LIKE I IF YOU TOOK SUCH A FRENZY FOR A FARM.
SOME THINGS:
I LIKE ABOUT IT.
WELL, YOU'LL LIKE
SAMSON WEAVER.
HOPE YOU:
GET THE JOB.
THANK YOU,
MA'AM.
MAYBE THE CANAL:
WILL GROW ON YOU.
OH, MR. WEAVER.
- OH!
HERE'S YOUR DRIVER.
OH-HO!
HIS NAME IS:
DANIEL HARROW.
HARROW? YOU AIN'T KIN
WELL, MY PA'S NAME
WAS HENRY HARROW.
WELL, BY HOLY DANG! OF COURSE.
YOU'RE THE SPITTING IMAGE OF HIM.
HMM, YOUR FATHER
HAD THE GOLDEN CITY.
- YES, SIR.
- HIS FATHER WAS A CANALLER?
SCHENECTADY TO BUFFALO IN THREE
DAYS, 11 HOURS, AND 37 MINUTES.
DANGED SIDE BETTER THAN FOUR MILES
AN HOUR, AND HIS FATHER DONE IT.
AND WITH A FATHER
LIKE THAT,
YOU'RE GONNA LIKE THE CANAL.
NO, MA'AM.
WELL, WHAT EVER
BECAME OF YOUR PA?
HE DIED:
FIVE YEARS AGO.
OH, I'M SORRY
TO HEAR THAT.
WELL, SON,
YOU GET THE JOB.
THANK YOU,
MR. WEAVER.
GUESS I'LL BE
RUNNING ALONG.
WELL, GOODBYE,
MISS LARKINS.
I HOPE I AIN'T SEEN
THE LAST OF YOU, MA'AM.
OH, SEE YOU ALONG
THE BIG DITCH.
OUR BOAT'S
CALLED THE EMMA.
I DON'T KNOW
THE NAME OF OURS.
HOPE YOU LIKE HER, LAD.
I'M BEGINNING
TO THINK I WILL.
WHAT ARE YOU AND KLORE HAULING, MOLLY?
LITTLE FALLS WEDNESDAY.
SO WILL WE!
WE'LL SEE YOU THERE.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL BE THERE.
HEY, MOLLY!
CHANGED MY MIND.
WE'LL EAT ON THE BOAT.
ALL RIGHT,
JOTHAM.
YOU KNOW, ASIDE OF
BEING BOSSY, I LIKE YOU.
I DON'T WANNA PUNISH YOU TOO MUCH.
LITTLE FALLS, AIN'T YOU?
I GIVE IT UP. WON'T PAY
GONNA GET ME:
A CARGO FOR ROCHESTER.
- GOING WEST?
- YES.
- JOTHAM?
- YEP?
WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE
MAN WHO DIDN'T RELISH A FIGHT?
I CAN'T BLAME A MAN MUCH FOR
NOT RELISHING A FIGHT WITH ME.
WELL, NOT WITH YOU
- WITH ANYBODY.
YOU MEAN NOT RELISHING
A FIGHT AS A FIGHT?
YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE
HEARD OF ANYBODY LIKE THAT,
- DID YOU?
- NO.
WHAT'D YOU ASK FOR
THEN?
OH, I WAS JUST THINKING
ABOUT IT, THAT'S ALL.
ALL RIGHT, YOU CAN PICK THAT UP A SCHINDLER'S EARLY IN THE MORNING.
- YEAH.
- HOW YOU BEEN HIBERNATING, SOL?
FINE.
MR. FISHER, I HEARD
THERE'S A FULL CARGO OF GRAIN
- FOR ROCHESTER.
- I'M SETTLING THAT NOW WITH MR. TINKER.
I'VE GO THAT LOAD.
WELL, YOU WOULDN'T MIND LETTING
BUT IT'S
ALREADY FIXED.
YOU CAN EASY:
GET ANOTHER LOAD.
PAPERS IS ALREADY MADE OUT.
A LITTLE EXTRA:
HANDWRITING:
AIN'T GONNA SEND YOU
INTO A DECLINE.
I'D GIVE $5 OF MY OWN MONEY TO
- WE'LL GET ALONG FINE, DANIEL.
- YES, SIR.
I AIN'T GOT NO COOK, BUT I CAN BOIL A
GOOD AS EGG AS YOU CAN FIND ALONG THE ERIE.
AND STEAK IS:
EASY TO FRY.
- WELL, ANYTHING ELSE FOR US TO SETTLE?
- THE WAGES.
REGULAR WAGES. STAR YOU RIGHT AT THE TOP-
- $12 A MONTH.
- THANK YOU, MR. WEAVER.
LET'S GO DOWN
TO THE BLACKSMITH.
THEY'VE GOT MY HORSES
BEING SHOED.
- OH, SAMSON.
- YES?
A TICKET FOR THE OHIO?
I AIM TO BUY ONE,
YES.
THERE YOU ARE.
$1.
I MADE $2, AND SPEN IT ON THESE TICKETS,
BUT UPON REFLECTION, I DECIDED
IT WASN'T THE LUCKY THING TO DO.
I SHOULD RETAIN ONE OF
THERE:
YOU ARE.
OF COURSE, THIS IS NOT THE SAME BILL.
- NO.
- BUT IT'LL ANSWER THE PURPOSE.
- THANK YOU, SAMSON.
- NOT AT ALL, FORTUNE.
I'M GLAD TO SEE
YOU AGAIN, MA'AM,
'CAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER WHETHER I
TOLD YOU I WAS PLEASED TO MEET YOU.
YOU TOLD ME.
TOMORROW IN LITTLE FALLS.
- NO, YOU WON'T. WE'RE GOING TO ROCHESTER.
- OH.
WELL, THEN IT'S
GOODBYE, MA'AM.
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN
ON THE CANAL.
I HOPE:
IT DOES.
WELL,
GOODBYE, MA'AM.
GOODBYE.
WHO'S
THAT FELLA?
SAMSON WEAVER'S
NEW DRIVER BOY.
SO TERRIBLE AT THA FOR A FELLA
NOT TO RELISH A FIGHT.
WHAT ARE YOU:
TALKING ABOUT?
NOTHING. I WAS JUST THINKING.
YOU CAN DO MORE PUBLIC THINKING
ALL JAMMED UP:
AT THE LOCK.
IT'S GONNA HAVE
A LITTLE DELAY.
DON'T SEE NO TIME AT ALL
SINCE THIS EVENING STARTED.
JUST THINK:
THEN TO ALBANY, AND NOW
ALMOST BACK TO UTICA AGAIN.
THINGS SURE MOVE
ON THE CANAL.
I WONDER WHERE SAMSON
WEAVER'S BOAT IS AT.
WHY?
I WAS JUS WONDERING.
WE OUGHT TO KNOW WHO WON
THE OHIO TONIGHT IN UTICA.
WHAT'S THA CONTRAPTION?
IT'S A FOOT DRILL. I WON I FROM THAT SAME DENTIST IN ALBANY
THE DAY BEFORE I CAME TO WORK FOR YOU.
YES, AND THAT FELLA IN
HERKIMER SAID WHEN YOU
PULLED HIS TOOTH, YOU
AW, HIS FACE WAS VERY BRITTLE.
MAYBE I CAN GET SOME WORK TO
WHY, JEEPERS,
LOOK!
YOU SEE:
THAT TALL FELLA?
- YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS?
- OH, SURE.
BY JEEPERS, IT'S JUNIUS BRUTUS BOOTH.
- THE PLAY ACTOR.
- JOTHAM TOOK ME TO SEE HIM IN ROCHESTER.
IT WAS A SHOW WHERE HE'D DONE A
TAKEOFF ON KING WHO WAS ALL HUNCHBACKED.
- RICHARD III.
- THAT'S IT.
I SAW HIM PLAY I IN PHILADELPHIA.
- I REMEMBER ONE OF HIS SAYINGS.
- YES?
"A HORSE! A HORSE!
YOU MUST HAVE BEEN
TO THE THEATER, YOUNG MAN.
I WAS! THAT'S A GOOD SHOW YOU GOT.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT, BUT IT WAS FINE.
VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND.
IT WAS WRITTEN BY A GREAT POE - SHAKESPEARE.
NOW, MR. BOOTH, I'VE BEEN
AN ADMIRE OF YOURS FOR YEARS.
THANK YOU, SIR.
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU'D
DO ME AN UNUSUAL HONOR.
IF I CAN, I SHOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO.
WOULD YOU LET ME TAKE
- UH- - THAT IS PROVIDED, OF
YOU SEE, I'M SORT OF A DENTIST.
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