The Farmer Takes a Wife Page #6

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- OH, UM, THE-

THE AGEN KNOWS.

THE AGEN KNOWS WHAT?

WHAT'S THAT YOU ASK AGAIN, JOTHAM?

I ASKED:

WHERE MOLLY WAS.

NO, WELL,

THAT'S IT.

THE AGEN KNOWS WHAT.

- WHAT?

- WELL, THAT'S WHAT YOU ASKED ME.

- WHAT?

- WHAT'S ALL THE HEMMING AND HAWING ABOUT?

I WANT TO KNOW WHERE MY COOK IS AT.

MOLLY'S QUIT YOU, IF

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.

- WHAT?

- THAT'S IT- WHAT.

- QUIT ME?

- THAT'S RIGHT.

- WHERE IS SHE?

- SHE GOT ANOTHER JOB.

ONLY THE AGENT KNOWS WHETHER

SHE WENT EAST OR WEST,

AND HE ALLOWS US HOW

HE AIN'T GONNA TELL YOU.

OH, HE AIN'T,

AIN'T HE?

YES, SIR. HE SAID YOU

TELL HIM WHERE SHE WEN OR HE'D WIPE UP

THE PLACE WITH YOU.

OH, HE DID, HUH?

HEY, FRED.

KLORE'S COMING HERE

TO WIPE UP THE PLACE.

HEY, SEND JOE

IN HERE.

I WOULDN'T WAN TO SEE NO TROUBLE,

BUT BY JEEPERS, IF KLORE STARTS A FIGHT,

THE SHERIFF OUGHT TO

PUT HIM IN THE LOCKUP.

WELL, IF HE WANTS A FIGHT, HE'LL GET IT.

WELL, JUST THOUGHT MAYBE

I OUGHT TO TELL YOU.

HUH. JOE, KLORE'S COMING HERE.

HELLO, JOTHAM.

YES, SIR,

SHERIFF.

I FIGURE ON A 96-FOO BOAT, ABOUT 150 TONS.

YES.

IS THA A FIGHT?

IT WOULDN' SURPRISE ME.

PEACEFUL,

AIN'T IT, DAN?

IT'S MIGHTY NICE JUS SEEING YOU SITTING THERE.

- HELLO, MOLLY.

- HELLO, MR. VENEY.

KLORE GO A NEW BOAT?

WORKING FOR:

MR. HARROW NOW.

WHERE'S

JOTHAM?

AS FAR AS I KNOW, HE'S A PEACE WITH THE WORLD IN UTICA.

PUT THE LAW:

ON HIM, SHERIFF!

I'LL GET THAT DRIVER

OF YOURS, MR. WEAVER.

BUT YOU'LL SPEND 90

DAYS IN THE LOCKUP FIRST.

I THINK IT WAS WRONG TO

GET IN A FIGHT, JOTHAM.

OH, LOOK!

JEEPERS CREEPERS.

OH, LOOKIT, FATHER!

HERE'S ANOTHER BOAT!

HELLO!

THEY MUST BE THE PEOPLE SAMSON

WEAVER WAS TELLING ME ABOUT.

WHERE ARE THEY:

GOING?

MISSOURI FIRST. THEY'LL

SPEND THE WINTER THERE.

IN THE SPRING, THEY'LL MEE UP WITH A LOT MORE WAGONS

FROM ALL PARTS:

OF THE COUNTRY.

THEN THEY'LL START OU ACROSS THE PRAIRIES,

ALL THE WAY OU TO CALIFORNIA.

- WHAT FOR?

- SOME OF THEM AFTER GOLD, I GUESS.

OTHERS JUS TO MAKE NEW HOMES.

IT'S EXCITING JUST TO

THINK OF IT, AIN'T IT?

THEY'LL HAVE TO FIGH INDIANS AND WILD ANIMALS.

IT'LL BE

DANGEROUS.

THEY'LL HAVE TO

WORK HARD,

AND THERE'LL BE HARDSHIPS

FOR THEM TO FACE.

A MAN'LL SUFFER

A MIGHTY HEAP:

TO GET LAND:

HE CAN CALL HIS OWN.

- ANGUS?

- AYE?

A HA'PENNY

FOR YOUR THOUGHTS.

OH, THEY'RE WORTH

MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

I WAS THINKING OF

BONNIE SCOTLAND.

MAN, WE'VE COME A LONG

WAY FROM HOME, HARRIET.

THE FURTHER WE GET FROM THE OLD

HOME, THE NEARER WE GET TO THE NEW.

WELL, THERE'LL ALWAYS BE

SCOTLAND FOR YOU TO GO BACK TO.

AND FOR ME, THERE'LL

ALWAYS BE YORKSHIRE.

BUT FIRST, THERE'S

A NEW HOME TO ME,

AND IT'S A GREAT COUNTRY

WE'LL MAKE IT INTO.

SO DON'T BE

DOWNHEARTED, ANGUS.

IF WE'RE RICH, WE CAN GO BACK IF

WE STILL HAVE THE HEART FOR IT.

AND YOU'LL TAKE

THE HIGH ROAD:

AND I'LL TAKE

THE LOW ROAD:

AND I'LL BE IN SCOTLAND BEFORE YE

AND ME:

AND MY TRUE LOVE

WILL NEVER:

MEET AGAIN:

49 LOGS WAITING FOR A HAUL

TAKE ONE AWAY FROM THEM ALL

48 LOGS

WAITING FOR A HAUL

48 LOGS WAITING

FOR A HAUL:

48 LOGS

WAITING FOR A HAUL

TAKE ONE AWAY FROM THEM ALL, 47

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EH, I THINK WE CAN GET ALONG

VERY WELL WITHOUT YOUR HELP.

THERE NOW.

GET SOME FRESH AIR.

MAYBE I BETTER TAKE A LOOK

AT THAT KITTEN'S TEETH.

YOU KEEP AWAY FROM HER

TEETH. SHE'S ALL RIGHT.

AND LOOK AT THE WAY SHE'S GROWING.

CAN YOU REALIZE IT'S THREE

MONTHS SINCE I'VE COME WITH DAN?

I AIN'T NEVER BEEN

SO HAPPY.

I WONDER IF JOTHAM KLORE

GOT OUT OF JAIL YET.

DO YOU THINK THERE'LL BE

TROUBLE WHEN HIM AND DAN MEET?

WELL, IT'S JUST AS WELL

MAYBE THAT THEY DIDN'T MEET.

BUT THE FUNNY THING

ABOUT DAN,

HE DON'T LIKE

TO FIGHT.

OF COURSE SOME WOMEN

WOULD MIND THAT.

I DON'T.

I DON'T EVEN MIND HIM

NOT CUSSING.

OH, FORTUNE, I AM IN LOVE WITH HIM.

HMM. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE

PUTTING UP ALL THOSE PRESERVES

FOR THE WHITESBORO FAIR,

EH?

WELL, LUCY SAID THAT ONLY

FARM PEOPLE SENT THEIR COOKING,

SO I THOUGHT IF I COULD WIN

A PRIZE WITH MY PRESERVES,

IT'D PROVE TO DAN THAT CANAL

FOLK CAN DO THINGS, TOO.

OH, THE GRAND PASSION,

AS THE FRENCH CALL IT,

IS A STRANGE THING.

WEREN'T YOU EVER

IN LOVE, FORTUNE?

WHEN I WAS YOUNG.

SHE WAS A CHARMING LADY.

SHE WAS A SNAKE CHARMER WITH A CARNIVAL.

WE WERE AWFULLY FOND

OF EACH OTHER.

IN FACT, SHE TOLD ME SHE LOVED

ME MORE THAN SHE DID HER SNAKES.

BUT I SORT OF RESENTED

BEING THE RIVAL TO REPTILES,

- AND JUST LE THE MATTER DROP.

HEY, MOLLY. I'LL GET TO THE

FAIR A DAY BEFORE YOU DO.

I BETTER TAKE YOUR PRESERVES

ON OUR BOAT SO THEY'RE ON TIME.

I TAKE THAT VERY KINDLY, LUCY.

- IT'S A GOOD IDEA.

- I'LL GET THEM READY FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.

I'D LIKE TO SEE DAN AND HER

LEAVE TOWN AS QUICK AS THEY CAN.

- KLORE?

- HE GOT OUT OF JAIL THREE DAYS AGO.

HE'S COMING WEST.

DO YOU SMELL:

ANYTHING?

WE'RE COMING

INTO ROME.

I'VE NEVER

SMELLED ROME BEFORE.

WHEN DID YOU GE OUT OF JAIL, JOTHAM?

WEDNESDAY.

WHAT YOU HAULIN'?

GOT A CARGO:

OF RIFLES AND BULLETS

GOING OUT WES TO FORT LARAMIE.

I GUESS THE INDIANS

ARE ON THE WARPATH AGAIN.

HEAR YOU PUT UP QUITE A

FIGHT YOURSELF IN UTICA.

SAY, DID I.

IT WAS ASTONISHING.

I TOOK SEVEN MEN

TO PUT ME IN JAIL.

- WHERE ARE YOU HAULING?

- SYRACUSE.

THEN I'M COMING BACK

TO THE ONEIDA FAIR.

WHY, JEEPERS, THERE'S

SOMETHING SMELLING AROUND HERE.

HEY, OTWAY! YOU SMELLING UP THERE?

WELL, IT AIN'T WHA YOU'D CALL A SMELLY SMELL.

PULL OVER TO THAT SHORE.

I'M A-GOING BY YOU.

OH, PLEASE,

MR. KLORE.

YOU HEARD ME,

DIDN'T YOU?

AND DON'T GIVE ME

NONE OF YOUR LIP.

YOU DON'T NEED A BOA FOR THEM HOGS.

YOU COULD FLOAT THEM INTO

SYRACUSE ON THEIR OWN SMELL.

OH...

HI, MR. ROBERTS.

- HI.

- BOAT ON YOUR WAY EAST?

THEY WERE LOADING

YESTERDAY IN ONEIDA.

SHORT-HAULING WEST.

DON'T FORGET NOW, IF YOU HEAR OF ANYBODY

WHO WANTS SOME GOLD TEETH,

- TELL THEM ABOUT ME.

- I'LL TELL THEM.

HERE YOU ARE,

LUCY.

LAND'S SAKES! YOU MUS HAVE FIXED ABOUT 15 KINDS.

SAY, IF THEY'RE ONLY

HALF THE KIND YOU MAKE,

THE PRIZE IS:

ALREADY YOURS.

AW, SHUCKS. YOU'RE JUST SAYING THAT.

ARE WE:

LOADED YET?

JUST ABOUT.

WHERE YOU BEEN?

MR. BUTTERFIELD'S

ON BUSINESS.

- ABOUT THE BOAT.

- WELL, IN A WAY.

WE OUGHT TO GET OUT OF

HERE IN ABOUT A HALF HOUR.

I HAVE THE URGE TO RIDE

THE HORSES WITH FORTUNE.

WELL, I RECKON FORTUNE

WON'T OBJECT TO THAT.

I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA HAULING

THAT LUMBER FOR THEM RAILROADS.

- IT PAYS WELL.

- I HATE DOING ANYTHING FOR THEM.

THE CANAL AIN'T GONNA BE

WHIPPED, IS IT, FORTUNE?

IT'S A FUNNY AGE. NO LIKE WHEN I WAS YOUNG.

EVERYBODY'S CRAZY

FOR SPEED TODAY.

DO THINGS FASTER

AND GET THERE QUICKER.

THE RAILROADS WILL GIVE

THEM MORE SPEED, ALL RIGHT,

BUT THEY'LL MAKE THE PEOPLE FORGET HOW FINE

THE WORLD COULD GO AT FOUR MILES AN HOUR.

THE RAILROAD'LL

NEVER LICK THE CANAL.

I JUST AIN' GONNA THINK ABOUT IT.

WE'LL SOON BE AT THOSE LOCKS

WHERE DAN ALWAYS TAKES YOU WALKING.

IF I WAS YOU,

I'D ONLY THINK OF THAT.

YOU KNOW, FORTUNE, I THINK

DAN'S GETTING TO LIKE THE CANAL.

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