The Farmer Takes a Wife Page #8

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HIS FORTUNE TOLD.

- AND DANIEL HARROW'S HERE, TOO.

- OOH.

AH, WITHIN ONE,

I SEE ONE.

ONE DAY, ONE WEEK,

ONE YEAR.

YOU WILL BE:

IN A TERRIBLE FIGHT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A

GLASS LOOKER TO TELL ME THAT.

- I'M JOTHAM KLORE.

- AH.

I SEE:

A TERRIFIC STRUGGLE.

YOU EXCHANGE:

BLOWS.

YOUR BODY IS PITTED

AGAINST ANOTHER BODY.

THERE IS BLOOD.

WHO'S GONNA WIN?

THE CRYSTAL DOES NOT SAY WHO WILL.

YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T SEE

ME WINNING IN THERE?

- I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING.

- YOU'RE A LIAR!

AH, MY DEAR SIR.

THE CRYSTAL DOES NOT SHOW

EVERYTHING FOR 50 CENTS.

IT SHOWS ME:

WINNING IN THERE.

YOU LOOK AGAIN:

AND SEE IT.

- I CAN'T SEE-

- LOOK GOOD!

- AM I WINNING?

- YES, YES!

ALL RIGHT, FAKER, YOU'RE

TRYING TO LIE TO ME.

- NO, I WAS- - HOW MUCH

AM I GOING TO PAY YOU?

- CAN YOU SEE THAT IN THERE?

- AH.

I SEE HERE:

THE SUM OF 50 CENTS.

THAT PROVES:

YOU'RE A LIAR

'CAUSE I AIN'T GONNA

GIVE YOU NOTHING!

TELL ME:

HE CAN'T SEE.

SAY, JOTHAM, THEY GOT ONE OF THOSE

NEW RAILROAD CARS DOWN HERE A PIECE.

I AIN'T INTERESTED. ONLY ONE THING

ON MY MIND, AND THAT'S YOUR PARTNER,

DANIEL HARROW.

I AIM TO MEET HIM

AROUND HERE SOMETIME TODAY.

YEAH, BUT THIS HERE CAR WAS PU THERE JUST TO INSULT THE CANAL.

- WHO'S INSULTING THE CANAL?

- THE RAILROAD PEOPLE.

THAT'S WHY

THE CAR IS THERE-

SO THEY'D HAVE

THE LAUGH ON US.

- WHERE IS IT?

- COME ON, COME ON.

I DO HOPE WE GET THE CAKE

IN BEFORE THE CONTEST CLOSES.

I'M SO MAD I COULD FIGHT A DOG!

- WHAT'S THE MATTER?

- THEY WOULDN'T TAKE YOUR PRESERVES.

GOOD GRIEF! ARE THEY AS BAD AS THAT?

IT'S ALL ON ACCOUNT OF YOU AIN' A RESIDENT OF ONEIDA COUNTY.

WHEN THE FELLA TOLD ME THAT,

I JUST STARTED TO BLISTER.

I SAYS, "WHAT KIND OF WAY IS

THIS TO RUN A CONTEST, YOU WART?"

THIS AIN'T A FAIR.

IT'S AN UNFAIR.

IT AIN'T GOT NOTHING

TO DO WITH YOUR COOKING.

WHY, THERE WAS NEVER ANYBODY

COULD COOK LIKE YOU, MOLLY.

I'D FEEL TERRIBLE IF IT WAS

BECAUSE MY COOKING WAS BAD.

NO. I WENT TO SEE THE MAN

IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING.

I TOLD HIM:

THE SAME THING.

I SAID, "DO YOU REALIZE CANALLERS

HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING HIS FAIR

SINCE BEFORE:

YOU WAS CALVED?"

IT MADE:

NO IMPRESSION.

I COULD HAVE:

SLAPPED HIS FACE.

- OH, MR. HARROW.

- HELLO, MR. BUTTERFIELD.

COULD I SEE YOU:

A MOMENT?

OH, EXCUSE ME,

PLEASE.

MOLLY, THERE'S SOMETHING

MORE IMPORTANT THAN PICKLES-

KLORE'S AT THE FAIR, AND

HE'S LOOKING FOR A FIGHT.

DAN AIN' AFRAID OF HIM.

IF HE WANTS TROUBLE,

DAN'LL GIVE HIM PLENTY.

I'LL BET MY BOATER WILL

BE GLAD THAT HE'S AROUND.

I HAPPEN TO SEE YOU HERE, AND I

THOUGHT I MIGHT AS WELL TELL YOU MYSELF.

THANK YOU KINDLY, MR.

BUTTERFIELD. I SURE APPRECIATE IT.

I'D GET OUT AS QUICK AS YOU CAN NOW.

YES, SIR,

I WILL.

I'LL SEE YOU

IN UTICA THEN.

YES, SIR.

THERE AIN'T A COWARDLY

BONE IN DAN'S WHOLE BODY.

MOLLY, WOULD YOU MIND IF

WE WENT BACK TO THE BOA 'CAUSE I'D LIKE TO PULL OU FOR UTICA JUST AS SOON AS-

- WHAT?

- WELL, IT'S KIND OF IMPORTAN THAT I BE BACK THERE

IN THE MORNING.

WE JUST GOT HERE

TODAY.

WELL, YOU SEE, I CAN

GET A FULL LOAD:

OUT OF UTICA:

FOR BUFFALO.

YOU MEAN YOU WANNA

LEAVE THE FAIR NOW?

WELL, IF YOU

DON'T MIND.

DID MR. BUTTERFIELD TELL

YOU ABOUT KLORE BEING HERE?

WELL, HE HAPPENED

TO MENTION IT.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO BACK TO THE BOAT.

I'LL TAKE THE BASKET. SEE

YOU AFTER SUPPER, LUCY.

YES.

WELL, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S

GONNA PUT THE CANAL OUT OF BUSINESS, HUH?

YEAH, AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SOME KIND OF

A SPECIAL DOINGS WITH IT THIS AFTERNOON.

- GET ME SOME STONES!

- GET SOME STONES FOR MR. KLORE.

HERE YOU ARE,

MR. KLORE.

TRY THIS ONE,

JOTHAM.

COME ON, BOYS!

ALL TOGETHER.

THERE.

NOW IF THEY WANNA

PUT HER ON EXHIBITION,

THERE'S SOMETHING

FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT.

- I JUST SEEN DANIEL HARROW.

- WHERE?

HIM AND MOLLY WAS

HEADING FOR THEIR BOAT.

WAIT A MINUTE,

JOTHAM.

THERE'S A RAILROAD

LOCOMOTIVE DOWN YONDER.

WE OUGHT TO DO SOMETHING

ABOUT THAT, TOO.

I GOT SOME REAL WORK TO DO NOW.

BUT, JOTHAM!

I DON'T SEE WHY YOU WON'T TALK, MOLLY.

ARE YOU SCARED:

OF KLORE?

WHAT PUT THA IN YOUR HEAD?

A WHILE A GO YOU WAS ALL PERKED

UP AND CRAZY TO GO TO THE FAIR.

THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,

YOU WANNA GET OUTTA HERE

AND GO BACK:

TO UTICA.

WELL, I MIGH GET A LOAD IN UTICA-

DID YOU KNOW:

KLORE WAS HERE?

I WAS TOLD:

THIS MORNING.

WHY DIDN'T YOU

TELL ME?

I DIDN'T WANT TO

WORRY YOU NONE.

DON'T YOU THINK IT'D WORRY ME A LOT MORE

TO KNOW MY BOATER

WAS A COWARD?

HOW AM I:

A COWARD?

YOU'RE

RUNNING AWAY.

WELL, I- I GOTTA BE

IN UTICA TOMORROW.

TO GET AWAY:

FROM KLORE.

NO, IT'S...

SOMETHING ELSE.

WHAT?

IT'S SOMETHING WE SAID

WE WOULDN'T TALK ABOUT.

ABOUT A FARM?

LISTEN, MOLLY

- WE'VE BEEN MIGHTY HAPPY ALL SUMMER.

DON'T LET'S

SPOIL IT NOW.

DAN, DID YOU GO

AND BUY A FARM?

YES, I DID.

I OFFERED MR. BUTTERFIELD

A PRICE LAST WEEK,

AND HE SAID HE'D

THINK ABOUT IT.

TODAY HE SAID:

HE'D TAKE IT.

THAT'S WHY I WANT TO GO BACK TO UTICA

- TO SEE HIS AGENT.

I SAID THAT ABOUT A LOAD ON

ACCOUNT OF LUCY BEING THERE.

THEN ALL THE TIME

YOU WAS ON THE CANAL,

ALL THE TIME THE BOATERS WAS

BEING NEIGHBORLY AND FRIENDLY,

THE ONLY THING ON YOUR MIND

WAS YOU WAS BUYING A FARM!

I SAID FROM THE BEGINNING I DIDN' THINK I COULD STAY ON THE CANAL.

YOU NEVER GAVE:

THE CANAL A CHANCE.

YOU NEVER BOTHERED TO

NOTICE HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS.

YOU NEVER NOTICED

YOU'VE BEEN HAPPIER HERE

THAN YOU EVER BEEN

IN YOUR LIFE.

THAT'S BECAUSE I'VE

BEEN IN LOVE WITH YOU.

NO, IT AIN'T. IT'S BECAUSE

YOU CAN'T PLAY FAIR.

THIS PROVES IT.

ALL THEM THINGS YOU'VE

BEEN BUYING FOR THE BOAT!

THINGS THAT WAS:

TOO BIG FOR THE BOAT!

THAT LOOKING GLASS,

THAT KITCHEN OVEN.

YOU KNEW ALL THE TIME YOU WAS

BUYING THEM FOR A DIRTY OLD FARM.

EVEN THIS DRESS!

I BET YOU BOUGHT THIS

TO GO TO CHURCH IN!

WELL, I THOUGHT MAYBE

YOU'D GET MARRIED IN IT.

I'LL NEVER

MARRY YOU NOW.

I JUST THINK:

YOU'RE ACTING CRAZY.

MOLLY,

YOU OUGHT TO KNOW

THERE AIN'T ANYTHING IN THE WORLD

I WOULDN'T DO FOR YOU EXCEPT THIS,

AND IT'S JUST 'CAUSE

I CAN'T DO IT.

WILL YOU COME AND LE ME SHOW YOU THE FARM?

ME AT A FARM? DO YOU

THINK I'M A TRAITOR?

EVEN KLORE WOULDN'T ASK ME TO DO THAT!

I THOUGH HE WAS MEAN,

BUT HE'S NOTHING

AS COMPARED TO YOU.

YOU'RE JUST SAYING

THAT 'CAUSE YOU'RE MAD.

HE NEVER LIED:

TO ME.

I NEVER LIED:

TO YOU.

IN YOUR HEAR YOU DID.

YOU WERE SAYING:

ONE THING,

AND ALL THE TIME

THINKING ANOTHER.

AT LEAS KLORE WAS HONEST.

MAYBE YOU NEVER:

SHOULD HAVE LEFT HIM.

MAYBE I SHOULDN'T!

WELL, IF THAT'S

THE WAY YOU FEEL,

THERE'S NOTHING GONNA STOP

YOU FROM GOING BACK TO HIM.

BY JEEPERS, I CAN GET MY DANDER UP, TOO.

WHAT ARE YOU:

GONNA DO?

I GOT SOMETHING:

MORE IMPORTANT.

I'M GONNA SHOW YOU

I AIN'T SO MEAN.

FROM NOW ON, MY HALF

OF THE BOAT IS YOURS.

I WON'T TAKE IT.

WHERE'S

DANIEL HARROW'S BOAT?

OH, QUITE A PIECE DOWN

THERE. OVER THE BRIDGE.

THE BOAT WAS ONLY MINE

IF I STAYED ON THE CANAL.

WELL, I'M GOING,

SO NOW IT'S YOURS.

WHETHER YOU MARRY ME OR NOT, I DON' THINK YOU'LL BE HAULING MANY SEASONS MORE.

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