The Farmer Takes a Wife Page #9

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WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE

GONNA TRAVEL 4 MILES AN HOUR

WHEN THEY CAN GO 20?

TIME'S HAVE CHANGED,

BUT YOU'RE SO BLINDED BY

THE CANAL YOU CAN'T SEE IT.

THINGS AIN'T LIKE

THEY WAS 25 YEARS AGO.

IN ANOTHER 25 YEARS, THEY

WON'T BE LIKE THEY ARE NOW.

THAT'S PROGRESS, AND THAT'S

WHAT'LL LICK THE ERIE.

NOTHING CAN:

LICK THE ERIE!

I MAY MISS YOU,

BUT YEAR AFTER YEAR,

I'LL SEE THE ERIE GROWING

EVEN MORE WONDERFUL,

HAULING THINGS EAS AND HAULING THINGS WEST.

AND I'LL BE ON MY BOA SEEING IT ALL HAPPEN.

THAT'S MORE

THAN YOU'LL BE!

YOU'RE SO SURE

OF EVERYTHING.

I'M SURE OF ONE THING

I'LL BE ON MY FARM GROWING

THINGS FOR THE TRAINS TO HAUL.

SOIL WON'T CHANGE. THAT'S JUS AS IT WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE

BECAUSE LIFE COMES FROM THE SOIL

AND LIFE WILL ALWAYS BE THE SAME.

JEEPERS, IT'S THE MOS I EVER TALKED IN MY LIFE.

YOU DON'T DESERVE

TO BE ON THE ERIE!

IF YOU EVER WANT ME,

I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU

AT THE PLACE WHERE I

ASKED YOU TO MARRY ME.

THAT'S THE FARM

I BOUGHT, MOLLY.

- THE FARM YOU WON'T EVEN

COME TO SEE.

THAT'S THE TRAIN.

I GOTTA HURRY.

RUNNING AWAY,

THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE.

JUST LIKE:

A COWARD!

THAT'S ALL I COULD EXPECT FROM

A MAN THAT DIDN'T LIKE THE ERIE!

IT IS THE MOST WONDERFUL

THING IN THE WORLD.

WHY COULDN'T HE

SEE THAT?

IS THAT DANIEL HARROW

THAT JUST LEFT HERE?

YES, BUT YOU CAN' CATCH HIM.

HE GO ON THAT TRAIN.

I'LL BET HE DID THA JUST TO INSULT THE CANAL!

RUNNING AWAY:

FROM A FIGHT, EH?

FUNNY FELLA YOU'D PICKED

FOR A BOATER, MOLLY.

YOU AIN'T MUCH

LIKE YOUR PA.

HE'D NEVER LET A COWARD WORK FOR HIM.

SAY, BOSS, WHAT WOULD YOU

LIKE MAYBE TONIGHT BY SUPPER?

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?

STEAK.

GUESS I'LL HAVE TO

LIKE STEAK.

THEY SMELL GOOD,

MOLLY.

I DON'T SEEM TO TAKE ANY

COMFORT IN COOKING ANYMORE.

I GUESS MAYBE IT'S A GOOD THING

THE SEASON'S OVER TOMORROW.

- CANAL'S CLOSING.

- YOU'RE TIRED.

OF COURSE, DAN LEAVING, THAT PU A LOT OF WORK ON YOUR SHOULDERS.

I'M USED TO WORK.

IT AIN'T THAT-

IT'S THE FACT THAT I COULD

EVER BE IN LOVE WITH A COWARD.

AFTER ALL, MOLLY, YOU DON' REALLY KNOW THAT DAN IS A COWARD.

- HE RUN AWAY, DIDN'T HE?

- HE WENT AWAY.

HE RUN AWAY.

THAT'S WHAT I CAN' FORGIVE HIM.

MAYBE IN TIME I COULD HAVE

GOTTEN USED TO HIS WANTING A FARM.

BUT BEING A COWARD, IT'S

JUST AGAIN' MY NATURE.

AND ANYWAY, I AIN' UNHAPPY OVER HIM.

- NO.

- NO.

- NO.

- LIKE YOU SAID,

I'M JUST TUCKERED OUT, THAT'S ALL.

THAT'S IT.

WHEN YOU GET TO ROME TOMORROW,

YOU CAN TAKE A GOOD REST.

WHAT ARE YOU:

GONNA DO, FORTUNE?

WHO ME? I GOT SOME

BUSINESS TO ATTEND TO.

I'LL HAVE TO TAKE A

LITTLE TRIP, I GUESS.

WHOA!

WHOA.

HELLO, FORTUNE.

HOW ARE YOU,

DAN?

- DOING YOUR FALL PLOWING?

- YEAH.

I SEEN THE BUGGY COMING

ALONG, AND I THOUGHT MAYBE-

- IT WAS SOMEBODY ELSE?

- YEAH.

- MOLLY?

- YEAH.

SHE'S IN ROME. I HAD SOME

BUSINESS UP THE ROAD A PIECE

AND THOUGH I'D SEE YOU.

- HOW IS SHE?

- OH, YOU MIGHT SAY IN ONE WAY SHE IS

AND ANOTHER WAY:

SHE AIN'T.

SORT OF A YES OR NO

PROPOSITION.

- SHE AIN'T SICK?

- WORRIED.

- ABOUT WHAT?

- MOLLY'S A PROUD LITTLE THING,

AND IT KIND OF HURTS YOU TO

SEE PEOPLE SNEERING, I GUESS.

- WHO'S SNEERING AT HER?

- CANAL FOLK.

- WHY?

- OH, THEY'LL FORGET ABOUT IT IN TIME.

- PEOPLE DON'T REMEMBER.

- FORGET WHAT?

OH, I SHOULDN'T HAVE SPOKEN

ABOUT IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WHAT ARE YOU:

DRIVING AT?

WELL, YOU SEE,

THEY'RE ALL SORT OF

STICKING THEIR NOSES UP AT MOLLY.

SOME OF THEM WON'T EVEN

SPEAK TO HER AT ALL.

I HEARD SOL TINKER MYSELF INSUL THE GIRL RIGHT TO HER FACE.

- INSULT MOLLY?

- YES.

ABOUT WHAT?

CANALLERS HAVEN'T ANY USE FOR

ANYONE THAT EVER WORKED FOR A COWARD.

THEY THINK:

I RUN AWAY?

AND MOLLY HAS TO

BEAR THE BRUNT OF IT.

YOU SEE, MOLLY'S PA

WAS A FIGHTER,

AND SO WAS KLORE.

THEN AFTER WHAT HAPPENED

WITH YOU, WELL, THEY SAY

THAT MOLLY AIN'T GOOD ENOUGH

ANYMORE TO WORK FOR A REAL MAN.

THERE AIN'T A MAN ON THE CANAL

THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR MOLLY,

- THAT'S WHAT.

- THAT'S WHAT I THINK.

BUT IT'S HARD FOR A GIRL TO

LOSE THE RESPECT OF HER FRIENDS,

EVEN THOUGH THERE AIN'T NO CAUSE FOR IT.

ABOUT THE ONLY ONE THAT PAYS ANY

NOTICE TO HER AT ALL IS KLORE.

- KLORE?

- YES.

HE'S ALWAYS GO A BIG SMILE FOR HER,

BUT MAYBE HE'S ONLY

GLOATING. YOU NEVER CAN TELL.

AND SHE'S BEING INSULTED JUS 'CAUSE I DIDN'T FIGHT HIM.

NOW, HOW DID I EVER

GET ON THAT SUBJECT?

I'M JUST AN OLD FUSSBUDGET,

I GUESS,

WHO NEVER SHOULD HAVE

MENTIONED IT.

IS KLORE IN ROME?

YES, HE STOPS A MOLLY'S BOAT REAL OFTEN.

WELL,

I MUST GET ON.

I'M GONNA BE IN ROME

MYSELF TOMORROW.

- NO, ARE YOU, DAN?

- YEAH.

BUYING:

MR. WEAVER'S HORSES.

- WELL, I'LL SEE YOU.

- YEAH.

SO LONG.

GIDDAP!

...WORKING

ON THE RAILROAD:

ALL THE LIVE-LONG DAY

WE'LL BE WORKING

ON THE RAILROAD:

TO PASS:

THE TIME AWAY:

WE WILL HEAR:

THE WHISTLE BLOWING

RISE UP SO EARLY

IN THE MORN:

HI! NOW, ARE WE

ALL HERE?

TRAIN LEAVES:

IN 10 MINUTES.

"DINAH, BLOW

YOUR HORN!"

WE'LL BE WORKING

ON THE RAILROAD:

WHERE ARE THEY:

GOING?

TO WORK:

ON THE RAILROAD.

CANALLERS AND THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND

THE WINTER WORKING ON THE RAILROAD.

WHAT'S THE WORLD

COMING TO?

SEEMS LIKE THE POOR OLD CANAL'S

GETTING LICKED EVERY WAY THESE DAYS.

BY JEEPERS, I'M GONNA

TELL THEM FELLOWS OFF.

- HELLO, MOLLY.

- HELLO, JOTHAM.

- WHERE ARE YOU STAYING THIS WINTER?

- HERE IN ROME.

WHO ARE YOU GOING WITH NEXT SEASON?

I AIN'T MADE UP

MY MIND YET.

I'D LIKE MIGHTY FINE TO HAVE

YOU COME BACK ON MY BOAT.

I'LL THINK

ABOUT IT.

THEN I'LL STAY

IN ROME, TOO.

I'M GOING DOWN TO THE

FREIGHT AGENT'S OFFICE NOW.

I WAS THINKING MAYBE YOU'D LIKE

TO INVITE ME TO SUPPER TONIGHT.

I DON'T GET MUCH COMFOR OUT OF COOKING ANYMORE.

THAT'S 'CAUSE YOU AIN' GOT A GOOD EATER AROUND.

I'VE BEEN DRINKING MORE THAN

I USED TO, SO I EAT MORE.

DO YOUR HEART GOOD

TO SEE ME EAT, MOLLY.

EXPECT ME:

FOR SUPPER.

- WHY, THE FATHERS OF SOME

OF YOU BUILT THE ERIE!

AND NOW YOU'RE JUS STICKING A KNIFE IN ITS BACK

BY HELPING:

TO BUILD A RAILROAD.

AIN'T YOU GOT NO RESPECT FOR YOURSELVES!

NO!

WHY DON'T YOU

JOIN UP WITH US, SAM?

THE PAY IS GOOD.

ME WORK FOR A RAILROAD?

I'D RATHER BE DEAD!

COME ON, BOYS. WE'D

BETTER GET TO THE TRAIN.

WE'LL BE WORKING

ON THE RAILROAD:

ALL THE LIVE-LONG DAY

WE'LL BE WORKING

ON THE RAILROAD:

TO PASS:

THE TIME AWAY:

JEEPERS CREEPERS!

...THE WHISTLE BLOWING

RISE UP SO EARLY

IN THE MORN:

CAN'T YOU HEAR

THE CAPTION SHOUTING

"DINAH,

BLOW YOUR HORN!"

MR. WEAVER?

ANYBODY HOME?

YES.

WELL, CAN I

COME DOWN?

YES.

HELLO, MOLLY.

HELLO.

HOW HAVE YOU:

BEEN?

OH, FINE.

WELL, HOW...

HOW ARE YOU GETTING

ALONG WITH THE CANALLERS?

JUST LIKE:

I ALWAYS DID.

THEY LIKE ME,

AND I LIKE THEM.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

- THEY INSULTING YOU?

- ME?

- YEAH.

- NOBODY EVER INSULTED ME.

LEASTWAYS,

HARDLY NOBODY.

I GUESS I DID FEEL A

LITTLE MEAN AT THE FAIR

WHEN YOU RAN AWAY.

I DIDN' RUN AWAY.

I HAD TO GO SEE:

ABOUT MY FARM.

I DON'T WANNA HEAR

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