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13Jacksonville. Tea Cake's letter had said Jacksonville. He hadworked in the railroad shops up there before and his old boss hadpromised him a job come next pay day. No need for Janie to waitany longer. Wear the new blue dress because he meant to marryher right from the train. Hurry up and come because he wasabout to turn into pure sugar thinking about her. Come on,baby, papa Tea Cake never could be mad with you!Janie's train left too early in the day for the town to witnessmuch, but the few who saw her leave bore plenty witness. Theyhad to give it to her, she sho looked good, but she had no businessto do it. It was hard to love a woman that always made youfeel so wishful.The train beat on itself and danced on the shiny steel railsmile after mile. Every now and then the engineer would play onhis whistle for the people in the towns he passed by. And the trainshuffled on to . Jacksonville, and to a whole lot of things shewanted to see and to know.And there was Tea Cake in the big old station in a new bluesuit and straw hat, hauling her off to a preacher's house firstthing. Then right on to the room he had been sleeping in for twoweeks all by himself waiting for her to come. And such another