Their-Eyes-Were-Watching-God-rmrju9

Their Eyes Were Watching God afp 169too bold round heah. Ah didn't notice when mah rest wuz broke.Ah'm goin' out and look around and see whut we kin do. Ah'llgive anything uh common trial.""You better stay inside dis house and git some rest. 'Tain'tnothin' tuh find out dere nohow.""But Ah wants tuh look and see, Janie. Maybe it's somekinda work fuh me tuh help do.""Whut dey want you tuh help do, you ain't gointuh like it.Dey's grabbin' all de menfolks dey kin git dey hands on andmakin"em help bury de dead. Dey claims dey's after de unemployed,but dey ain't bein' too particular about whether you'seemployed or not. You stay in dis house. De Red Cross is doin' alldat kin be done otherwise fuh de sick and de 'fflicted.""Ah got money on me, Janie. Dey can't bother me. AnyhowAh wants tuh go see how things is sho nuff. Ah wants tuh see ifAh kin hear anything 'bout de boys from de 'Glades. Maybe deyall come through all right. Maybe not."Tea Cake went out and wandered around. Saw the hand ofhorror on everything. Houses without roofs, and roofs withouthouses. Steel and stone all crushed and crumbled like wood. Themother of malice had trifled with men.While Tea Cake was standing and looking he saw two mencoming towards him with rifles on their shoulders. Two whitemen, so he thought about what Janie had told him and flexed hisknees to run. But in a moment he saw that wouldn't do him anygood. They had already seen him and they were too close to misshim if they shot. Maybe they would pass on by. Maybe when theysaw he had money they would realize he was not a tramp."Hello, there, Jim," the tallest one called out. "We beenlookin' fuh you.""Mah name ain't no Jim," Tea Cake said watchfully. "Whutyou been lookin' fuh me fuh? Ah ain't done nothin'."