Their-Eyes-Were-Watching-God-rmrju9

Their Eyes Were Watching God 40 171condition they's in got tuh examine 'em? Whut difference do itmake 'bout de color? Dey all needs buryin' in uh hurry.""Got orders from headquarters. They makin' coffins fuh allde white folks. 'Tain't nothin' but cheap pine, but dat's better'nnothin'. Don't dump no white folks in de hole jus' so.""Whut tuh do 'bout de colored folks? Got boxes fuh dem too?""Nope. They cain't find enough of 'em tuh go 'round. Jus'sprinkle plenty quick-lime over 'em and cover 'em up.""Shucks! Nobody can't tell nothin' 'bout some uh dese bodies,de shape dey's in. Can't tell whether dey's white or black."The guards had a long conference over that. After a whilethey came back and told the men, "Look at they hair, when youcain't tell no other way. And don't lemme ketch none uh y'alldumpin' white folks, and don't be wastin' no boxes on colored.They's too hard tuh git holt of right now.""They's mighty particular how dese dead folks goes tuhjudgment," Tea Cake observed to the man working next to him."Look lak dey think God don't know nothin' 'bout de JimCrow law."Tea Cake had been working several hours when the thoughtof Janie worrying about him made him desperate. So when atruck drove up to be unloaded he bolted and ran. He wasordered to halt on pain of being shot at, but he kept right on andgot away. He found Janie sad and crying just as he had thought.They calmed each other about his absence then Tea Cakebrought up another matter."Janie, us got tuh git outa dis house and outa dis man'stown. Ah don't mean rah work lak dat no mo'.""Naw, naw, Tea Cake. Less stay right in heah until it's allover. If dey can't see yuh, dey can't bother yuh. )1"Aw naw. S'posin' dey come round searchin'? Less git outaheah tuhnight."