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5On. the train the next day, Joe didn't make many speeches withrhymes to her, but he bought her the best things the butcher had,like apples and a glass lantern full of candies. Mostly he talkedabout plans for the town when he got there. They were bound toneed somebody like him. Janie took a lot of looks at him and shewas proud of what she saw. Kind of portly like rich white folks.Strange trains, and people and places didn't scare him neither.Where they got off the train at Maitland he found a buggy to carrythem over to the colored town right away.It was early in the afternoon when they got there, so Joe saidthey must walk over the place and look around. They locked armsand strolled from end to end of the town. Joe noted the scantdozen of shame-faced houses scattered in the sand and palmettoroots and said, "God, they call this a town? Why, 'tain't nothingbut a raw place in de woods.""It is a whole heap littler than Ah thought." Janie admittedher disappointment."Just like Ah thought," Joe said. "A whole heap uh talk andnobody doin' nothin'. I god, where's de Mayor?" he asked somebody."Ah want tuh speak wid de Mayor."Two men who were sitting on their shoulderblades under a