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40 ASP Zora Neale Hurston"'Bout seben miles goin' t'wards Apopka," Tony told him."Thinkin"bout buildin' right away?""I god, yeah. But not de house Ah specks tuh live in. Dat kinwait till Ah make up mah mind where Ah wants it located. Ah figgerswe all needs uh store in uh big hurry.""Uh store?" Tony shouted in surprise."Yeah, uh store right heah in town wid everything in it youneeds. 'Tain't uh bit uh use in everybody proagin' way over tuhMaitland tuh buy uh little meal and flour when they could git itright heah.""Dat would be kinda nice, Brother Starks, since you mention it.""I god, course it would! And then agin uh store is good inother ways. Ah got tuh have a place tuh be at when folks comestuh buy land. And furthermo' everything is got tuh have uh centerand uh heart tuh it, and uh town ain't no different fromnowhere else. It would be natural fuh de store tuh be meetin'place fuh de town.""Dat sho is de truth, now.""Oh, we'll have dis town all fixed up tereckly. Don't missbein' at de meetin' tuhmorrow."Just about time for the committee meeting called to meet onhis porch next day, the first wagon load of lumber drove up andJody went to show them where to put it. Told Janie to hold thecommittee there until he got back, he didn't want to miss them, buthe meant to count every foot of that lumber before it touched theground. He could have saved his breath and Janie could have keptright on with what she was doing. In the first place everybody waslate in coming; then the next thing as soon as they heard where Jodywas, they kept right on up there where the new lumber was rattlingoff the wagon and being piled under the big live oak tree. So that'swhere the meeting was held with Tony Taylor acting as chairmanand Jody doing all the talking. A day was named for roads and they