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Their Eyes Were Watching God 4its 55This business of the head-rag irked her endlessly. But Jodywas set on it. Her hair was NOT going to show in the store. Itdidn't seem sensible at all. That was because Joe never told Janiehow jealous he was. He never told her how often he had seen theother men figuratively wallowing in it as she went about things inthe store. And one night he had caught Walter standing behindJanie and brushing the back of his hand back and forth across theloose end of her braid ever so lightly so as to enjoy the feel of itwithout Janie knowing what he was doing. Joe was at the back ofthe store and Walter didn't see him. He felt like rushing forthwith the meat knife and chopping off the offending hand. Thatnight he ordered Janie to tie up her hair around the store. Thatwas all. She was there in the store for him to look at, not thoseothers. But he never said things like that. It just wasn't in him.Take the matter of the yellow mule, for instance.Late one afternoon Matt came from the west with a halter inhis hand. "Been huntin' fuh mah mule. Anybody seen 'im?" heasked."Seen 'im soon dis mornin' over behind de schoolhouse,"Lum said. "'Bout ten o'clock or so. He musta been out all nighttuh be way over dere dat early.""He wuz," Matt answered. "Seen 'im last night but Ahcouldn't ketch 'im. Ah'm 'bliged tuh git 'im in tuhnight 'causeAh got some plowin' fuh tuhmorrow. Done promised tuh plowThompson's grove.""Reckon you'll ever git through de job wid dat mule-frame?"Lige asked."Aw dat mule is plenty strong. Jus' evil and don't want tuhbe led.""Dat's right. Dey tell me he brought you heah tuh dis town.Say you started tuh Miccanopy but de mule had better sense andbrung yuh on heah."