Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered

77/260“Dat’ll do, Tony,” Lige Moss yelled out. “Mist’ Starks is uh smartman, we’se all willin’ tuh acknowledge tuh dat, but de day he comeswaggin’ down de road wid two hund’ed acres uf land over his shoulder,Ah wants tuh be dere tuh see it.”Another big blow-out of a laugh. Tony was a little peeved at havingthe one speech of his lifetime ruined like that.“All y’all know whut wuz meant. Ah don’t see how come—”“ ’Cause you jump up tuh make speeches and don’t know how,”Lige said.“Ah wuz speakin’ jus’ all right befo’ you stuck yo’ bill in.”“Naw, you wuzn’t, Tony. Youse way outa jurisdiction. You can’twelcome uh man and his wife ’thout you make comparison about Isaacand Rebecca at de well, else it don’t show de love between ’em if youdon’t.”Everybody agreed that that was right. It was sort of pitiful for Tonynot to know he couldn’t make a speech without saying that. Sometittered at his ignorance. So Tony said testily, “If all them dat’s gointuhcut de monkey is done cut it and through wid, we’ll thank BrotherStarks fuh a respond.”So Joe Starks and his cigar took the center of the floor.“Ah thanks you all for yo’ kind welcome and for extendin’ tuh mede right hand uh fellowship. Ah kin see dat dis town is full uh unionand love. Ah means tuh put mah hands tuh de plow heah, and strainevery nerve tuh make dis our town de metropolis uh de state. Somaybe Ah better tell yuh in case you don’t know dat if we expect tuhmove on, us got tuh incorporate lak every other town. Us got tuh