SLIM I picks up a brick an’ dares him ter come at me. Mink Hall an’ some of mah oder buddies comes ’long right den an’ he beats it. (With a laugh.) Mink makes a grab fo’ him an’ he jumps th’u’ a stable window. LUCY BELLE LUCY BELLE Ain’ seen or heard-a him fo’ so long—I been hopin’ dat he gone away fo’ good. SLIM SLIM Been follerin’ de races—norf an’ souf—fo’ de las’ yeah—so he say—an’ jes’ got in town yisterday. [36] [36] LUCY BELLE LUCY BELLE I knows he ain’ been ’roun’ Wash’nin’. (Twining and intertwining her fingers, and her gaze roving abstractedly about.) I don’ care. He ain’ gwine ter do nuffin’. Me an’ Sam’ll be livin’ in Baltimo’ soon—maybe dis time nex’ monf— SLIM SLIM Watch yo’se’f—. LUCY BELLE LUCY BELLE I sho’ is gwine ter! SLIM
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