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_By RICHARD WRIGHT
(installment Seven) ~

~Mr. Dalton rose and left the room. He sat still, listenOnce or twice he thought he heard the girl laugh, but
The best thing he could do was to leave
He had heard about unions; in his
mind unions and Communists were linked. He relaxed a lit
fle, then stiffened when he heard Mr. Dalton walk back into

Toom.

~Wordlessly, the white man sat behind the desk
and picked up the paper and looked at it a long time in silence.

~watched him with lowered eyes; he knew that Mr.
- Dalton was thinking of something other than that paper, In

his: heart he cursed the crazy girl. Maybe. Mr. Dalton was
deciding not to hire him. Maybe he would not get the extra

five dollars a week~ now. She spoiled everything!

Maybe

Mr. Dalton. would feel that he could not trust him.

pe -~Oh, Bigger, *. said Mr. Dalton.
~Yessuh,~

bist *I want you to know why I~m
you. ~

aye ~essuh.~, Yen see, Bigger, Tm a supporter

of the National Association for the. Advancement of Colored People.

_ Bid you ever hear of that a

zation?~;

<~Nawsuh,~ ~

> ~Well, it doesn~t matter,~

Mr. Dalton.

said

~ ~~~Nawsuh,~

~Well, I think you'll do.~

Mr. Dalton pushed a_ button.
There was silence. The woman
"who had answered the front door

~ Came in.

~Yes, Mr: Dalton. Pre ai
~Peggy, this is Bigger. He's eping to drive for us. Give him
something to eat, and: show him
where he~s to sleep and where the

Cay is.~
- ~Yes, Mr. Dalton.~;
i And, Bigger, at eight-thirty,

drive Miss Dalton down to the
University and wait for her,~ said
Mr. Dalton,

i> ~Zessuh.~ ~.

*<~That~s all now.~

e ~Yessuh.~

~Come with me,~

Bigger rose and got his cap
ama followed the woman
~through the house to the kitnerdy The air: was.full. of the -
4 ane pote.

gods ~ ~Peay anit: clearing
~for~ him at a white-topped.\-He sat and rested his cap

on his Knees. He felt a little bet
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~Rot ~quite comfortable.

~~~Dinner -isn~t quite ready yet,~

Pegey said. ~You like bacon and

eggs?~

once:

eeotiee ~

~~Yessum:~

He sat looking at-the white walls
~ of the kitchen and heard the womae stir about behind him.

~~Did Mr. Dalton tel} you about
~the furnace ~

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~Well, he must have. forgotit.. You're supposed to atsiaeheans to that, too. ll show yo)

ee + adhere it is before you go.~

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mean I got to keep the fire

going, am.~
Ses. - But it~s easy. Did you

---. ~You can learn. There's nothing
+ pi it.*. *Yessum.~
~ Peggy seemed kind rng
but maybe she was being kind
in order to shove her part of
the work on him. Well, he
would wait and see.: If she got
> Masty, he would talk to Mir.
Dalton about her. He smelt the
-odor of frifng bacon and realized that he was very hungry.
He had forgotten te buy a sandwich with the quarter his
mother had given him, and he
had not eaten since morning.
Peggy placed a plate, knife,~
fork, spoon, sugar, cream, and -
~bread before him; then she |
dished up the bacon and eggs.
it ~~ou ~ an, get more if you want

The food was good.~ This was
not. going to be a bad job. The
~only~ thing bad so fart was tha
crazy girl. He chewed his bacon
~and eggs while some. remote part

of his mind considered in amaze
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~founded him. He had quite forthat neak was in the kit
his.
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and ~ that she con-/

He stopped chewing and laid the
bread aside. He had not wantec

to let her see him do that; he dic

that only at home.

~No~m,~ he said.
ty.? ~

~You reckon you'll like it here?~
Peggy asked.

~Yessum. I hope so.~

~This is a swell] place,~ Peggy said. ~About as good as
you'll find anywhere. The |ast
colored man who worked {or us
stayed ten years.~

Bigger wondered why she said
~us.~ She must. stand in with the
the old man and. old woman pretty
good, he thought.

~Ten years?~ he said.

~Yes; ten years.

~I got a plen
~How come he to leave?~

~Oh, he was smart, that Green
was. He took a job with the government, Mrs. Dalton made him
go to night ool. Mrs. Dalton~s
always trying to helo somebody.~

Yes: Bigger knew that. But he
was not going to any night school.
He looked at Peggiy, she was bent
over the sink. washing dishes. Her
words had challenged him and he
felt_he had to say something.

*tYessum, he was smart,~ he said

~And ten years is a long time.~

~Oh, it wasn~t so long,~ Peggy said. ~I~ve been here twenty
years mvself. I always was one

- for sticking to a job.- I always
say_when yon get a good place,

then stick ~there. ~A rolling
stone gathers no moss, and it~s
true.~

Bigger said nothing.

~Everythine~s simple and nice
around here,~ Pegsy said. ~They~ve
rot millions, but they live like human beings. They don~t put on
airs and strut. Mrs. Dalton believes that people should be that
way.~

~Vessum.~

~They're Christian people and
believe in everybodv workings hard
and living a clean life. Some neople think we ought to have more
servants than we do, but we. get

along. It~s just like one big family.~

~Vessum,~

~Mr. Dalton~s a fine man,~ Peggy said

~Oh, yessum. He is.~
~You row, he does
your people.~

a lot for

~My people?~ asked Bigger, puZ |

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~Yes, the colored peovle. He
gave over five million dollars to
colored schools.~ f

~CyhI

~But Mrs. Dalton~s the one who's
really nice. If it wasn't for her, he
would not be doing what he has.
She made him rich. She had millions when he married her, Of
course, he made a lot of money
himself afterwards out of rea] es
tate. But most of the money~s
here. She~s blind, jpoor thing. She
lost her sight ten years ago. Did
you see her yet?~

~Yessum.~

~Poor thing! Mrs, Patterson, who
takes care of her, is away for the
week-end and she~ }l all alone. Isnt it too bad, about her?~

~Oh, yessum,~ he said, trying to
pet into his voice some of the pity
for Mrs, Dalton that he though~
Peggy expected him to feel.

~It~s really more than a job
you~ve got here,~ Peggy went
on. ~It~s just like a home. 'm
always telling Mrs. Dalton that
this is the only home Fli ever
know. I wasn~t in this coun
His name was
-|-Green, He was a good man, too.~, About Girl
try but two years before I
started working here. Phy ei
~Oh,~ said Bigger, looking at
her. \
~I~m Irish, you know,~ she said.
-~My folks in the olg country feel
about England like the colored
folks fee] about this country. So I
know something about colored peo
ple. Oh, these are fine people,
fine as silk. Even the: girl. Did
you meet her yet?~:

~"Yessum.~.

~Tonight?~

~Yessum.~

Peggy turned and jooked at him
sharply. ~She~s a sweet thing, she,

is,~ she said. ~I~ve known her
since she was two years old. To
mé she~s stil] a baby and wil] always be one. But she~s kind of
wild she is. Always in hot water.
Keeps her folks worried to death,
she ~does. She runs around with a
wild and crazy bunch of reds..

~Reds!~ Bigger exclaimed.:
mean

~Yes. But she doesn~t
nething by it,~ Peggy said. Like
her mother and father, she feels

sorry for people and she a
reds'll do something for ~em. T&
Lord only knows where she got
her wild ways, but she~s got ~em.
Tf you stay around here, you'll get
to know her. But don~t pay no attention to her req friends. They
~ust keep up a lot of fuss.~

Bigger wanted to~ ask her to tell
him more. about. the girl, but
~hought that he had better not do
that now.

~If you~re through, 11] show you
the furnace and the car, and where
~Ycur room is,~ she said and turned

| the fire low under the pots on the

stove. ~Yessum.~

He rose and followed her out

of the kitchen, down gq: narrow
stairway at the end of which
was the basement. It was dark;
Bigger heard a sharp click and
the light came on. ~This way..What did you say.your
name: was?~ ~~Bigger, mam.~
~What?~ ~Bigger.~ He smelt the
ecent of coal and ashes and heard
fire roaring. He saw a red bed of
embers glowing in the furnace.
~This js the furnace,~ she said.
*~Vessum. 9

~Every morning you'll find the
garbage here: you burn it and put
the bucket on the dumb-waiter.~
~Yessum.~

~You never have to use 2a
shovel for coal, t~s a self-feeder, Look, see?~

Peggy pulled a lever and
there came a ions rattle of fine

of fire.

~That's fine,~ he cauinbled in ars
miration.

~And you don~t have to worry
about water, either. It fills itself.~

Bigger liked that: it was easy; it
would be fun, almost.

~Your biggest trouble will be
taking out. the ashes and sweeping.

/And keep track of how the coal

runs: when it~s low, tell me or Mr.
Dalton and we~ll order some more..~
~Yessum. I can handle it.~

~Now, to get to. your room all
you have to do is to go up these
back stairs. Come on.~ He followed
up a stretch of stairs, She opened

a door and switched on a light and
Bigger saw a large room whose
walls were dovered with pictures
of girls~ faces and prize fighters.

~This was Green~s room, He was
always one for pictures. But he
kept things neat and. nice It~s
plenty warm here..Oh, yes; before
I forget. Here are the keys to the
room and the garage and the car.
Now, I'll show you the garage. You
have to set to it from the outside.~

He followed her down the steps
and outside into the driveway. I!
was much warmer.

~Looks like snow,~ Peggy. said
~Vessum.~

~This is the garage.~ she said,.
unlocking and pushing open 2
door which, as it swung in,
made tights come on automatically, ~You always bring the
car out ang wait at the side
door for the folks. Let~s see.
You say vou're driving. Miss
Dalton tonight?~ ~Yessum.~
~Well, she leaves at eight-thirty.

So you~re free until then. You can
look over your room, if you want
to.~ ~Yessum. I reekon.d I will.~

Bigger went behind Peggy dowp
the stairs and back into the basement. She went~to the kitchen and
he. went to his room, He stood in
the middle of the floor, looking at
the walls. There were pictures of
Jack Johrison, Joe Louis, Jack

~and ways. Aw, hell.

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The above piste chia the newly. constructed Tabbrian Hospital in the all-Negro town of Mound Bayou, |
the Sir Knights and Daughters of Tabor, at a cost of $100,000. This is Mississippi~s largest Negro fraternal
McKissack and McKissack, ~N egro architects of Nashville, Tenn. The ne pital will open February 12, with a d

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- Moana Bayou's New $100, 000 Hospital Now Ready For

iss., which was built al dolaigaed br
ganization. The hospital was built by ~
edicatory service. Thousands are ex
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i: idbenes. and Henry Armatrona:

there were others of Ginger Rogers, Jean Harlow, and Janet Gaynor. The room wag large and had
two radiators, He felt the bed; it

-| was soft. Gee! He would bring Bes
Sie here some night. Not. right at
once; he would wait until he had
learned the ropes of the place. A
room all to himself! He could bring
a pint o~ liquor up here and drink
it in peace. He would, not have ~to
slip around any more. He would
not have to sleep with Buddy and
stand Buddy~s kicking all night
long. He lit a_ cigarette

the bed. Ohhh...This was not: going to be bad at all. He looked at
his dollar watch; it. was seven. In
a little while he would go down
and examine the car and he would
buy himself another watch, too, 4. dollar watch was not good enough

for a-job like this; he would buy
a gold one. There were a lot of
new things he could get. Oh,. boy!
This would be an easy life. Everything was al] right, except that
girl. She worried him. She might
cause him to lose his job if: she
kept talking about unions..She was
a funny girl, all right. Never in
his life had he met anyone~ like
her. She. puzzled him. ~She was
ridh, but she didn~t: act like she
was rich. She acted like....Well,
he didn~t know exactly what -she
did act like. In all of the white

_women he had met. mostly on jobs

and on relies stations, there, was
always a certain coldness and reserve; they-stood their distance and
spoke to. him from afar. But this
gir) waded right in and hit him
between the eyes ~with her words

there in thinking | about ~ her like:
this? Maybe she was al] right. Maybe he would just have to get used
to her; that was all. I bet she
spends a plenty of dough, he
thought. And the old man had given five million dollars to colored
peovle. Tf a man could give five
million dollars away, then millions
must be as common -to him as
nickels, He rose wp and sat on the
edge of the bed,

What make of car was he to
drive? He had not thought to
look when Peggy had opened
the gvarage door. He honed it
would be a Packard, or a
Lincoln or a Rolls Royce. Boy!
Would he drive! Just wait! of
course, he would be careful
when: he was driving Miss or
Mr. Dalton. But when he was
alone he would burn up the
pavement; -he would make
those tires smoke!

He jidked his lips; he was thirsty. He looked at his watch; it was
ten past eight. He would go to the
kitchen and get a drink of water
and then drive the car out of the
garage. He went down the steps,
through the basement to the stairs
leading to the kitchen door. Though
he did not know ~it, he walked on
tiptoe. He eased the door open and
ypeaped in. What he saw made him
suck in his breath; Mrs. Dalton in
flowing white clothes was standing
stone-still in the middle of the
kitchen floor, There was silence,

-Save for the slow ticking of a large

clock on_a white wall, For a moment he did not know if he should
go in or go back down the steps;
his thirst was gone. Mrs. Dalton~s
face was heid in an attitude of intense jistening and her hands were
hanging loosely at her sides, To
Bigger her face seemed to capable
cf hearing in every pore of the
skin and listening always to some
low voice speaking. Sitting quietly
on the floar beside her was the
white cat, its large black eyes
fastened upon. him. It made him

and
stretched himself full length upon~

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NAACP Praises inchiaaleel:
Support For Equality Rights

Contributions Sent to Carry

On Campaign to Aid Teachers

NEW YORK~(SNS$)~Increased recognition of the importance of the desperate battle to gain full equality for
colored Americans was -indicated in contributions ranging
trom $25 to $100 which' came to the NAACP last week.

Contributors are the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America, local 1888, who
said: ~~~We must be alert in helping to win the peace in order to
erase for all time intolerance and
hypocrisy and prejudice thai is inherent in our present dernocracy.~~

Dr, Channing H. Tobias, | of the
national council of the YMCA,
sent a personal donation ~because
the work of the Association mer
its whole-hearted support on the
part of all individuals and organizations,~

The fourth installment on a2
$500 life membership was paid by

the Phi Delta
whose grammateus,
Bluitt, stated: ~The

Kappa _ sorority,
Marion H.
sorority is

fully aware of the necessity for a

continued struggle to make democracy a reality for the Negro and

we appreciate the strong ~ fight

NOTE:~YOUR juniclan will be answered FREE in this column
ONLY when you include a clipping of this column and sign youl

full name, birthdate, and correct address to your letter.
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Sena all ~sttere to: ABBE WALLACE, care of Th~ SCOTT

NVEIWSPAPER SYNDICATE. 210 Auburn Avenue. Atlanta, Ge

D, J. Y~My husband and!
have been apart for almost 2 years
and: we have two kids. He says he
loves me and the kids too and we
quit him because he didn~t want tc
work hard. He wouldn~t take a job
that pay good, all he wanted was
about $7 or $8 a week and thar
could not take care of us| Now he
wants us back and I want to know

| what to do? I want my reading.

Ans: You are having to support
yourself and the two children all
by yourself as it.is..if you went
back..he would at least provide a
place for you to stay and, buy a
little food. If you love him go back,
Talk to him, and I don~t mean fuss,
and see if you can~t help) him find
a better paying job. Yes, you may
send for my Astrology | Reading.
Send a quarter along with yout
full name, correct address and
birthdate.:

D. T.~My husband has two children by his first wife and I do all
I can for them and treat/them like
my sister and brother. I) get them
everything they need and they like
me Why he doesn~t seem happy 2s
long is he it at home? He Suzan the

white cat; he was about! to oahes
the door and tiptoe quietly back

down the stairs: when she spo
~Are you the new boy?~ ~Yessum.~ ~Did you want something?~
~J didn~t~ mean to disturb you,
mam. I-I..
of water.~
(To be continued)..I just wanted a drink~
- older brother ns ce ints

blues, eat, and is ready to go play
dominos or pool. When I ask him
can I go, he says my place is at
home,

Ans: Your husband, like many
other men, formed a habit of running out to play pool or something
else with the fellows and once
they get started, it~s hard te
change them. Take the | children
and go to the show occasionally..
invite your friends in, If he sees
that you are determined to enjoy

life a bit he may leave off a. game |
or two and join you in your fun.

F, C.~Last month my youngest
son was called in the Army. I'm
alohe now and I don~t think I can
live this way..My home| is large,
modern and very convenient. Do
you think it would be all right to
invite my niece and her! husband

your very fine organization ~ is |

toward that end,~

Walter White, NAACP secretary, expressed appreciation cf the
Association to these persons and
organizations this week, saying:
~These friends are helping to supply the desperately needed funds
without which the fight for full
equality could ~ go On.~

to live with me? it think lots of
them.

Ans: This niece land her husband
are very fond of
they would accept your kind in
vitation. Why not let them. have;

one side of your-home to themselves and you keep your quarters
separately? In this way, they
would have no (confusion about
meals, lights, water,. etc. They.They would. be iets of company to
you, |
oe nemeenieencmmemee

T. L. C.~Don~t spare the truth

because I need to know. My life is

miserable because I think my hus--
band loves his first love. Now he |
is good to me in every way and | W
says he loves me but every few}.

I know-he sées.h

ever go out, un ess she ~comes: to| abl
town. i

Ans: Aren't y u being a little ynfair to your husband? ~ Don~t you
realize that if you nag him day in
and day out for several years about
a certain woman, he would have

a tendency to go te see her when
pe was in the city just to aggra
vate you. Say nothing more about |

her. He went with her before she
married but he isn~t trying to go

with her now. You~re making a}

mountain out of a mole hill.

M. FE. S~I am writing you for
help as I enjoy) reading your column so much. Would it be -advisable for me to sell my place in
the other country or should I keep
it for a while longer?

Ans: Advertise your place for sale
but you don~t have to be in any
hurry to piepene of it. If and when
you are offered a good price for
the place sell ~
a good profit. really dont need
to hold on to ~this place as it is
so out of the way for you.

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R. C.~Really, I don~t know
what to-do at this time. Im in
trdining and have been for two

years but I feel my parents need to
have me at home and work as

When a Child Needs

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intestines en given by the

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It~s Governor |
Eugene Talmadge
Doing The Talking

WASHINGTON~(ANP)~ Reporting on the governor of Geor~gia, Eugene ~ William
Bradford Huie records ~an interview which took place in 1934:
~No. niggah~s good as a white
man because the niggah~s only a
shawt yereahs from cannibalism.
For thousands of yere-ahs the
niggah sat on the wealth of the
world. Gold an~ diamonds an~
rubies an~ emeralds. An~ what'd
he do? Filed his teeth an~ ate
his fellow men. An~ all this time
| th~ Caw-cas-yun race was an
fightin~ an~ a-dyin~ an~ a- din~
civil-li-sations. Th~ niggahs made.
progress in America, an~ I want
to help him make more progress.
But no niggah~s. good as a Jaw-. juh white man.~
The excerpt is from an article.
in the American Mercury.

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they are getting along very at
financially. ~ I give up and
get work? |

~Ans: If there is any possibie

to stay in training until you
do so. inde <4 now you~ Reckieets:

in only a few days

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few days too~if you have been ny.
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