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it just like Lee Jackson is one of his blood kin。 He understand 
and love Lee Jackson like he do his own grandchildrens。 I 
never seen a human who know so good what a animal is 
thinking as Grandpapa。 He haves a close feeling for everthing 
that walks and eats。' 
'Twenty years is a long time to work a mule。' 
'It sure is。 Now Lee Jackson is right feeble。 But Grandpapa 
sure do take good care of him。 When they plows out in the hot 
sun Lee Jackson haves a great big straw hat on his head just 
like Grandpapa!with holes cut for his ears。 That mule's straw 
hat is a real joke�察�and Lee Jackson won't budge a step when he 


going to plow without that hat is on his head。' 
Doctor Copeland took down the white china dishes from 

the shelf and began to wrap them ia newspaper。 'Have you 
enough pots and pans to cook all the food you will need��' 
'Plenty��' Portia said。 'I not going to any special trouble。 
Granpapa�察�he Mr。 Thoughtful hisself!and he always bring in 
something to help out when the f ambly come to dinner。 I only 
going to have plenty meal and cabbage and two pounds of 
nice mullet。' 'Sounds good。' 
Portia laced her nervous yellow fingers together。 ;There one 
thing I haven't told you yet。 A surprise。 Buddy going to �� be 
here as well as Hamilton。 Buddy just come back from Mobile。 
He helping out on the farm now。' 
;It has been five years since I last saw Karl Marx。' 'And that 
just what I come to ask you about��* said Portia。 'You 
remember when I walked in the door I told you I come to 
borrow and to ask a favor。' 
Doctor Copeland cracked the points of his fingers。 'Yes。' 
'Well�察�I come to see if I can't get you to be there tomorrow at 
the reunion。 All your childrens but Willie going to be there。 
Seem to me like you ought to join us。 I sure will be glad if you 
come。' 
Hamilton and Karl Marx and Portia!and William。 Doctor 
Copeland removed his spectacles and pressed his fingers 
against his eyelids。 For a minute he saw the four of them very 
plainly as they were a long time ago。 Then he looked up and 
straightened his glasses on his nose。 Thank you��' he said。 'I 
will come。' 
That night he sat alone by the stove in the dark room and 
remembered。 He thought back to the time of his childhood。 
His mother had been born a slave�察�and after freedom she was a 
washerwoman。 His father was a preacher�察�who had once 
known John Brown。 They had taught him�察�and out of the two 
or three dollars they had earned each week they saved。 When 
he was seventeen years old they had sent him North with 
eighty dollars hidden in his shoe。 He had worked in a 
blacksmith's shop and as a waiter and as a bellboy in a hotel。 
And all the while he studied and read and went to school。 His 


father died and his mother did not live long without him。 After 
ten years of struggle he was a doctor and he knew his mission 
and he came South 
again。 

He married and made a home。 He went endlessly from122 
house to house and spoke the mission and the truth。 The 
hopeless suffering of his people made in him a madness�察�a 
wild and evil feeling of destruction。 At times he drank strong 
liquor and beat his head against the floor。 In his heart there 
was a savage violence�察�and once he grasped the poker from the 
hearth and struck down his wife。 She took Hamilton�察�Karl 
Marx�察�William�察�and Portia with her to her father's home。 He 
wrestled in his spirit and fought down the evil blackness。 But 
Daisy did not come back to him。 And eight years later when 
she died his sons were not children any more and they did not 
return to him。 He was left an old man in an empty house。 
Promptly at five o'clock the next afternoon he arrived at the 
house where Portia and Highboy lived。 They resided in the 
part of town called Sugar Hill�察�and the house was a narrow 
cottage with a porch and two rooms。 From inside there was a 
babble of mixed voices。 Doctor Copeland approached stiffly 
and stood in the doorway holding his shabby felt hat in his 
hand。 
The room was crowded and at first he was not noticed。 He 
sought the faces of Karl Marx and Hamilton。 Besides them 
there was Grandpapa and two children who sat together on the 
floor。 He was still looking into the faces of his sons when 
Portia perceived him standing in the door。 'Here Father��' she 
said。 
The voices stopped。 Grandpapa turned around in his chair。 He 
was thin and bent and very wrinkled。 He was wearing the 
same greenish´black suit that he had worn thirty years before 
at his daughter's wedding。 Across his vest there was a 
tarnished brass watch chain。 Karl Marx and Hamilton looked 
at each other�察�then down at the floor�察�and finally at their 
father。 
'Benedict Mady' said the old man。 'Been a long 
time。 A real long time。' 


'Ain't it�察�though��' Portia said。 'This here the first reunion us is 
all had in many a year。 Highboy�察�you get a chair from the 
kitchen。 Father�察�here Buddy and Hamilton。' Doctor Copeland 
shook hands with his sons。 They were both tall and strong and 
awkward。 Against their blue shirts and overalls their skin had 
the same rich brown color as did Portia's。 They did not look 
him in the eye�察�and in their faces there was neither love nor 
hate。

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It sure is a pity everybody couldn't come!Aunt Sara and Jim 
and all the rest��' said Highboy。 'But this here is a real pleasure 
to us。' 
'Wagon too full��' said one of the children。 'Us had to walk a 
long piece 'cause the wagon too full anyways。' 
Grandpapa scratched Ms ear with a matchstick。 'Somebody 
got to stay home。' 
Nervously Portia licked her dark�察�thin lips。 'It our Willie I 
thinking about。 He were always a big one for any kind of party 
or to´do。 My mind just won't stay off our Willie。' 
Through the room there was a quiet murmur of agreement。 
The old man leaned back in bis chair and waggled his head up 
and down。 'Portia�察�Hon�察�supposing you reads to us a little 
while。 The word of God sure do mean a lot in a time of 
trouble。' 
Portia took up the Bible from the table in the center of the 
room。 'What part you want to hear now�察�Grandpapa��' 
'It all the book of the Holy Lord。 Just any place your eye fall 
on will do。' 
Portia read from the Book of Luke。 She read slowly�察�tracing 
the words with her long�察�limp finger。 The room was still。 
Doctor Copeland sat on the edge of the group�察�cracking his 
knuckles�察�his eyes wandering from one point to another。 The 
room was very small�察�the air close and stuffy。 The four walls 
were cluttered with calendars and crudely painted 
advertisements from magazines。 On the mantel there was a 
vase of red paper roses。 The fire on the hearth burned slowly 
and the wavering light from the oil lamp made shadows on the 
wall。 Portia read with such slow rhythm that the words slept in 
Doctor Copeland's ears and he was drowsy。 Karl Marx lay 


sprawled upon the floor beside the children。 Hamilton and
Highboy dozed。 Only the old man seemed to study the
meaning of the words。
Portia finished the chapter and closed the book。
'I done pondered over this thing a many a time/ said
Grandpapa。
The people in the room came out of their drowsiness。 'What��
'
asked Portia。
'It this way。 You recall them parts Jesus raising the dead and
curing the sick��
'
'Course we does�察�sir��' said Highboy deferentially。124


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'Many a day when I be plowing or working��' Grandpapa said 
slowly�察�'I done thought and reasoned about the time when 
Jesus going to descend again to this earth。 'Cause I done 
always wanted it so much it seem to me like it will be while I 
am living。 I done studied about it many a time。 And this here 
the way I done planned it。 I reason I will get to stand before 
Jesus with all my childrens and grandchil´drens and great 
grandchildrens and kinfolks and friends and I say to him�察�
;Jesus Christ�察�us is all sad colored peoples。; And then he will 
place His holy hand upon our heads and straightway us will be 
white as cotton。 That the plan and reasoning that been in my 
heart a many and a many a time。' 
A hush fell on the room。 Doctor Copeland jerked the cuff of 
his sleeves and cleared his throat。 His pulse beat too fast and 
his throat was ti

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