Shimer College - Acropolis Yearbook (Mount Carroll, IL)

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THE RECORD

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THE RECORD What the hell, the younger man said. t'Shut up, Tenge, his companion said, what do you mean, 'What the hell?' We ainlt gonna let no inotheaten gent tell us what to do. We ain't had no dinner today, sister, you better get some ready. You ain't wanted here. Get out, the old man repeated. Quit grinning, Essie, and get in the house. Essie giggled. f'You heard her. What the hell, let's eat, the young man called Tange said. They started into the house. The old man shouted, You can't never trust a foreigner, Essie. I ain't gonna have nothing to do with it. Essie giggled again and followed the two men into the house. When they got to the kitchen, Tange sat down and the middle-aged man looked out the window. There were dirty dishes in the sink and a bowl of pancake batter on the stove. Essie fried the pancakes and set a half an apple pie on the table. The two men started to eat. They ain't many strangers around here, the girl said. Yeah? You're strangers. What's it to you, sister? Aw, let the girlie alone, Albert, Tange said. What's your name, girlie? Essie. Essie. 1 'KThaf your old man settin' out there? Tango asked with a jerk of his head toward t ie porc 1. Essie giggled and shook her head, U Him? That ain't my old man. 1'He ain't'? That's my uncle. I live over there, she pointed to the swamp side of the house, across the tracks. Alblizrt looked up from his plate quickly. The men glanced at each other. 'U huh. How far to the tracks from here? Essie f1'owned, N ear two miles on the road you was comin' down. I cut through the swamp when I go home in the evening. How far through the swamp?', Albert asked. About half a mile. I live right on the other side o'where the freights stop for water. She giggled and smiled at Tango. Yeah, girlie? Essie cleared the plates off the table. VVhere you fellas headed for? What's it to you where we're headed for, sister? Albert snarled. Aw let the girlie alone, Albert, Tango said, she don't mean no harm. Albert was looking out the window down the road they had come. He said, Let's get new Let's get goin As, what's eatin' you, Albert? I'm takin' quite a shine to girlie, here. I've aimed eo walk home with her. Essie blushed. t'I'm gon', Albert said and he went. Toward evening Tango and the girl started for the swamps. The old man shouted after them. The girl walked behind Tango. Come on, step it up, girlie. I ain't in no hurry to get home. Step it up. , , l Sometimes the path lead through reeds and hassocks. Cow tracks were imprinted in the moist ground. Sometimes the path wound between low grubby trees. The man and lissie had to bend double. I ain't never had no fella beforef' she giggled. Don't get no ideas, sister. You could sleep in the hay loft, she continued. I said, donlt get no ideas about mef' A train whistled in the distance. I ain't in no hurry to get homef' Essie said. Yeah, yeah, sure, girlie, Tango said and quiekened his pace. The path got muddier and muddier. Soon they were stepping from one hassock to another. goi Continued on page 54

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