When farm work was too much for the family Daddy hired
help. Some by day only. But on two occasions live in help. The first was Mr.
Hall, the father of Imogene Melton just down the road from us. Mr. Hall’s wife
lived several miles away in their family home in which Mr. Hall was no longer
welcome. Her reason- Mr. Hall was a weekend drunk.
But he was a hard worker, a considerate tenant and good
friend to us kids. Sitting on the front porch after a hard day’s work and
supper, with us gathered around him he mesmerized us with stories. Then he sat
alone brushing his teeth with a brush he fashioned from a peach tree twig .
Monday through Thursday Mr. Hall’s schedule never varied.
But Friday after work, pay in hand, he left. He spent the weekend and his pay
on a drunken spree. Sunday night he appeared just in time for bed and a new
week.
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