Chapter 116 one six

Mother, Cynthia breathlessly called Eileen, Will.Palmer asked me if he could drive me home after church next Sunday! Isn't he the guy who doesn't care about the front and back?In the past two years, I have seen him watching you almost every Sunday in the church, Erin said. Who?asked Tom. Will.Palmer!It doesn't matter if he sends Cynthia back, right? After a while, Tom.Murray coughed a few times and said: I'll think about it. Cynthia looked as if she had been stabbed out, leaving Irene to watch her husband's face.Is there no one worthy of your daughter, Tom?Everyone in town knew that Will pretty much ran that lumber shop for that old drunk James!He was seen personally unloading, selling and delivering, billing, collecting money, and depositing the full amount in the bank.He even used to do different small carpentry work for customers without asking for payment.No matter how little his salary package, he never said a bad word about Mr. James.

I see that he just does his job and minds his own business.Tom.Murray said.I've seen him in church too, and half the girls there had their eyes on him. of course!Irene said that because he was the most valuable suitor in Hanning Town, but he never asked anyone to send home. Well, that Laura whom he sent flowers to?Where's Carter? Erin, who was surprised that Tom also knew about it, said: "That was more than a year ago."Now that you know so much, you should also know about the girl's misbehavior, and he finally stopped talking to her at all! If there is one, there are two, and he will ignore our daughter in the future!

That would never happen to Cynthia, he wouldn't do it!Cynthia was understanding, beautiful, and educated.She did tell me she liked Will, but she would never reveal her feelings for him to Will!She often just answered his words with a nod or a smile.I don't care how many girls cling to him like honey bees, you have to see who he clings to! I see you have already arranged everything.Tom said. Eileen began to plead: Oh, Tom, just let him come back with the kid!At least give them a chance!It is up to them whether they can continue to communicate in the future. And look at me!said Tom seriously.He didn't seem to want his daughter and wife to think he was easy going.After all, he didn't want Eileen to realize that he had weighed everything, and that Will.Palmer's potential.As long as the time is right, he will naturally agree to this marriage unconditionally.In fact, Tom had watched Will since he arrived in Henningtown, and secretly wished his two sons were half as aggressive as he was, and besides, his seriousness, ambition, and ability made Tom Think of yourself when you were younger.

No one expected his quest to develop so quickly.Ten months later, in Tom and Eileen's four-room house, Will proposed to Cynthia.And before he finished speaking, she couldn't wait to say yes.Three weeks later, they were married at the New Hope Black Methodist Church. There were more than two hundred guests present, about half of whom came here from North Carolina in a horse-drawn carriage and scattered in Lauderdale. Relatives on the farmland near Dai County. Will built their cabin with his hands and tools.A year later, in 1894, their first child was born, a boy, who died a few days later.At that time Will.Palmer never had a day off from work, because the boss of the lumber shop was so drunk with his bottle that Will actually ran the whole business.One stormy Friday evening, when Will was going through the books, he suddenly discovered that an account in the People's Bank was overdue.He immediately jumped on his horse and braved the wind and rain to walk through the muddy and rugged road of Bali to knock on the back door of the bank president's house.

Mr. Forgan, he said, Mr. James missed the payment, and I know he doesn't like to keep you waiting until next Monday. When invited in to dry himself, Will said: "No sir, thank you."Cynthia would be worried.After saying goodnight, he rode home again through the rain. The deeply moved banker spread the news throughout the town. In the autumn of 1893 someone came to tell Will that he was being interviewed at the bank.After a few minutes' journey, Will, who was puzzled, found that waiting for him were ten of the most outstanding white entrepreneurs in Hanning Town, all of whom were red-faced and embarrassed.The Forgan banker was quick to explain that the owner of the lumber shop had declared bankruptcy and planned to move the family elsewhere.He said: The town of Hanning cannot do without a lumber business.And we've been talking about it for weeks, and the consensus is that you're the best person to run this lumber business.Will, we have agreed to jointly sign a paper to pay off the lumber shop's debts and allow you to take over the business again as the new owner.

Will, who immediately shed two lines of tears.Palmer walked towards the line of white men wordlessly, holding everyone's hand tightly with both hands.After everyone signed the documents and left, Will held the banker's hand tightly for a while, and he said: Mr. Fogan, I still have something to ask for your help.Could you write a check to Mr. James for half of my savings without letting him know where it came from? Within a year, Will's creed of providing the best goods and services at the lowest prices even attracted customers from neighboring towns, and a carload of people, mostly black, came from Memphis, 48 ​​miles south, to see for themselves First black-owned business in western Tennessee.Cynthia had hung starched moiré curtains in the shop windows, and Will had painted a large sign in front of the door: WILL.Palmer timber line.