He hates automobiles."
"A few minutes later, when this Hicks man said something to
Hal Goode about the stretch of road between Union and Drake Eye
Springs being narrow and rough as a washboard, I thought Old Man
Hawk would explode!
"'Oh,' he said, 'you town fellers figger we ain't got a
blessed thing to do but get out and drag the roads nice and
smooth for you!'
"That set Hicks back on his heels. Ward, though, piped up,
'Why, Mister Hawk, when I get me my automobile, I'm gonna be
countin' on you to help lay down a plank road 'fore winter rains
set in. Rocky Head Bottom gets powerful muddy!'
"Pa, that sent Old Man Hawk into such a rage he nearly
swallowed his chewing tobacco!"
"I'm here to tell you, Jodie, Ward Lawson had better not
tangle with Hawk! Get him riled, and there's no telling what he's
liable to do. If Ward was to buy himself a car, Hawk would as
soon burn it up as to look at it!"
Chapter 4
In September Drake Eye Springs School started again, this
time with a new teacher named Mister Shepherd.
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