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[[Left page]] 34 MR. PARKER Why, boy, this is the greatest corn I ever tasted! BOBBY And Theo puts stuff together like he was born to be a whiskey maker! MR. PARKER Where did you learn to make corn like this? THEO Don't you remember? You taught me. MR. PARKER By George, I did! Why you weren't no more'n nine years old- THEO Eight. Let's have another. (Pours another for Parker.) Drink up. Here's to ol' Daniel. You got to admit one thing- he had a whole lot of heart! MR. PARKER (Drinks up and puts his hand out again.) Another one, please... THEO (Pouring.) Anything you say, Pop! You're the boss of this house! MR. PARKER Now that's the truth if you ever spoke it. (Drinks up.) Whew! This is good! (Putting his glass out again, slightly tipsy.) THEO About this idea of mine, Pop: well, it's got something to do with this corn. MR. PARKER (Drinks up.) Wow! Boy, people oughta pay you to make this stuff. THEO Well, that's what I kinda had in mind. I tested some of it out the other day, and I was told this corn liquor could 35 start a revolution- that is, if I wanted to start one. I let a preacher taste some, and he asked me to make him a whole keg for him. MR. PARKER (Pauses. Then in a sudden change of mood.) God! Damnit! BOBBY What's wrong, Pop? MR. PARKER I miss her, boy, I tell you, I miss her! Was it really God's will? THEO Don't you believe that——don't you ever believe that! MR. PARKER But I think, boy——I think hard! THEO That's all right. We think hard too. We got it from you. Ain't that right, Bobby? BOBBY Yeah. MR. PARKER (Pause.) You know something? That woman was the first woman I ever got close to-your mama. . . BOBBY How old were you? MR. PARKER Twenty. BOBBY Aw, come on, Pop! MR. PARKER May God wipe me away from this earth ...