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Atticus coming from work. Countless evenings Atticus would find Jem furiousat something Mrs. Dubose had said when we went by.“Easy does it, son,” Atticus would say. “She’s an old lady and she’s ill. Youjust hold your head high and be a gentleman. Whatever she says to you, it’s yourjob not to let her make you mad.” Jem would say she must not be very sick, shehollered so. When the three of us came to her house, Atticus would sweep off hishat, wave gallantly to her and say, “Good evening, Mrs. Dubose! You look like apicture this evening.”I never heard Atticus say like a picture of what. He would tell her thecourthouse news, and would say he hoped with all his heart she’d have a goodday tomorrow. He would return his hat to his head, swing me to his shoulders inher very presence, and we would go home in the twilight. It was times like thesewhen I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, wasthe bravest man who ever lived.The day after Jem’s twelfth birthday his money was burning up his pockets, sowe headed for town in the early afternoon. Jem thought he had enough to buy aminiature steam engine for himself and a twirling baton for me.I had long had my eye on that baton: it was at V. J. Elmore’s, it was bedeckedwith sequins and tinsel, it cost seventeen cents. It was then my burning ambitionto grow up and twirl with the Maycomb County High School band. Havingdeveloped my talent to where I could throw up a stick and almost catch itcoming down, I had caused Calpurnia to deny me entrance to the house everytime she saw me with a stick in my hand. I felt that I could overcome this defectwith a real baton, and I thought it generous of Jem to buy one for me.Mrs. Dubose was stationed on her porch when we went by.“Where are you two going at this time of day?” she shouted. “Playing hooky, Isuppose. I’ll just call up the principal and tell him!” She put her hands on thewheels of her chair and executed a perfect right face.“Aw, it’s Saturday, Mrs. Dubose,” said Jem.“Makes no difference if it’s Saturday,” she said obscurely. “I wonder if yourfather knows where you are?”“Mrs. Dubose, we’ve been goin‘ to town by ourselves since we were thishigh.” Jem placed his hand palm down about two feet above the sidewalk.“Don’t you lie to me!” she yelled. “Jeremy Finch, Maudie Atkinson told meyou broke down her scuppernong arbor this morning. She’s going to tell yourfather and then you’ll wish you never saw the light of day! If you aren’t sent to
the reform school before next week, my name’s not Dubose!”Jem, who hadn’t been near Miss Maudie’s scuppernong arbor since lastsummer, and who knew Miss Maudie wouldn’t tell Atticus if he had, issued ageneral denial.“Don’t you contradict me!” Mrs. Dubose bawled. “And you—” she pointed anarthritic finger at me—“what are you doing in those overalls? You should be in adress and camisole, young lady! You’ll grow up waiting on tables if somebodydoesn’t change your ways—a Finch waiting on tables at the O.K. Café—hah!”I was terrified. The O.K. Café was a dim organization on the north side of thesquare. I grabbed Jem’s hand but he shook me loose.“Come on, Scout,” he whispered. “Don’t pay any attention to her, just holdyour head high and be a gentleman.”But Mrs. Dubose held us: “Not only a Finch waiting on tables but one in thecourthouse lawing for niggers!”Jem stiffened. Mrs. Dubose’s shot had gone home and she knew it:“Yes indeed, what has this world come to when a Finch goes against hisraising? I’ll tell you!” She put her hand to her mouth. When she drew it away, ittrailed a long silver thread of saliva. “Your father’s no better than the niggersand trash he works for!”Jem was scarlet. I pulled at his sleeve, and we were followed up the sidewalkby a philippic on our family’s moral degeneration, the major premise of whichwas that half the Finches were in the asylum anyway, but if our mother wereliving we would not have come to such a state.I wasn’t sure what Jem resented most, but I took umbrage at Mrs. Dubose’sassessment of the family’s mental hygiene. I had become almost accustomed tohearing insults aimed at Atticus. But this was the first one coming from an adult.Except for her remarks about Atticus, Mrs. Dubose’s attack was only routine.There was a hint of summer in the air—in the shadows it was cool, but the sunwas warm, which meant good times coming: no school and Dill.Jem bought his steam engine and we went by Elmore’s for my baton. Jemtook no pleasure in his acquisition; he jammed it in his pocket and walkedsilently beside me toward home. On the way home I nearly hit Mr. Link Deas,who said, “Look out now, Scout!” when I missed a toss, and when weapproached Mrs. Dubose’s house my baton was grimy from having picked it upout of the dirt so many times.She was not on the porch.
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- Page 53 and 54: go for a walk.”He sounded fishy t
- Page 55 and 56: the step squeaked. He stood still,
- Page 57 and 58: “Jem, Scout,” said Atticus, “
- Page 59 and 60: waited for his light to go on, stra
- Page 61 and 62: you’re gonna do lest they live in
- Page 63 and 64: “Don’t know. I’ll show it to
- Page 65 and 66: “Why no, son, I don’t think so.
- Page 67 and 68: The telephone rang and Atticus left
- Page 69 and 70: another load, and another until he
- Page 71 and 72: By then he did not have to tell me.
- Page 73 and 74: not enough. I pulled free of it and
- Page 75 and 76: “Grieving, child? Why, I hated th
- Page 77 and 78: 9“You can just take that back, bo
- Page 79 and 80: under his chin. He put his arms aro
- Page 81 and 82: says she’s been cussing fluently
- Page 83 and 84: in it? It’ll drive him nuts.”Ta
- Page 85 and 86: “He is not!” I roared. “I don
- Page 87 and 88: Uncle Jack said if I talked like th
- Page 89 and 90: her.”Atticus chuckled. “She ear
- Page 91 and 92: 10Atticus was feeble: he was nearly
- Page 93 and 94: “Well nothing. Nothing—it seems
- Page 95 and 96: Calpurnia stared, then grabbed us b
- Page 97 and 98: Mr. Tate turned around. “He’s f
- Page 99 and 100: crazy. I’d hate to see Harry John
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- Page 107 and 108: The following Monday afternoon Jem
- Page 109 and 110: lot.”“She can’t help that. Wh
- Page 111 and 112: Jem’s chin would come up, and he
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- Page 115 and 116: write.The fact that I had a permane
- Page 117 and 118: Purchase because it was paid for fr
- Page 119 and 120: windows.He said, “Brethren and si
- Page 121 and 122: intended to sweat the amount due ou
- Page 123 and 124: you take off the fact that men can
- Page 125 and 126: 13"Put my bag in the front bedroom,
- Page 127 and 128: When she settled in with us and lif
- Page 129 and 130: way: the older citizens, the presen
- Page 131 and 132: Stunned, Jem and I looked at each o
- Page 133 and 134: I remembered something. “Yessum,
- Page 135 and 136: now, for my edification and instruc
- Page 137 and 138: engaged to wash the camel. He trave
- Page 139 and 140: I put on my pajamas, read for a whi
- Page 141 and 142: 15After many telephone calls, much
- Page 143 and 144: you, didn’t they?”Atticus lower
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- Page 147 and 148: until we were in the shelter of the
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Atticus coming from work. Countless evenings Atticus would find Jem furious
at something Mrs. Dubose had said when we went by.
“Easy does it, son,” Atticus would say. “She’s an old lady and she’s ill. You
just hold your head high and be a gentleman. Whatever she says to you, it’s your
job not to let her make you mad.” Jem would say she must not be very sick, she
hollered so. When the three of us came to her house, Atticus would sweep off his
hat, wave gallantly to her and say, “Good evening, Mrs. Dubose! You look like a
picture this evening.”
I never heard Atticus say like a picture of what. He would tell her the
courthouse news, and would say he hoped with all his heart she’d have a good
day tomorrow. He would return his hat to his head, swing me to his shoulders in
her very presence, and we would go home in the twilight. It was times like these
when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was
the bravest man who ever lived.
The day after Jem’s twelfth birthday his money was burning up his pockets, so
we headed for town in the early afternoon. Jem thought he had enough to buy a
miniature steam engine for himself and a twirling baton for me.
I had long had my eye on that baton: it was at V. J. Elmore’s, it was bedecked
with sequins and tinsel, it cost seventeen cents. It was then my burning ambition
to grow up and twirl with the Maycomb County High School band. Having
developed my talent to where I could throw up a stick and almost catch it
coming down, I had caused Calpurnia to deny me entrance to the house every
time she saw me with a stick in my hand. I felt that I could overcome this defect
with a real baton, and I thought it generous of Jem to buy one for me.
Mrs. Dubose was stationed on her porch when we went by.
“Where are you two going at this time of day?” she shouted. “Playing hooky, I
suppose. I’ll just call up the principal and tell him!” She put her hands on the
wheels of her chair and executed a perfect right face.
“Aw, it’s Saturday, Mrs. Dubose,” said Jem.
“Makes no difference if it’s Saturday,” she said obscurely. “I wonder if your
father knows where you are?”
“Mrs. Dubose, we’ve been goin‘ to town by ourselves since we were this
high.” Jem placed his hand palm down about two feet above the sidewalk.
“Don’t you lie to me!” she yelled. “Jeremy Finch, Maudie Atkinson told me
you broke down her scuppernong arbor this morning. She’s going to tell your
father and then you’ll wish you never saw the light of day! If you aren’t sent to