And, deary, I HAD to do it--I just had to.

If you knew what a load had been took off my mind by this, you'd sympathize with me and understand.

I've been happier in Trumet than I ever was anywhere else, though I've seen some dark times here, too.

I was born here; my folks used to live here.
My brother Sol lived and died here.

His death was a heavy trouble to me, but the heaviest came to me when I was somewheres else and--well, somehow I've had a feelin' that, if there was any real joys ever planned out for me while I'm on this earth, they'd come to me here.