Chapter Fourteen

Pg. 130 “Boss done bought out another man and want me down on de lake. He got houses fuh de first ones that get der- less go!”
Tea Cake wakes up Janie with excitement telling her how he is getting a job. Tea Cakes tells her Janie to hurry up and get a house down there before it is too late. This was the moment to a better and new life where they do not have to worry about being on the street down there in Everglades.
Pg. 133 “ Janie, Ah gits lonesome out there all day thout yuh. After dis, you better come git uh job uh work out der lak de rets uh women- so Ah won’t be losin time comin home.”
Tea Cake felt alone while he was out working by himself. He did not have enough time to share with Janie; he barely saw her at all. So he asked her to come get a job and work with him. If she did then he would have the whole day to be with her.