汉宁镇每年都有那么一批黑人青年认为初中毕业就够了,无须再继续上学受教育了。皮特·戈斯就是这些人当中的一个。毕业之后,他跑出去当了农场的雇工。他劈柴、摘棉花,攒了九美元六十五美分。他拿着这些钱到镇上的火车站预购了一张伊利诺斯中部铁路公司去芝加哥的单程经济客舱票。此后,皮特每周都是干足五天半农活,而且在周末还找些其它的活儿干。终于,他攒够了五十美元。据一些从芝加哥回来探亲的汉宁人说,在找到能自立的工作之前,这笔钱足够他吃饭住宿用的了。于是,一个星期日的下午,十八岁的皮特·戈斯象在他之前的许多人一样,满怀幻想,坐上火车,到“北部“谋生去了。 通常,对于到“北部”去的每一个人,镇里的 Every year in Hanning Town, a group of black youth think that graduating from junior high school is enough, so they no longer have to go to school for education. Peter Goss is one of these people. After graduation, he ran out as a farm employee. He chopped wood and picked cotton, saving nine dollars and 65 cents. He took the money to the town’s train station to pre-order a one-way economy class ticket to the Chicago-based Illinois Central Rail Company. Since then, Pitt has worked half a dozen and half days a week, and has found other jobs on weekends. Finally, he saved enough for fifty dollars. According to some Han Ning people who came back to visit relatives in Chicago, it was enough for him to eat and stay before finding a job that could be self-supporting. So, on a Sunday afternoon, Pitt Gos, 18, like many others before him, fantasized about getting on a train and making a living in the “north.” Often, for everyone going to the “north,” in the town