Scooter Pie...at Last!, Clarissa's Room and Daddy's Coming Summary

Scooter Pie...at Last!

Francie buys the coffee and Scooter Pies, leaving the money on Green's counter while the men are angrily talking in back of the store. She hurries to her spot under the tree and opens her pie and book. She hears a banjo and sees a group of hobos, black and white, at the foot of the hill by the river. A young woman dressed like a man approaches Francie. Her name is Alberta; Francie gives her the rest of her Scooter Pie. Alberta has left the group of men to go to the bathroom, and admits she does not know if they are aware she is not a man. Alberta is headed for New Orleans, then to California.

Francie waves to the train...