Chapter 5, Incident in Strawberry Summary

Stacey drives the group to Strawberry, a small town on the way to Jackson. He stops in front of Wade Jamison's office to pay off the rest of his car loan and notices a low tire. Willie volunteers to take the car to Dueeze's garage and fix the tire, but before he does this, Clarence goes into the mercantile to buy headache medicine. The Aames brothers come out of the store as Clarence goes in, and when he comes back out, Statler starts his harassment. Moe becomes involved, and the situation escalates. Wade Jamison shouts for Clarence and Moe from across the street, thereby ending the trouble. The Aames brothers do nothing and say nothing because Jamison " . . . was a formidable figure and, despite everything, one of their own." (p. 119).

Staying at Jamison's office to sign legal papers...