Miss Janie was an older lady that lived with Miss Bell from time to time. Never knew much about Miss Janie except she looked to me at that time to be really old maybe 100. I'm sure she wasn't that old but from a kid that had not yet reached 10 years old most people in the world looked old, some just older than others. One day you would be at Miss Bell's little store in the front room of her house and Miss Janie would be there and then maybe a week or maybe a month and she would be gone. As I got older I figured that was the way she had to live. She would stay with family or friends for a while then move on to the next one until she made the full circle. Back then we didn't expect the government to do everything for us, that was what family and friends were for. If you were down on your luck, they helped. In Miss Janie's case I don't know if that was what happened but to a young kid that is what it looked like. Heck, she may have just been visiting a friend, but that doesn't make that good of story does it?.
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