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Chapter 12

           Outsideofthearmyheroes,hewasthemosttalked-aboutmaninAtlanta.EveryoneknewindetailhowhehadbeenexpelledfromWestPointfordrunkennessand"somethingaboutwomen."ThatterrificscandalconcerningtheCharlestongirlhehadcompromisedandthebrotherhehadkilledwaspublicproperty.CorrespondencewithCharlestonfriendselicitedthefurtherinformationthathisfather,acharmingoldgentlemanwithanironwillandaramrodforabackbone,hadcasthimoutwithoutapennywhenhewastwentyandevenstrickenhisnamefromthefamilyBible.AfterthathehadwanderedtoCaliforniainthegoldrushof1849andthencetoSouthAmericaandCuba,andthereportsofhisactivitiesinthesepartswerenonetoosavory.Scrapesaboutwomen,severalshootings,gunrunningtotherevolutionistsinCentralAmericaand,worstofall,professionalgamblingwereincludedinhiscareer,asAtlantaheardit.

           TherewashardlyafamilyinGeorgiawhocouldnotowntotheirsorrowatleastonemalememberorrelativewhogambled,losingmoney,houses,landandslaves.Butthatwasdifferent.Amancouldgamblehimselftopovertyandstillbeagentleman,butaprofessionalgamblercouldneverbeanythingbutanoutcast.

           HaditnotbeenfortheupsetconditionsduetothewarandhisownservicestotheConfederategovernment,RhettButlerwouldneverhavebeenreceivedinAtlanta.Butnow,eventhemoststraitlacedfeltthatpatriotismcalleduponthemtobemorebroadminded.

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