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Chapter 12

           ThemoresentimentalwereinclinedtoviewthattheblacksheepoftheButlerfamilyhadrepentedofhisevilwaysandwasmakinganattempttoatoneforhissins.Sotheladiesfeltindutyboundtostretchapoint,especiallyinthecaseofsointrepidablockader.EveryoneknewnowthatthefateoftheConfederacyrestedasmuchupontheskilloftheblockadeboatsineludingtheYankeefleetasitdiduponthesoldiersatthefront.

           RumorhaditthatCaptainButlerwasoneofthebestpilotsintheSouthandthathewasrecklessandutterlywithoutnerves.RearedinCharleston,hekneweveryinlet,creek,shoalandrockoftheCarolinacoastnearthatport,andhewasequallyathomeinthewatersaroundWilmington.Hehadneverlostaboatorevenbeenforcedtodumpacargo.Attheonsetofthewar,hehademergedfromobscuritywithenoughmoneytobuyasmallswiftboatandnow,whenblockadedgoodsrealizedtwothousandpercentoneachcargo,heownedfourboats.Hehadgoodpilotsandpaidthemwell,andtheyslidoutofCharlestonandWilmingtonondarknights,bearingcottonforNassau,EnglandandCanada.ThecottonmillsofEnglandwerestandingidleandtheworkerswerestarving,andanyblockaderwhocouldoutwittheYankeefleetcouldcommandhisownpriceinLiverpool.Rhett’sboatsweresingularlyluckybothintakingoutcottonfortheConfederacyandbringinginthewarmaterialsforwhichtheSouthwasdesperate.Yes,theladiesfelttheycouldforgiveandforgetagreatmanythingsforsuchabraveman.

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