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Chapter 16

           AndAshleywasinthathorribleplace!AshleywasalivebuthewaswoundedandatRockIsland,andthesnowmusthavebeendeepinIllinoiswhenhewastakenthere.Hadhediedofhiswound,sinceRhetthadlearnedhisnews?Hadhefallenvictimtosmallpox?Washedeliriouswithpneumoniaandnoblankettocoverhim?

           "Oh,CaptainButler,isn’ttheresomewayCan’tyouuseyourinfluenceandhavehimexchanged?"criedMelanie.

           "Mr.Lincoln,themercifulandjust,whocrieslargetearsoverMrs.Bixby’sfiveboys,hasn’tanytearstoshedaboutthethousandsofYankeesdyingatAndersonville,"saidRhett,hismouthtwisting."Hedoesn’tcareiftheyalldie.Theorderisout.Noexchanges.IIhadn’ttoldyoubefore,Mrs.Wilkes,butyourhusbandhadachancetogetoutandrefusedit."

           "Oh,no!"criedMelanieindisbelief.

           "Yes,indeed.TheYankeesarerecruitingmenforfrontierservicetofighttheIndians,recruitingthemfromamongConfederateprisoners.AnyprisonerwhowilltaketheoathofallegianceandenlistforIndianservicefortwoyearswillbereleasedandsentWest.Mr.Wilkesrefused."

           "Oh,howcouldhe?"criedScarlett."Whydidn’thetaketheoathandthendesertandcomehomeassoonashegotoutofjail?"

           Melanieturnedonherlikeasmallfury.

           "Howcanyouevensuggestthathewoulddosuchathing?BetrayhisownConfederacybytakingthatvileoathandthenbetrayhiswordtotheYankees!IwouldratherknowhewasdeadatRockIslandthanhearhehadtakenthatoath

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