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Chapter 20

           Nowitmightbedaysbeforethemailscamethrough,daysbeforesheheardwhetherCarreenwasaliveordead.Oh,ifshehadonlygonehomeatthebeginningofthesiege,MelanieornoMelanie!

           TherewasfightingatJonesborothatmuchAtlantaknew,buthowthebattlewentnoonecouldtellandthemostinsanerumorstorturedthetown.FinallyacouriercameupfromJonesborowiththereassuringnewsthattheYankeeshadbeenbeatenback.ButtheyhadmadeasortieintoJonesboro,burnedthedepot,cutthetelegraphwiresandtornupthreemilesoftrackbeforetheyretreated.Theengineeringcorpswasworkinglikemad,repairingtheline,butitwouldtakesometimebecausetheYankeeshadtornupthecrossties,madebonfiresofthem,laidthewrenched-uprailsacrossthemuntiltheywereredhotandthentwistedthemaroundtelegraphpolesuntiltheylookedlikegiantcorkscrews.Thesedaysitwassohardtoreplaceironrails,toreplaceanythingmadeofiron.

           No,theYankeeshadn’tgottentoTara.ThesamecourierwhobroughtthedispatchestoGeneralHoodassuredScarlettofthat.HehadmetGeraldinJonesboroafterthebattle,justashewasstartingtoAtlanta,andGeraldhadbeggedhimtobringalettertoher.

           ButwhatwasPadoinginJonesboro?Theyoungcourierlookedillateaseashemadeanswer.GeraldwashuntingforanarmydoctortogotoTarawithhim.

           Asshestoodinthesunshineonthefrontporch,thankingtheyoungmanforhistrouble,Scarlettfeltherkneesgoweak.

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