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Chapter 29

           Astrangermighthavethoughtshespokeofherfourdeadsons,butthegirlsfromTaraknewherhorseswereinhermind."Allmybeautifulhorsesdead.Andoh,mypoorNellie!IfIjusthadNellie!Andnothingbutadamnedmuleontheplace.Adamnedmule,"sherepeated,lookingindignantlyatthescrawnybeast."It’saninsulttothememoryofmybloodeddarlingstohaveamuleintheirpaddock.Mulesaremisbegotten,unnaturalcrittersanditoughttobeillegaltobreedthem."

           JimTarleton,completelydisguisedbyabushybeard,cameoutoftheoverseer’shousetowelcomeandkissthegirlsandhisfourred-haireddaughtersinmendeddressesstreamedoutbehindhim,trippingoverthedozenblackandtanhoundswhichranbarkingtothedooratthesoundofstrangevoices.TherewasanairofstudiedanddeterminedcheerfulnessaboutthewholefamilywhichbroughtacolderchilltoScarlett’sbonesthanthebitternessofMimosaorthedeathlybroodingofPineBloom.

           TheTarletonsinsistedthatthegirlsstayfordinner,sayingtheyhadsofewgueststhesedaysandwantedtohearallthenews.Scarlettdidnotwanttolinger,fortheatmosphereoppressedher,butMelanieandhertwosisterswereanxiousforalongervisit,sothefourstayedfordinnerandatesparinglyofthesidemeatanddriedpeaswhichwereservedthem.

           TherewaslaughterabouttheskimpyfareandtheTarletongirlsgiggledastheytoldofmakeshiftsforclothes,asiftheyweretellingthemostamusingofjokes.

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