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Chapter 37

           ForsometimetherehadbeenanagitationinWashingtontoconfiscateall"Rebelproperty"topaytheUnitedStates’wardebtandthisagitationhadkeptScarlettinastateofanguishedapprehension.Now,inadditiontothis,Atlantawasfullofwildrumorsabouttheconfiscationofpropertyofoffendersagainstmilitarylaw,andScarlettquakedlestsheandFranklosenotonlytheirfreedombutthehouse,thestoreandthemill.Andeveniftheirpropertywerenotappropriatedbythemilitary,itwouldbeasgoodaslostifsheandFrankwenttojail,forwhowouldlookaftertheirbusinessintheirabsence?

           ShehatedTonyforbringingsuchtroubleuponthem.Howcouldhehavedonesuchathingtofriends?AndhowcouldAshleyhavesentTonytothem?NeveragainwouldshegiveaidtoanyoneifitmeanthavingtheYankeescomedownonherlikeaswarmofhornets.No,shewouldbarthedooragainstanyoneneedinghelp.Except,ofcourse,Ashley.ForweeksafterTony’sbriefvisitshewokefromuneasydreamsatanysoundintheroadoutside,fearingitmightbeAshleytryingtomakehisescape,fleeingtoTexasbecauseoftheaidhehadgivenTony.Shedidnotknowhowmattersstoodwithhim,fortheydidnotdarewritetoTaraaboutTony’smidnightvisit.TheirlettersmightbeinterceptedbytheYankeesandbringtroubleupontheplantationaswell.But,whenweekswentbyandtheyheardnobadnews,theyknewthatAshleyhadsomehowcomeclear.Andfinally,theYankeesceasedannoyingthem.

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