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Chapter 38

           OnlytillJune!ByJuneshemusthavethemillwellenoughestablishedforhertoleaveit.ByJuneshemusthavemoneyenoughtogiveheratleastsomelittleprotectionagainstmisfortune.Somuchtodoandsolittletimetodoit!Shewishedformorehoursofthedayandcountedtheminutes,asshestrainedforwardfeverishlyinherpursuitofmoneyandstillmoremoney.

           BecauseshenaggedthetimidFrank,thestorewasdoingbetternowandhewasevencollectingsomeoftheoldbills.Butitwasthesawmillonwhichherhopeswerepinned.Atlantathesedayswaslikeagiantplantwhichhadbeencuttothegroundbutnowwasspringingupagainwithsturdiershoots,thickerfoliage,morenumerousbranches.Thedemandforbuildingmaterialswasfargreaterthancouldbesupplied.Pricesoflumber,brickandstonesoaredandScarlettkeptthemillrunningfromdawnuntillanternlight.

           Apartofeverydayshespentatthemill,pryingintoeverything,doingherbesttocheckthethieveryshefeltsurewasgoingon.Butmostofthetimeshewasridingaboutthetown,makingtheroundsofbuilders,contractorsandcarpenters,evencallingonstrangersshehadheardmightbuildatfuturedates,cajolingthemintopromisesofbuyingfromherandheronly.

           SoonshewasafamiliarsightonAtlanta’sstreets,sittinginherbuggybesidethedignified,disapprovingolddarkydriver,alaprobepulledhighabouther,herlittlemittenedhandsclaspedinherlap.

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