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Chapter 44

           Shesilentlycursedthelegislatureforbringingthisworsedisasteruponthemall.Whatgoodhaditdone,thisfinebravestand,thisgesturewhicheveryonecalledgallant?Ithadjustmadematterssomuchworse.

           AsshedrewnearthepaththatleddownthroughthebaretreesintothecreekbottomwheretheShantytownsettlementwas,shecluckedtothehorsetoquickenhisspeed.Shealwaysfeltuneasydrivingpastthisdirty,sordidclusterofdiscardedarmytentsandslavecabins.IthadtheworstreputationofanyspotinornearAtlanta,forherelivedinfilthoutcastnegroes,blackprostitutesandascatteringofpoorwhitesofthelowestorder.ItwasrumoredtobetherefugeofnegroandwhitecriminalsandwasthefirstplacetheYankeesoldierssearchedwhentheywantedaman.ShootingsandcuttingswentonherewithsuchregularitythattheauthoritiesseldomtroubledtoinvestigateandgenerallylefttheShantytownerstosettletheirowndarkaffairs.Backinthewoodstherewasastillthatmanufacturedacheapqualityofcornwhiskyand,bynight,thecabinsinthecreekbottomsresoundedwithdrunkenyellsandcurses.

           EventheYankeesadmittedthatitwasaplaguespotandshouldbewipedout,buttheytooknostepsinthisdirection.IndignationwasloudamongtheinhabitantsofAtlantaandDecaturwhowereforcedtousetheroadfortravelbetweenthetwotowns.

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