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Chapter 21

           TheYankeesarecomingandthetroopsaremovingoutoftown.Idon’tknowwhatthey’lldowiththewounded.Therearen’tanytrains.TheMaconlinehasbeencaptured....ButI’lltry.Runalongnow.Don’tbotherme.There’snothingmuchtobringingababy.Justtieupthecord...."

           Heturnedasanorderlytouchedhisarmandbeganfiringdirectionsandpointingtothisandthatwoundedman.ThemanatherfeetlookedupatScarlettcompassionately.Sheturnedaway,forthedoctorhadforgottenher.

           ShepickedherwayrapidlythroughthewoundedandbacktoPeachtreeStreet.Thedoctorwasn’tcoming.Shewouldhavetoseeitthroughherself.ThankGod,Prissyknewallaboutmidwifery.Herheadachedfromtheheatandshecouldfeelherbasque,soakingwetfromperspiration,stickingtoher.Hermindfeltnumbandsodidherlegs,numbasinanightmarewhenshetriedtorunandcouldnotmovethem.Shethoughtofthelongwalkbacktothehouseanditseemedinterminable.

           Then,"TheYankeesarecoming!"begantobeatitsrefraininhermindagain.Herheartbegantopoundandnewlifecameintoherlimbs.ShehurriedintothecrowdatFivePoints,nowsothicktherewasnoroomonthenarrowsidewalksandshewasforcedtowalkinthestreet.Longlinesofsoldierswerepassing,dustcovered,soddenwithweariness.Thereseemedthousandsofthem,bearded,dirty,theirgunsslungovertheirshoulders,swiftlypassingatroutestep.Cannonrolledpast,thedriversflayingthethinmuleswithlengthsofrawhide.

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