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Chapter 28

           Frank,whoseworktookhimalloverthesection,wasasgoodasanewspaper,bettereven,forhewaskintoorknewalmosteveryonefromMaconnorthtoAtlanta,andhecouldsupplybitsofinterestingpersonalgossipwhichthepapersalwaysomitted.TocoverhisembarrassmentatbeingcaughtbyScarlett,heplungedhastilyintoarecitalofnews.TheConfederates,hetoldthem,hadretakenAtlantaafterShermanmarchedout,butitwasavaluelessprizeasShermanhadburneditcompletely.

           "ButIthoughtAtlantaburnedthenightIleft,"criedScarlett,bewildered."Ithoughtourboysburnedit!"

           "Oh,no,MissScarlett!"criedFrank,shocked."We’dneverburnoneofourowntownswithourownfolksinit!Whatyousawburningwasthewarehousesandthesupplieswedidn’twanttheYankeestocaptureandthefoundriesandtheammunition.Butthatwasall.WhenShermantookthetownthehousesandstoreswerestandingthereasprettyasyouplease.Andhequarteredhismeninthem."

           "Butwhathappenedtothepeople?Didhedidhekillthem?"

           "Hekilledsomebutnotwithbullets,"saidtheone-eyedsoldiergrimly."Soon’shemarchedintoAtlantahetoldthemayorthatallthepeopleintownwouldhavetomoveout,everylivingsoul.Andtherewereplentyofoldfolksthatcouldn’tstandthetripandsickfolksthatoughtnottohavebeenmovedandladieswhowerewell,ladieswhohadn’toughttobemovedeither.

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