Chapter 29

           ThefollowingAprilGeneralJohnston,whohadbeengivenbacktheshatteredremnantsofhisoldcommand,surrenderedtheminNorthCarolinaandthewarwasover.ButnotuntiltwoweekslaterdidthenewsreachTara.TherewastoomuchtodoatTaraforanyonetowastetimetravelingabroadandhearinggossipand,astheneighborswerejustasbusyasthey,therewaslittlevisitingandnewsspreadslowly.

           SpringplowingwasatitsheightandthecottonandgardenseedPorkhadbroughtfromMaconwasbeingputintotheground.Porkhadbeenalmostworthlesssincethetrip,soproudwasheofreturningsafelywithhiswagon-loadofdressgoods,seed,fowls,hams,sidemeatandmeal.Overandover,hetoldthestoryofhismanynarrowescapes,ofthebypathsandcountrylaneshehadtakenonhisreturntoTara,theunfrequentedroads,theoldtrails,thebridlepaths.Hehadbeenfiveweeksontheroad,agonizingweeksforScarlett.Butshedidnotupbraidhimonhisreturn,forshewashappythathehadmadethetripsuccessfullyandpleasedthathebroughtbacksomuchofthemoneyshehadgivenhim.Shehadashrewdsuspicionthatthereasonhehadsomuchmoneyleftoverwasthathehadnotboughtthefowlsormostofthefood.Porkwouldhavetakenshametohimselfhadhespenthermoneywhentherewereunguardedhencoopsalongtheroadandsmokehouseshandy.

           Nowthattheyhadalittlefood,everyoneatTarawasbusytryingtorestoresomesemblanceofnaturalnesstolife.Therewasworkforeverypairofhands,toomuchwork,never-endingwork.

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