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Chapter 3

           AllthepeopleEllenhadknowninSavannahmighthavebeencastfromthesamemold,sosimilarweretheirviewpointsandtraditions,butherewasavarietyofpeople.NorthGeorgia’ssettlerswerecominginfrommanydifferentplaces,fromotherpartsofGeorgia,fromtheCarolinasandVirginia,fromEuropeandtheNorth.Someofthem,likeGerald,werenewpeopleseekingtheirfortunes.Some,likeEllen,weremembersofoldfamilieswhohadfoundlifeintolerableintheirformerhomesandsoughthaveninadistantland.Manyhadmovedfornoreasonatall,exceptthattherestlessbloodofpioneeringfathersstillquickenedintheirveins.

           Thesepeople,drawnfrommanydifferentplacesandwithmanydifferentbackgrounds,gavethewholelifeoftheCountyaninformalitythatwasnewtoEllen,aninformalitytowhichsheneverquiteaccustomedherself.SheinstinctivelyknewhowCoastpeoplewouldactinanycircumstance.TherewasneveranytellingwhatnorthGeorgianswoulddo.

           And,quickeningalloftheaffairsofthesection,wasthehightideofprosperitythenrollingovertheSouth.Alloftheworldwascryingoutforcotton,andthenewlandoftheCounty,unwornandfertile,produceditabundantly.Cottonwastheheartbeatofthesection,theplantingandthepickingwerethediastoleandsystoleoftheredearth.Wealthcameoutofthecurvingfurrows,andarrogancecametooarrogancebuiltongreenbushesandtheacresoffleecywhite.Ifcottoncouldmakethemrichinonegeneration,howmuchrichertheywouldbeinthenext!

           Thiscertaintyofthemorrowgavezestandenthusiasmtolife,andtheCountypeopleenjoyedlifewithaheartinessthatEllencouldneverunderstand.Theyhadmoneyenoughandslavesenoughtogivethemtimetoplay,andtheylikedtoplay.

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