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Chapter 33

           TheyridearoundatnightdresseduplikeghostsandcallonCarpetbaggerswhostealmoneyandnegroeswhoareuppity.SometimestheyjustscarethemandwarnthemtoleaveAtlanta,butwhentheydon’tbehavetheywhipthemand,"Pittywhispered,"sometimestheykillthemandleavethemwherethey’llbeeasilyfoundwiththeKuKluxcardonthem....AndtheYankeesareveryangryaboutitandwanttomakeanexampleofsomeone....ButHughElsingtoldmehedidn’tthinkthey’dhangCaptainButlerbecausetheYankeesthinkhedoesknowwherethemoneyisandjustwon’ttell.Theyaretryingtomakehimtell."

           "Themoney?"

           "Didn’tyouknow?Didn’tIwriteyou?Mydear,youhavebeenburiedatTara,haven’tyou?ThetownsimplybuzzedwhenCaptainButlercamebackherewithafinehorseandcarriageandhispocketsfullofmoney,whenalltherestofusdidn’tknowwhereournextmealwascomingfrom.ItsimplymadeeverybodyfuriousthatanoldspeculatorwhoalwayssaidnastythingsabouttheConfederacyshouldhavesomuchmoneywhenwewereallsopoor.Everybodywasburstingtoknowhowhemanagedtosavehismoneybutnoonehadthecouragetoaskhimexceptmeandhejustlaughedandsaid:‘Innohonestway,youmaybesure.’Youknowhowharditistogetanythingsensibleoutofhim."

           "Butofcourse,hemadehismoneyoutoftheblockade—"

           "Ofcourse,hedid,honey,someofit.Butthat’snotadropinthebuckettowhatthatmanhasreallygot.

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