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Chapter 36

           TheillnessdraggedonandFrankworriedmoreandmoreaboutthestoreaseachdaypassed.Theplacewasinchargeofthecounterboy,whocametothehouseeverynighttoreportontheday’stransactions,butFrankwasnotsatisfied.HefretteduntilScarlettwhohadonlybeenwaitingforsuchanopportunitylaidacoolhandonhisforeheadandsaid:"Now,sweetheart,Ishallbevexedifyoutakeonso.I’llgototownandseehowthingsare."

           Andshewent,smilingasshesmotheredhisfeebleprotests.Duringthethreeweeksofhernewmarriage,shehadbeeninafevertoseehisaccountbooksandfindoutjusthowmoneymattersstood.Whatluckthathewasbedridden!

           ThestorestoodnearFivePoints,itsnewroofglaringagainstthesmokedbricksoftheoldwalls.Woodenawningscoveredthesidewalktotheedgeofthestreet,andatthelongironbarsconnectingtheuprightshorsesandmuleswerehitched,theirheadsbowedagainstthecoldmistyrain,theirbackscoveredwithtornblanketsandquilts.TheinsideofthestorewasalmostlikeBullard’sstoreinJonesboro,exceptthattherewerenoloungersabouttheroaringred-hotstove,whittlingandspittingstreamsoftobaccojuiceatthesandboxes.ItwasbiggerthanBullard’sstoreandmuchdarker.Thewoodenawningscutoffmostofthewinterdaylightandtheinteriorwasdimanddingy,onlyatrickleoflightcominginthroughthesmallfly-speckedwindowshighuponthesidewalls.Thefloorwascoveredwithmuddysawdustandeverywherewasdustanddirt.

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