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stopped right still and would not budge and began to neigh. I jumped off, grabbed a persimmon grub that lay close by, and with this, I was soon off in the woods.
A Mother’s Plea
While this was going on, my mother ran out in the yard, threw up her hands and cried, “My Lord, my Lord, they will kill my child.” She walked out to the soldiers and said to them, “Why, he is just a mere child!” One of the soldiers answered, “Well, Madam, he can shoot.”
Night was drawing near and I knew my father had gone back in the mountains with his team after a load of brandy, so I hurried on to meet him and break the news. Not going so far before I met him, I said, “Father, our whole place is covered with Yankees.” He being about half and half refused to believe me- “Well, you come' go with' me and 1 wll show you.”
When we arrived on top of
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