Unsolicited Writings

Hes just as much alive as you are and it will do you good to havecompany.
Then you must take better care of yourself. How could hebring up her name in their
moment of farewell?
Hes just as much alive as you are and it will do you good to havecompany.
Three-fourths of all the men sent there never came out alive. His new coat did not
fit very well, for the tailor had been hurriedand some of the seams were awry.
Theunravaged state was a vast granary, machine shop and storehouse forthe
Confederacy.
Sheridan wasa name to bring dread to Southern hearts.
Why didnt he take the oathand then desert and come home as soon as he got out of
jail? Had she not feltthe start of Ashleys heart when her arms went round his neck?
Melanie, strangely calm now, telegraphed him moneyand instructions to come home.
Of course, hehad said the Yankees had them.
And yet, thoughMelanie was absent, her pale shadow lay between them. And I was so
afraid that maybe I wasnt ever going to have one and,darling, I want a dozen!
Scarlettwanted to giggle at her discomfiture, for Rhett had caught herfairly.
No sounds of murmuringvoices or of tears came from behind the closed door of
Melaniesbedroom.
And for a man, especially RhettButler, to ask such a question was unthinkable.
When hecame into the parlor, his eyes were somber. Besides, he was now more firmly
than ever under theprotection of the fragile Melanie. Melanie, the most tactful of
women, had tears in her eyes at herown cruelty.
But even with this loss on the topof the others, the Souths spirit was not broken.
Three-fourths of all the men sent there never came out alive.
I hope you will not repeat what I have said, Scarlett. She was happy thosetwo
months, happier than she had been in years. Let me help you undress, dearest, she
said humbly. I hope you will not repeat what I have said, Scarlett. I hope you will
not repeat what I have said, Scarlett. Meade, her hand upon Phils arm, was hoping
the doctor wasright. She saw that the conversation wasrapidly getting into deep and
stormy water.
Throughout the South, most of the cotton planters were in the samefix.
None of them, of course, compared with General Lee.
His new coat did not fit very well, for the tailor had been hurriedand some of the
seams were awry.
Sheridan wasa name to bring dread to Southern hearts.
After all, Dalton was a long wayoff, up near the Tennessee line.
She thought of all the things she had intended to say to him duringthis week.