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I'd like to get rid,
too, of about ten pounds of Mississippi mud that I'm carrying."
"Well, I can catch a glint of white pillars through those trees. It
means the 'big house' of a plantation, and you'll probably find somewhere
back of it the long rows of cabins, inhabited by the dark people, whom
we've come to raise to the level of their masters, if not above them.
I can see right now the joyous welcome we'll receive from the owners of
the big house. They'll be standing on the great piazza, waving Union
flags and shouting to us that they have ready cooling drinks and
luxurious food for us all."
"It's hardly a joke to me. Whatever the cause of the war, it's the
bitterness of death for these people to be overrun. Besides, I remember
the words of that old fellow in the blacksmith shop before we fought the
battle of Stone River. He said that even if they were beaten they'd
still be there holding the land and running things."
"That's true," said Warner. "I've been wondering how this war would end,
and now I'm wondering what will happen after it does end.


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