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Chapter 28

           ButthefearthatthehorsemightbecapturedandthemoneytakenfromPorkdeterredthem.TheydidnotknowwheretheYankeeswere.Theymightbeathousandmilesawayoronlyacrosstheriver.Once,Scarlett,indesperation,startedtorideoutherselftosearchforfood,butthehystericaloutburstsofthewholefamilyfearfuloftheYankeesmadeherabandontheplan.

           Porkforagedfar,attimesnotcominghomeallnight,andScarlettdidnotaskhimwherehewent.Sometimeshereturnedwithgame,sometimeswithafewearsofcorn,abagofdriedpeas.Oncehebroughthomearoosterwhichhesaidhefoundinthewoods.Thefamilyateitwithrelishbutasenseofguilt,knowingverywellPorkhadstolenit,ashehadstolenthepeasandcorn.Onenightsoonafterthis,hetappedonScarlett’sdoorlongafterthehousewasasleepandsheepishlyexhibitedalegpepperedwithsmallshot.Asshebandageditforhim,heexplainedawkwardlythatwhenattemptingtogetintoahencoopatFayetteville,hehadbeendiscovered.ScarlettdidnotaskwhosehencoopbutpattedPork’sshouldergently,tearsinhereyes.Negroeswereprovokingsometimesandstupidandlazy,buttherewasloyaltyinthemthatmoneycouldn’tbuy,afeelingofonenesswiththeirwhitefolkswhichmadethemrisktheirlivestokeepfoodonthetable.

           InotherdaysPork’spilferingswouldhavebeenaseriousmatter,probablycallingforawhipping.Inotherdaysshewouldhavebeenforcedatleasttoreprimandhimseverely.

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