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The Tree of Appomattox

CHAPTER XV
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My comrades and I have agreed that as soon as the last battle is fought we'll plunge at once into the task of rebuilding our country.

We amount to little, of course, in such a multitude, but one can do only what one can." "That's so, but if a million feel like you and push all together, they can roll mountains away." "You're not a man to come to Winchester for nothing.

You've been doing business with the army ?" "I've been shoeing, clothing and bedding you.

I deliver within two weeks thirty thousand pairs of shoes, thirty thousand uniforms, and sixty thousand blankets.

They are all honest goods and the price is not too high, although I make the solid and substantial profit to which I am entitled.


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