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	“So of course, wr thought they were our soldiers singin‘ ~iTefl, they came and toi‘ our boss that the Yankees were we had better hide our Lood ax~ valuable things for they‘d take they wanted.
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our songs. coming and everything
	“So they holped our ~ssy hide the things . They dug holes . and burled . the potatoes and covered them over with cotten seed. Then our Massy gave . them food for their kindness and set out with two of the girls to take them to a place of safety, and before he could come back for the Missue IBE

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