Girls of '64 . ine to do with we-all when wes free, she mur-mured half to herself. Dorothea shook her head. * The North has first to win the war, Lucy, sheanswered. If they do, you will have to take careof yourselves and earn your own livings like whitepeople, I suppose. * An hows we-all gwine to do that without anywhite-folks learnin? demanded the girl. Oh, you could do it by taking care of some oneas you do of me, Dorothea explained. Lucys eyes widened. Do they pay real money up Noth just forbrushin hair and foldin up youh pretties? sheasked excitedly. An could I be free too? ButI guess you
Girls of '64 . ine to do with we-all when wes free, she mur-mured half to herself. Dorothea shook her head. * The North has first to win the war, Lucy, sheanswered. If they do, you will have to take careof yourselves and earn your own livings like whitepeople, I suppose. * An hows we-all gwine to do that without anywhite-folks learnin? demanded the girl. Oh, you could do it by taking care of some oneas you do of me, Dorothea explained. Lucys eyes widened. Do they pay real money up Noth just forbrushin hair and foldin up youh pretties? sheasked excitedly. An could I be free too? ButI guess you must mean Confedrit money. Miss dont know theres a sayin that a whole bahrelfull of it wont pay fob the bunghole. My father pays a maid at home to take careof me, Dorothea pointed out, with a laugh. ButI dont think shes any better off than you are. Thats what Merrys always a-sayin, Lucyagreed. I would be quite satisfied if I were you, saidDorothea. You are as comfortable now as youare ever likely to Three short raps upon the window pane. A Knock on the Window 95 Yesm, thats what I think — but whats I gwlncto do if some of em meddUn Yankees come alongand set me free? Thats what Im askin yoh. Lucy was still grumbling to herself as she movedout of the room. Dorothea watched her go, realiz-ing another of the problems of the South for thefirst time, and getting a hint of the state of mind ofthe slaves, who had so vague an idea of what theirfuture was to be. She sat for a moment, but the flapping of the cur-tain in front of the window annoyed her and, goingto it, she closed the sash so that the wind might notblow in. Then she went back to her book by thetable and tried to read. She had scarcely turned a page, however, whenshe was startled by three short raps upon the win-dow pane and, turning toward it, she saw a handreaching up from below ready to tap again. For an instant Dorotheas heart jumped with ap-prehension, and then she thought of Lee Hendonand all fear left h
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