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The courts have declared our marriage null and void and my manumission illegal, and we are all to be remanded to slavery." An expression of horror and anguish swept over Iola's face, and, turning deathly pale, she exclaimed, "Oh, mother, it can't be so! you must be dreaming!" "No, my child; it is a terrible reality."
A sober expression swept over Iola's face, and, dropping her eyes, she said: "I must have time to think." Quietly they rode along the river bank until Dr. Latimer broke the silence by saying: "Miss Iola, I think that you brood too much over the condition of our people." "Perhaps I do," she replied, "but they never burn a man in the South that they do not kindle a fire around my soul."
She could only wait her time, meanwhile keeping such touch with him as she could, bringing to him the wholesome fragrance of a pure heart and the strength and serenity of a life devoted to well doing. Something would occur to recall him to his better self. And something did occur. Almost a year had elapsed since Barney had gone out of Iola's life in so tragic a way.
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