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And I think I had better tell you." "She died in the fever camp at Silver Bayou, when you were a little lad," whispered Celia.
"No." "Philip! What are you saying ?" "You don't know how my mother died," he said quietly.
"Phil, we had the papers--and the Governor of Louisiana wrote us himse'f----" "I know what he wrote and what the papers published was not true.
I'll tell you how she died.

When I was old enough to take care of myself I went to Silver Bayou.