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Perhaps their shoes were completely worn out, but no mercy was shown them and they had to make their way barefooted. There was one thing the guards could not do, however, and that was to keep them still. PERHAPS THEIR SHOES WERE COMPLETELY WORN OUT BUT NO MERCY WAS SHOWN THEM AND THEY HAD TO MAKE THEIR WAY BAREFOOTED THERE WAS ONE THING THE GUARDS COULD NOT DO HOWEVER AND THAT WAS TO KEEP THEM STILL
le. They had to make so many miles each day through storm or sunshine. Often it was midnight before they reached the sheds in which were the sleeping benches. Here they had to lie down on bare planks without any covering. There was no ventilation in these sheds except a bare window or two in the gable. In summer they sweltered and in winter they nearly froze to death. As these unfortunate people slowly trudged along, the heartless guards on horseback whipped them and often prodded them with bayonets. Sometimes both men and women fell fainting and dying along the wayside. As two were nearly always chained together, the living was unlocked from the dead, the body kicked out of the way and even left unburied. In the heat of summer the dust nearly suffocated them and in the late autumn and early spring (they stopped in winter quarters in the coldest months), they often floundered along through mud nearly knee deep. Often the mud was frozen in the morning and their feet would break through.  DROVES LIKE CATTLE THEY HAD TO MAKE SO MANY MILES EACH DAY THROUGH STORM OR SUNSHINE OFTEN IT WAS MIDNIGHT BEFORE THEY REACHED THE SHEDS IN WHICH WERE THE SLEEPING BENCHES HERE THEY HAD TO LIE DOWN ON BARE PLANKS WITHOUT ANY COVERING THERE WAS NO VENTILATION IN THESE SHEDS EXCEPT A BARE WINDOW OR TWO IN THE GABLE IN SUMMER THEY SWELTERED AND IN WINTER THEY NEARLY FROZE TO DEATH AS THESE UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE SLOWLY TRUDGED ALONG THE HEARTLESS GUARDS ON HORSEBACK WHIPPED THEM AND OFTEN PRODDED THEM WITH BAYONETS SOMETIMES BOTH MEN AND WOMEN FELL FAINTING AND DYING ALONG THE WAYSIDE AS TWO WERE NEARLY ALWAYS CHAINED TOGETHER THE LIVING WAS UNLOCKED FROM THE DEAD THE BODY KICKED OUT OF THE WAY AND EVEN LEFT UNBURIED IN THE HEAT OF SUMMER THE DUST NEARLY SUFFOCATED THEM AND IN THE LATE AUTUMN AND EARLY SPRING THEY STOPPED IN WINTER QUARTERS IN THE COLDEST MONTHS THEY OFTEN FLOUNDERED ALONG THROUGH MUD NEARLY KNEE DEEP OFTEN THE MUD WAS FROZEN IN THE MORNING AND THEIR FEET WOULD BREAK THROUGH
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