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For miles and miles this mournful wail could be heard by the few people who lived in villages along the way. Sometimes, however, these villages were fifty or a hundred miles apart. But this wail was kept up continually. FOR MILES AND MILES THIS MOURNFUL WAIL COULD BE HEARD BY THE FEW PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN VILLAGES ALONG THE WAY SOMETIMES HOWEVER THESE VILLAGES WERE FIFTY OR A HUNDRED MILES APART BUT THIS WAIL WAS KEPT UP CONTINUALLY
ed 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. 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. As they went on their way they kept up a kind of a wail that was said to be the saddest chant that human ears ever heard.  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 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 AS THEY WENT ON THEIR WAY THEY KEPT UP A KIND OF WAIL THAT WAS SAID TO BE THE SADDEST CHANT THAT HUMAN EARS EVER HEARD
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