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Its No Secret

Walk with me through the gate and garden I have a story to tell you 'Lil darlin' but understand it was a different way of life in 1864 when the country was divided and thrown into a civil war... it was then a Captain of the Union army was wounded at the battle of Shiloh but somehow he managed to escape and make it to this great estate in the thick of ice and snow well and she saw him looking out the big picture window.. A beautiful old maid of 29, like I said this was another place in time but despite the scandal she took him in and nursed him back to health but little did they know that cold winter day would change their lives forever as the days went by and the months turned into years he stayed here and they raised a large, large family together... No one ever knew what happened to him, he changed his name and was never heard from again but IT'S NO SECRET Anymore your great, great grandfather was a Yankee in the civil war... you said shut your mouth, it can't be true, I said oh but it is, it is true but don't worry honey child, it’ll make a good novel or two, you said well that is for sure now that IT'S NO SECRET, IT’S NO SECRET Anymore!

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