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Letter From Futhermore's Letter To Owl Creek Bridge

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Unfortunately, today you will die if you do not read this letter carefully. Firstly, this evening a soldier came to your door dressed in grey clothes of the South. He is not who he seems to be. This man is a Federal Scout. When your wife left to fetch him water, he mentioned Owl Creek Bridge. What was said during this conversation is a deception, he wants you dead. This is because of your status as a well-to-do-planter and taking away the South’s resources will help the Union in winning the war. Futhermore, he indicated that if someone happenened to set fire to the bridge it will help the South in the war and that this task is easily accomplished because there is only one soldier guarding the bridge. Ultimately, it may have seemed he was
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