The Faded Chronicle

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The mist came in early that morning, thick as wool and cold as grave earth. It swallowed the mill gates, the brick walls, and the faces of the men loading the cotton bales. I stood at the edge of the riverbank, my boots sinking into the mud, listening. There was a sound beneath the hiss of the water, a high, thin shriek that tore through the silence. It was the voice of a boy, screaming for a...

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