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way. Mizzie went into her room and



            locked her door. A few moments




            later, she heard the familiar knock on



            her window. She looked outside and



            there was Jomo.




               Mizzie snuck outside and ran into



            Jomo's arms. She started to cry.



            Jomo asked her what was wrong, and




            she told him about Mr. Chardley's                                                                                            away with him!  Jomo told her that



            proposal. Jomo promised Mizzie that                                                                                          there was a secret escape path that




            he would make sure that she never                                                                                            they could take and they could be



            married Mr. Chardley. They both                                                                                              free to be together.




            walked to the cotton tree and it was                                                                                            Jomo and Mizzie made a plan that



            there that Jomo asked Mizzie to run                                                                                          they would both escape very late
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