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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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