There is practically no government beyond the city, and so the countryside rife with banditry. Good citizens must contribute io local units for protection, and when these units become too oppressive and ge! about whatever they can, they move along to another community and virtually rob them of all they get In very many cases good people have to leave their homes and sleep in hiding lest they be taken off and demands made for their release. One would surely welcome a period of order ard peace throughout the land. But the people are wonderful in their endurance and in their recovery from loss. After all is said these people have virtues and a future.
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