The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-04
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS ru.,,rr,a

oiN'FSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS
81. ms. Daslon Is stricken with brain fever a,
ths news OF her husbands Death in battls ana
her little son. Charlie, never fornet. ~. .cana.
OF that terrible night.
Tom Camp. an old one-legsed soldier. return.
l" ms hunole cabin. overJoyed to see his wife
ara little girl again. He agrees to sit up with
-HIs. S1ston' but viii not sit UP with a mig
ger, which he always hated. After six months
little Son. Charlie
EsiEe, Lrs. Ga.sos's faithful black man, 4. IN.
iofihea ttat he must be remarked. He thinks
10 have good JOKE his wife, but finds that
Two can pay al the same game
Inc negroes became very lusolent after the
va organizing inty secret societies and build.
IAs Il eALicu ut their OWN. Gieneral Woltn comes
% '1"n Ca court day and makes a speech 10
me assembled heglues, telling them tnat Mr.
4'Ae-lA "1s never N favor OF social and poiit-
"a. @ t'-@L'tJ' and tnat the negro. although free
t''' must work At the conclusion OF mis- ad-
N'tsa ne 4tuaNes Amos HOgg, "a former Pro-
IS' elior Tor helping the negroes to or
Jye 80 tAe4irs irgn Ntithern bankers and Is
r1-,r lI ma 10 teci'fss in oIder to EiSs
Sthvia4 aid they engage tn 4 war Uf norus
Two months later General Worm was sum
nontd 10 HEmosisht IA cnarge II using sbus,y.
,sns s-@se 20 Eeeilhan; slinOn Lasree the
WIN WIN vtnsth gt theIr class incIJe the negroes 10
y .heit h oil LlsseIs at e..Ey ypDortunty.
ths negroes on General Worth's Plantation re-
their places Negro ubrisnss foow men adS 70 tsks
LeEree control their movements. sh anu
ter is killed Airs CASTOR IeeSSnIs s h,s daugh-
brain fever, but is never strong again ami Iba
Is too much for her feeble strength and sbs
dee. At Last the 0utrages become so unbear9
sble that a neglo ringleader was ynched and
thus the ku-KlUN klan. by one stroke. broueS;
BY threats. hut no further violence the n.1,
s,.egteq was orderly, and enabled right to again
When its work was completed the Ku-Klux
vas disoanded. but was soon reorganized again
by young and ADVENTUROUS men. On the arrest
gl t9e some - the leaders. especially Allan Nc
thousands OF young men had TO fee TO The West
Charlie Castor and his friend succeeded in
e9using great excitement in Uncle Josh's church
vRen Ps -56mEt 9ason damS.sds MI Tith trtSTTTph
cloud overshadowed his face when G1stnn a.
ierrth convinced him that such was not The case '
n the most delicate feminine hand e ops1sd 90 g'tn II
hastily II was an invitati7n fror, he Ped 49, :!
%emoriai Association 70 deliver the Memorial
The GSV soon Sl iIT- rrIIeng 2sSc- =.
minutes when he looked in to the fane =, hen ths on 10
secretary OF the association. who invited him to
dine with her' Mr.. Castor accepted the invi-
When dinner was announced CASTOR wa. much
amazed to see his friend Allan Mcleod entsr.
McLeons eyes ingered fo5dT eg Ms, SoTfs. sS1s
CASTOR resented i s.s as an impertinence He then
with his visit and didn't sleep wei! Aha: night
IN morni1s paper per the ne next day. however. he
himself. and an entire page of mater covering
i-iar,ie castor was to go home on the o'clock
train but he fslt uneasy when he recalled Me-
I.eos's Intimacy with Miss Sallie Worth and de-
cided not 10 60 He waited until the train had
started and then sent a note TO Miss Worth tell
.rg her that his train had left him and asstinE
her 1 TO have compassion On him ana allow him to
Allen Mcleod was deeply IN love with Mis-