The Sins of the Father: A Romance of the South
GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS :: :: NEW YORK Copyright, 1912, by THOMAS DIXON All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian. Published March, 1913. Printed in the United States of America.
TO THE MEMORY OF RANDOLPH SHOTWELL OF NORTH CAROLINA SOLDIER, EDITOR, CLANSMAN PATRIOT
I wish it understood that I have not used in this novel the private life of Captain Randolph Shotwell, to whom this book is dedicated. I have drawn the character of my central figure from the authentic personal history of Major Daniel Norton himself, a distinguished citizen of the far South, with whom I was intimately acquainted for many years.
THOMAS DIXON. NEW YORK MARCH 8, 1912
The young editor of The Daily Eagle and Phoenix straightened his tall figure from the pile of papers that smothered his desk, glanced at his foreman who stood waiting, and spoke in the quiet drawl he always used when excited:
Just a moment—'til I read this over——
The foreman nodded.
He scanned the scrawled pencil manuscript twice and handed it up without changing a letter:
Set the title in heavy black-faced caps— black —the blackest you've got.
He read the title over again musingly, his strong mouth closing with a snap at its finish:
Jr. Thomas Dixon
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THE SINS OF THE FATHER
THE SINS OF THE FATHER
THOMAS DIXON
JOHN CASSEL
TO THE READER
CONTENTS
THE SINS OF THE FATHER
CHAPTER I
THE WOMAN IN YELLOW
CHAPTER II
CLEO ENTERS
CHAPTER III
A BEAST AWAKES
CHAPTER IV
THE ARREST
CHAPTER V
THE RESCUE
CHAPTER VI
A TRAITOR'S RUSE
CHAPTER VII
THE IRONY OF FATE
CHAPTER VIII
A NEW WEAPON
CHAPTER IX
THE WORDS THAT COST
CHAPTER X
MAN TO MAN
CHAPTER XI
THE UNBIDDEN GUEST
CHAPTER XII
THE JUDGMENT BAR
CHAPTER XIII
AN OLD STORY
CHAPTER XIV
THE FIGHT FOR LIFE
CHAPTER XV
CLEO'S SILENCE
CHAPTER XVI
THE LARGER VISION
CHAPTER XVII
THE OPAL GATES
CHAPTER XVIII
QUESTIONS
CHAPTER XIX
CLEO'S CRY
CHAPTER XX
THE BLOW FALLS
CHAPTER XXI
THE CALL OF THE BLOOD
Book Two—Atonement
CHAPTER I
THE NEW LIFE PURPOSE
CHAPTER II
A MODERN SCALAWAG
CHAPTER III
HIS HOUSE IN ORDER
CHAPTER IV
THE MAN OF THE HOUR
CHAPTER V
A WOMAN SCORNED
CHAPTER VI
AN OLD COMEDY
CHAPTER VII
TRAPPED
CHAPTER VIII
BEHIND THE BARS
CHAPTER IX
ANDY'S DILEMMA
CHAPTER X
THE BEST LAID PLANS
CHAPTER XI
A RECONNOITRE
CHAPTER XII
THE FIRST WHISPER
CHAPTER XIII
Andy's Proposal
CHAPTER XIV
THE FOLLY OF PITY
CHAPTER XV
A DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XVI
THE CHALLENGE
CHAPTER XVII
A SKIRMISH
CHAPTER XVIII
LOVE LAUGHS
CHAPTER XIX
"FIGHT IT OUT!"
CHAPTER XX
ANDY FIGHTS
CHAPTER XXI
THE SECOND BLOW
CHAPTER XXII
THE TEST OF LOVE
CHAPTER XXIII
THE PARTING
CHAPTER XXV
FATHER AND SON
CHAPTER XXV
THE ONE CHANCE
CHAPTER XXVI
BETWEEN TWO FIRES
CHAPTER XXVII
A SURPRISE
CHAPTER XXVIII
VIA DOLOROSA
CHAPTER XXIX
THE DREGS IN THE CUP
CHAPTER XXX
THE MILLS OF GOD
CHAPTER XXXI
SIN FULL GROWN
CHAPTER XXXII
CONFESSION
CHAPTER XXXIII
HEALING
NOVELS OF SOUTHERN LIFE
STORIES OF WESTERN LIFE
JOHN FOX, JR'S.
MYRTLE REED'S NOVELS
LOUIS TRACY'S
STEWART EDWARD WHITE
