The Traitor: A Story of the Fall of the Invisible Empire
DEDICATED TO THE MEN OF THE SOUTH WHO SUFFERED EXILE. IMPRISONMENT AND DEATH FOR THE DARING SERVICE THEY RENDERED OUR COUNTRY AS CITIZENS OF THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE
This volume closes, as originally planned,
“The Leopard’s Spots”
“The Clansman”
“The Traitor”
“The Clansman” ended with the political triumph of the Klu Klux Klan, or Invisible Empire. The story of “The Traitor” opens with the order of dissolution by General Forest and is set in the atmosphere of the fierce neighborhood feuds which marked the Klan’s downfall in the Piedmont region of the South.
Thomas Dixon, Jr.
New York, 1907.
CONTENTS
Jr. Thomas Dixon
THE TRAITOR
A Story of the Fall of the Invisible Empire
Illustrated By C. D. Williams
1907
“THE TRILOGY OF RECONSTRUCTION”
LEADING CHARACTERS OF THE STORY
THE TRAITOR
BOOK I-THE CRIME
CHAPTER I—THE THREAT
CHAPTER II—MR. HOYLE RECEIVES A SHOCK
CHAPTER III—A BLOW IS STRUCK
CHAPTER IV—THE OLD CODE
CHAPTER V—GRAHAM VS. BUTLER
CHAPTER VI—SCALAWAG AND CARPETBAGGER
CHAPTER VII—THE REIGN OF FOLLY
CHAPTER VIII—THE MASQUERADERS
CHAPTER IX—A COUNTER STROKE
CHAPTER X—THE STRENGTH OF THE WEAK
CHAPTER XI—THROUGH THE SECRET PANEL
BOOK II—A WOMAN’S REVENGE
CHAPTER I—STELLA’S RESOLUTION
CHAPTER II—WEIGHED AND FOUND WANTING
CHAPTER III—THE TRAP IS SET
CHAPTER IV—ACKERMAN SECURES A PLEDGE
CHAPTER V—IN THE TOILS
CHAPTER VI—THE TRAIN FOR THE NORTH
CHAPTER VII—THE DAUGHTER OF EVE
CHAPTER VIII—THE TRACKS AT THE DOOR
CHAPTER IX—A TEST OF STRENGTH
CHAPTER X—BEHIND BOLTED DOORS
CHAPTER XI—A VOICE IN WARNING
CHAPTER XII—THE TRAP IS SPRUNG
CHAPTER XIII—FOR LOVE’S SAKE
CHAPTER XIV—THE JUDGMENT HALL OF FATE
BOOK III—PRISONER AND TRAITOR
CHAPTER I—THE ARREST
CHAPTER II—THROUGH PRISON BARS
CHAPTER III—A WOMAN’S WAY
CHAPTER IV—THE HON. STEPHEN HOYLE
CHAPTER V—ACKERMAN CORNERED
CHAPTER VI—THROUGH DEEP WATERS
CHAPTER VII—THE PRISONER AT THE BAR
CHAPTER VIII—THE MINISTRY OF ANGELS
CHAPTER IX—THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
CHAPTER X—UNDER BRIGHT SKIES—AN EPILOGUE
