TO THE READER
Now that my story is done I see that it is the strangest fiction that I have ever written.
Because it is true. It actually happened. Every character in it is historic. I have not changed even a name. Every event took place. Therefore it is incredible. Yet I have in my possession the proofs establishing each character and each event as set forth. They are true beyond question.
THOMAS DIXON CURRITUCK LODGE Munden, Va.