“Of the most p-p-powerful secret society that ever was.”
“I reckon it was over in Russia or somewheres. It sounds like it.”
“It was right here in the United States.”
“Hum,” I said, because that name didn’t sound a bit like the United States to me.
“It was after the war.”
“The Spanish War?”
“No. The North and South war.”
“Oh.... That one. What was it for?”
“For protection. They went ridin’ around at night rightin’ wrongs and scarin’ folks and runnin’ things in general. They wore white sheets over their heads.”
“Gee. Honest?”