"Perhaps a little good but much more harm."
"How do you know that it's doing harm?"
"I know by what I read. Besides you can't expect anything but trouble from the class of people that belong."
"What do you know about the class of people who belong?" she asked.
"They are mostly crooks and ne'er-do-wells like that fellow King, who goes around with his coat frayed at the cuff."
"Mr. King has more to him than a whole lot of fellows who are better dressed; but how do you know who belongs?"
"You see that that class of people have little principle and many of them give away their membership."
"I don't believe it," she said with spirit. "I think that there are unprincipled people who work some of their bunch into the Klan for the purpose of giving it away."
"It certainly ruins one's standing in society when it is found out that he belongs to the hooded bunch. I wouldn't want to associate with anyone who was connected with these midnight marauders."
"I believe in the principles of the Klan; I believe that a good class of men belong; that they are doing many charitable acts, and in many places have created more respect for law and order. If I were a man I would join this order of real red-blooded Americans."