The little white figure rapped at Phil’s door and placed a trembling hand on his arm:
“Phil,” she said softly, “please go to the hotel and stay until you know all that has happened—until you know the full list of those killed and wounded. I’ll wait. You understand?”
As he stooped and kissed her, he felt a hot tear roll down her cheek.
“Yes, little Sis, I understand,” he answered.
CHAPTER V
The Reign of the Klan
In quick succession every county followed the example of Ulster, and the arms furnished the negroes by the State and National governments were in the hands of the Klan. The League began to collapse in a panic of terror.
A gale of chivalrous passion and high action, contagious and intoxicating, swept the white race. The moral, mental, and physical earthquake which followed the first assault on one of their daughters revealed the unity of the racial life of the people. Within the span of a week they had lived a century.