The Traitor (Dixon, 1907)

by Thomas Frederick Dixon

For other versions of this work, see The Traitor (Dixon).

The Traitor

Other books by Mr. Dixon

 

"The Clansman"

"The Leopard's Spots"

"The One Woman"

"The Life Worth Living"

"The High Court of Justice of the Anglo-Saxon race suddenly transformed into a Negro minstrel farce"[See page 306]

The Traitor

 

A Story of the Fall of the Invisible Empire

 

By
Thomas Dixon, Jr.

 

Illustrated by
C. D. Williams

 

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New York
Doubleday, Page & Company
1907

Copyright, 1907, by Thomas Dixon, Jr.
Published, July, 1907

 

All Rights Reserved
Including that of Translation into Foreign Languages
Including the Scandinavian

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

To the Reader

This volume closes, as originally planned,

"The Trilogy of Reconstruction"

"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

Book I.
The Crime

Chapter		Page
I.	The Threat	3
II.	Mr. Hoyle Receives a Shock	27
III.	A Blow Is Struck	36
IV.	The Old Code	57
V.	Graham vs. Butler	61
VI.	Scalawag and Carpetbagger	74
VII.	The Reign of Folly	95
VIII.	The Masqueraders	99
IX.	A Counter Stroke	105
X.	The Strength of the Weak	110
XI.	Through the Secret Panel	122

Book II.
A Woman's Revenge

Chapter		Page
I.	Stella's Resolution	135
II.	Weighed and Found Wanting	142
III.	The Trap Is Set	150
IV.	Ackerman Secures a Pledge	162
V.	In the Toils	165
VI.	The Train for the North	172
VII.	The Daughter of Eve	175
VIII.	The Tracks at the Door	193
IX.	A Test of Strength	197
X.	Behind Bolted Doors	207
XI.	A Voice in Warning	214
XII.	The Trap Is Sprung	222
XIII.	For Love's Sake	234
XIV.	The Judgment Hall of Fate	239

Book III.
Prisoner and Traitor

Chapter		Page
I.	The Arrest	255
II.	Through Prison Bars	268
III.	A Woman's Way	275
IV.	The Hon. Stephen Hoyle	283
V.	Ackerman Cornered	290
VI.	Through Deep Waters	295
VII.	The Prisoner at the Bar	304
VIII.	The Ministry of Angels	318
IX.	The Day of Atonement	325
X.	Under Bright Skies—An Epilogue	330

Leading Characters of the Story

Scene: The Foothills of North Carolina.

Time: 1870 to 1872.

John Graham	Ex-chief of the Klan
Major Graham	His Father
Billy	His Brother
Alfred	The Family Butler
Mrs. Wilson	Their Landlady
Susie	Her Daughter
Dan Wiley	A Mountaineer
Steve Hoyle	Chief of the New Klan
Judge Butler	Of the U. S. Circuit Court
Stella	His Daughter
Aunt Julie Ann	His Cook
Maggie	Stella's Maid
Suggs	A Detective
Ackerman	Of the U. S. Secret Service
Alexander Larkin	A Carpetbagger
Isaac A. Postle	A Sanctified Man
The Attorney General of the United States	Hon. Reverdy Johnson of Maryland
Hon. Henry Stanbery	Of Ohio
U. S. Grant	The President

Illustrations

 

"The High Court of Justice of the Anglo-Saxon race suddenly transformed into a Negro minstrel farce"		Frontispiece
		Facing page
"Some of the men were sobbing"		52
"Stella stared at the lifeless form"		134
"A beautiful face bent above him"		270