The Sins of the Father
A Romance of the South (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Sins of the Father: A Romance of the South<br><br>The young editor of The Daily Eagle and Phoenix straightened his tall figure from the pile of papers that smothered his desk, glanced at his foreman who stood waiting, and spoke in the quiet drawl he always used when excited:<br><br>"Just a moment - 'til I read this over - "<br><br>The foreman nodded.<br><br>He scanned the scrawled pencil manuscript twice and handed it up without changing a letter:<br><br>"Set the title in heavy black-faced caps - black - the blackest you've got."<br><br>He read the title over again musingly, his strong mouth closing with a snap at its finish:<br><br>The Black League And The Ku Klux Klan Down With All Secret Societies<br><br>The foreman took the manuscript with a laugh:<br><br>"You've certainly got 'em guessing, major - "<br><br>"Who"<br><br>"Everybody. We've all been thinking until these editorials began that you were a leader of the Klan."<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.