"Oh, no, young lady, you don't work me like that. I am not taking any chances." When they arrived at Zala they drove at once to the parsonage where the old pastor who had preached Ruth's mother's funeral resided. A half dozen of Ruth's girl friends were at the gate to meet them. "We have been here waiting for almost an hour," one of the girls said. In the minister's little study Ruth and Harold clasped hands, symbolizing the union of their lives in love, while their vows were being solemnized, which bound them--even unto death. On the way home Harold said, "Now, Ruth, I can tell you the wishes; the other one has come true. I wished that I might be able to help your father secure the money that had been stolen from him, and I think you can guess what the other was." "It must have been that you would get to Zala without having any engine trouble or puncturing a tire," she said, laughing. "You are very dense, my darling, my wife," he said, as he put his arm around her and kissed her. "Now be careful. You can't drive with one hand. You will run the car into the ditch," she cautioned. They were about half way back to Wilford Springs when Ruth exclaimed, "Oh, look there, there's a fiery cross!" "It must be the Trenton Klan having a meeting." "Isn't the cross beautiful and inspiring?" "Yes, and it represents a wonderful movement. A movement that will mean a better citizenship." "Just what is the significance of the fiery cross? Of course I know that the cross is the symbol of the Christian religion, but why a fiery cross?" "The cross was made red with the blood of the Savior, the great Sacrifice for the sins of the world. As we behold this fiery cross we see in it the symbol of the love of God for humanity and the suggestion for unselfish service. There is also another meaning attached to it. It has a militant significance. It is the signal for the assembling of the Klansmen. "In the old days in Scotland, when any great danger threatened their nation and it became necessary for the Klans to assemble for the defense of their country, a cross was made of wood and set afire. The fiery brand was then quenched in the blood of a sacrifice. The chief commander then gave the symbol to a Klansman to carry and pass to another, who in turn should carry it, and so on, until it had been carried through the territory of every Klan. The Klansman carrying this fiery cross would shout the name of the muster-place. No true Klansman who saw the cross and heard the muster-place called would fail to be at the gathering. And he to whom the runner passed the emblem must carry it on.