The Broken Sword A Pictorial Page in Reconstruction. By D. Worthington. [Illustration: Alice Seymour] THE BROKEN SWORD: --OR-- A PICTORIAL PAGE IN RECONSTRUCTION --BY-- D. WORTHINGTON. WILSON, N. C.: P. D. GOLD & SONS, 1901. This work is respectfully inscribed to the Daughters of the Confederacy By the Author, Who followed, as their fathers did, the "Southern Cross." INDEX. CHAP. PAGE Introductory. III Looking Backward I 9 Our Scotch-Irish II 25 The Assassins of the Peace of the South III 34 Types and Shadows IV 45 Patriotic Men Deliberating V 60 The Mills Are Grinding VI 72 A Politician of the New School VII 85 Memorial Day VIII 96 The Broken Cruse IX 109 Freedom in Flower X 121 The Majesty of the Law XI 139 Home Again XII 146 A Knight of the White Camelia XIII 153 The Oath of Fealty XIV 174 The Black Diplomat XV 185 Under the Hammer XVI 197 A House Warming XVII 208 The Writ of Ejectment XVIII 218 The Coroner's Inquest XIX 232 A Daniel Come to Judgment XX 247 An Unseen Hand Upon the Lever XXI 259 An Hour With Dickens XXII 273 The Absent Minded Judge XXIII 281 The Dipping of the Red Stars XXIV 303 The Parting of the Ways XXV 316 ILLUSTRATED BY JAMES DEMPSEY BULLOCK. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Page Alice Seymour _Frontispiece_ "Ef yu wus to brake loose und drap, yu'd bust up ebery scalyhorg inde Souf." 44 "Dare goes joshaway, now, wid Ole Glory strowed er roun' him, steppin lak a rare-hoss over de tater ridges." 84