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A Knight of the Cumberland by John Fox
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suddenly. There was no face under
that helmet--the Hon. Sam's knight was
MASKED and the Hon. Sam slapped his
thigh with delight.

``Bully--bully! I never thought of it
--I never thought of it--bully!''

This was thrilling, indeed--but there
was more; the strange knight's body was
cased in a flexible suit of glistening mail,
his spear point, when he raised it on high,
shone like silver, and he came on like a
radiant star--on the Hon. Sam's charger,
white-bridled, with long mane and tail and
black from tip of nose to tip of that tail
as midnight. The Hon. Sam was certainly
doing it well. At a slow walk the stranger
drew alongside of Marston and turned his
spear point downward.

``Gawd!'' said an old darky. ``Ku-
klux done come again.'' And, indeed, it
looked like a Ku-klux mask, white,
dropping below the chin, and with eye-
holes through which gleamed two bright
fires.

The eyes of Buck and Mollie were
turned from Marston at last, and open-
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