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"Case postponed," said the Court

The sheriff scowled

"Wait till Jirowled

The white bystanders, however, did not seem enthusiastic and one man--he was a Northern spinner--spoke out plainly

"It's none o' lad of it But see here: if youblokes at their own gaet together with the niggers and hold up this whole capitalist gang If you don't get the niggers first, they'll use 'em as a club to throw you down You hear me," and he departed for the train

Colton was suspicious The sentiroes did not seem to arouse the bitter resentment he expected There even came whispers to his ears that he had sold out to the landlords, and there was enough truth in the report to scare him Thus to both parties came the uncomfortable spectre of the black host

Particularly was Colonel Cresswell stirred to action He realized that in Bles and Zora he was dealing with a younger class of educated black folk, ere learning to fight with neeapons They were, he was sure, as dissolute and weak as their parents, but they were shrewder andThey must be crushed, and crushed quickly To this end he had recourse to two sources of help--Johnson and the whites in town

Johnson hat Colonel Cresswell repeatedly called "a faithful nigger" He was one of those constitutionally timid creatures into whom the servility of his fathers had sunk so deep that it had becoel, while the Cresswells, his father's -like faith, asking no reward, and for what he gave in reverence to theers!" He applied the epithet with more conteroes he was a "white folk's nigger," to be despised and feared

To hinant directions Then he rode to town, and told Taylor again of his fears of a labor movement which would include whites and blacks Taylor could not see any great danger

"Of course," he conceded, "they'll eventually get together; their interests are identical I'll ad possible"

"It must be delayed forever, sir"

"Can't be," was the terse response "But even if they do ally themselves, our way is easy: separate the leaders, the talented, the pushers, of both races froh them rule the rest by money"