The Voice of the People

BY

Ellen Glasgow

NEW YORK, DOUBLEDAY PAGE & COMPANY, 1904

Copyright, 1900, by ELLEN GLASGOW

Published September, 1902

TO REBE GORDON GLASGOW

BOOK I

I     II     III     IV     V     VI     VII     VIII     IX    

BOOK II

I     II     III     IV     V     VI    

BOOK III

I     II     III     IV     V     VI     VII     VIII    

BOOK IV

I     II     III     IV     V     VI     VII     VIII     IX    

BOOK V

I     II     III     IV     V     VI    

THE

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

BOOK I

FAIR WEATHER AT KINGSBOROUGH

I

The last day of Circuit Court was over at Kingsborough.

The jury had vanished from the semicircle of straight-backed chairs in the old court-house, the clerk had laid aside his pen along with his air of listless attention, and the judge was making his way through the straggling spectators to the sunken