The Project Gutenberg eBook, Unfettered, by Sutton E. Griggs

Title: Unfettered

A Novel

Author: Sutton E. Griggs

Release Date: February 11, 2012 [eBook #38830]

Language: English

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UNFETTERED.

A NOVEL.

BY

SUTTON E. GRIGGS,

Author of "IMPERIUM IN IMPERIO," "OVERSHADOWED," "DORLAN'S PLAN," Etc.

NASHVILLE, TENN.:
THE ORION PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1902.


COPYRIGHT
By Sutton E. Griggs.
1902.

DEDICATION.

While a last beloved sister
MARY,
Was, with patience and fortitude, awaiting the
slow but certain tread of the Grim Reaper,
she spared strength enough to read, from
beginning to end, "Overshadowed,"
that came to greet her ere she sped
to the home of the departed.
Were she mindful of happenings on the
earth to-day the author of this volume would
be sure of at least one sympathetic reader.
To her memory "Unfettered" is
affectionately dedicated.

THE AUTHOR.

AUTHOR'S PREFACE.

On a sad occasion in days gone by, the people of the United States were called upon to deal with the Negro's woes, and in the haze of battle there arose to thrill the hearts of men a Fort Sumter, a Bull Run, a Gettysburg, and, at last, an Appomattox.

Since those pregnant days, in spite of a seeming retrogression in some quarters, there has been a steady, unbroken march of the Negro in an upward direction. One day our great nation that once dealt with the Negro's woes will be summoned to deal with his strength, to kindly accept or finally reject all that he can do.

As the day of final adjustment is inevitable, it is wise for all of us who love our country to make a study of the internal workings of a race now shaking itself loose from the death sleep of the ages.

It is the aim of "Unfettered" to lead the reader into the inner life of the Negro race and lay bare the aspirations that are fructifying there.

Those who come to these pages in quest of pen pictures of either angels or demons, are not likely to find what they seek, for our story has to do with human beings, simply. That is, we should say, with the exception of—but you will make your own exceptions when the tale is fully told.

The Author.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER. PAGE.

I. AN ANGLO-SAXON'S DEATH 9
II. "A NEW KING ... WHICH KNEW NOT JOSEPH" 15
III. A FALLEN MAN SHOOTS 22
IV. THE CLANS GATHER 29
V. BREEDS TROUBLE FOR AFTER YEARS 37
VI. AN ACT OF WHICH NOBODY IS PROUD 46
VII. A MAN AGAINST A REGIMENT 54
VIII. THE HINT NOT TAKEN 62
IX. DORLAN WARTHELL 70
X. CUPID SHOULD BE MORE CAREFUL 73
XI. A STORMY INTERVIEW 78
XII. MORLENE AND DORLAN 83
XIII. A WHOLE CITY STIRRED 92
XIV. BLOODWORTH AT WORK 101
XV. HARRY BECOMES A TOOL 106
XVI. A WOMAN AROUSED 111
XVII. CLANDESTINELY, YET IN HONOR 121
XVIII. WHO WINS? 126
XIX. THE SCENE SHIFTS 134
XX. THE