CHAPTER XI.

EFFECTS PRODUCED. A PERIOD OF ALARM.

Excitement throughout the State--Scenes at the Capitol--Government Officials Notified of the Extent of the Disaster--A Quorum of the Legislative or Judicial Bodies not Attainable--No Departures from the City--The K. K. K. Cabal Receiving that Attention from Caucusing Legislators which its Importance Demanded--A Mob at the State-House--At Sunset the Situation Unchanged--A Sortie from the Capitol--Mobs along the Route--Seeking Refuge from the Excited Populace--Out of Danger--The New Situation--An Ugly Specimen of the Genus Ku-Klux--The Governor Recovers from the Attitude of a Suppliant--An Amusing Episode 107