A GLIMPSE OF THE KLUKLUK-KLAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 February 1924, Page 4

A GLIMPSE OF THE KLU-KLUK-KLAN.

Hv ji Ann t'i< an Woman. (>K I.A! IO.M A. r.S. A..(>. '• :j. All rlli i■ i (iii Main-- Ci ■'!•(, Our lilde tI.WII has m.; I colic io I>< • I yet. Mill l> la- ;( uli-il (Idk n 111 .1 imulliii’111 even ill;';. ’ill;' Biilili'il Ili'i' Me ill home pill iin. 11.-: 11l Ill'll. A IV H 111 ell 11.11 l a!i.;UI t!ic in Ji ■ o.;ntcr- of llie (.ti ll;.; si; iv, 'lni;l;:ng die inueeuou.i (liTiil;'v. pi, 'lt ura all they can lind upon whicli i,, ic il'i ir >ii.nowadays. At a I' ijiu anil ci die .garage groupmill Km ;"i 1 1i *."11 .iin.; tin- high price ;■ i jii'iril. There is a sound uf wheels ami ''bmikiug*’ in die 1 reel. Heads a:,, -a'!."; e!! M «Ic*rs ami windows. ( nr-, ~r mill-e. pass all the lime, Imt liere e(nii(' a genre til ■ 111 , r.--. ail great, i xpi n-ii.• -l<>:i!iine; louring cars. ;iil bonded in tin' same cliri'dion west. Tiieiv i- much cniiiliieiit. Ihe cars whirl nil. darkly closed. Siidderdi' ahove the varied noises of l!,e si ic. ; conn s a familiar sound. ,h ; r. keen, compelling. The fire whistle! Out we ru.-h I'rnm everywhere. Kit no nils and fires are i iir main (ai dements on .Main-sirent. '■Whore is ii "Over I here!" A a low i n die eastern sky makes die .itit■l i>;11 siipci iliiun- . lii cars, on her .i lni'L hut mostly on our feet, wo (las’ll j,. die place. d> " lirc-wagon in our luiilsi. T on lai o ! Ii v a- -u-t a Negro’:. liile wooden drvk am! it. has hunted to the {{round >.V,d:!n r. ..mitts hut (he cooking-stove standing star!; amid tin.' asjiey. Wo irail hack in town, all together, ail going in lie.' .--tune direelion . Hack io Main-sired. What is die s!nin.e;o sight 1 hut nu'clmu ss Y I lave die dead risen tonight. The whole plaf“ i- filled with wliito-l-ched figures. I’mm head io foot their I! iv,"ni;draperies cover them. f I i;.;ltpointed white hoods completely hide their faces. In di" forefront mi a huge black hnrse .eotnes a rider holding aloft a I’ierv Oro-s. Tile sitnte symbol slows in scarlet on the breast of each ghostly follower. The Ku- lx lux-K la n have conic to our

On and on oomos the stream of while tiemre.s as if they would never cease.

Some are in ear*, seine on horseback; some on foot. All pass at the. .same slow piace, all in utter silence. And those who are watching them keep silence too. There is a leeling of awe. Not a single "old is spoken. Only when the lasi white-robed figure lias left the town, and been whipped away in those mysterious cars do garrulous tongues begin to *ag again, yet warily withal, for, as one of the banners which passed us stated; i-You never know when you aro talking to a Klnnsman.”