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Chapter 1

           HetracedbacktoAlfredStanding,anindenturedservant,orslaveifyouplease,whowastransportedfromEnglandtotheVirginiaplantationsinthedaysthatwereevenoldwhentheyouthfulWashingtonwenta-surveyinginthePennsylvaniawilderness.

           AsonofAlfredStandingfoughtintheWaroftheRevolution;agrandson,intheWarof1812.TherehavebeennowarssinceinwhichtheStandingshavenotbeenrepresented.I,thelastoftheStandings,dyingsoonwithoutissue,foughtasacommonsoldierinthePhilippines,inourlatestwar,andtodosoIresigned,inthefullearlyripenessofcareer,myprofessorshipintheUniversityofNebraska.Goodheavens,whenIsoresignedIwasheadedfortheDeanshipoftheCollegeofAgricultureinthatuniversity—I,thestar-rover,thered-bloodedadventurer,thevagabondishCainofthecenturies,themilitantpriestofremotesttimes,themoon-dreamingpoetofagesforgottenandto-dayunrecordedinman’shistoryofman!

           AndhereIam,myhandsdyedredinMurderers’Row,intheStatePrisonofFolsom,awaitingthedaydecreedbythemachineryofstatewhentheservantsofthestatewillleadmeawayintowhattheyfondlybelieveisthedark—thedarktheyfear;thedarkthatgivesthemfearsomeandsuperstitiousfancies;thedarkthatdrivesthem,drivellingandyammering,tothealtarsoftheirfear-created,anthropomorphicgods.

           No;IshallneverbeDeanofanycollegeofagriculture.

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