In the first place it will look bad in the newspapers, and--" "The newspapers be d---d!" says some one.
"And in the second place," goes on the colonel, "it would be against the law, and--" "The law be d----d!" says Buck Hightower.
"There's a higher law!" says Grimes.
"Against the law," says the colonel, rising up and throwing away his cigarette, and getting interested.
"I know how you feel about all this negro business.

And I feel the same way.

We all know that we must be the negros' masters.

Grimes there found that out when he came South, and the idea pleased him so he hasn't been able to talk about anything else since.

Grimes has turned into what the Northern newspapers think a typical Southerner is.
"Boys, this thing of lynching gets to be a habit.