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THE VICTIM

"The man in front gave a short laugh and advanced on the girl" [Page 300]

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THE VICTIM

A ROMANCE OF
THE REAL JEFFERSON DAVIS

BY

THOMAS DIXON

"A majestic soul has passed"—Charles A. Dana

ILLUSTRATED BY J. N. MARCHAND

NEW YORK AND LONDON
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1914

Copyright, 1914, by
THOMAS DIXON

All rights reserved, including that of translation into all
foreign languages, including the Scandinavian

Printed in the United States of America

TO

THE BRAVE WHO DIED

FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVED

TO BE RIGHT

Fold up the banners! Smelt the guns!
Love rules. Her gentle purpose runs.
A mighty mother turns in tears
The pages of her battle years
Lamenting all her fallen sons!

THOMPSON

TO THE READER

In the historical romance which I have woven of the dramatic events ofthe life of Jefferson Davis I have drawn his real character unobscuredby passion or prejudice. Forced by his people to lead their cause, hisgenius created an engine of war so terrible in its power that through itfive million Southerners, without money, without a market, withoutcredit, withstood for four years the shock of twenty million men oftheir own blood and of equal daring, backed by boundless resources.

The achievement is without a parallel in history, and a