Chapter Ten Summary

C.J. receives a letter from Rondal and shares the news with the Annadel Political and Social Club. The club consists primarily of C.J., Dr. Booker, Ermel, and Isom. The men have differing political views, but they enjoy their drinking and debating. Rondal is in Ludlow, Colorado helping to organize the union among coal miners. At first C.J. and friends are proud of Rondal and happy about the news coming out of Colorado, but when word of the atrocities committed by police, Baldwin-Felts guards and the military arrive. The friends fear for Rondal. In time C.J. receives words that Rondal is safe and in Chicago.

At one club meeting the men are enjoying debating the causes of World War I when armed men burst into the room. Isom recognizes them as Baldwin-Felts thugs. The club members are marched...