Excerpt from The Scarlet Shadow: A Story of the Great Colorado Conspiracy When the intellectual aristocrats align themselves with the democrats, when the Knights of the Pen champion the rights of the horny-handed Helots, when the great Orators become as tongues to the Good God's Old Shoes, be it known that Justice is in labor. Through the gates of pain is passing a new Spirit to bless the earth; through the trap - door of death a hundred vigorous and a thou sand senile sins are falling into the hell of human con tempt, to arise again no more. As to this book, no matter! It breathes unaided. It is conscious, and capable of conveying its own message. As to its author, much, very much, might be said. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.