The Electric Gun

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Harold Johnston. The Electric Gun

The Electric Gun

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I. THE SHADOW FALLS

Chapter II. DARKNESS

CHAPTER III. SLAVERY

CHAPTER IV. LOVE

CHAPTER V. RONALD GRAY

CHAPTER VI. SOME RECENT HISTORY

CHAPTER VII. BY ORDER OF THE STATE

CHAPTER VIII. A VOICE FROM THE PAST

CHAPTER IX. THE FIRST BLOW

CHAPTER X. THE AIRSHIP

CHAPTER XI. A CAPTURE AND A RESCUE

CHAPTER XII. AT HEADQUARTERS

CHAPTER XIII. PLANS

CHAPTER XIV. THE ATTACK

CHAPTER XV. RUMOURS OF WAR

CHAPTER XVI. THE JUSTICE OF THE STATE

Chapter XVII. TURNING THE TABLES

CHAPTER XVIII. THE JUSTICE OF THE PEOPLE

CHAPTER XIX. THE END OF THE SYSTEM

CHAPTER XX. NOONDAY

THE END

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Harold Johnston

Published by Good Press, 2021

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On "Letter Day" he first wrote a long and affectionate letter to his wife, and then proceeded to state his case to the head of the Government. He took infinite pains over this statement, but might have saved himself the trouble, as the correspondence was all submitted to the superintendent before being sent out, and that gentleman promptly threw Bruce's petition into the waste-paper basket. A few days later he was informed that nothing could be done in his case—for the present.

Bruce was not alone in his misfortune, Quite one-third of the married men on the farm had been separated from their wives and families. It must not be supposed that the whole of these men submitted, without protest, to the arbitrary acts of the officials, but their attempts to obtain justice met with no success. The less scrupulous among the newly-appointed officials naturally forced themselves into the highest positions, and they were aware that they held these positions only so long as they could compel others to acknowledge their authority.

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