The Snare of the Fowler
SWEET was the secret joy of old Stoneman over the fate of Ben Cameron. His death sentence would strike terror to his party, and his prompt execution, on the morning of the election but two days off, would turn the tide, save the state, and rescue his daughter from a hated alliance.
He determined to bar the last way of escape.…

— Thomas Frederick Dixon
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