Then there was this threatening letter; what was he to do about that?
Other men had had similar warnings.

Some had defied Captain Lud, and fortified their mills and held them.

Many had had their property burned to the ground; some had been murdered.

It wouldn't be a pleasant thing to drive about in the country knowing that at any moment he might be shot dead.

His mill was some little distance out of the town; the road was dark and lonely.