Chapter 17Lilly, Pennsylvania - Saturday, April 5, 1924, 10:45 PMOlenka had never imagined that there would come a time when the Ku Klux Klan would protect her...but the time was now.
She and Max Beckenbauer--the young Klansman with the noose still hanging around his neck--were running from her neighbors, who wanted to kill him. The chase ended when columns of white-robed, hooded men suddenly marched around the corner, bearing torches and spanning the street from side to side.
The Lilly men who'd been after Olenka and Max stopped running and started backing away. Instead of facing a lone Klansman, now they faced an army.
For his part, Max kept running headlong toward the Klan's ranks, pulling Olenka along by the hand. The two of them plunged into the KKK army, ducking into the space
