COLONEL CARTER OF CARTERSVILLE

BY F. HOPKINSON SMITH



I dedicate this book to the memory of my counselor and my
friend,--that most delightful of story-tellers, that most charming of
comrades,--my dear old Mother; whose early life was spent near
the shade of the Colonel's porch, and whose keen enjoyment of the
stories between these covers--stories we have so often laughed over
together--is still among my pleasantest recollections.

F. H. S.

New York, May, 1891.




CONTENTS AND LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"My fire is my friend."

I. THE COLONEL'S HOUSE IN BEDFORD PLACE.

The Street Entrance.

Chad "dishin' the Dinner."