Colonel Carter of Cartersville

Produced by Phil McLaury, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
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.
New York, May, 1891.
My fire is my friend.
The Street Entrance.
Chad dishin' the Dinner.
Gentlemen, a true Southern lady.
Fitz.
Chad was groaning under a square wicker basket.
The little negroes around the door.
Who's that?