Your ever obedient servant and honored friend,

George Fairfax Carter.

With the Colonel’s permission, then, I am privileged to usher you into his cosy dining-room in Bedford Place, there to enjoy the Virginian’s rare hospitality.

F. Hopkinson Smith.

September 30, 1903.

CONTENTS

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Colonel Carter’s Christmas
I.[3]
II.[18]
III.[34]
IV.[46]
V.[62]
The Romance of An
Old-Fashioned Gentleman
I.[91]
II.[110]
III.[118]
IV.[129]
V.[135]
VI.[145]
VII.[157]
VIII.[167]
IX.[180]

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