New York
McBride, Nast " Company
Third Printing
1914

To C. A. W.
in grateful recognition
of an unfailing source of encouragement
and impartial criticism

Contents

I.[CHRISTMAS EVE]
II.[THE INSPIRATION ]
III.[THE GRAY-EYED LADY ]
IV.[CHRISTMAS INTRIGUE ]
V.[FERNLANDS]
VI.[THE COLONEL'S CHRISTMAS]

The Illustrations

[ He caught sight of the orchids and the tear-stained face of his wife bending over them . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ "Now, sah, yoh be quiet and listen to dis note I gets from young Massa Dick" ]

[ "I'se jus' come in--to ask yoh, Miss, if you'd like to buy an ol' nigger servant. I'se foh sale" ]

[ "Dick," he said queerly, holding out a trembling hand, "we're both citizens of the United States, and--it's Christmas day" ]