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Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915) was a United States author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many famous stories and received awards for his paintings. His novels and short stories are especially felicitous in their portrayal of the Old South. Among those is this novel - Colonel Carter of Cartersville (1891), which was successfully dramatized. Wikipedia

THE dinner ,vas at the co]onel's - an old.fashioned, partly furnished, two-st~ry house nearly a century old vhich crouches dovn behind a larger and more nl0dem dvelling fronting on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock tover of Jeff erson Market. The street entrance to this curious abode is marked by a svinging wooden gate opening into a narrov tunnel ,vhich dodges under the front house. It is an uncanny sort of passagevay, mouldy and wet from a long-neglected leak overhead, and is lighted at night by a rusty lantern ,vith dingy glass sides. On sunny days this gruesome tunnel frames from the street a delightful pictureTable of Contents CONTENTS AND LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; CH"PT~R FAGS; u ~[y fire is my friend" P,ontispiue; I THE COLONEL'S HOUSH IN BEDFORP P,LACE 1; The Street Entrance 3; Chad " dishin' the Dinner" 13; 16 Gentlemen, a true Southern lady" 16; Fitz '9; II THE GARD£N SPOT OF VIRGINIA ~EEKS AN; OUTLET TO TH E SEA 2); "Chad was groaning under a square wicker; basket" 26; U The little negroes around the door" 46; III AN OLD FAMILY SERVANT 49; " Vho IS that?" 53; 1'he old Clock Tower 61; Mister Grocerman 76; IV THE ARRIVAL Or' A TRUE SOUTHERN LAUY 78; v A~ ALLUSION TO A YELLOW DOG 99; The Colone1's Office 100; The Advance Agent ; The l'ervous Man ; VI CERTAIN IMPORTANT LETTERS; " Like an ebony Statue of Liberty"; VlI THE OUTCO:IE OF A COUNCIL OF VAR; " Down a flight of stone steps" •; • 104-; 108; • III; 12J; 126 VIll A HIGH SENSE OF HONOR • • 145; U Klutchem looked at him in perfect astonish·; ment" •; IX A VISIT OF CEREMONY; The Colonel's Door; X CHAD IN SEARCH OF A COAL-FIELD; Xl CUAD ON HIS OWN CABIN FLOOR; Polishing the Parlor Floor; IIenny •; Some Stray Pickaninnies ; XII THE ENGLlSH~rANJs CHECK •; •; •; 152; • 154; 154; · 165; ISo; · lSI; 187; · 191; 198