Colonel Carter of Cartersville

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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.