Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman

The Colonel had now risen to his feet, the ball of yarn in his hand, his eyes still on the apparition. No child had ever stepped foot inside the cosy quarters since his occupati...

"I must say I'm worried about Fitz, Major. He don't look right and he don't act right"--he sighed as he picked up his pipe and sank into his arm-chair until his head rested on i...

The boy looked at her, his face in a tangle of emotions. "De _Pan_! Fo' Gord, Mist'iss, I done forgot dat pan," and with a spring he was out again, returning with Fitz's pastebo...

"The officer seems impatient, Major, and I must, therefo', ask you to excuse me. My dear love to Fitz, and tell him not to give my imprisonment a thought. Good-by," and he waved...

One morning there came to him the crowning honor of his career. A new hotel de ville was about to be erected in a neighboring city, and the authorities had selected him to paint...

During the long recital Phil's mind had gone back to his childhood's days in confirmation of the strange story. As Adam talked on, his eyes flashing, his voice tremulous with th...

These restful contrasts to his own life interested and astonished him. Since his father's death he had had few hours of real repose. While not yet fifteen he had been thrown out...

Before him was a portrait of a young woman in an old-fashioned gown, her golden hair enshrining a face of marvellous beauty, one long curl straying down a shoulder of exquisite...

"I'm goin' to put you, Chad, where you belong,--right alongside of me. Here, Katy darlin', take this taper and light this white candle for me, and I'll light the brown one for C...

It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner...

And the long talks in the improvised studio, she sitting under the big north window in the softened light of the sheet; the joy she took in his work; the charm of his sympatheti...

"Then I positively decline to discuss it with you, sir, for I should certainly say something that would wound your feelings. It is purely a matter of business, and that you arti...