# Told by the Colonel

Author: Alden, W. L. (William Livingston), 1837-1908; Hurst, Hal, 1865-1938 [Illustrator]; Jack, Richard, 1866-1952 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Short Stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68468

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Told+by+the+Colonel+Alden&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Four Americans were sitting in the smoking-room of a Paris hotel. One of them was a grizzled, middle-aged man, who sat silent and apart from the others and consumed his heavy black cigar with a somewhat gloomy air. The other three were briskly talking. They had been three days in Paris, and had visited the Moulin Rouge, the tomb of Napoleon, and the sewers, and naturally felt that they were thoroughly acquainted with the French capital, the French government, and the French people. They were unanimously of the opinion that Paris was in all things fifty years behind the age, and at least sixty behind Chicago. There was nothing fit to eat, drink, or smoke in Paris. The French railway carria...

## Chapters

- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/told-by-the-colonel-68468/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/told-by-the-colonel-68468/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/told-by-the-colonel-68468/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/told-by-the-colonel-68468/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/told-by-the-colonel-68468/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/told-by-the-colonel-68468/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/told-by-the-colonel-68468/chapters/7/index.md)