Illustrations by Charles L. Wrenn
Decorations by Charles Guischard
New York
McBride, Nast & Company
Third Printing
1914
[Frontispiece: He caught sight of the orchids and the tear-stained face
of his wife bending over them]
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"
I
Christmas Cheer
Uncle Noah's Christmas Inspiration
I
The twilight of a Christmas Eve, gray with the portent of coming snow,
crept slowly over the old plantation of Brierwood, softening the
outlines of a decrepit house still rearing its roof in massive dignity
and a tumbledown barn flanked by barren fields.
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