The Colonel's Dream

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To the great number of those who are seeking, in whatever manner or degree, from near at hand or far away, to bring the forces of enlightenment to bear upon the vexed problems which harass the South, this volume is inscribed, with the hope that it may contribute to the same good end.

If there be nothing new between its covers, neither is love new, nor faith, nor hope, nor disappointment, nor sorrow. Yet life is not the less worth living because of any of these, nor has any man truly lived until he has tasted of them all.

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LIST OF CHARACTERS

Colonel Henry French, A RETIRED MERCHANT
Mr. Kirby,
Mrs. Jerviss,    HIS FORMER PARTNERS
Philip French, THE COLONEL'S SON
Peter French, HIS OLD SERVANT
Mrs. Treadwell, AN OLD LADY
Miss Laura Treadwell, HER DAUGHTER
Graciella Treadwell, HER GRANDDAUGHTER
Malcolm Dudley, A TREASURE-SEEKER
Ben Dudley, HIS NEPHEW
Viney, HIS HOUSEKEEPER
William Fetters, A CONVICT LABOUR CONTRACTOR
Barclay Fetters, HIS SON
Bud Johnson, A CONVICT LABOURER
Caroline, HIS WIFE
Henry Taylor, A NEGRO SCHOOLMASTER
William Nichols, A MULATTO BARBER
Haynes, A CONSTABLE