Excerpt from A Gentleman of the South: A Memory of the Black Belt From the Manuscript Memoirs of the Late Colonel Stanton ElmoreSelden, his second son, coming home on his first furlough since the war began, and for little Beverley, the only daughter of the house, coming home from her first absence in Virginia. In the early darkness, the white pillars of the mansion stood out with a fine stateliness against the gloom of the trees which gave the place its name, and far down the avenue stretched the welcoming lights from the great hall, reaching out, as it were, for the children. That was what every body at The Cedars still called them, although F itzhugh was twenty-six, and brevetted captain besides, and Beverley would be eighteen before the Christmas morning dawned.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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