[Fiction] Colonel Starbottle for the plaintiff Adjust Share By Bret Harte, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 19th century Fiction Trials (Breach of promise) More from Bret Harte The queen’s death Prosper’s “old mother” A ward of Colonel Starbottle’s Adjust Share Close < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > March 1901 < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > Table of Contents Close