The Strollers
Copyright 1902 The Bowen-Merrill Company
March
PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO. BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE
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THE STROLLERS
PROLOGUE
Old Drury Lane rang with applause for the performance of Madame Carew. Of British-French parentage, she was a recognized peer among the favorite actresses on the English stage and a woman whose attractions of face and manner were of a high order. She came naturally by her talents, being a descendant of Madame de Panilnac, famed as an actress, confidante of Louise-Benedicte, Duchess du Maine, who originated the celebrated nuits blanches at Sceaux during the close of Louis XIV’s reign.
The bill for the evening under consideration was “Adrienne Lecouvreur” and in no part had the actress been more natural and effective. Her triumph was secure, for as the prologue says:
Frederic Stewart Isham
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THE STROLLERS
THE MARQUIS’ HONEYMOON
CHAPTER I
THE TRAVELERS’ FRIEND
CHAPTER II
A NEW ARRIVAL
CHAPTER III
AN INCOMPREHENSIBLE VENTURE
CHAPTER IV
“GREEN GROW THE RUSHES, O!”
CHAPTER V
A CONFERENCE IN THE KITCHEN
CHAPTER VI
THE DEPARTURE OF THE CHARIOT
CHAPTER VII
SOJOURNING IN ARCADIA
CHAPTER VIII
FLIPPING THE SHILLING
CHAPTER IX
SAMPLING THE VINTAGES
CHAPTER X
SEALING THE COMPACT
CHAPTER XI
THE QUEST OF THE SOLDIER
CHAPTER XII
AN ECCENTRIC JAILER
CHAPTER XIII
THE COMING OF LITTLE THUNDER
CHAPTER XIV
THE ATTACK ON THE MANOR
CHAPTER XV
A HASTY EXIT
CHAPTER XVI
THE COUNCIL AT THE TOWN PUMP
CHAPTER XVII
THE HAND FERRY
CHAPTER I
THE FASTIDIOUS MARQUIS
CHAPTER II
“ONLY AN INCIDENT”
CHAPTER III
AT THE RACES
CHAPTER IV
LEAR AND JULIET
CHAPTER V
THE MEETING BENEATH THE OAKS
CHAPTER VI
A BLOT IN THE ’SCUTCHEON
CHAPTER VII
A CYNICAL BARD
CHAPTER VIII
THE SWEETEST THING IN NATURE
CHAPTER IX
A DEBUT IN THE CRESCENT CITY
CHAPTER X
LAUGHTER AND TEARS
CHAPTER XI
THE PASSING OF A FINE GENTLEMAN
CHAPTER XII
IN THE OLD CEMETERY
CHAPTER XIII
AN INCONGRUOUS RÔLE
CHAPTER I
OVERLOOKING THE COURT-YARD
CHAPTER II
ONLY A SHADOW
CHAPTER III
FROM GARRET TO GARDEN
CHAPTER IV
“THE BEST OF LIFE”
CHAPTER V
THE LAWYER’S TIDINGS
CHAPTER VI
THE COUNCIL OF WAR
CHAPTER VII
A MEETING ON THE MOUNT
CHAPTER VIII
A FAIR PENITENT
CHAPTER IX
“COMUS’ MISTICK WITCHERIES”
CHAPTER X
CONSTANCE AND THE SOLDIER