FIVE THOUSAND AN HOUR

How Johnny Gamble Won the Heiress

BY

GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER

Author of
THE MAKING OF BOBBY BURNIT, THE EARLY BIRD,
GET-RICH-QUICK WALLINGFORD

ILLUSTRATIONS BY HENRY RALEIGH

CONTENTS

I [WHICH INTRODUCES JOHNNY GAMBLE AND HIS LAST HUNDRED DOLLARS]
II [IN WHICH STRANGERS BECOME OLD FRIENDS]
III [IN WHICH JOHNNY GAMBLE MIXES BUSINESS AND PLEASURE]
IV [IN WHICH GRESHAM FINDS JOHNNY'S OLD PARTNER ACCOMMODATING]
V [IN WHICH JOHNNY DISPLAYS TALENT AS A TRUE PROMOTER]
VI [IN WHICH CONSTANCE DECIDES ON A FAIR GAME]
VII [IN WHICH JOHNNY DREAMS OF A MAGNIFICENT TWENTY-STORY HOTEL]
VIII [IN WHICH CONSTANCE SHOWS FURTHER INTEREST IN JOHNNY'S AFFAIRS]
IX [IN WHICH JOHNNY MEETS A DEFENDER OF THE OLD ARISTOCRACY]
X [IN WHICH JOHNNY IS SINGULARLY THRILLED BY A LITTLE CONVERSATION OVER THE TELEPHONE]
XI [IN WHICH JOHNNY EXECUTES SOME EXCEEDINGLY RAPID BUSINESS DEALS]
XII [IN WHICH JOHNNY EVEN DOES BUSINESS AT THE BABIES' FUND FAIR]
XIII [IN WHICH JOHNNY BUYS A PRESENT AND HATCHES A SCHEME]
XIV [IN WHICH JOHNNY TRIES TO MIX BUSINESS WITH SKAT]
XV [IN WHICH WINNIE CHAPERONS THE ENTIRE PARTY TO CONEY ISLAND]
XVI [IN WHICH JOHNNY PLANS A REHEARSAL BETWEEN OLD FRIENDS]
XVII [IN WHICH THE STRAW SAILOR HAT OF JOHNNY PLAYS AN EMBARRASSING ROLE]
XVIII [IN WHICH THE ENTIRE WOBBLES FAMILY FOR ONCE GETS TOGETHER]
XIX [IN WHICH THE COLONEL, MESSRS. COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME]
XX [IN WHICH JOHNNY ASKS HIMSELF WHAT IS A MILLION DOLLARS, ANYWAY]
XXI [IN WHICH CONSTANCE AVAILS HERSELF OF WOMAN'S PRIVILEGE TO CHANGE HER MIND]
XXII [IN WHICH PAUL GRESHAM PROPOSES A VERY PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENT]
XXIII [IN WHICH THE BRIGHT EYES OF CONSTANCE "RAIN INFLUENCE"]
XXIV [IN WHICH JOHNNY DEMANDS SPOT CASH AT ONCE]
XXV [IN WHICH JOHNNY KEEPS ON DOING BUSINESS TILL THE CLOCK STRIKES FOUR]

FIVE THOUSAND AN HOUR