The Deaves Affair

by Hulbert Footner

THE DEAVES AFFAIR

By HULBERT FOOTNER

AUTHOR OF

"The Owl Taxi," "The Substitute Millionaire,"
"The Fur Bringers," "The Woman from Outside,"
"Thieves' Wit," etc.

A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York

Published by arrangement with George H. Doran Company
Printed in U. S. A.

COPYRIGHT, 1922,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TO
THE NOANKERS
KATHERINE FOREST
RUTH GREEN HARRIS
AND THE CHERUB WHO SITS UP ALOFT
W. SHERMAN POTTS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I	[A Penny Change]
II	[A Rich Man's House]
III	[Snooping]
IV	[The New Lodger]
V	[The Happy Little Family]
VI	[The Little Fellow in Grey]
VII	[Platonic Friendship]
VIII	[Evan is Re-engaged]
IX	[The Compact is Smashed]
X	[Maud's Interest]
XI	[The Steamboat Ernestina]
XII	[Evan Loses a Round]
XIII	[A Little Detective Work]
XIV	[Number 11 Van Dorn Street]
XV	[The Club House]
XVI	[Back to Earth]
XVII	[The Ernestina Again]
XVIII	[The Accident]
XIX	[Four Visits from George Deaves]
XX	[The Beginning of the Night]
XXI	[Later that Night]
XXII	[Towards Morning]
XXIII	[Simeon Deaves Turns Philanthropist]
XXIV	[Conclusion]
	[Postscript]