Copyright, 1908, by Brentano’s
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | In Washington, April, 1909 | [5] |
| II. | The Lecture | [38] |
| III. | Baltimore, May 29, 1909 | [66] |
| IV. | Gettysburg, May 30, 1909 | [102] |
| V. | The Eviction of Scotland | [131] |
| VI. | The Terror of It | [170] |
| VII. | In London, February, 1910 | [195] |
| VIII. | The Evacuation | [231] |
| IX. | The Spectacle | [274] |
| X. | Addendum | [298] |
THE EVACUATION OF ENGLAND
CHAPTER I.
IN WASHINGTON, APRIL, 1909.
Alexander Leacraft was regarding with as much interest as his constitutional lassitude permitted, the progress of a distinctly audible altercation on Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, D. C. The disputants had not felt it necessary, under the relaxing influences of a premature spring, to interpose any screen of secrecy, such as a less exposed position, or subdued voices, between themselves and the news-mongering (and hungering, let it be added) proletariat of our nation’s capital.