My book the Critics may abhor—
The Public, too. But, all the same,
This Page at least is Golden, for
It bears the imprint of your name.


It was Beatrice at last!


CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I. The Impoverished Hero and the Surpassing Damsel]
[CHAPTER II. Behind the Scenes]
[CHAPTER III. Confidences]
[CHAPTER IV. Breakers Ahead!]
[CHAPTER V. The Plot Thickens]
[CHAPTER VI. The History of Henry Brown]
[CHAPTER VII. Mr. Hedderwick's First Adventure]
[CHAPTER VIII. A Tale and Its Consequences]
[CHAPTER IX. Enter Tony Wild]
[CHAPTER X. How to Dress on Nothing a Year]
[CHAPTER XI. At the Happy Heart]
[CHAPTER XII. Crossed Orbits]
[CHAPTER XIII. Rather Stagy]
[CHAPTER XIV. A Rise in the World]
[CHAPTER XV. A Change of Lodging]
[CHAPTER XVI. A Letter and Some Reflections]
[CHAPTER XVII. Off With the Old Love]
[CHAPTER XVIII. Tony at Work and Play]
[CHAPTER XIX. The Plot Again Thickens]
[CHAPTER XX. Thrill Upon Thrill]
[CHAPTER XXI. The Thorny Path]
[CHAPTER XXII. A Telegram and Sundries]
[CHAPTER XXIII. Still Running]
[CHAPTER XXIV. Certainty—Aha!]
[CHAPTER XXV. The God of the Machine]
[CHAPTER XXVI. The Usual Thing]


THE GAY ADVENTURE