Contents
Exploit the First
He Patronises Pamela
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I.The Hat of Mr. Parkins[11]
II.“The Art of Gentle Thought”[17]
III.Pamela Returns[25]
IV.A Musical Interlude[31]
Exploit the Second
He Clears the Course for True Love
I.The Gloomy Cavalier[51]
II.The Other[60]
III.Natural Selection[66]
IV.At Fig Tree Court[72]
Exploit the Third
He Meets the Leopard Lady
I.The Boom-Maker[87]
II.La Belle Lotus[95]
III.The Boom[102]
IV.Echoes of the Boom[110]
V.Belcher the Thorough[119]
Exploit the Fourth
He Buries an Old Love
I.The Lonely Lady[125]
II.At the Stage Door[131]
III.In the Dressing-Room[140]
IV.The Snows of the Yukon[149]
Exploit the Fifth
He Deals with Don Juan
I.Haverley of the Greys[159]
II.According ot Myuku[168]
III.Introducing Donohue[171]
IV.Donohue’s Orders[178]
V.Revelations[184]
VI.Donohue Again[189]
Exploit the Sixth
He Honors the Grand Duke
I.We Meet the Duke[195]
II.We Improve the Acquaintance[201]
III.The Maid and the Ring[215]
IV.The Conspirators[219]

A NECESSARY FOREWORD.

In presenting for perusal a selection of private notes dealing with the sometimes eccentric doings of my gallant friend and compatriot, Captain the Hon. Bernard O’Hagan, V.C., D.S.O., I desire in the first place to assure my reader that O’Hagan is in no degree related to anyone else of the name.

Recent circumstances have led him to resume military duties; but the splendid response of Democracy to the trumpet-call “Pro Patrià” has in no way unsettled his singular opinions. In the face of evidence to the contrary which many regard as conclusive, he maintains that the ideal form of government is government by an absolute monarchy.

It forms no part of my plan either to support or to seek to disprove the theories of Captain O’Hagan. In justice to my distinguished friend, I must add that support and opposition alike are matters of indifference to him. He stands alone—aloof—aloft. Neither as apologist nor as eulogist do I pen these lines, but merely as the chronicler of remarkable events in the career of a remarkable man.

EXPLOIT THE FIRST.

HE PATRONISES PAMELA.