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Illustrated by scenes from Walter N. Lawrence's beautiful production of the play as seen for 123 nights at the Madison Square Theatre, New York
To Miss Louise Everts
CHAPTER
I
Introduces My Hero
II Introduces My Heroine
III The Adventure Begins
IV A Family Reunion
V The Plot Thickens
VI The Man on the Box
VII A Police Affair
VIII Another Salad Idea
IX The Heroine Hires a Groom
X Pirate
XI The First Ride
XII A Ticklish Business
XIII A Runaway
XIV An Ordeal or Two
XV Retrospective
XVI The Previous Affair
XVII Dinner is Served
XVIII Caught!
XIX "Oh, Mister Butler"
XX The Episode of the Stove Pipe
XXI The Rose
XXII The Drama Unrolls
XXIII Something About Heroes
XXIV A Fine Lover
XXV A Fine Heroine, Too
XXVI The Castle of Romance
He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch To win or lose it all.
Dramatis Personae
Colonel George Annesley A retired Army Officer
Miss Betty Annesley His daughter
Lieutenant Robert Warburton Lately resigned
Mr. John Warburton His elder brother, of the War Department
Mrs. John Warburton The elder brother's wife
Miss Nancy Warburton The lieutenant's sister
Mr. Charles Henderson Her fiance
Count Karloff An unattached diplomat
Colonel Frank Raleigh The Lieutenant's Regimental Colonel
Mrs. Chadwick A product of Washington life
Monsieur Pierre A chef
Mademoiselle Celeste A lady's maid
Jane Mrs. Warburton's maid
The Hopeful A baby
William A stable-boy