The Deaves Affair
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Footner Hulbert. The Deaves Affair
CHAPTER I. A PENNY CHANGE
CHAPTER II. A RICH MAN'S HOUSE
CHAPTER III. SNOOPING
CHAPTER IV. THE NEW LODGER
CHAPTER V. THE HAPPY LITTLE FAMILY
CHAPTER VI. THE LITTLE FELLOW IN GREY
CHAPTER VII. PLATONIC FRIENDSHIP
CHAPTER VIII. EVAN IS RE-ENGAGED
CHAPTER IX. THE COMPACT IS SMASHED
CHAPTER X. MAUD'S INTEREST
CHAPTER XI. THE STEAMBOAT ERNESTINA
CHAPTER XII. EVAN LOSES A ROUND
CHAPTER XIII. A LITTLE DETECTIVE WORK
CHAPTER XIV. NUMBER 11 VAN DORN STREET
CHAPTER XV. THE CLUB HOUSE
CHAPTER XVI. BACK TO EARTH
CHAPTER XVII. THE ERNESTINA AGAIN
CHAPTER XVIII. THE ACCIDENT
CHAPTER XIX. FOUR VISITS FROM GEORGE DEAVES
CHAPTER XX. THE BEGINNING OF THE NIGHT
CHAPTER XXI. LATER THAT NIGHT
CHAPTER XXII. TOWARDS MORNING
CHAPTER XXIII. SIMEON DEAVES TURNS PHILANTHROPIST
CHAPTER XXIV. CONCLUSION
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They rode up to Fifty-Ninth street, and transferring to a cross-town car, got off at the Plaza. Evan's subconsciousness registered the fact that the little fellow in grey was still travelling their way, but he took no particular notice of him. Deaves led the way to one of the magnificent mansions that embellish the neighbourhood. He handed his bundle to Evan.
"You carry it," he said. "Maud always makes a fuss when I bring bundles home."
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"Better think it over!" he said. "Twenty dollars a week! It's a splendid salary!"
"Nothing doing," said Evan, grinning. In a way he liked the old scoundrel.
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