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CHAPTER I WHICH, BEING THE FIRST, IS, VERY PROPERLY, THE SHORTEST CHAPTER IN THE BOOK II HOW GEORGE BELLEW SOUGHT COUNSEL OF HIS VALET III WHICH CONCERNS ITSELF WITH A HAYCART, AND A BELLIGERENT WAGGONER IV HOW SMALL PORGES IN LOOKING FOR A FORTUNE FOR ANOTHER, FOUND AN UNCLE FOR HIMSELF INSTEAD V HOW BELLEW CAME TO ARCADIA VI OF THE SAD CONDITION OF THE HAUNTING SPECTRE OF THE MIGHT HAVE BEEN VII WHICH CONCERNS ITSELF AMONG OTHER MATTERS, WITH "THE OLD ADAM" VIII WHICH TELLS OF MISS PRISCILLA, OF PEACHES, AND OF SERGEANT APPLEBY LATE OF THE 19TH HUSSARS IX IN WHICH MAY BE FOUND SOME DESCRIPTION OF ARCADIA, AND GOOSEBERRIES X HOW BELLEW AND ADAM ENTERED INTO A SOLEMN LEAGUE AND COVENANT XI OF THE "MAN WITH THE TIGER MARK" XII IN WHICH MAY BE FOUND A FULL, TRUE, AND PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE SALE XIII HOW ANTHEA CAME HOME XIV WHICH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, HAS TO DO WITH SHRIMPS, MUFFINS, AND TIN WHISTLES XV IN WHICH ADAM EXPLAINS XVI IN WHICH ADAM PROPOSES A GAME XVII HOW BELLEW BEGAN THE GAME XVIII HOW THE SERGEANT WENT UPON HIS GUARD XIX IN WHICH PORGES BIG, AND PORGES SMALL DISCUSS THE SUBJECT OF MATRIMONY XX WHICH RELATES A MOST EXTRAORDINARY CONVERSATION XXI OF SHOES, AND SHIPS, AND SEALING WAX, AND THE THIRD FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND XXII COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE XXIII HOW SMALL PORGES, IN HIS HOUR OF NEED, WAS DESERTED BY HIS UNCLE XXIV IN WHICH SHALL BE FOUND MENTION OF A CERTAIN BLACK BAG XXV THE CONSPIRATORS XXVI HOW THE MONEY MOON ROSE XXVII IN WHICH IS VERIFIED THE ADAGE OF THE CUP AND THE LIP XXVIII WHICH TELLS HOW BELLEW LEFT DAPPLEMERE IN THE DAWN XXIX OF THE MOON'S MESSAGE TO SMALL PORGES, AND HOW HE TOLD IT TO BELLEW—IN A WHISPER XXX HOW ANTHEA GAVE HER PROMISE XXXI WHICH, BEING THE LAST, IS, VERY PROPERLY, THE LONGEST, IN THE BOOK CHAPTER I

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Which, being the first, is, very properly, the shortest chapter in the book

When Sylvia Marchmont went to Europe, George Bellew being, at the same time, desirous of testing his newest acquired yacht, followed her, and mutual friends in New York, Newport, and elsewhere, confidently awaited news of their engagement. Great, therefore, was their surprise when they learnt of her approaching marriage to the Duke of Ryde.

Bellew, being young and rich, had many friends, very naturally, who, while they sympathized with his loss, yet agreed among themselves, that, despite Bellew's millions, Sylvia had done vastly well for herself, seeing that a duke is always a duke—especially in America.

There were, also, divers ladies in New York, Newport, and elsewhere, and celebrated for their palatial homes, their jewels, and their daughters, who were anxious to know how Bellew would comport himself under his disappointment. Some leaned to the idea that he would immediately blow his brains out; others opined that he would promptly set off on another of his exploring expeditions, and get himself torn to pieces by lions and tigers, or devoured by alligators; while others again feared greatly that, in a fit of pique, he would marry some "young person" unknown, and therefore, of course, utterly unworthy.

How far these worthy ladies were right, or wrong in their surmises, they who take the trouble to turn the following pages, shall find out.

The Money Moon

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