The Gay Adventure

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Richard Bird. The Gay Adventure

The Gay Adventure

Table of 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 AT 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 END

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Richard Bird

A Romance

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He opened the window, smiling to himself. "An actress!" he thought; "the young man's dream of an adventure! This is absurdly conventional." After directing the chauffeur, he sat back, wondering what the end would be, content to wait on fortune. The lady, too, did not speak again until they had almost reached their destination. Then she took a purse from her satchel and said with friendly good-humor, "This is my frolic, and I wish to pay for it. Please!"

Lionel was too well-bred to interpose bourgeois objections. Besides, it was a case of necessity: his sixpence-ha'penny had been burning a hole in his pocket for the last ten minutes.

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